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91_HB2308sam001 LRB9105124DHmgam01 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2308 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2308 as follows: 3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 4 following: 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 to detach 9 previously annexed territory. A petition for annexation of 10 land to a Hospital District shall be signed by not less than 11 10% or 50 voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the 12 territory therein described proposed for annexation and shall 13 be filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the 14 District or the greater portion thereof is situated, and 15 shall be addressed to the circuit court. A hearing shall be 16 held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a 17 formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds 18 that the petition is sufficient it shall certify the 19 proposition to the proper election officials, who shall 20 submit the question to the voters at an election in 21 accordance with the general election law. The proposition -2- LRB9105124DHmgam01 1 shall be substantially in the following form: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Shall (description of territory) YES 4 be annexed to the.... Hospital ----------------------- 5 District? NO 6 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition in the 8 District and in the territory described in the petition 9 respectively, are in favor of annexation the court shall by 10 order declare the territory annexed and shall describe the 11 altered boundaries of the District. 12 In addition to the above, within 60 days after the entry 13 of an order by a court under Section 8 of this Act evidencing 14 the organization of a Hospital District, not less than 50% of 15 the legal voters residing within any municipality or any 16 civil township (or congressional township in counties under 17 commission form of government) or such fractional part of 18 either type of township as is included within such District 19 may file a petition for the detachment of such territory with 20 the circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the 21 greater portion thereof is situated addressed to the circuit 22 court for such county; provided, that such detachment is not 23 permissible if it will destroy the contiguity of the 24 territory of the District. In the case of a hospital 25 district created prior to September 15, 1950 with territory 26 located partially within two different counties, where less 27 than 10% of the population of the district is located in one 28 county, the legal voters residing in that part of the 29 hospital district located within the county representing less 30 than 10% of the population of said hospital district may file 31 a petition for detachment at any time. A hearing shall be 32 held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a 33 formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that 34 the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition -3- LRB9105124DHmgam01 1 to the proper election officials, who shall submit the 2 question to the voters at an election in accordance with the 3 general election law. The proposition shall be substantially 4 in the following form: 5 ------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Shall the (described) territory YES 7 be detached from the.... Hospital --------------------- 8 District? NO 9 ------------------------------------------------------------- 10 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in 11 favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by 12 order declare the territory detached and shall describe the 13 altered boundaries of the District. 14 If territory is disconnected from a district, the 15 property owners in such territory are still responsible for 16 the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness 17 at the time of disconnection. 18 Also in addition, within 24 months after the effective 19 date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the 20 legal voters residing within a hospital district may file a 21 petition for detachment from the hospital district where (i) 22 the territory sought to be detached was added to the hospital 23 district by way of annexation; and (ii) the equalized 24 assessed valuation of the territory sought to be detached 25 constitutes less than 25% of the equalized assessed valuation 26 of the hospital district. The petition must be signed by not 27 less than 5% of the legal voters of the territory sought to 28 be detached. Detachment is not permissible if it would 29 destroy the contiguity of the territory of the District. A 30 hearing shall be held on the petition as nearly as possible 31 as in the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing, 32 the court finds that the petition is sufficient, it shall 33 certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who 34 shall submit the question to the legal voters of the -4- LRB9105124DHmgam01 1 territory proposed to be detached at an election in 2 accordance with the general election law. The proposition 3 shall be substantially in the following form: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Shall the (described) territory YES 6 be detached from the.... Hospital --------------------- 7 District? NO 8 ------------------------------------------------------------- 9 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in 10 favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by 11 order declare the territory detached and shall describe the 12 altered boundaries of the District. 13 If territory is disconnected from a district, the 14 property owners in that territory are still responsible for 15 the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness 16 at the time of disconnection. 17 (Source: P.A. 81-1550.) 18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 19 becoming law.".