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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1124
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1124 as follows:
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
5 Section 2-3-5a."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
9 changing Section 2-3-5a as follows:
10 (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
11 Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.
12 (a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population
13 as determined by the last preceding federal census any area
14 of contiguous territory contains at least 4 square miles and
15 2500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, that area
16 may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed by 250
17 electors residing within that area is filed with the circuit
18 clerk of the county in which such area is located addressed
19 to the circuit court for that county. The petition must set
20 forth:
21 (1) a legal description of the area intended to be
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1 included in the proposed village,
2 (2) the number of residents in that area,
3 (3) the name of the proposed village, and
4 (4) a prayer that the question of the
5 incorporation of the area as a village be submitted to
6 the electors residing within the limits of the proposed
7 village.
8 If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies
9 within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of any existing
10 municipality, the consent of that municipality must be
11 obtained before the area may be incorporated.
12 (b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 350,000 but
13 fewer than 400,000 inhabitants as determined by the last
14 preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory
15 contains at least 3 square miles and 5,000 8,000 inhabitants
16 residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be
17 incorporated as a village in the same manner as is provided
18 in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality need not be
19 obtained.
20 (c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer
21 than 318,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding
22 federal census, an area of contiguous territory that does not
23 exceed one square mile and between 1000 and 1500 inhabitants
24 residing in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10
25 miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 as
26 determined by the last preceding federal census, that area
27 may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as is
28 provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality
29 need not be obtained.
30 (Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94; 88-661, eff. 9-16-94;
31 89-388, eff. 1-1-96.)".