(70 ILCS 3305/2b) (from Ch. 121, par. 356b)
Sec. 2b.
The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of
one or more tracts lying within the boundaries of any street lighting
district which (1) is not contiguous in whole or in part to any other
street lighting district; (2) contains 20 or more acres; (3) is not
subdivided into residential lots and blocks; (4) is located on the border
of the street lighting district; and (5) which, if disconnected, will not
result in the isolation of any part of the street lighting district from
the remainder of the street lighting district, may have the area
disconnected as follows:
The owner or owners of record of any such area of land shall file a
petition in the circuit court of the county where the land is situated
alleging facts in support of the disconnection. The street lighting
district from which disconnection is sought shall be made a defendant and
it or any taxpayer residing in that street lighting district, may appear
and defend against the petition. If the court finds that the allegations of
the petition are true and that the area of land is entitled to
disconnection, it shall order the specified land disconnected from the
designated street lighting district.
The area of land or any part thereof disconnected from a street lighting
district under the provisions of this section shall not be annexed or added
to a street lighting district or included in any petition seeking
annexation or addition to any street lighting district, for a period of 2
years from the date of such disconnection.
The disconnection of any such area of land shall not exempt it from
taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness contracted by the
corporate authorities of the street lighting district prior to the filing
of the petition for disconnection. On the contrary, the territory
designated shall be assessed and taxed to pay such indebtedness until this
indebtedness is completely paid the same as though the territory had not
been disconnected.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 4046.)
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