(70 ILCS 605/8-16) (from Ch. 42, par. 8-16)
Sec. 8-16.
Detachment of lands in municipal corporation exercising drainage powers-Petition-Signers-Contents.
A petition of landowners under Section 8-15 must be signed by not less
than 100 adult owners of land in the territory sought to be detached,
unless there are fewer than 200 adult landowners in such territory, in
which event the petition shall be signed by not less than a majority of the
adult landowners. Each petition under Section 8-15, whether by landowners,
commissioners or corporate authorities, shall contain (a) a description of
the boundaries of the territory sought to be detached, (b) the name of the
drainage district from which detachment is sought, (c) the name of the
municipal corporation in which the lands are situated, (d) a general
description of the drains or levees which the municipal corporation has
constructed and is maintaining in the exercise of its storm drainage
powers, (e) a statement that the storm drainage powers being exercised by
the municipal corporation in the territory sought to be detached are of the
same nature as the drainage powers being exercised by the drainage
district, (f) a statement that the lands sought to be detached constitute
all the lands which lie within both the drainage district and the municipal
corporation, and (g) a request that such lands be detached from the
drainage district. The petition must be verified and shall have attached
thereto a map showing the territory sought to be detached.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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