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65 ILCS 5/2-2-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-15)Sec. 2-2-15.         Each boundary of the municipality shall extend to the far side of any  adjacent highway not included in any other municipality  and shall include all of every highway within the area incorporated.  These  highways shall be considered to be incorporated even though not included in  the legal description set forth in the petition for incorporation.  When  any land proposed to be incorporated includes any highway under the  jurisdiction of any township, the township commissioner of highways and  the board of town trustees shall be notified in writing by certified or  registered mail before any court hearing or other action is taken for  incorporation. If any municipality has been incorporated before  January 1, 1986 and the legal description in the petition for incorporation did not  include an adjacent highway, any such incorporation shall be valid and every  highway adjacent to the area incorporated and not included in any other  municipality shall be considered to be incorporated,  notwithstanding the failure of the petition to incorporate to include the  description of the adjacent highway.    (Source: P.A. 84-898.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 DIVISION 3.      INCORPORATION OF VILLAGES
65 ILCS 5/2-3-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-1)Sec. 2-3-1.         Whenever 30 electors in any incorporated town petition  the corporate authorities of the town to submit a question whether the  town will incorporate as a village under this Code, to the decision of  the electors thereof, the question shall be certified and submitted for  the electors of the town and shall be conducted in the manner prescribed  by the general election law.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-1.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-1.1)Sec. 2-3-1.1.   As used in this Division 3, "immobile dwelling" means any  dwelling place except a tent, camp trailer or house car whether or not such  tent, camp trailer or house car is placed on a foundation or otherwise   affixed to the realty, and except a house trailer, unless such  house trailer is situated on a support system and is assessed as real  property pursuant to the Property Tax Code.  (Source: P.A. 96-1477, eff. 1-1-11.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-2)Sec. 2-3-2.         The question shall be in substantially the  following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the incorporated town of         YES.... incorporate as a village under    -----------------------the general law?NO--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-3)Sec. 2-3-3.         The corporate authorities shall cause a statement of the result  of the referendum to be entered upon the records of the town.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-4)Sec. 2-3-4.         If a majority of the votes cast on such question favor  incorporation as a village under the general law, such town is  incorporated as a village under this Code. The town officers then in  office shall continue as like officers of the village until their  respective successors are elected or appointed under this Code.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.(a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population as determined by  the last preceding federal census any area of contiguous territory contains  at least 4 square miles and 2500 inhabitants residing in permanent  dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed  by 250 electors residing within that area is filed with the circuit clerk  of the county in which such area is located addressed to the circuit court  for that county.  The petition must set forth:(1) a legal description of the area intended to be     included in the proposed village,(2) the number of residents in that area,(3) the name of the proposed village, and(4) a prayer that the question of the incorporation     of the area as a village be submitted to the electors residing within the limits of the proposed village.If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies within 1 1/2 miles  of the limits of any existing municipality, the consent of that municipality  must be obtained before the area may be incorporated.(b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 but fewer than  400,000  inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of  contiguous territory contains at least 3 square miles and 5,000  inhabitants  residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village in  the same manner as is provided in subsection (a).  The consent of a  municipality need not be obtained.(c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer than 318,000  inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of  contiguous territory that does not exceed one square mile and between 1000 and  1500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10  miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 as determined by the  last preceding federal census, that area may be incorporated as a village in  the same manner as is provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality  need not be obtained.(d) If, in a county having more than 400,000 but fewer than 410,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory not exceeding one square mile contains at least 400 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings and is located in a township adjacent to a county of less than 150,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal census, then that area and the area adjacent thereto and also within such township, not exceeding, however, 4 square miles in total, may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as provided in subsection (a). Neither the consent of a municipality nor the finding of the county board under Section 2-3-18, if otherwise applicable, need be obtained.       (Source: P.A. 94-23, eff. 6-14-05.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-6)Sec. 2-3-6.         Upon the filing of such a petition with the circuit  clerk, the court shall hear testimony and rule that the area under  consideration is or is not a village in fact. The ruling of the court  shall be entered of record in the court. If  the court rules that  the area does not constitute a village in fact, the petition to  incorporate the area as a village is denied and no subsequent petition  concerning village incorporation of any of the land described in the  earlier petition may be filed within one year. If the court rules that  the area does constitute a village in fact, such court shall enter an order  so finding and the proposition shall be certified and submitted to the electors  of such area in the manner provided by the general election law. The proposition  shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the territory (here          YESdescribe it) be incorporated as    ---------------------------a village under the general law?       NO--------------------------------------------------------------The result of the election shall be entered of record in  the court. If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor  incorporation as a village under the general law the inhabitants of the  territory described in the petition are incorporated as a village under  this Code with the name stated in the petition.    (Source: P.A. 83-343.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-7)Sec. 2-3-7.         Thereupon the court shall order the election  of village officers at the general municipal election  in accordance with the general election law and for that initial election  of officers, the clerk of the circuit court shall perform all election duties  of the municipal clerk as provided by law. The term of office of the village  officers elected at the  next general municipal election shall terminate as soon as their  successors are elected at the next regular election and have qualified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-8)Sec. 2-3-8.         Villages incorporated under this Code shall be bodies politic  and corporate under the name of "Village of (name)", and under that name  may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real  and personal property for corporate purposes, have a corporate seal,  changeable at pleasure, and exercise all the powers conferred in this Code  upon cities not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants, except as otherwise expressly  provided in this Code.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-9)Sec. 2-3-9.         Upon the filing of a petition signed by one-fourth of the  registered voters of any city, the city clerk shall certify, in the manner  provided by the general election law the question of whether the city shall  incorporate as a village, to the proper election authorities who shall submit  the question at an election in accordance with the general election law.  After one referendum  for the purpose has taken place, no other referendum for the same purpose  shall be held until ten months has elapsed.The question shall be substantially in the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city of....               YESincorporate as a village    ----------------------------------under the general law?              NO--------------------------------------------------------------    If a majority of the votes cast on the question  are in favor of the incorporation of the city into a village, then the city  shall be a village under this Code. It shall retain its name as the Village  of.... and shall succeed to all rights and be liable for all debts and liabilities  of the city.The officers of the former city, shall hold their offices until the next  general municipal election, at which village officers are elected and until  their successors have qualified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-10)Sec. 2-3-10.         Any part of any village or incorporated town, lying upon the  border thereof, and having not less than 500 inhabitants living in immobile  dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, may incorporate as a  village under this Code if the territory remaining in the original village  or incorporated town shall not be less than 4 square miles, and shall have  not less than 500 inhabitants living in dwellings other than those designed  to be mobile. Such village may incorporate as follows:A petition shall be presented to the circuit court for the county  wherein the village or incorporated town is situated, asking that the  question of incorporating a part of the village or incorporated town into a  new village under this Code be submitted to the electors of the village or  incorporated town.The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of the lands  intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) the number of  inhabitants residing therein, and (3) the name of the proposed village. The  petition shall be signed by not less than 50 electors residing in the  described territory. But if more than 500 votes were cast by electors  residing in the described territory at the last preceding election, the  petition shall be signed by electors residing in the described territory,  in a number equal to one-tenth of the number of votes cast in the described  territory at the last preceding general or municipal election.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-11)Sec. 2-3-11.         Upon the presentation of such petition, the court, in accordance  with the general election law, shall consider the petition and enter  appropriate orders for certification and submission. The question  of incorporating the territory described in the petition into a village  under this Code may be submitted at any regular election.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-12)Sec. 2-3-12.         Two or more petitions, each for wholly different territory,  may be acted upon. The questions proposed in these petitions may be  submitted to vote at the same election. In this event, the vote on each  question submitted shall be counted and given effect as if it were the only  question voted upon.If 2 or more petitions are presented embracing in part the same  territory, the one first presented shall be submitted alone to a vote. If  the one first presented is carried, the other petitions shall not be  submitted. If the one first presented is voted down, the petition next  presented shall be submitted, and so on, until one has been carried, or all  have been voted down.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-13)Sec. 2-3-13.         Whenever the territory affected by the election ordered under  Sections 2-3-10 and 2-3-11 is under the City Election Law, and within  the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the election  ordered by the court and all municipal, county, State, or general  elections held in the territory prior to the qualifications of the  village officials of the new village that may be incorporated under  Sections 2-3-10 and 2-3-11, shall be conducted by the board of election  commissioners in conformity with the provisions of the City Election Law  as heretofore and hereafter amended.Whenever such territory is not within the jurisdiction of such board  of election commissioners, the elections specified in the preceding  paragraph of this section shall be conducted in the manner provided by  law for the conducting of municipal elections in territory not within  the City Election Law as heretofore and hereafter amended. The proposition shall be  substantially in the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the part of the village(or incorporated town) of                  YES.... lying (describe its location)    ------------------------be incorporated as a village               NOunder the general law?--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-14)Sec. 2-3-14.         No election on the same question concerning territory  within the same boundaries, shall be had, after one election thereon,  until 10 months have elapsed.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-15)Sec. 2-3-15.         If a majority of the electors in such village or incorporated  town, as well as a majority of the electors residing in the territory  proposed to be incorporated as a new village, voting upon the question,  vote in favor of the incorporation of a part of the village or incorporated  town as a village under the general law, the territory is a new village  with the name specified in the petition.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-16)Sec. 2-3-16.             Upon the creation of a new village as specified in Sections 2-3-10  through 2-3-15 village officers shall be elected in the manner prescribed  in Section 2-3-7. Until such officers are elected and have qualified, the  officers of the original village or incorporated town shall have  jurisdiction over the new village.Upon the election and qualification of the officers of the new village,  the terms of all officers of the original village or incorporated town held  by residents of the new village, who continue to reside in the new village,  shall be terminated, and these latter officers shall cease to act when  their successors have been elected, or appointed, and have qualified.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-17)Sec. 2-3-17.         In the application of Section 2-3-10 through 2-3-16, Sections  7-1-31 through 7-1-41, Section 7-1-43 and Section 7-1-44 shall govern in  all matters affecting the interests, status, properties, division,  distribution, and settlement of the matters mentioned in these latter  sections, so far as these latter sections are applicable and are not in  conflict with the provisions of this Division 3. In applying these latter  sections, the new village shall be considered as an annexing or enlarged  annexing municipality, or as annexed territory, as the case may be, and the  old municipality from which the new village is formed shall be considered  as a divided municipality, or as a municipality from which territory has  been disconnected for annexation, as the case may be.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-18)Sec. 2-3-18.             In any county of between 150,000 and 1,000,000 population which has  adopted an official plan under "An Act to provide for regional planning and  for the creation, organization and powers of regional planning  commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as amended, the county board, by  resolution, may provide that before the question of incorporating a village  under this Division is submitted to the electors in response to a petition  filed under Section 2-3-5 or 2-3-10 the county board must first determine  that (1) the proposed incorporation is compatible with the official plan  for the development of the county, and (2) the lands described in the  petition as intended to be embraced in the village constitute a sufficient  tax base as will insure the ability of the village to provide all necessary  municipal services to its inhabitants. When such a resolution is in effect,  the court in which such a petition is filed shall first require a showing  that those determinations have been made by the county board. If no such  showing is made, the court shall deny the petition. If such a showing is  made, the court shall proceed as provided in Section 2-3-6 or 2-3-11, as  the case may be.    (Source: P.A. 76-676.)
65 ILCS 5/2-3-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-19)Sec. 2-3-19.         Each boundary of the municipality shall extend to the far  side of any adjacent highway not included in any other municipality  and shall include all of every highway within the area incorporated.  These  highways shall be considered to be incorporated even though not included in  the legal description set forth in the petition for incorporation.  When  any land proposed to be incorporated includes any highway under the  jurisdiction of any township, the township commissioner of highways and  the board of town trustees shall be notified in writing by certified or  registered mail before any court hearing or other action is taken for  incorporation. If any municipality has been incorporated before January 1,  1986 and the legal description in the petition for incorporation did not  include an adjacent highway, any such incorporation shall be valid and every  highway adjacent to the area incorporated and not included in any other  municipality shall be considered to be incorporated,  notwithstanding the failure of the petition to incorporate to include the  description of the adjacent highway.    (Source: P.A. 85-293.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 DIVISION 4.      CHANGING NAME
65 ILCS 5/2-4-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-1)Sec. 2-4-1.         Whenever a petition, signed by electors of any municipality,  numbering at least one-half of those who voted for the officers therein at  the last election, is presented to the corporate authorities of any  municipality wherein the petitioners reside, requesting that the name of  the municipality be changed, the corporate authorities shall proceed as  follows.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/2-4-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 2 - Organization Of Municipalities

 (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-2)Sec. 2-4-2.         Before action is had upon such petition, the name proposed to  be given to such municipality shall be filed with the Secretary of State.  After the proposed name has been on file for 60 days and it appears from  information in his office that the proposed name has not been adopted by  any municipality the Secretary of State shall grant a certificate so  stating. If the proposed name is the same as the name of another  municipality in Illinois, the Secretary of State shall inform the  petitioners thereof. Thereupon, the petitioners may file another proposed  name with the Secretary of State and they may proceed in the manner set  forth in this section. Corporate authorities shall not act upon such  petition until the Secretary of State has issued such certificate.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)