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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 3

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 3 heading)
DIVISION 3. INCORPORATION OF VILLAGES

65 ILCS 5/2-3-1

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-1)
    Sec. 2-3-1. Whenever 30 electors in any incorporated town petition the corporate authorities of the town to submit a question whether the town will incorporate as a village under this Code, to the decision of the electors thereof, the question shall be certified and submitted for the electors of the town and shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-1.1

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-1.1)
    Sec. 2-3-1.1. As used in this Division 3, "immobile dwelling" means any dwelling place except a tent, camp trailer or house car whether or not such tent, camp trailer or house car is placed on a foundation or otherwise affixed to the realty, and except a house trailer, unless such house trailer is situated on a support system and is assessed as real property pursuant to the Property Tax Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-1477, eff. 1-1-11.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-2

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-2)
    Sec. 2-3-2. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall the incorporated town of         YES
.... incorporate as a village under    -----------------------
the general law?                           NO
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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-3

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-3)
    Sec. 2-3-3. The corporate authorities shall cause a statement of the result of the referendum to be entered upon the records of the town.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-4

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-4)
    Sec. 2-3-4. If a majority of the votes cast on such question favor incorporation as a village under the general law, such town is incorporated as a village under this Code. The town officers then in office shall continue as like officers of the village until their respective successors are elected or appointed under this Code.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-5

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)
    Sec. 2-3-5. Incorporation of village; petition. Whenever in any county of less than 150,000 population as determined by the last preceding federal census, any area of contiguous territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, not already included within the corporate limits of any municipality, has residing thereon at least 200 inhabitants living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, and is owned by at least 30 different owners, it may be incorporated as a village as follows:
    35 electors residing within the area may file with the circuit clerk of the county in which such area is situated a petition addressed to the circuit court for that county.
    The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of the lands intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) the number of inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name of the proposed village, and (4) a prayer that a question be submitted to the electors residing within the limits of the proposed village whether they will incorporate as a village under this Code.
    If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies within 1 1/2 miles of the boundary line of any existing municipality, the consent of the existing municipality must be obtained before the area may be incorporated. No area in a county with a population of 150,000 or more that is incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need to obtain the consent of any existing municipality before the area may be incorporated.
    In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of 150,000 or more population which otherwise meets the requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1) any part of such territory is situated within 10 miles of a county with a population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to this Section before January 1, 1991 or (2) any part of the territory is situated within 25 miles of the Illinois state line in a county having a population, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less than 185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to this Section before January 1, 1998.
    In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square miles in a county with a population of not less than 187,000 and not more than 190,000 that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1) any part of the territory is situated within 13 miles of a county with a population of less than 38,000 and more than 36,000 and (2) a petition is filed in the manner provided in this Section before January 1, 2005. The requirements of Section 2-3-18 concerning compatibility with the official plan for development of the county shall not apply to any territory seeking incorporation under this paragraph.
    In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 0.7 square miles having not less than 1,400 and not more than 1,600 inhabitants, as determined by the 2000 federal decennial census, living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, located in a county of not less than 600,000 and not more than 650,000 inhabitants, as determined by the 2000 federal decennial census, that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to the provisions of this Section if the territory includes a contiguous body of water of not less than 30 acres and not more than 45 acres. The petition to the court required by this Section shall in the case of the area described in this paragraph also include a comprehensive plan that specifically details the services that the newly incorporated municipality shall provide and the estimated initial annual cost of those services. If the area is incorporated following referendum approval, then the newly incorporated municipality must directly provide or contract for 24-hours-per-day, 7-days-per-week law enforcement services. The consent of a municipality need not be obtained before the territory may be incorporated. The requirements of Section 2-3-18 concerning compatibility with the official plan for development of the county shall not apply to any territory seeking incorporation under this paragraph.
(Source: P.A. 96-973, eff. 7-2-10.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
    Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.
    (a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population as determined by the last preceding federal census any area of contiguous territory contains at least 4 square miles and 2500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed by 250 electors residing within that area is filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which such area is located addressed to the circuit court for that county. The petition must set forth:
        (1) a legal description of the area intended to be
    
included in the proposed village,
        (2) the number of residents in that area,
        (3) the name of the proposed village, and
        (4) a prayer that the question of the incorporation
    
of the area as a village be submitted to the electors residing within the limits of the proposed village.
    If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of any existing municipality, the consent of that municipality must be obtained before the area may be incorporated.
    (b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 but fewer than 400,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory contains at least 3 square miles and 5,000 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as is provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality need not be obtained.
    (c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer than 318,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory that does not exceed one square mile and between 1000 and 1500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10 miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 as determined by the last preceding federal census, that area may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as is provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality need not be obtained.
    (d) If, in a county having more than 400,000 but fewer than 410,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory not exceeding one square mile contains at least 400 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings and is located in a township adjacent to a county of less than 150,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal census, then that area and the area adjacent thereto and also within such township, not exceeding, however, 4 square miles in total, may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as provided in subsection (a). Neither the consent of a municipality nor the finding of the county board under Section 2-3-18, if otherwise applicable, need be obtained.
(Source: P.A. 94-23, eff. 6-14-05.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-6

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-6)
    Sec. 2-3-6. Upon the filing of such a petition with the circuit clerk, the court shall hear testimony and rule that the area under consideration is or is not a village in fact. The ruling of the court shall be entered of record in the court. If the court rules that the area does not constitute a village in fact, the petition to incorporate the area as a village is denied and no subsequent petition concerning village incorporation of any of the land described in the earlier petition may be filed within one year. If the court rules that the area does constitute a village in fact, such court shall enter an order so finding and the proposition shall be certified and submitted to the electors of such area in the manner provided by the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall the territory (here          YES
describe it) be incorporated as    ---------------------------
a village under the general law?       NO
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    The result of the election shall be entered of record in the court. If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor incorporation as a village under the general law the inhabitants of the territory described in the petition are incorporated as a village under this Code with the name stated in the petition.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-7

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-7)
    Sec. 2-3-7. Thereupon the court shall order the election of village officers at the general municipal election in accordance with the general election law and for that initial election of officers, the clerk of the circuit court shall perform all election duties of the municipal clerk as provided by law. The term of office of the village officers elected at the next general municipal election shall terminate as soon as their successors are elected at the next regular election and have qualified.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-8

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-8)
    Sec. 2-3-8. Villages incorporated under this Code shall be bodies politic and corporate under the name of "Village of (name)", and under that name may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real and personal property for corporate purposes, have a corporate seal, changeable at pleasure, and exercise all the powers conferred in this Code upon cities not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-9

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-9)
    Sec. 2-3-9. Upon the filing of a petition signed by one-fourth of the registered voters of any city, the city clerk shall certify, in the manner provided by the general election law the question of whether the city shall incorporate as a village, to the proper election authorities who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general election law. After one referendum for the purpose has taken place, no other referendum for the same purpose shall be held until ten months has elapsed.
    The question shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall the city of....               YES
incorporate as a village    ----------------------------------
under the general law?              NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the incorporation of the city into a village, then the city shall be a village under this Code. It shall retain its name as the Village of.... and shall succeed to all rights and be liable for all debts and liabilities of the city.
    The officers of the former city, shall hold their offices until the next general municipal election, at which village officers are elected and until their successors have qualified.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-10

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-10)
    Sec. 2-3-10. Any part of any village or incorporated town, lying upon the border thereof, and having not less than 500 inhabitants living in immobile dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, may incorporate as a village under this Code if the territory remaining in the original village or incorporated town shall not be less than 4 square miles, and shall have not less than 500 inhabitants living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile. Such village may incorporate as follows:
    A petition shall be presented to the circuit court for the county wherein the village or incorporated town is situated, asking that the question of incorporating a part of the village or incorporated town into a new village under this Code be submitted to the electors of the village or incorporated town.
    The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of the lands intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) the number of inhabitants residing therein, and (3) the name of the proposed village. The petition shall be signed by not less than 50 electors residing in the described territory. But if more than 500 votes were cast by electors residing in the described territory at the last preceding election, the petition shall be signed by electors residing in the described territory, in a number equal to one-tenth of the number of votes cast in the described territory at the last preceding general or municipal election.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-11

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-11)
    Sec. 2-3-11. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court, in accordance with the general election law, shall consider the petition and enter appropriate orders for certification and submission. The question of incorporating the territory described in the petition into a village under this Code may be submitted at any regular election.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-12

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-12)
    Sec. 2-3-12. Two or more petitions, each for wholly different territory, may be acted upon. The questions proposed in these petitions may be submitted to vote at the same election. In this event, the vote on each question submitted shall be counted and given effect as if it were the only question voted upon.
    If 2 or more petitions are presented embracing in part the same territory, the one first presented shall be submitted alone to a vote. If the one first presented is carried, the other petitions shall not be submitted. If the one first presented is voted down, the petition next presented shall be submitted, and so on, until one has been carried, or all have been voted down.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-13

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-13)
    Sec. 2-3-13. Whenever the territory affected by the election ordered under Sections 2-3-10 and 2-3-11 is under the City Election Law, and within the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the election ordered by the court and all municipal, county, State, or general elections held in the territory prior to the qualifications of the village officials of the new village that may be incorporated under Sections 2-3-10 and 2-3-11, shall be conducted by the board of election commissioners in conformity with the provisions of the City Election Law as heretofore and hereafter amended.
    Whenever such territory is not within the jurisdiction of such board of election commissioners, the elections specified in the preceding paragraph of this section shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for the conducting of municipal elections in territory not within the City Election Law as heretofore and hereafter amended. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
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    Shall the part of the village
(or incorporated town) of                  YES
.... lying (describe its location)    ------------------------
be incorporated as a village               NO
under the general law?
--------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-14

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-14)
    Sec. 2-3-14. No election on the same question concerning territory within the same boundaries, shall be had, after one election thereon, until 10 months have elapsed.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-15

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-15)
    Sec. 2-3-15. If a majority of the electors in such village or incorporated town, as well as a majority of the electors residing in the territory proposed to be incorporated as a new village, voting upon the question, vote in favor of the incorporation of a part of the village or incorporated town as a village under the general law, the territory is a new village with the name specified in the petition.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-16

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-16)
    Sec. 2-3-16. Upon the creation of a new village as specified in Sections 2-3-10 through 2-3-15 village officers shall be elected in the manner prescribed in Section 2-3-7. Until such officers are elected and have qualified, the officers of the original village or incorporated town shall have jurisdiction over the new village.
    Upon the election and qualification of the officers of the new village, the terms of all officers of the original village or incorporated town held by residents of the new village, who continue to reside in the new village, shall be terminated, and these latter officers shall cease to act when their successors have been elected, or appointed, and have qualified.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-17

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-17)
    Sec. 2-3-17. In the application of Section 2-3-10 through 2-3-16, Sections 7-1-31 through 7-1-41, Section 7-1-43 and Section 7-1-44 shall govern in all matters affecting the interests, status, properties, division, distribution, and settlement of the matters mentioned in these latter sections, so far as these latter sections are applicable and are not in conflict with the provisions of this Division 3. In applying these latter sections, the new village shall be considered as an annexing or enlarged annexing municipality, or as annexed territory, as the case may be, and the old municipality from which the new village is formed shall be considered as a divided municipality, or as a municipality from which territory has been disconnected for annexation, as the case may be.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-18

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-18)
    Sec. 2-3-18. In any county of between 150,000 and 1,000,000 population which has adopted an official plan under "An Act to provide for regional planning and for the creation, organization and powers of regional planning commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as amended, the county board, by resolution, may provide that before the question of incorporating a village under this Division is submitted to the electors in response to a petition filed under Section 2-3-5 or 2-3-10 the county board must first determine that (1) the proposed incorporation is compatible with the official plan for the development of the county, and (2) the lands described in the petition as intended to be embraced in the village constitute a sufficient tax base as will insure the ability of the village to provide all necessary municipal services to its inhabitants. When such a resolution is in effect, the court in which such a petition is filed shall first require a showing that those determinations have been made by the county board. If no such showing is made, the court shall deny the petition. If such a showing is made, the court shall proceed as provided in Section 2-3-6 or 2-3-11, as the case may be.
(Source: P.A. 76-676.)

65 ILCS 5/2-3-19

    (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.)