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70 ILCS 3610/8.1

(70 ILCS 3610/8.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 358.1)

Sec. 8.1.

Any territory which is contiguous to a local mass transit district
organized under Section 3.1 of this Act and which is not included in any
local mass transit district may be annexed to such contiguous local mass
transit district in the manner provided by this Section.

(a) If there are no legal voters residing in the territory to be annexed,
then upon
written petition under oath signed by all owners of record of the territory
sought to be annexed filed with the secretary of the Board of Trustees
requesting annexation, if the Board of Trustees deems it to be in the best
interests of the District, such territory may be annexed to the District by an
ordinance duly enacted by the Board.

(b) A petition, signed by 2/3 of the legal voters residing in the
territory
sought to be annexed and addressed to the circuit court of the county in
which the local mass transit district to which annexation is sought was
organized requesting that the territory described in the petition be
annexed to such local mass transit district, may be filed with the clerk of
that court. The clerk of the court shall thereupon present such petition to
the court which shall be not less than 20 nor more than 45 days after the
date the petition was filed. The court shall give notice of the time, place
and date of the hearing, by publication in one or more newspapers having a
general circulation within the local mass transit district and within the
territory sought to be annexed thereto, which publication shall be made at
least 15 days before the date set for the hearing.

(Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04.)