Bill Text: IL HB2583 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that territory that may be added to a river conservancy district includes a part of a county or an entire county or counties. Requires notice of a public hearing regarding the addition of territory in each county in which the additional territory is located. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0476 [HB2583 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2583-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that territory that may be added to a river conservancy district includes a part of a county or an entire county or counties. Requires notice of a public hearing regarding the addition of territory in each county in which the additional territory is located. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0476 [HB2583 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2583-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 2105/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 385)
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7 | Sec. 3.
Additional territory , including a part of a county | ||||||
8 | or an entire county or counties, may be added to any | ||||||
9 | conservancy district
as provided for in this Act in the manner | ||||||
10 | following:
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11 | One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within | ||||||
12 | the limits
of such proposed addition to such conservancy | ||||||
13 | district, in each county in
which the proposed addition is | ||||||
14 | situated, may petition the
circuit court for the county in | ||||||
15 | which the original petition for the
formation of said | ||||||
16 | conservancy district was filed, to cause the question
to be | ||||||
17 | submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional
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18 | territory whether such proposed additional territory shall | ||||||
19 | become a part
of any conservancy district organized under this | ||||||
20 | Act and whether such
additional territory shall assume a | ||||||
21 | proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness, if any, of such | ||||||
22 | conservancy district. Such petition shall
be addressed to the | ||||||
23 | court of the county in which the original petition
for |
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1 | organization was filed , and shall contain a generally accurate
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2 | description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced | ||||||
3 | in the
proposed addition , and, if desired, a new name of the | ||||||
4 | expanded district .
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5 | Upon filing such petition in the office of the circuit | ||||||
6 | clerk of the
county in which the original petition for the | ||||||
7 | formation of such
conservancy district was filed it shall be | ||||||
8 | the duty of the court to
consider, fix and determine the | ||||||
9 | boundaries of any such proposed
additional territory, whether | ||||||
10 | the same shall be those stated in the
petition or otherwise and | ||||||
11 | a decision of the court shall be reviewable as
in other civil | ||||||
12 | cases.
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13 | A date shall be fixed and notice shall be given by the | ||||||
14 | court of the
county in which such petition is filed of the time | ||||||
15 | and place where such
hearing shall be held in the manner | ||||||
16 | described in Section 1 of this Act , including notice in each | ||||||
17 | county in which the additional territory is located .
The | ||||||
18 | conduct of the meeting, and the power of the court to fix and | ||||||
19 | alter the
boundaries of the proposed addition shall be carried | ||||||
20 | out in the manner
described in Section 1 of this Act, as nearly | ||||||
21 | as may be. The court shall
certify the question to the proper | ||||||
22 | election officials who shall submit the
question at an election | ||||||
23 | in accordance with the general election law. The
question shall | ||||||
24 | be in substantially the following form:
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26 | For joining the Conservancy
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1 | District and assuming a
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2 | proportionate share of bonded
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3 | indebtedness.
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5 | Against joining Conservancy
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6 | District and assuming a
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7 | proportionate share of bonded
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8 | indebtedness.
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10 | If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of
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11 | becoming a part of any conservancy district shall be in favor | ||||||
12 | of
becoming a part of such conservancy district and if the | ||||||
13 | board of
trustees of said conservancy district accept the | ||||||
14 | proposed additional
territory by ordinance annexing the same, | ||||||
15 | the court shall enter an
appropriate order of record in the | ||||||
16 | court
and such additional
territory shall thenceforth be deemed | ||||||
17 | an integral part of such
conservancy district and shall be | ||||||
18 | subject to all the benefits,
responsibilities and obligations | ||||||
19 | of said conservancy district as herein
set forth.
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20 | Any such additional territory may also be annexed to such | ||||||
21 | conservancy
district upon petition addressed to the court for | ||||||
22 | the county in which
the original petition for organization of | ||||||
23 | the district was filed, signed
by a majority of the owners of | ||||||
24 | lands constituting such territory sought
to be annexed, who | ||||||
25 | shall have arrived at lawful age and who represent a
majority | ||||||
26 | in area of such territory, which said petition shall contain a
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1 | generally accurate description of the boundaries of such | ||||||
2 | territory
sought to be annexed, and shall set forth the | ||||||
3 | willingness of the
petitioners of such territory to assume a | ||||||
4 | proportionate share of the
bonded indebtedness, if any, of such | ||||||
5 | conservancy district.
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6 | Upon the filing of such petition and notice of and hearing | ||||||
7 | the
decision upon the same by the court, all as herein before | ||||||
8 | provided in
Section 1 of this Act with reference to notice, | ||||||
9 | hearing and decision
upon the petition for the original | ||||||
10 | organization of such district, such
court shall enter an order | ||||||
11 | containing its findings and decision as to
the boundaries of | ||||||
12 | the territory to be annexed; and thereupon if the
board of | ||||||
13 | trustees of such conservancy district shall pass an ordinance
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14 | annexing the territory described in such order to said | ||||||
15 | conservancy
district, the court shall enter an appropriate | ||||||
16 | order finding that the
territory is so annexed and such | ||||||
17 | additional territory shall thenceforth
be deemed an integral | ||||||
18 | part of such conservancy district and shall be
subject to all | ||||||
19 | the benefits, responsibilities and obligations of said
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20 | conservancy district as herein set forth.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 86-1307 .)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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