Sen. Emil Jones, III

Filed: 3/19/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 369

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 369 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 7-1-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1)
7    Sec. 7-1-1. Annexation of contiguous territory. Any
8territory that is not within the corporate limits of any
9municipality but is contiguous to a municipality may be annexed
10to the municipality as provided in this Article. For the
11purposes of this Article any territory to be annexed to a
12municipality shall be considered to be contiguous to the
13municipality notwithstanding that the territory is separated
14from the municipality by a strip parcel, railroad or public
15utility right-of-way, or former railroad right-of-way that has
16been converted to a recreational trail, but upon annexation the

 

 

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1area included within that strip parcel, right-of-way, or former
2right-of-way shall not be considered to be annexed to the
3municipality. For purposes of this Section, "strip parcel"
4means a separation no wider than 30 feet between the territory
5to be annexed and the municipal boundary.
6    Except in counties with a population of more than 600,000
7but less than 3,000,000, territory which is not contiguous to a
8municipality but is separated therefrom only by a forest
9preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land or open
10space that is part of an open space program, as defined in
11Section 115-5 of the Township Code, or conservation area, may
12be annexed to the municipality pursuant to Section 7-1-7 or
137-1-8, but only if the annexing municipality can show that the
14forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land,
15open space, or conservation area creates an artificial barrier
16preventing the annexation and that the location of the forest
17preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open
18space, or conservation area property prevents the orderly
19natural growth of the annexing municipality. Except for parcels
20of land less than one acre in size, it It shall be conclusively
21presumed that the forest preserve district, federal wildlife
22refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area does not
23create an artificial barrier if the property sought to be
24annexed is bounded on at least 3 sides by (i) one or more other
25municipalities (other than the municipality seeking annexation
26through the existing forest preserve district, federal

 

 

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1wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area),
2(ii) forest preserve district property, federal wildlife
3refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area, or (iii) a
4combination of other municipalities and forest preserve
5district property, federal wildlife refuge property, open
6land, open space, or conservation area. Except of parcels of
7land less than one acre in size, it It shall also be
8conclusively presumed that the forest preserve district,
9federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation
10area does not create an artificial barrier if the municipality
11seeking annexation is not the closest municipality within the
12county to the property to be annexed. The territory included
13within such forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge,
14open land, open space, or conservation area shall not be
15annexed to the municipality nor shall the territory of the
16forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land,
17open space, or conservation area be subject to rights-of-way
18for access or services between the parts of the municipality
19separated by the forest preserve district, federal wildlife
20refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area without the
21consent of the governing body of the forest preserve district
22or federal wildlife refuge. Parcels of land less than one acre
23in size may be annexed to the municipality pursuant to Section
247-1-7 or 7-1-8 if it would be contiguous to the municipality
25but for the separation therefrom by a forest preserve district,
26federal wildlife refuge, open land or open space that is part

 

 

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1of an open space program, as defined in Section 115-5 of the
2Township Code, or conservation area. The changes made to this
3Section by Public Act 91-824 are declaratory of existing law
4and shall not be construed as a new enactment.
5    For the purpose of this Section, "conservation area" means
6an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a not-for-profit
7organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
8of 1986, or any area owned by a conservation district.
9    In counties that are contiguous to the Mississippi River
10with populations of more than 200,000 but less than 255,000, a
11municipality that is partially located in territory that is
12wholly surrounded by the Mississippi River and a canal,
13connected at both ends to the Mississippi River and located on
14property owned by the United States of America, may annex
15noncontiguous territory in the surrounded territory under
16Sections 7-1-7, 7-1-8, or 7-1-9 if that territory is separated
17from the municipality by property owned by the United States of
18America, but that federal property shall not be annexed without
19the consent of the federal government.
20    For the purposes of this Article, any territory to be
21annexed to a municipality that is located in a county with more
22than 500,000 inhabitants shall be considered to be contiguous
23to the municipality if only a river and a national heritage
24corridor separate the territory from the municipality. Upon
25annexation, no river or national heritage corridor shall be
26considered annexed to the municipality.

 

 

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1    When any land proposed to be annexed is part of any Fire
2Protection District or of any Public Library District and the
3annexing municipality provides fire protection or a public
4library, as the case may be, the Trustees of each District
5shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
6before any court hearing or other action is taken for
7annexation. The notice shall be served 10 days in advance. An
8affidavit that service of notice has been had as provided by
9this Section must be filed with the clerk of the court in which
10the annexation proceedings are pending or will be instituted
11or, when no court proceedings are involved, with the recorder
12for the county where the land is situated. No annexation of
13that land is effective unless service is had and the affidavit
14filed as provided in this Section.
15    The new boundary shall extend to the far side of any
16adjacent highway and shall include all of every highway within
17the area annexed. These highways shall be considered to be
18annexed even though not included in the legal description set
19forth in the petition for annexation. When any land proposed to
20be annexed includes any highway under the jurisdiction of any
21township, the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of
22Town Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk
23shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
24before any court hearing or other action is taken for
25annexation. In the event that a municipality fails to notify
26the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of Town

 

 

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1Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk of
2the annexation of an area within the township, the municipality
3shall reimburse that township for any loss or liability caused
4by the failure to give notice. If any municipality has annexed
5any area before October 1, 1975, and the legal description in
6the petition for annexation did not include the entire adjacent
7highway, any such annexation shall be valid and any highway
8adjacent to the area annexed shall be considered to be annexed
9notwithstanding the failure of the petition to annex to include
10the description of the entire adjacent highway.
11    Any annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
12disconnection under this Article of any territory must be
13reported by certified or registered mail by the corporate
14authority initiating the action to the election authorities
15having jurisdiction in the territory and the post office
16branches serving the territory within 30 days of the
17annexation, disconnection and annexation, or disconnection.
18    Failure to give notice to the required election authorities
19or post office branches will not invalidate the annexation or
20disconnection. For purposes of this Section "election
21authorities" means the county clerk where the clerk acts as the
22clerk of elections or the clerk of the election commission
23having jurisdiction.
24    No annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
25disconnection under this Article of territory having electors
26residing therein made (1) before any primary election to be

 

 

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1held within the municipality affected thereby and after the
2time for filing petitions as a candidate for nomination to any
3office to be chosen at the primary election or (2) within 60
4days before any general election to be held within the
5municipality shall be effective until the day after the date of
6the primary or general election, as the case may be.
7    For the purpose of this Section, a toll highway or
8connection between parcels via an overpass bridge over a toll
9highway shall not be considered a deterrent to the definition
10of contiguous territory.
11    When territory is proposed to be annexed by court order
12under this Article, the corporate authorities or petitioners
13initiating the action shall notify each person who pays real
14estate taxes on property within that territory unless the
15person is a petitioner. The notice shall be served by certified
16or registered mail, return receipt requested, at least 20 days
17before a court hearing or other court action. If the person who
18pays real estate taxes on the property is not the owner of
19record, then the payor shall notify the owner of record of the
20proposed annexation.
21(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1233, eff. 7-23-10;
2297-601, eff. 1-1-12.)".