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65 ILCS 5/7-2-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-19)Sec. 7-2-19.   Whenever a united city is formed by a compliance with Section  7-2-1 and the decision is in favor of an alderperson form of municipal  government, the united city shall be governed, after the first election  held in compliance with Section 7-2-7, by a council composed of a mayor and  a board of alderpersons selected by the electors of the united city as provided  by the provisions of this Code relating to the election of city officers,  except that all elections in a united city are controlled by the City  Election Law as provided in Section 7-2-6.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-20)Sec. 7-2-20.         If the decision at the election under Section 7-2-1 is in  favor of the commission form of municipal government, the united city shall  be governed, after the first election held in compliance with Section  7-2-7, by a council, consisting of a mayor and a board of 4 commissioners.  One commissioner shall be elected by the electors in each borough. If there  are less than 4 boroughs, the remainder of the commissioners shall be  elected by the electors of the united city. The nomination petitions of the  candidates for the commissioners who are to be elected by the electors in a  particular borough shall be signed only by electors of that particular  borough. In other respects the nomination and election of officers shall be  conducted in compliance with Sections 4-3-1 through 4-3-18. Likewise the  tenure of office shall be the same as that provided in Section 4-3-4.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-21)Sec. 7-2-21.         In addition to the requirements of the general election law, a distinct  ballot shall be printed for each borough for the primary election. At the  top of the ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR  MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AT LARGE OF THE UNITED CITY OF..... Under the sub-title  of FOR MAYOR shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). If any commissioner  at large is to be nominated there shall be placed below the names of the  candidates for mayor another sub-title in the singular or plural form, depending  on the facts, the following: FOR COMMISSIONER AT LARGE. Following this sub-title  there shall be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to conform  to the facts. (VOTE FOR ONE). Following the names of the candidates for  commissioner at large, if any, there shall be another sub-title in the following  form: FOR COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title  there shall be the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other respects  the form of the ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-22)Sec. 7-2-22.         To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on the  ballot under each sub-title at the general city election, the number of  officers who will be chosen under each sub-title shall be multiplied by 2.  Only those candidates at the primary election shall be nominees under each  sub-title at the general city election who have received the 2 highest  number of votes, where but one officer is to be elected, the 4 highest  where but 2 officers are to be elected, and in this manner as far as  necessary.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-23)Sec. 7-2-23.         If a candidate nominated at a primary election for a  particular office dies or withdraws before the general city election, the  vacancy on the ballot shall be filled with the name of the candidate for  the same office who ranked next highest in the number of votes received at  the primary to those who were determined to be the nominees for the office  sought by the dead or withdrawing candidate.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-24
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at the general city  election in a united city shall be prepared in accordance with the general  election law, and in accordance with Section 4-3-16,  with the following changes: (1) Following the names of the candidates for  mayor there shall be printed a sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)  AT LARGE. Following this sub-title shall be an instruction in this form:  (Vote for one) or (Vote for not more than 2), as the case may be. The names  of the candidates for commissioner at large shall follow this instruction.  (2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be printed another  sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title  shall be an instruction in this form: (Vote for one) and following this  instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees. Sections 7-2-20  through 7-2-24 are applicable only to united cities under a commission form  of government.  (Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-25)Sec. 7-2-25.         Every valid ordinance of a municipality that becomes a borough  of a united city shall remain valid within that borough until repealed by  an ordinance of the united city either expressly or impliedly by  legislation on the same subject.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-26
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-26)Sec. 7-2-26.         The formation of a united city under Section 7-2-1 shall not  effect a union of the schools in the boroughs of the united city. The  united city before the schools themselves are united shall not be  responsible for any school debt or any school obligation in a municipality  that becomes a borough or in a borough after the formation of the united  city. Each school in a borough, until the schools themselves are united,  shall be governed, as far as possible, as if the united city had not been  formed. Statutes providing that school officials may act only with the  concurrence of the city council shall not apply to schools in a united city  until the schools are united in compliance with statutes governing schools.  However, after the formation of a united city, and before the school  themselves are united, the name of each school district therein shall be  amended by substituting the word "Borough" in place of the word "City,"  "Village," or "Town".    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-27
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-27)Sec. 7-2-27.         At any general municipal election,  the question of the  dissolution of the united city may be submitted to the electors by a  compliance, as near as may be, with Sections 7-6-1 through 7-6-6.  However, the petition in such cases shall request that the dissolution  of the united city be submitted to the electors of the united city and  the question shall be in the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------SHALL THE UNITED          YESCITY OF.......       ----------------------------------------BE DISSOLVED?                NO--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/7-2-28
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-28)Sec. 7-2-28.   Whenever a united city is formed by a compliance with Section  7-2-1 of municipal government with alderpersons chosen from wards or districts,  the united city shall be and the decision is in favor of a managerial form  governed, after the first election held in compliance with Section 7-2-7,  by a council composed of a mayor and a board of alderpersons selected by the  electors of the united city as provided by the provisions of this Code  relating to the election of city officers, except all elections in a united  city are controlled by the City Election Law as provided in Section 7-2-6,  and by a municipal manager appointed by the council as provided in Article  5.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 DIVISION 3.      DISCONNECTION
65 ILCS 5/7-3-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-1)Sec. 7-3-1.   Within one year of the organization of any municipality under  the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Article 2 of this Code, any  territory which has been included therein may be disconnected from such  municipality if the territory sought to be disconnected is (1) upon the   border, but within the boundary of the municipality, (2) contains 20 or  more acres, (3) if disconnected will not result in the isolation of any  part of the municipality from the remainder of the municipality, and (4) if  disconnected will not be a territory wholly bounded by one or more  municipalities or wholly bounded by one or more municipalities and a river  or lake, (5) if disconnected, the growth prospects and plan and zoning  ordinances, if any, of such municipality will not be unreasonably  disrupted, (6) if disconnected, no substantial disruption will result to  existing municipal service facilities such as, but not limited to, sewer  systems, street lighting, water mains, garbage collection and fire  protection, (7) if disconnected the municipality will not be unduly harmed  through loss of tax revenue in the future. The procedure for disconnection  shall be as follows:A written petition directed to the circuit court of the county in which  the territory proposed to be disconnected is located and if such territory  is located in more than one county then to the circuit court of the county  in which the greater part of such territory may be located, which petition  shall be signed by a majority of the electors, if any, residing within the  territory and also signed by a majority of the owners of record of land in  such territory, and also representing a majority of the area of land in  such territory, shall be filed with the clerk of the court within one year  of the organization of any municipality under the provisions of Divisions 2  and 3 of Article 2 of this Code. The petition shall set forth the  description of the territory to be detached from such municipality, shall  allege the pertinent facts in support of the disconnection of such  territory and shall pray the court to detach the territory from the  municipality.  (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-2)Sec. 7-3-2.         Upon the filing of the petition as provided in Section 7-3-1,  the court shall set the same for public hearing which date of public  hearing shall be within 30 days of the date of the filing of the petition.  The court shall give at least 10 days notice of such hearing by publishing  notice thereof once in a newspaper published in the municipality from which  the territory is sought to be detached, or if there is no such newspaper  published in such municipality, then such notice shall be published once in  a newspaper having a general circulation within such municipality, the date  of such publication to be not less than 10 days prior to the date set for  the public hearing. The notice (1) shall refer to the petition filed with  the court, (2) shall describe the territory proposed to be disconnected,  (3) shall indicate the prayer of the petition and the date, time and place  at which the public hearing will be held and (4) shall further indicate  that the municipality and any persons residing in or owning property in the  territory involved or in the municipality from which such territory is  sought to be disconnected shall have an opportunity to be heard on the  prayer of the petition. Notice of the filing of the petition, the substance  of which shall be as hereinabove prescribed for the published notice shall  also be mailed to the presiding officer of the municipality from which the  territory is sought to be disconnected.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-3)Sec. 7-3-3.         The public hearing may be continued from time to time by the  court. After such public hearing and having heard any and all persons  desiring to be heard, including the municipality and any and all persons  residing in or owning property in the territory involved or in the  municipality from which such territory is sought to be disconnected, if the  court shall find that all the allegations of the petition are true, the  court shall grant the prayer of the petition and shall enter an order  disconnecting the territory from the municipality, which order shall be  entered of record in the court and the  clerk of the court  shall file a certified copy of such order with the clerk of the  municipality from which such territory has been detached. If the court  shall find that the allegations contained in the petition are not true then  the court shall enter an order dismissing the same. However, the  disconnection of any territory from the municipality shall not exempt such  territory from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness incurred  by the corporate authorities of the municipality prior to the filing of the  petition for disconnection and such territory shall be assessed and taxed  to pay such indebtedness until such indebtedness is completely paid, the  same as though the territory had not been disconnected.    (Source: P.A. 83-343.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-4)Sec. 7-3-4.         Any territory, within any municipality, which is upon the  border but within the boundary of the municipality may be disconnected from  the municipality, in  the discretion of its corporate authorities as follows:A written petition, signed by owners of record representing a majority  of the area of land in such territory, shall be filed with the clerk of the  municipality, requesting that the specified territory be disconnected from  the municipality. The petition shall be filed at least 30 days before it is  considered by the corporate authorities. The petition shall be accompanied  with the certificate of the proper county clerk, showing that all city  taxes or assessments due up to the time of presenting the petition are  fully paid. The corporate authorities, in their discretion, may disconnect  the territory from the municipality, by an ordinance passed by a majority  of the members elected to the city council, or board of trustees, as the  case may be.    (Source: P.A. 83-656.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-5)Sec. 7-3-5.         A copy of the ordinance disconnecting territory from any  municipality, certified by the clerk of that municipality, shall within 90  days be filed for recordation in the Recorder's office and with the County  Clerk of the county in which the disconnected territory is situated.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3135.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-6)Sec. 7-3-6.   The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of  one or more tracts, lying within the corporate limits of any municipality  may have such territory disconnected which (1) contains 20 or more  acres; (2) is located on the border  of the municipality; (3) if disconnected, will not result in the isolation  of any part of the municipality from the remainder of the  municipality; (4) if disconnected, the growth prospects and plan  and zoning ordinances, if  any, of such municipality will not be unreasonably disrupted; (5) if  disconnected, no substantial disruption will result to existing municipal  service facilities, such as, but not limited to, sewer systems, street  lighting, water mains, garbage collection, and fire protection; (6) if  disconnected, the municipality will not be unduly harmed through loss of tax  revenue in the future; and (7) does not contain any territory designated as part of a redevelopment project area as that term is defined in subsection (p) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this Code or any territory otherwise subject to tax increment financing by the municipality. Item (7) applies to petitions and actions pending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly as well as petitions and actions commenced on or after that date. The procedure for disconnection shall be as follows:  The owner or owners of record of any such area of land shall file a  petition in the circuit court of the county where the land is situated,  alleging facts in support of the disconnection. The municipality from which  disconnection is sought shall be made a defendant, and it, or any taxpayer  residing in that municipality, may appear and defend against the petition.  If the court finds that the allegations of the petition are true and that  the area of land is entitled to disconnection it shall order the specified  land disconnected from the designated municipality. If the circuit court  finds that the allegations contained in the petition are not true, the  court shall enter an order dismissing the petition.An area of land, or any part thereof, disconnected under the provisions  of this Section from a municipality which was incorporated at least 2 years  prior to the date of the filing of such petition for disconnection shall  not be subdivided into lots and blocks within one year from the date of such  disconnecting. A plat of any such proposed subdivision shall not be  accepted for recording or registration within such one year period, unless  the land comprising such proposed subdivision shall have been thereafter  incorporated into a municipality.  (Source: P.A. 100-1134, eff. 11-28-18.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-6.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

Sec. 7-3-6.1.     Notice to the payor of real estate taxes.     When territory  is  proposed to be disconnected by court order  under this Article, the corporate authorities or  petitioners initiating  the action shall notify each person who pays real estate taxes on property  within that  territory unless the  person is a petitioner.  The notice shall be served by certified or  registered mail, return receipt requested, at least 20 days before a court  hearing or other court action.  If the person  who pays real estate taxes on the property is not the owner of  record, then the payor shall notify the owner of record of the proposed  disconnection.    (Source: P.A. 89-666, eff. 8-14-96.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-6.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

Sec. 7-3-6.2. Split lots. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the owner or owners of record of a split residential lot may disconnect a portion of the lot which (i) is a residentially zoned and platted lot currently lying partially within the corporate limits of and governed by 2 or more municipalities or lying within the unincorporated area of a county and also within the corporate limits of one or more municipalities, and contains less than 20 acres; (ii) is located on the border of the municipality; and (iii) if disconnected, will not result in the isolation of any part of the municipality from the remainder of the municipality. The owner or owners seeking to disconnect a portion of a split lot from a municipality must petition the court in the manner provided in Section 7-3-6 of this Code. In determining whether a lot shall be disconnected under this Section, the court may consider the following: (i) if disconnected, the growth prospects and planning and zoning ordinances, if any, of the municipality will not be unreasonably disrupted; (ii) if disconnected, no substantial disruption will result to existing municipal service facilities, such as, but not limited to, sewer systems, street lighting, water mains, garbage collection, and fire protection; and (iii) if disconnected, the municipality will not be unduly harmed through loss of tax revenue in the future.An area of land, or any part thereof, disconnected under the provisions of this Section from a municipality which was incorporated at least 2 years prior to the date of the filing of the petition for disconnection shall not be subdivided into lots or blocks within one year from the date of disconnection.  A plat of any such proposed subdivision shall not be accepted for recording within such one-year period, unless the land comprising such proposed subdivision shall have been thereafter annexed into a municipality.  (Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-7)Sec. 7-3-7.         The disconnection of any such area of land shall not exempt it  from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness contracted by the  corporate authorities of the municipality, prior to the filing of the  petition for disconnection. On the contrary, the territory shall be  assessed and taxed to pay such indebtedness until this indebtedness is  completely paid, the same as though the territory had not been  disconnected. Except for this purpose, no county clerk shall include  disconnected territory within the limits of the municipality from which the  territory has been disconnected.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-3-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-8)Sec. 7-3-8.         Whenever the boundaries of any municipality, containing part or  all of any special charter school district, are changed, the clerk of such  municipality shall, within 5 days after such boundary change becomes final,  notify the school board of any school district which may be affected  thereby and the county superintendent of schools specifying the details of  such boundary change, including its effective date. Such notices shall be  sent by certified mail.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 4 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

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

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-1)Sec. 7-4-1.         The corporate authorities in all municipalities have  jurisdiction in and over all places within one-half mile of the corporate  limits for the purpose of enforcing health and quarantine ordinances and  regulations.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)