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65 ILCS 5/7-1-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-4)Sec. 7-1-4.     The cause shall be heard without further pleadings.     At  the hearing the objector may be heard in person or by counsel.Prior to hearing evidence on the validity of the annexation petition  or ordinance, the court shall hear and determine any objection under  sub-paragraph (4) of Section 7-1-3. If the court is satisfied that such  objection is valid, it shall order the petition or ordinance to be  amended to eliminate such objector's land from the territory sought to  be annexed. Thereafter upon this hearing the only matter for  determination shall be the validity of the annexation petition or  ordinance, as the case may be, and the decision of the court shall be  final. All petitions shall be supported by an affidavit of one or more  of the petitioners, or some one on their behalf, that the signatures on  the petition represent a majority of the property owners of record of land  in the territory described  and a majority of the electors of the territory therein described.  Petitions so verified shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of such  facts. If the court finds that (1) the annexation petition is not signed  by the requisite number of electors or property owners of record; or (2)  that the described property is not contiguous to the annexing  municipality; or (3) that the description is materially defective; or  (4) that the petition or ordinance, as the case may be, is otherwise  invalid, the court shall dismiss the petition or ordinance, as the case  may be.But if the court finds that the petition or ordinance, as the case  may be, is valid, the court shall (1) enter an order describing the  territory to be annexed, (2) find that the petition or ordinance, as the  case may be, conforms to this Article, and (3) direct that the question  of annexation be submitted to the corporate authorities of the annexing  municipality or to the electors of the unincorporated territory, as the  case may be, for final action. A certified copy of the order of the  court directing that the question of annexation be submitted to the  corporate authorities shall be sent to the clerk of the annexing  municipality.Appeals shall lie from any final order of the court as in other civil actions.    (Source: P.A. 81-448.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-5)Sec. 7-1-5.         After the clerk receives the certified copy of the order of the  court, the corporate authorities of the annexing municipality shall proceed  to consider the question of the annexation of the described territory. A  majority vote of the corporate authorities then holding office is required  to annex. The vote shall be by "ayes" and "noes" entered on the legislative  records. Except as is otherwise provided in Section 7-1-1, this decision  shall be effective after the expiration of 30 days unless a referendum  on the question is ordered by the corporate authorities or unless a  petition for a referendum is filed. If no referendum is ordered by the  corporate authorities and no petition for a referendum is filed, the  municipal clerk shall, promptly after the expiration of the 30 days, send  written notice of the annexation by registered mail to the highway  commissioner of each road district within which the annexed  territory is described. If a municipal clerk fails to send any notice to a  highway commissioner as required by this Section, the municipality shall  reimburse the road district served by that highway commissioner for any  loss or liability caused by that failure.    (Source: P.A. 87-533.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-5.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-5.1)Sec. 7-1-5.1.         (a) This Section shall apply when the following  conditions are met with respect to any tract within the territory sought to be annexed:(1) the tract is commercial or industrial property;(2) the tract is owned by a single owner;(3) the tract is all or part of a parcel that lies on both sides of the  Illinois and Michigan Canal;(4) the tract is all or part of a parcel containing more than 800 acres; and(5) the tract is located entirely within a county having a population of  at least 300,000 but not more than 400,000.(b) If the conditions of subsection (a) are met, then the following shall apply:(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-1-2, the notice of the  annexation petition or ordinance, as the case may be, shall be given by the  petitioner or corporate authorities, as the case may be, by publishing such  notice in one newspaper of general circulation for 3 consecutive days, the  third day of publication being not less than 30 and not more than 45 days  prior to the date fixed for the hearing.(2) Every owner of record of commercial or industrial property of 50  acres or more which lies within the territory to be annexed shall be  notified by the petitioner or corporate authorities, as the case may be, by  certified mail, of the public hearing, any meeting of the corporate  authorities where a vote is to be taken in regard to the proposed  annexation, and any impending referendum to annex, at least 30 days prior  to any such public hearing, meeting, or referendum.(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-1-5, the ordinance shall  be enacted not less than 30 and not more than 45 days after the public hearing.(4) No territory shall be annexed by any proceeding which does not  require the consent of the owner of record unless at least one-third of  such territory is used and occupied for residential purposes at the time of  annexation.    (Source: P.A. 85-1421.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-5.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

Sec. 7-1-5.3. Planned unit development; rail-trail. When a developer petitions a municipality to annex property for a planned unit development of residential, commercial, or industrial sub-divisions that is located adjacent to a former railroad right-of-way that has been converted to a recreational trail ("rail-trail") that is owned by the State, a unit of local government, or a non-profit organization, the municipality shall notify the State,  unit of local government, or non-profit organization and furnish the proposed development plans to the State, unit of local government, or non-profit organization for review. The municipality shall require the developer petitioning for annexation to reasonably accommodate the rail-trail and modify its proposed development plans to ensure against adverse impacts to the users of the rail-trail or the natural and built resources within the right-of-way. If the municipality does not require the developer to make a modification prior to annexation, the municipality shall provide a written explanation to the State, unit of local government, or non-profit organization owning the rail-trail. The intent of this review and planning process is to ensure that no development along a rail-trail negatively affects the safety of users or the natural and built resources within the right-of-way.  (Source: P.A. 94-361, eff. 1-1-06.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-6)Sec. 7-1-6.         (a) If the vote is in favor of annexing the described  territory, the corporate authorities on their own motion may order a  referendum on the question. If the corporate authorities reject  annexation, or do not order a referendum, then within the 30 day period  a petition may be filed with the municipal clerk requesting that  the question of the annexation of the described territory be submitted  to the electors of the annexing municipality. The petition shall be  signed by electors of the annexing municipality equal in number to 10%  of the entire vote cast for all candidates for mayor or president of the  annexing municipality at the last preceding general municipal election.  The municipal clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election  authority for submission to the electors at an election in accordance with  the general election law and shall send, by registered mail, a notice of  the date of the prospective referendum to the highway commissioner of each  road district within which the described territory is situated.(b) If a majority of the electors voting on this question favor  annexation, the decision of the corporate authorities, if in favor of  annexation, shall be final. If a majority of the electors voting on this  question favor annexation, after the corporate authorities have rejected  annexation, the decision of the electors shall be final. In either case,  the described territory shall thereupon be a part of the annexing municipality.(c) If the vote is against annexation, no further proceedings shall be  had on that petition for annexation, and no action in favor of the  annexation shall have any effect. After the referendum, the municipal clerk  shall promptly send written notice of the results of the referendum by  registered mail to the highway commissioner of each road district within  which the described territory is situated. This, however, shall not prevent  the subsequent annexation of the described territory upon another petition.(d) If a municipal clerk fails to send any notice to a highway  commissioner as required by this Section, the municipality shall reimburse  the road district served by that highway commissioner for any loss or  liability caused by that failure.    (Source: P.A. 87-533.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-7)Sec. 7-1-7.         (a) If the court finds that an annexation ordinance is  valid, the court shall enter an order directing the submission of the  question of annexation of the unincorporated territory to the electors of  that territory at an election in accordance with the general election law  and directing the clerk of the annexing municipality to send, by registered  mail, a notice of the date of the prospective referendum to the highway  commissioner of each road district within which the territory proposed to  be annexed is situated. The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the  question for submission.(b) If a majority of those casting ballots favor  annexation, the described  territory shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-1-1, thereupon  be a part of the annexing municipality. Within 15 days after the  referendum, the clerk of the annexing municipality shall promptly send  written notice of the results of the referendum by registered mail to the  highway commissioner of each road district within which the territory is  situated.(c) If a municipal clerk fails to send any notice to a highway  commissioner as required by this Section, the municipality shall reimburse  the road district served by that highway commissioner for any loss or  liability caused by that failure.    (Source: P.A. 87-533; 88-355.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-8)Sec. 7-1-8.         Any territory which is not within the corporate limits of any  municipality but which is contiguous to a municipality at the time of  annexation and which territory  has no electors residing therein, or any such territory with electors  residing therein, may be annexed to the municipality in the following  manner: a written petition signed by the owners of record of all land  within such territory and by at least 51% of the electors residing therein  shall be filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall request  annexation and shall state that no electors reside therein or that at least  51% of such electors residing therein join in the petition, whichever shall  be the case, and shall be under oath. The corporate authorities of the  municipality to which annexation is sought shall then consider the question  of the annexation of the described territory. A majority vote of the  corporate authorities then holding office is required to annex. The vote  shall be by "yeas" and "nays" entered on the legislative records. A copy of  the ordinance annexing the territory together with an accurate map of the  annexed territory shall be recorded with the recorder and filed  with the County Clerk within the county wherever the annexed territory is  located.    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-9)Sec. 7-1-9.         Whenever any contiguous, uninhabited, unincorporated  territory is owned by any municipality, that territory may be annexed by  that municipality by the passage of an ordinance to that effect,  describing the territory to be annexed. A copy of the ordinance, with an  accurate map of the annexed territory shall be recorded with the  recorder of the county wherein the annexed territory is  located and a document of annexation shall be filed with the county clerk  and County Election Authority.    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-10)Sec. 7-1-10.         Any municipality by ordinance may annex any territory  contiguous to it even though the annexed territory is dedicated or used  for street or highway purposes under the jurisdiction of the Department  of Transportation of the State of Illinois, or a county or township  highway department if no part of the annexed territory is within any  other municipality. After the passage of the ordinance of annexation a  copy of the ordinance, with an accurate map of the territory annexed,  certified as correct by the clerk of the municipality, shall be filed  with the recorder of the county in which the annexed territory  is situated and a document of annexation shall be filed with the county  clerk and County Election Authority.    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-10.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

Sec. 7-1-10.5. Disconnection or de-annexation of annexed highways.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, if any highway that was, prior to annexation, a township highway is disconnected or de-annexed within one year after the original annexation, the jurisdiction of the highway shall revert back to the township that had jurisdiction immediately before the annexation.  (Source: P.A. 100-350, eff. 8-25-17.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-12)Sec. 7-1-12.         Upon a written petition which is signed by a majority of  the owners of record of land in any contiguous unincorporated territory  wholly bounded by 2 or more municipalities and after the notice required  by this Section has been given, the specified territory may be annexed  by any one of the specified municipalities by the passage of an  ordinance providing therefor. The corporate authorities of the annexing  municipality shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be  published once, in a newspaper of general circulation within the  territory to be annexed, not less than 10 days before the passage of the  annexation ordinance.  When the territory to be annexed lies wholly or  partially within a township other than that township where the municipality  is situated, the annexing municipality shall give at least 10 days prior  written notice of the time and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance  to the township supervisor of the township where the territory to be  annexed lies.  The ordinance shall describe the territory  annexed, which may not exceed 1/3 the area of the annexing municipality  before the annexation. A copy of the annexing ordinance and an accurate  map of the annexed territory shall be recorded by the recorder  of the county wherein the annexed territory is situated and a document of  annexation shall be filed with the county clerk and County Election Authority.    (Source: P.A. 86-769.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13)Sec. 7-1-13. Annexation.(a) Whenever any unincorporated territory containing 60  acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or more municipalities, (b)  one or more municipalities and a creek in a county with a population of  400,000 or more, or one or more municipalities and a river or lake in any  county, (c) one or more municipalities and the Illinois State  boundary, (d) except as provided in item (h) of this subsection (a), one or more municipalities and property owned by the  State of Illinois, except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the State,  (e) one or more municipalities and a forest preserve district or park district,  (f) if the territory is a triangular parcel of less than 10 acres, one or  more municipalities and an interstate highway owned in fee by the State and  bounded by a frontage road, (g) one or more municipalities in a county with a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants and either a railroad or operating property, as defined in the Property Tax Code
65 ILCS 5/7-1-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-14)Sec. 7-1-14.         Whenever real estate owned by any school district is situated  in unincorporated territory adjacent to any municipality it may be annexed  thereto as follows:The board of directors or board of education of the school district  shall adopt a resolution recommending the annexation of such real estate by  the municipality. The resolution shall contain a complete description of  such real estate. The resolution shall direct the clerk or secretary of the  school board to transmit a copy thereof to the corporate authorities of the  municipality. If such corporate authorities, by a majority vote of the  members then holding office, enact an ordinance providing for annexation of  such real estate, it shall be considered as annexed. The ordinance shall  describe the territory annexed, and a copy thereof and an accurate map of  such territory shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of  the county or counties wherein the annexed territory is situated.    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-15)Sec. 7-1-15.   Any municipality may be annexed to another municipality to which it  adjoins, by ordinances passed by a majority vote of all the alderpersons,  trustees, or commissioners then holding office in each municipality  desiring annexation. These ordinances shall specify the terms of the  annexation, and they shall be a binding contract if, but only if:(1) the annexation provided in these ordinances is certified by the clerk  to the proper election authority who shall submit the question to a  vote of the electors of both municipalities at an election in accordance  with the general election law; and if(2) the annexation is approved in each municipality by a majority of  all the voters voting on that question in each municipality. If the  ordinances fail to specify the terms of annexation or specify only  partially the terms of annexation, the provisions of this Article  relating to the annexation of one municipality to another shall apply  but not as to any terms agreed to in the ordinances of annexation.The proposition shall be in substantially  the following form:  --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the municipality of              YES.... be annexed to the municipality  -------------------------of....?NO--------------------------------------------------------------Annexation shall neither affect nor impair any rights or liabilities  either in favor of or against either municipality. Actions founded upon  any right or liability may be commenced despite the annexation and,  together with pending actions, may be prosecuted to final  judgment and the enforcement thereof as if annexation had not taken place.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-16)Sec. 7-1-16.         Where a municipality adjoins another municipality in one  or more portions of its boundaries, it may be annexed thereto as  follows, notwithstanding that territory not a part of either of the  municipalities may lie between or be surrounded by the municipalities:A petition shall be presented to the circuit court for the county,  wherein the annexing municipality is situated, asking that the question  of annexation be submitted to the electors of both municipalities. The  petition shall be signed by not less than 10% of the total number of  electors of the municipality sought to be annexed who voted at the last  preceding general municipal election or 250 such electors, whichever  figure is the smaller. Furthermore, if a majority of those voting, in a  municipality sought to be annexed, upon the question of annexation vote  against the annexation of that municipality when the question is first  submitted, any petition thereafter presented to the court for the  annexation of the same municipality shall be signed by not less than  1/8 of the electors of that municipality who voted at the last  preceding general municipal election.The court thereupon shall order the question of annexation  submitted to the electors of both municipalities at an election to be  held in each municipality. The clerk of the circuit court shall certify  the question to the proper election authorities at an election in accordance  with the general election law for submission. No election on the question of  annexation shall be held within 22 months after the same  question has been  voted upon.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/7-1-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-17)Sec. 7-1-17.         The question cast at this election shall be in substantially the  following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the municipality of         YES.... be annexed to the         -------------------------------municipality of....?                  NO--------------------------------------------------------------If, in each municipality, a majority of the electors  voting upon the question of annexation vote for annexation, the  annexation shall, except as is otherwise provided in Section 7-1-1, be  effective and the jurisdiction of the annexing municipality shall extend  over the territory of the annexed municipality.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)