65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/7-5-2

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

Sec. 7-5-2.

Whenever a municipality or territory is endangered as specified
in Section 7-5-1, upon written petition, describing the property sought to
be acquired, and signed by not less than three-fourths of the electors of
that municipality or territory, and by the owners in fee simple of not less
than one-half in value of the remaining territory within the limits of that
municipality or territory, the corporate authorities of that municipality,
or the trustees of the lands held as a common, by ordinance, may authorize
acquisition of the title to the real estate described in the petition.

Upon the passage of the ordinance, that municipality or the inhabitants
of that territory may acquire the title to the real estate described in the
petition and ordinance, either by gift or by purchase. A deed of conveyance
to the municipality by its corporate name, or to the trustees of the land
held as a common, shall vest the title to this real estate for the purposes
of this article.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/7-5-3

(65 ILCS 5/7-5-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-5-3)

Sec. 7-5-3.

A copy of the ordinance specified in Section 7-5-2 and an
accurate map of the property shall be certified by the mayor or president
of the municipality, as the case may be, or by the trustees of the land
held as a common, and shall be filed with the recorder in the
county where the acquired real estate is situated. When this ordinance and
map are so certified and filed, the acquired real estate, whether actually
adjoining the former site or territory or not, shall be a part of that
municipality or territory, and the inhabitants of the acquired real estate
shall be entitled to all the corporate rights, powers, annuities, commons,
benefits, and franchises, which the inhabitants of that municipality or
territory originally possessed, or to which they were entitled.

(Source: P.A. 83-358.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 6

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 6 heading) DIVISION 6.

DISSOLUTION

65 ILCS 5/7-6-1

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-1)

Sec. 7-6-1.

Any municipality, incorporated under any general or
special law, may be dissolved as follows: Whenever electors in the
municipality, equal to a majority of the total vote at the last
preceding general municipal election, file a petition with the clerk
of the municipality requesting the submission of the
question whether the municipality
will dissolve its incorporation,
that question shall be certified by the clerk to the proper election authorities
who shall submit the proposition to the electors of the
municipality.

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

65 ILCS 5/7-6-2

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-2)

Sec. 7-6-2.

The question shall
read substantially as follows:

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    "Shall the municipal              YES
corporation of...........     -------------------------------
be dissolved?"                       NO
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The
result shall be entered upon the municipal records.

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

65 ILCS 5/7-6-3

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-3)

Sec. 7-6-3.

If a majority of the votes cast on
the question are "yes," the municipality is dissolved. But if a majority of the
votes cast on the question are "no," the corporate authorities
shall proceed with the affairs of the municipality as though the
referendum had never been held. After a
defeat, however, the proposition
shall not be submitted to a vote in the same municipality for a period
of 22 months.

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

65 ILCS 5/7-6-4

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-4)

Sec. 7-6-4.

If the vote is in favor of a voluntary dissolution of the
municipality there shall be no further elections for municipal officers.
The officers acting at the time of this vote shall close up the business
affairs of the municipality, and make the necessary conveyances of the
title to the municipal property. They may levy and collect taxes for the
purpose of paying the debts and obligations of the municipality, but they
shall not create any new obligation against the municipality.

All money remaining after the business affairs of the municipality have
been closed up and all the debts and obligations of the municipality have
been paid, shall be paid to the school treasurer for the township or school
unit, as the case may be, in which the municipality, or a greater part
thereof, was situated. This money shall become a part of the school fund of
the school district in which the municipality was situated. If the
municipality was situated in more than one school district, the trustees of
the schools for the specified township or unit shall direct the treasurer
for that township or unit to distribute and credit the fund to the
specified districts, in the same proportion as the amounts of the assessed
valuation of property in these districts, according to the last assessment
in these districts, bear to each other.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 854.)

65 ILCS 5/7-6-5

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-5)

Sec. 7-6-5.

If the vote is in favor of dissolution, the acting corporate
authorities of the dissolved municipality shall give notice of the result
of the election to the secretary of state within 10 days after the
election. They shall also file within the same time a copy of this notice
with the county clerk of the county in which the dissolved municipality was
situated.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/7-6-6

(65 ILCS 5/7-6-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-6)

Sec. 7-6-6.

After the acting corporate authorities of the dissolved
municipality (1) have paid all of the debts and obligations of the
municipality, (2) have closed up all of the municipal business, and (3) the
surplus money, if any, has been paid to the school treasurer for the proper
township or school unit, then the acting corporate authorities shall file
with the county clerk of the county in which the dissolved municipality was
situated, a statement under oath, showing all of the closing up
transactions. When this statement is filed, the duty to close up the
municipal business is terminated, and all officers of the municipality,
whether the terms for which they were elected have expired or not, shall
thereupon cease to have any power or authority.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 854.)