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65 ILCS 5/7-1-7

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

Sec. 7-1-7.

(a) If the court finds that an annexation ordinance is
valid, the court shall enter an order directing the submission of the
question of annexation of the unincorporated territory to the electors of
that territory at an election in accordance with the general election law
and directing the clerk of the annexing municipality to send, by registered
mail, a notice of the date of the prospective referendum to the highway
commissioner of each road district within which the territory proposed to
be annexed is situated. The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the
question for submission.

(b) If a majority of those casting ballots favor
annexation, the described
territory shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-1-1, thereupon
be a part of the annexing municipality. Within 15 days after the
referendum, the clerk of the annexing municipality shall promptly send
written notice of the results of the referendum by registered mail to the
highway commissioner of each road district within which the territory is
situated.

(c) If a municipal clerk fails to send any notice to a highway
commissioner as required by this Section, the municipality shall reimburse
the road district served by that highway commissioner for any loss or
liability caused by that failure.

(Source: P.A. 87-533; 88-355.)