70 ILCS 3305/2a

(70 ILCS 3305/2a) (from Ch. 121, par. 356a)

Sec. 2a.

Additional territory having the qualifications set forth in
Section 1 may be added to any street lighting district as provided for
in this Act in the manner following:

Fifty or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of such
proposed addition to such street lighting district may petition the
circuit court of the county in which the original petition for the
formation of said street lighting district was filed, to cause the
question to be submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional
territory whether such proposed additional territory shall become a part
of any street lighting district organized under this Act and whether the
voters of the additional territory shall assume a proportionate share of
the bonded indebtedness of such district. The petition shall be
addressed to the court and shall contain a definite description of the
boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the proposed addition and
shall allege facts in support of the addition.

Upon filing the petition in the office of the circuit clerk of the
county in which the original petition for the formation of such street
lighting district was filed, it shall be the duty of the court to fix a
time and place of a hearing upon the subject of said petition.

Notice shall be given by the circuit court, or by the circuit clerk
or sheriff upon order of the circuit court of the county in which such
petition is filed, of the time and place of a hearing upon the petition
in the manner as provided in Section 1. The conduct of the hearing and
the manner of conducting a subsequent referendum on the
question whether
the proposed additional territory shall become a part of the street
lighting district, shall be carried out in the manner described in
Section 1, as nearly as may be, and in accordance with the general election
law but the question
shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit:

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For joining the.... Street
Lighting District and assuming a
proportionate share of bonded
indebtedness, if any.
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Against joining the.... Street
Lighting District and assuming a
proportionate share of bonded
indebtedness, if any.
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If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon the question of
becoming a part of any street lighting district shall be in favor of
becoming a part of such street lighting district and if the trustees of
said street lighting district accept the proposed additional territory
by resolution, such proposed additional territory shall thenceforth be
deemed an integral part of such street lighting district and shall be
subject to all the benefits of service and responsibilities of said
district as herein set forth.

The owner or owners of any tract or tracts of land not included in a
street lighting district, may file a written petition, addressed to the
trustees of the street lighting district to which they seek to have
their tract or tracts of land attached, containing a definite
description of the boundaries of the territory and a statement that they
desire that their property become a part of the street lighting district
to which their petition is addressed, and that they are willing that
their property assume a proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness,
if any, of such street lighting district.

When such a petition is filed with the trustees, they shall
immediately pass a resolution to accept or reject the territory proposed
to be attached. If the trustees resolve in favor of accepting such
territory, they shall file with the court of the county where the street
lighting district was organized the original petition and a certified
copy of the resolution and the circuit clerk shall then enter an order
stating that such proposed annexed territory shall thenceforth be deemed
an integral part of such street lighting district and subject to all of
the benefits of service and responsibilities of the district. The
circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the county
clerk of each county in which any of the territory affected is situated.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)