(70 ILCS 2305/27) (from Ch. 42, par. 296.7)
Sec. 27.
Any contiguous territory located within the boundaries of
any sanitary district organized under this Act, and upon the border of
such district, may become disconnected from such district in the manner
following, to wit: 10% or more of the legal voters resident in the
territory sought to be disconnected from such district, may petition the
circuit court for the county in which such sanitary district is located
to cause the question of whether such territory shall be disconnected to
be submitted to the legal voters of such territory. Such petition shall
be addressed to the court and shall contain a definite description of
the boundaries of such territory and recite as a fact, that there is no
outstanding bonded indebtedness of such sanitary district which was
incurred or assumed while such territory was a part of such sanitary
district and that no special assessments for local improvements were
levied upon or assessed against any of the lands within such territory
or, if so levied or assessed, that all of such assessments have been
fully paid and discharged and that such territory is not, at the time of
the filing of such petition, and will not be, either benefited or served
by any work or improvements either then existing or then authorized by
said sanitary district. Upon filing such petition in the office of the
circuit clerk of the county in which such sanitary district is located
it shall be the duty of the court to consider the boundaries of such
territory and the facts upon which the petition is founded. The court
may alter the boundaries of such territory and shall deny the prayer of
the petition, if the material allegations therein contained are not
founded in fact; a decision of said commissioners or a majority of them
shall be conclusive and not subject to review.
Notice shall be given by the court of the time and place when and
where all persons interested will be heard substantially as provided in
and by Section 1 of this Act. The court shall certify its order and the
question to the proper election officials who shall submit the question
at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition
shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- For disconnection fromsanitary district.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Against disconnection fromsanitary district.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of
disconnection, and if the trustees of such sanitary district shall, by
ordinance, disconnect such territory, thereupon the court shall enter an
appropriate order of record in the court and thereafter such
territory shall thenceforth be deemed disconnected from such sanitary
district.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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