65 ILCS 5/9-3-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 9 - Local Improvements

 (from Ch. 24, par. 9-3-13)Sec. 9-3-13.         After filing of the petition as provided in Section 9-3-12,  the court shall enter an order setting a date for hearing on the question  of benefits, and direct that notice be given by the committee on local  improvements of the pendency of the proceeding. The notice shall state  generally the nature of the improvement, the pendency of the proceeding,  the time and place of filing the petition therefor, that an assessment roll  has been filed, and the time and place at which an application will be made  for confirmation of the assessment, the same to be not less than 15 days  after the mailing of such notice. Such notice shall be sent by mail,  postpaid, to each person paying the taxes on the respective parcels during  the last preceding year during which taxes were paid, at his residence as  shown in the assessment roll, or if not shown, then to each person so  paying the taxes directed generally to the municipality in which the  improvement is proposed to be made. Such notice shall also state the amount  assessed, the person to whom the same is directed for the improvement  proposed, and the total cost of such improvement, and the total amount  assessed as benefit upon the public, and if the assessment is to be payable  in installments, the number of installments thereof and the rate of  interest it shall bear. An affidavit shall be filed before the final  hearing thereon by the committee on local improvements showing a compliance  with the requirements of this section and also showing that the committee  on local improvements caused to be made under its direction, or that it  made a careful examination of the county collector's books showing the  payments of general taxes during the last preceding year, in which the  taxes were paid thereon, to ascertain the person who last paid the taxes on  the respective parcels, and a diligent search for such person's residence,  and that the assessment roll filed in court correctly states the same as  ascertained by the committee on local improvements, or as ascertained under  its direction. If the report and affidavit shall be found in any respect  wilfully false, the persons making the same shall be guilty of perjury, and  subject to the pains and penalties provided for such offense by the laws of  this State.In addition to the mailing of the notice, notice shall also be given by  the committee on local improvements at least 15 days prior to the date set  for the hearing by posting notice in at least 4 public places in such  municipality, all of which shall be in the neighborhood of such proposed  improvement, and within the boundaries of the area described as probably  benefited, and as in this Division 3 provided, and by publishing the same  once each week for 2 successive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper  published in the municipality, the first publication thereof to be at least  15 days prior to the date set for the hearing on benefits, or if there be  no newspaper published and of general circulation in such municipality,  then by publication in a newspaper published in the county and of general  circulation therein. Such notice shall state the pendency of the  proceedings, set forth a brief general description of the nature of the  improvement, refer to the fact that the ordinance for the same is on file  in the office of the municipal clerk for public inspection, together with  plans, specifications and an estimate of cost of the improvements, and that  such municipality has applied to the court, designating the court, for the  levying of a special assessment, that the assessment roll has been filed in  court and stating the date when the hearing thereon will be had, and that  all persons desiring may file objections to the assessment on any  particular lot, parcel or tract before the date set for said hearing, and  may appear at the hearing and make their defense as to the question of  benefits. If the assessment is to be payable in installments, then such  notice shall state the number of installments and the rate of interest the  installment shall bear.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)