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91_SB0012enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Water District Act by changing
2 Section 26.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by
6 changing Section 26 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 3705/26) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 212.1)
8 Sec. 26. Annexation. Any territory which is contiguous to
9 a public water district organized under this Act and which is
10 not included in any public water district may be annexed to
11 such contiguous public water district in the manner provided
12 by this Section.
13 A petition, signed by two-thirds of the legal voters
14 residing in the territory sought to be annexed, or if there
15 are no legal voters in the territory, a majority of the
16 owners of record of the land in the territory, and addressed
17 to the circuit court of the county in which the public water
18 district to which annexation is sought was organized,
19 requesting that the territory described in the petition be
20 annexed to such public water district, may be filed with the
21 clerk of such court. The clerk of such court shall thereupon
22 present such petition to the court which shall set a time,
23 place and date for a hearing thereon, which date shall be not
24 less than 20 nor more than 45 days after the date the
25 petition was filed. The court shall give notice of the time,
26 place and date of the hearing by publication in one or more
27 newspapers published in the district, and if there is no such
28 newspaper, in one or more newspapers published in the county
29 and having a general circulation within the public water
30 district and within the territory sought to be annexed
31 thereto, which publication shall be made at least 15 days
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1 prior to the date set for the hearing.
2 (Source: P.A. 83-532.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.
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