HB1700enr 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-6-7 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-7 new)

Sec. 11-6-7. Annexation; intergovernmental agreement.

(a) Whenever an unincorporated parcel of land that is within the boundaries of a fire protection district is annexed into the corporate limits of a municipality with a municipal fire department, the municipal fire department and the fire protection district may negotiate an intergovernmental agreement to allow the fire protection district to have jurisdiction over the annexed parcel in such instances when it is not economically feasible for the municipal fire department to have jurisdiction over the annexed property or when the municipal fire department has determined that a hardship exists that would compromise the safety and well-being of the annexed property. If no agreement is adopted by both the municipality and fire protection district, then the automatic transfer of jurisdiction from the fire protection district to the municipality shall occur upon annexation.

(b) This Section is repealed 12 months after becoming law, or on June 30, 2012, whichever is first.

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