65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

(65 ILCS 5/2-3-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-19)

Sec. 2-3-19. Each boundary of the municipality shall extend to the far side of any adjacent highway not included in any other municipality and shall include all of every highway within the area incorporated. These highways shall be considered to be incorporated even though not included in the legal description set forth in the petition for incorporation. When any land proposed to be incorporated includes any highway under the jurisdiction of any township, the township commissioner of highways and the board of town trustees shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail before any court hearing or other action is taken for incorporation. If any municipality has been incorporated before January 1, 1986 and the legal description in the petition for incorporation did not include an adjacent highway, any such incorporation shall be valid and every highway adjacent to the area incorporated and not included in any other municipality shall be considered to be incorporated, notwithstanding the failure of the petition to incorporate to include the description of the adjacent highway.

(Source: P.A. 85-293.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4 heading) DIVISION 4. CHANGING NAME

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-1)

Sec. 2-4-1. Whenever a petition, signed by electors of any municipality, numbering at least one-half of those who voted for the officers therein at the last election, is presented to the corporate authorities of any municipality wherein the petitioners reside, requesting that the name of the municipality be changed, the corporate authorities shall proceed as follows.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-2)

Sec. 2-4-2. Before action is had upon such petition, the name proposed to be given to such municipality shall be filed with the Secretary of State. After the proposed name has been on file for 60 days and it appears from information in his office that the proposed name has not been adopted by any municipality the Secretary of State shall grant a certificate so stating. If the proposed name is the same as the name of another municipality in Illinois, the Secretary of State shall inform the petitioners thereof. Thereupon, the petitioners may file another proposed name with the Secretary of State and they may proceed in the manner set forth in this section. Corporate authorities shall not act upon such petition until the Secretary of State has issued such certificate.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-3)

Sec. 2-4-3. The Secretary of State shall keep in his office a file in alphabetical order of the municipalities in Illinois. This file of names shall be changed to accord with any change of names made under this Code.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-4)

Sec. 2-4-4. The corporate authorities shall fix the time when such petition shall be considered, and publish a notice thereof at least once, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality. The notice shall state that a change of the name of the municipality has been requested, the time when action on the petition will be taken, and that remonstrances, if any, will be heard at that time.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-5)

Sec. 2-4-5. Such corporate authorities shall hold a hearing on such petition and all remonstrances thereto, at the time fixed in such notice, or at any subsequent meeting of the corporate authorities if, for any reason, action on the petition is not taken at the time fixed. If the corporate authorities are satisfied that a change of name is desirable, they shall make an order changing the name and adopting the name requested in the petition.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-6)

Sec. 2-4-6. If a change of name is made, the corporate authorities shall file a copy of the order making the change with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall publish a notice of the change at least once in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality. The courts shall take judicial notice of the change of name.

(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-7)

Sec. 2-4-7. No rights, duties, or privileges of such municipality, or those of any person, existing before the change of name, shall be affected by a change of name as provided by this Code. All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against such municipality, may continue to final consummation under the name in which they were commenced.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-8)

Sec. 2-4-8. If the name of any municipality is changed without complying with this Code, nevertheless, all proceedings instituted or acts done under the name as changed shall be valid if they would have been valid if done under the old name.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)