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1 | | the proposed additional territory shall become a part of any
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2 | | contiguous fire protection district organized under this Act |
3 | | and whether
the voters of the additional territory shall assume |
4 | | a proportionate
share of the bonded indebtedness of the |
5 | | district. The petition shall
be addressed to the court and |
6 | | shall contain a definite description of
the boundaries of the |
7 | | territory to be embraced in the proposed addition
and shall |
8 | | allege facts in support of such addition.
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9 | | Upon filing the petition in the office of the circuit clerk |
10 | | of the
county in which the original petition for the formation |
11 | | of the fire
protection district was filed, it shall be the duty |
12 | | of the court to fix
a time and place of a hearing upon the |
13 | | subject of the petition.
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14 | | Notice shall be given by the court, or by the circuit clerk |
15 | | or
sheriff upon order of the court of the county in which the |
16 | | petition is
filed, of the time and place of a hearing upon the |
17 | | petition in the
manner as provided in Section 1. The conduct of |
18 | | the hearing on the question whether the
proposed additional |
19 | | territory shall become a part of the fire protection
district |
20 | | shall be carried out in the manner described in Section 1, as
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21 | | nearly as may be. The question shall be in substantially the |
22 | | following form:
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24 | | For joining the.... Fire
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25 | | Protection District and assuming a
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26 | | proportionate share of bonded
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1 | | indebtedness, if any.
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3 | | Against joining the.... Fire
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4 | | Protection District and assuming a
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5 | | proportionate share of bonded
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6 | | indebtedness, if any.
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8 | | If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon the |
9 | | question of
becoming a part of any contiguous fire protection |
10 | | district are in favor
of becoming a part of that fire |
11 | | protection district and if the trustees
of the fire protection |
12 | | district accept the proposed additional
territory by |
13 | | resolution, the proposed additional territory shall be
deemed |
14 | | an integral part of that fire protection district and shall be
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15 | | subject to all the benefits of service and responsibilities of |
16 | | the
district as set forth in this Act.
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17 | | (b) The owner or owners of any tract or tracts of land, |
18 | | contiguous to an
existing fire protection district and not |
19 | | already included in a fire
protection district, may file a |
20 | | written petition, addressed to the
trustees of the fire |
21 | | protection district to which they seek to have
their tract or |
22 | | tracts of land attached, containing a definite
description of |
23 | | the boundaries of the territory and a statement that they
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24 | | desire that their property become a part of the fire protection |
25 | | district
to which their petition is addressed, and that they |
26 | | are willing that
their property assume a proportionate share of |
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1 | | the bonded indebtedness,
if any, of the fire protection |
2 | | district.
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3 | | When such a petition is filed with the trustees, they shall
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4 | | immediately pass a resolution to accept or reject the territory |
5 | | proposed
to be attached. If the trustees resolve in favor of |
6 | | accepting the
territory, they shall file with the court of the |
7 | | county where the fire
protection district was organized the |
8 | | original petition and a certified
copy of the resolution, and |
9 | | the court shall then enter an order stating
that the proposed |
10 | | annexed territory shall be deemed an integral part of
that fire |
11 | | protection district and subject to all of the benefits of
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12 | | service and responsibilities of the district. The circuit clerk |
13 | | shall
transmit a certified copy of the order to the county
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14 | | clerk of each county in which any of the territory affected is |
15 | | situated
and to the State Fire Marshal.
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16 | | (c) Upon the annexation of territory by a district, the |
17 | | boundary shall
extend to the far side of any adjacent highway |
18 | | and shall include all of
every highway within the area annexed. |
19 | | These highways shall be considered
to be annexed even though |
20 | | not included in the legal description set forth
in the petition |
21 | | for annexation.
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22 | | (Source: P.A. 85-556; 86-1191 .)".
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