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91_HB2308
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1 AN ACT to amend the Hospital District Law by changing
2 Section 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Hospital District Law is amended by
6 changing Section 10 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 910/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 1260)
8 Sec. 10. Petitions for annexation; petitions for
9 detachment. A petition for annexation of land to a Hospital
10 District shall be signed by not less than 10% or 50 voters,
11 whichever is fewer, residing within the territory therein
12 described proposed for annexation and shall be filed with the
13 circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the
14 greater portion thereof is situated, and shall be addressed
15 to the circuit court. A hearing shall be held thereon as
16 nearly as possible as in the case of a formation petition.
17 If upon the hearing, the court finds that the petition is
18 sufficient it shall certify the proposition to the proper
19 election officials, who shall submit the question to the
20 voters at an election in accordance with the general election
21 law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following
22 form:
23 -------------------------------------------------------------
24 Shall (description of territory) YES
25 be annexed to the.... Hospital -----------------------
26 District? NO
27 -------------------------------------------------------------
28 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition in the
29 District and in the territory described in the petition
30 respectively, are in favor of annexation the court shall by
31 order declare the territory annexed and shall describe the
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1 altered boundaries of the District.
2 In addition to the above, within 60 days after the entry
3 of an order by a court under Section 8 of this Act evidencing
4 the organization of a Hospital District, not less than 50% of
5 the legal voters residing within any municipality or any
6 civil township (or congressional township in counties under
7 commission form of government) or such fractional part of
8 either type of township as is included within such District
9 may file a petition for the detachment of such territory with
10 the circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the
11 greater portion thereof is situated addressed to the circuit
12 court for such county; provided, that such detachment is not
13 permissible if it will destroy the contiguity of the
14 territory of the District. In the case of a hospital
15 district created prior to September 15, 1950 with territory
16 located partially within two different counties, where less
17 than 10% of the population of the district is located in one
18 county, the legal voters residing in that part of the
19 hospital district located within the county representing less
20 than 10% of the population of said hospital district may file
21 a petition for detachment at any time. A hearing shall be
22 held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a
23 formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that
24 the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition
25 to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
26 question to the voters at an election in accordance with the
27 general election law. The proposition shall be substantially
28 in the following form:
29 -------------------------------------------------------------
30 Shall the (described) territory YES
31 be detached from the.... Hospital ---------------------
32 District? NO
33 -------------------------------------------------------------
34 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
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1 favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by
2 order declare the territory detached and shall describe the
3 altered boundaries of the District.
4 If territory is disconnected from a district, the
5 property owners in such territory are still responsible for
6 the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness
7 at the time of disconnection.
8 Also in addition, the legal voters residing within a
9 hospital district may file a petition for detachment from the
10 hospital district. The petition must be signed by not less
11 than 5% of the legal voters of the territory proposed to be
12 detached. Detachment is not permissible if it would destroy
13 the contiguity of the territory of the District. A hearing
14 shall be held on the petition as nearly as possible as in the
15 case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court
16 finds that the petition is sufficient, it shall certify the
17 proposition to the proper election officials, who shall
18 submit the question to the voters at an election in
19 accordance with the general election law. The proposition
20 shall be substantially in the following form:
21 -------------------------------------------------------------
22 Shall the (described) territory YES
23 be detached from the.... Hospital ---------------------
24 District? NO
25 -------------------------------------------------------------
26 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
27 favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by
28 order declare the territory detached and shall describe the
29 altered boundaries of the District.
30 If territory is disconnected from a district, the
31 property owners in that territory are still responsible for
32 the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness
33 at the time of disconnection.
34 (Source: P.A. 81-1550.)