(70 ILCS 1845/34) (from Ch. 19, par. 384)
Sec. 34.
If there is territory contiguous to the District which has no
legal voters residing therein, a petition to annex such territory, signed
by all the owners of record of such territory may be filed with the court
of the county in which the major part of the District is situated. A time
and place for a hearing on the subject of the petition shall be fixed and
notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided in Section 33. At
such hearing any owner of land in the territory proposed to be annexed, the
District and any resident of the District may appear and be heard touching
on the sufficiency of the petition. If the court finds that the petition
satisfies the requirements of this Section it shall enter an order stating
that thenceforth such territory shall be an integral part of the Seneca
Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits of service and
responsibilities, including the assumption of a proportionate share of the
general obligation bonded indebtedness, if any, of the District. The
circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order of the court to
the circuit clerk of any other county in which the annexed territory is
situated.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3695.)
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