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65 ILCS 5/7-1-12

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-12)

Sec. 7-1-12.

Upon a written petition which is signed by a majority of
the owners of record of land in any contiguous unincorporated territory
wholly bounded by 2 or more municipalities and after the notice required
by this Section has been given, the specified territory may be annexed
by any one of the specified municipalities by the passage of an
ordinance providing therefor. The corporate authorities of the annexing
municipality shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be
published once, in a newspaper of general circulation within the
territory to be annexed, not less than 10 days before the passage of the
annexation ordinance.  When the territory to be annexed lies wholly or
partially within a township other than that township where the municipality
is situated, the annexing municipality shall give at least 10 days prior
written notice of the time and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance
to the township supervisor of the township where the territory to be
annexed lies.  The ordinance shall describe the territory
annexed, which may not exceed 1/3 the area of the annexing municipality
before the annexation. A copy of the annexing ordinance and an accurate
map of the annexed territory shall be recorded by the recorder
of the county wherein the annexed territory is situated and a document of
annexation shall be filed with the county clerk and County Election Authority.

(Source: P.A. 86-769.)