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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended  
5by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 2105/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 385)



7    Sec. 3. 
Additional territory may be added to any 
8conservancy district
as provided for in this Act in the manner 
9following:

10    One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within 
11the limits
of such proposed addition to such conservancy 
12district, in each county in
which the proposed addition is 
13situated, may petition the
circuit court for the county in 
14which the original petition for the
formation of said 
15conservancy district was filed, to cause the question
to be 
16submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional

17territory whether such proposed additional territory shall 
18become a part
of any conservancy district organized under this 
19Act and whether such
additional territory shall assume a 
20proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness, if any, of such 
21conservancy district. Such petition shall
be addressed to the 
22court of the county in which the original petition
for 
23organization was filed, and shall contain a generally accurate

 
 
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1description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced 
2in the
proposed addition, and, if desired, a new name of the 
3expanded district.

4    Upon filing such petition in the office of the circuit 
5clerk of the
county in which the original petition for the 
6formation of such
conservancy district was filed it shall be 
7the duty of the court to
consider, fix and determine the 
8boundaries of any such proposed
additional territory, whether 
9the same shall be those stated in the
petition or otherwise and 
10a decision of the court shall be reviewable as
in other civil 
11cases.

12    A date shall be fixed and notice shall be given by the 
13court of the
county in which such petition is filed of the time 
14and place where such
hearing shall be held in the manner 
15described in Section 1 of this Act.
The conduct of the meeting, 
16and the power of the court to fix and alter the
boundaries of 
17the proposed addition shall be carried out in the manner

18described in Section 1 of this Act, as nearly as may be. The 
19court shall
certify the question to the proper election 
20officials who shall submit the
question at an election in 
21accordance with the general election law. The
question shall be 
22in substantially the following form:

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24    For  joining the Conservancy

25District and assuming a

26proportionate share of bonded

 
 
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1indebtedness.

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3    Against joining Conservancy

4District and assuming a

5proportionate share of bonded

6indebtedness.

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8    If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of

9becoming a part of any conservancy district shall be in favor 
10of
becoming a part of such conservancy district and if the 
11board of
trustees of said conservancy district accept the 
12proposed additional
territory by ordinance annexing the same, 
13the court shall enter an
appropriate order of record in the 
14court
and such additional
territory shall thenceforth be deemed 
15an integral part of such
conservancy district and shall be 
16subject to all the benefits,
responsibilities and obligations 
17of said conservancy district as herein
set forth.

18    Any such additional territory may also be annexed to such 
19conservancy
district upon petition addressed to the court for 
20the county in which
the original petition for organization of 
21the district was filed, signed
by a majority of the owners of 
22lands constituting such territory sought
to be annexed, who 
23shall have arrived at lawful age and who represent a
majority 
24in area of such territory, which said petition shall contain a

25generally accurate description of the boundaries of such 
26territory
sought to be annexed, and shall set forth the 
 
 
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1willingness of the
petitioners of such territory to assume a 
2proportionate share of the
bonded indebtedness, if any, of such 
3conservancy district.

4    Upon the filing of such petition and notice of and hearing 
5the
decision upon the same by the court, all as herein before 
6provided in
Section 1 of this Act with reference to notice, 
7hearing and decision
upon the petition for the original 
8organization of such district, such
court shall enter an order 
9containing its findings and decision as to
the boundaries of 
10the territory to be annexed; and thereupon if the
board of 
11trustees of such conservancy district shall pass an ordinance

12annexing the territory described in such order to said 
13conservancy
district, the court shall enter an appropriate 
14order finding that the
territory is so annexed and such 
15additional territory shall thenceforth
be deemed an integral 
16part of such conservancy district and shall be
subject to all 
17the benefits, responsibilities and obligations of said

18conservancy district as herein set forth.

19(Source: P.A. 86-1307.)

 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.