(70 ILCS 3610/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353.01)
Sec. 3.01.
Any municipality or county may be annexed to a District,
other than a Metro East Transit District, formed pursuant to Section 3
when the District has no tax levy in effect and has no bonded indebtedness
if a petition for annexation is adopted by an ordinance or resolution
approved by a majority vote of the corporate authorities of such
municipality or the county board of such county and such ordinance or
resolution is approved by a 2/3 vote of the members of the board of
trustees of the District. Upon the approval of such a petition of
annexation by the board of trustees of a District, a certified copy of the
ordinance of annexation shall be filed by the secretary of the board in the
same manner as provided for upon creation of the District.
Any contiguous township of any county, not already participating in a
Metro East Transit District, may be annexed to a Metro East Transit District
formed by
one county pursuant to Section 3 of this Act if a petition for annexation,
which is signed by at
least 10% of the registered voters in the last general election who are
residents of the township to be annexed or approved by a majority vote of
the township board of the township to be annexed, is adopted by resolution
approved by a majority vote of the county board in which the District was
formed and such
resolution is approved by a 2/3 vote of the members of the board of
trustees of the District. Upon the approval of such petition of
annexation by the board of trustees of a District, a certified copy of the
ordinance of annexation shall be filed by the secretary of the board in the
same manner as provided for upon creation of the District.
(Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04.)
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