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91_HB1124eng HB1124 Engrossed LRB9104227DHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing 2 Section 2-3-5a. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 6 changing Section 2-3-5a as follows: 7 (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a) 8 Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village. 9 (a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population 10 as determined by the last preceding federal census any area 11 of contiguous territory contains at least 4 square miles and 12 2500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, that area 13 may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed by 250 14 electors residing within that area is filed with the circuit 15 clerk of the county in which such area is located addressed 16 to the circuit court for that county. The petition must set 17 forth: 18 (1) a legal description of the area intended to be 19 included in the proposed village, 20 (2) the number of residents in that area, 21 (3) the name of the proposed village, and 22 (4) a prayer that the question of the 23 incorporation of the area as a village be submitted to 24 the electors residing within the limits of the proposed 25 village. 26 If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies 27 within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of any existing 28 municipality, the consent of that municipality must be 29 obtained before the area may be incorporated. 30 (b) If, in a county having more than 240,000350,000but 31 fewer than 400,000 inhabitants as determined by the last HB1124 Engrossed -2- LRB9104227DHmg 1 preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory 2 contains at least 3 square miles and 5,0008,000inhabitants 3 residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be 4 incorporated as a village in the same manner as is provided 5 in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality need not be 6 obtained. 7 (c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer 8 than 318,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding 9 federal census, an area of contiguous territory that does not 10 exceed one square mile and between 1000 and 1500 inhabitants 11 residing in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10 12 miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 as 13 determined by the last preceding federal census, that area 14 may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as is 15 provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality 16 need not be obtained. 17 (Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94; 88-661, eff. 9-16-94; 18 89-388, eff. 1-1-96.)