75 ILCS 16/15-70
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 15 - Addition Or Disconnection Of Territory

Sec. 15-70.         District library building within municipality that is  partially within district.(a) If a library district has a public library building within the corporate  limits of a municipality located partially within the public library district  and if the municipality is located partially within a township that does not  maintain a public library building within the portion of the municipality  located outside the public library district, then the library district may  annex the territory within the municipality located outside of the library  district as provided in this Section.(b) There shall be filed, with the secretary of the district seeking to  have the territory annexed, a written petition signed by not less  than 100 voters residing within that portion of the municipality located  outside the public library district. A petition may be signed by a majority  of the voters residing in the territory sought to be annexed if  there are fewer than 100 voters residing in that territory.(c) After a petition is filed, the district secretary shall certify the  question to the proper election authority, who shall submit the question of  annexation to all voters residing within the territory proposed to be annexed  and to all voters already within the district. Notice of this election shall be  given and the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Code.  If a majority of the votes cast upon the question by those in the territory  proposed to be annexed and a majority of the votes cast by those voting within  the district are in favor of the proposition, the territory may be annexed.(d) The proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the  same form as set forth in subsection (c) of Section 15-65.(e) The judge assigned to the matter shall enter an order setting forth  the results of the election based upon the certificate filed with the court by  the election authority, and the order shall become a part of the records of  the court. Where more than one county is involved in the election, a copy  of the original petition, the order calling for the election, and the order  setting forth the election results shall be filed by the election authority  in the circuit court of each county affected or involved.(f) In the event of an annexation under this Section, the residents of that  portion of any township that is so annexed into the public library district  concerned shall remain liable for their proportionate share of the bonded  indebtedness outstanding as of the date of annexation, if any, of the township,  with respect to establishment or maintenance of any public library building of  the township. The township may continue to levy and extend taxes upon the  taxable property of the annexed portion of the township for the purpose of  amortizing the bonds until sufficient funds to retire the bonds have been  collected.(g) A proposition for annexing territory to a district shall not be  submitted to the voters more often than once a year.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)