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65 ILCS 5/7-4-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-2)Sec. 7-4-2.         All property which (1) is owned by a municipality, and (2) lies  outside the corporate limits of the municipality, and (3) does not lie  within the corporate limits of any municipality, shall be subject to the  ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the municipality in all respects  the same as the property owned by the municipality which lies within the  corporate limits thereof.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-3)Sec. 7-4-3.         Whenever, as a result of the annexation of the whole of a  municipality to another municipality with a population of more than  200,000, unincorporated territory, not a part of either of these  municipalities, has been wholly surrounded by the enlarged municipality,  the jurisdiction of the enlarged municipality shall extend over the  unincorporated territory so surrounded to the same extent as if that  territory had been annexed at the same time as the municipality whose  annexation caused the territory to be so surrounded.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-4)Sec. 7-4-4. The corporate authorities in all municipalities have  jurisdiction over all waters within or bordering upon the municipality, to  the extent of 3 miles beyond the corporate limits, but not beyond the  limits of the State. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a municipality to exercise zoning power or otherwise restrict the use of private property outside of the corporate limits of the municipality.              (Source: P.A. 95-852, eff. 8-18-08.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-5)Sec. 7-4-5.         Each municipality which is situated in 2 or more counties, has  jurisdiction over the entire territory embraced within its corporate limits  for all municipal purposes.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-6)Sec. 7-4-6.         Whenever this Code or any other Act of this State provides that  a suit or proceeding affecting the title or possession of land or the  assessment or collection of taxes, shall be commenced by a municipality in  any court of the county in which the municipality is situated, the  reference is to the county in which the land affected or upon which the  taxes are assessed or to be assessed and collected is situated.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-7)Sec. 7-4-7.         The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of  adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police  district.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-4-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-8)Sec. 7-4-8.         The police of any municipality in such a police district have  full authority and power as peace officers and may go  into any part of the district to exercise that authority and power. For these  purposes the mayor of any municipality in the district, and the chiefs of  police therein, shall use the police forces under their control anywhere in  the district.    (Source: P.A. 90-593, eff. 6-19-98; 91-319, eff. 7-29-99.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 5 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

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

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-5-1)Sec. 7-5-1.         Whenever a municipality incorporated under any general or  special law is in danger of losing all or the greater portion of the land  within its corporate limits by reason of the washing away of the bank of  any river, or whenever the inhabitants of any limited territory who, as  inhabitants of that territory, have land within this State held as a common  by virtue of a grant by any person or government having power to make that  grant, are in danger of losing all or the greater portion of the territory  by reason of the washing away of the bank of any river, that municipality  or those inhabitants may acquire by gift or purchase suitable real estate  to which the site of that municipality, or of the residence of those  inhabitants may be removed. However, this real estate shall be within 3  miles of the former nearest limit of that municipality or territory and  shall not be more than is reasonably necessary for the purposes of a new  site.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-5-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-5-2)Sec. 7-5-2.         Whenever a municipality or territory is endangered as specified  in Section 7-5-1, upon written petition, describing the property sought to  be acquired, and signed by not less than three-fourths of the electors of  that municipality or territory, and by the owners in fee simple of not less  than one-half in value of the remaining territory within the limits of that  municipality or territory, the corporate authorities of that municipality,  or the trustees of the lands held as a common, by ordinance, may authorize  acquisition of the title to the real estate described in the petition.Upon the passage of the ordinance, that municipality or the inhabitants  of that territory may acquire the title to the real estate described in the  petition and ordinance, either by gift or by purchase. A deed of conveyance  to the municipality by its corporate name, or to the trustees of the land  held as a common, shall vest the title to this real estate for the purposes  of this article.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-5-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-5-3)Sec. 7-5-3.         A copy of the ordinance specified in Section 7-5-2 and an  accurate map of the property shall be certified by the mayor or president  of the municipality, as the case may be, or by the trustees of the land  held as a common, and shall be filed with the recorder in the  county where the acquired real estate is situated. When this ordinance and  map are so certified and filed, the acquired real estate, whether actually  adjoining the former site or territory or not, shall be a part of that  municipality or territory, and the inhabitants of the acquired real estate  shall be entitled to all the corporate rights, powers, annuities, commons,  benefits, and franchises, which the inhabitants of that municipality or  territory originally possessed, or to which they were entitled.    (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 6 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 DIVISION 6.      DISSOLUTION
65 ILCS 5/7-6-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-1)Sec. 7-6-1.         Any municipality, incorporated under any general or  special law, may be dissolved as follows: Whenever electors in the  municipality, equal to a majority of the total vote at the last  preceding general municipal election, file a petition with the clerk  of the municipality requesting the submission of the  question whether the municipality  will dissolve its incorporation,  that question shall be certified by the clerk to the proper election authorities  who shall submit the proposition to the electors of the  municipality.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-2)Sec. 7-6-2.         The question shall  read substantially as follows:    --------------------------------------------------------------"Shall the municipal              YEScorporation of...........     -------------------------------be dissolved?"                       NO--------------------------------------------------------------    The  result shall be entered upon the municipal records.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-3)Sec. 7-6-3.         If a majority of the votes cast on  the question are "yes," the municipality is dissolved. But if a majority of the  votes cast on the question are "no," the corporate authorities  shall proceed with the affairs of the municipality as though the  referendum had never been held. After a  defeat, however, the proposition  shall not be submitted to a vote in the same municipality for a period  of 22 months.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-4)Sec. 7-6-4.         If the vote is in favor of a voluntary dissolution of the  municipality there shall be no further elections for municipal officers.  The officers acting at the time of this vote shall close up the business  affairs of the municipality, and make the necessary conveyances of the  title to the municipal property. They may levy and collect taxes for the  purpose of paying the debts and obligations of the municipality, but they  shall not create any new obligation against the municipality.All money remaining after the business affairs of the municipality have  been closed up and all the debts and obligations of the municipality have  been paid, shall be paid to the school treasurer for the township or school  unit, as the case may be, in which the municipality, or a greater part  thereof, was situated. This money shall become a part of the school fund of  the school district in which the municipality was situated. If the  municipality was situated in more than one school district, the trustees of  the schools for the specified township or unit shall direct the treasurer  for that township or unit to distribute and credit the fund to the  specified districts, in the same proportion as the amounts of the assessed  valuation of property in these districts, according to the last assessment  in these districts, bear to each other.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 854.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-5)Sec. 7-6-5.         If the vote is in favor of dissolution, the acting corporate  authorities of the dissolved municipality shall give notice of the result  of the election to the secretary of state within 10 days after the  election. They shall also file within the same time a copy of this notice  with the county clerk of the county in which the dissolved municipality was  situated.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-6)Sec. 7-6-6.         After the acting corporate authorities of the dissolved  municipality (1) have paid all of the debts and obligations of the  municipality, (2) have closed up all of the municipal business, and (3) the  surplus money, if any, has been paid to the school treasurer for the proper  township or school unit, then the acting corporate authorities shall file  with the county clerk of the county in which the dissolved municipality was  situated, a statement under oath, showing all of the closing up  transactions. When this statement is filed, the duty to close up the  municipal business is terminated, and all officers of the municipality,  whether the terms for which they were elected have expired or not, shall  thereupon cease to have any power or authority.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 854.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-7)Sec. 7-6-7.         Upon application by the county board of any county to the  circuit court, and after a hearing upon such notice as may be directed by  such court, any municipality which has less than 50 inhabitants according  to the last preceding Federal census may be ordered by the court to  dissolve. After service of such order upon the corporate authorities of the  municipality acting at that time they shall proceed to close up the  business affairs of the municipality as expeditiously as possible and in  the same manner as is provided by Sections 7-6-4, 7-6-5 and 7-6-6 in the  case of voluntary dissolution. The court may enforce compliance with its  order by proceedings for contempt. If ever there is in existence any  municipality in which the Bureau of the Census did not determine the  population when the last preceding decennial census was taken, the county  board of the county in which such municipality is located may, at county  expense, arrange with the Bureau of the Census to take a special census of  such municipality.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/7-6-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-6-8)Sec. 7-6-8.         All courts shall take judicial notice of (1) the existence of  Illinois municipalities, (2) of the counties in which they are situated,  (3) of the changes made in the municipal territory, and (4) of the  dissolution of municipalities.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 7 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

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

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-1)Sec. 7-7-1.     Application of Division.     This Division shall apply to  consolidations of municipalities in this State in counties with less than  200,000 inhabitants, is alternative to any other method of unification  allowed by law, and implements the provisions of Article VII, Section 12 of  the Illinois Constitution.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-2)Sec. 7-7-2.     Definitions.     In this Division:(a) "Consolidation" means the process by which 2 or more municipalities  are simultaneously dissolved and a new municipality is incorporated.(b) "Consolidating municipality" means a municipality or municipalities  which undergo consolidation, thereby being dissolved.(c) "Consolidated municipality" means the municipality which is created  by consolidation.(d) "Consolidation ordinance" means an ordinance to be approved by  referendum as provided in this Division which shall define the form of  government of the consolidated municipality and provide for the orderly  succession of powers, functions, assets, liabilities and personnel of the  consolidating municipalities to the consolidated municipality.(e) "Transition committee" means a committee composed of the Mayor or  Village President or designee thereof of each consolidating municipality.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-3)Sec. 7-7-3.     Power to Consolidate.     Any 2 or more municipalities,  located in one or more counties each with less than 200,000 inhabitants  according to the most recent federal census, which are contiguous or which  upon consolidation shall be contiguous, may consolidate by compliance with  this Division.  Any 2 or more municipalities shall be deemed contiguous for  purposes of this Division notwithstanding that they are separated by a park  district or a forest preserve district, or by a railroad or public utility  right-of-way or a highway or a toll highway under the jurisdiction of any  township or any department or division of the State of Illinois, but upon  consolidation, such park district, forest preserve district, right-of-way,  highway or toll highway shall not be considered to be part of the  consolidated municipality.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-4)Sec. 7-7-4.     Public Question; Consolidation Ordinance.     A public  question for consolidation shall be initiated in accordance with Section  28-7 of The Election Code, as now or hereafter  amended.  Each petition or resolution shall be accompanied by and shall  incorporate by reference a proposed consolidation ordinance, which shall be  identical, except as to matters of form, for each consolidating  municipality.  The consolidation ordinance shall be entitled "Ordinance  Providing for the Consolidation of the Cities, Villages or Incorporated  Towns of (here insert the names of the consolidating municipalities) Into a  Single Municipality with the Interim Name of (insert proposed interim name of  consolidated municipality)".  The ordinance in its proposed form shall be  placed on file with the clerk of each of the consolidating municipalities.  The clerk of each consolidating municipality shall place such ordinance on  file and make it available for public inspection.The consolidation ordinance shall provide, at a minimum, for the  following: (1) the minimum number of municipalities or the specific  municipalities in which the approval of the voters shall be necessary to  effect the consolidation; (2) procedures for the selection of the permanent  name of the consolidated municipality; (3) the compensation of the  corporate authorities of the consolidated municipality; (4) the date the  consolidation shall be effective; (5) procedures for the orderly succession  of powers, functions, assets, liabilities and personnel and the merger of  the administrative offices of the consolidating municipalities; (6) the  dates for election of the initial corporate authorities and other elected  officers of the consolidated municipality; (7) the identity of the members  of the transition committee; and (8) a form of government for the  consolidated municipality, including: (i) the powers and functions of the  various officers; (ii) their terms of office, whether those terms shall be  staggered and if so, the procedure for staggering the terms of the initial  officers; (iii) the manner of selection of the officers; and (iv) if the  form of government is other than a form established by this Code, whether  the positions of treasurer and clerk are elective or appointive.  The  consolidation ordinance may contain such other matters as are necessary or  appropriate for the purposes of implementing the consolidation.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-5)Sec. 7-7-5.     Form of government.     The consolidation ordinance may  specify any form of government established by this Code or may define any  other form of government not prohibited by law.  It is the intention of  this Section to permit the adoption of an existing form of government or  the creation of a new form of government pursuant to Article VII of the  Illinois Constitution.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-6)Sec. 7-7-6.     Publication of consolidation ordinance.     At any time not  less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the referendum thereon, the  consolidation ordinance shall be published by the clerk in a newspaper of  general circulation in each of the consolidating municipalities.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-7)Sec. 7-7-7.     Referendum.     A consolidation ordinance shall be effective  only upon its approval by a referendum conducted pursuant to Section 28-7  of The Election Code, as now or hereafter amended.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-8)Sec. 7-7-8.         Approval of Referendum by Voters in Less Than All of the  Consolidating Municipalities.  Unless otherwise provided in the  consolidation ordinance, if the consolidation referendum is approved by the  voters in less than all of the consolidating municipalities, the  consolidation shall only be effective as to those municipalities in which  the referendum is approved and which are contiguous as of the date of the consolidation.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
65 ILCS 5/7-7-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-9)Sec. 7-7-9.     Form of Question.     The question to be submitted to  the voters of each consolidating municipality for approval shall be in  substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city, village or incorporatedtown (as the case may be) of.............be consolidated with the cities, villagesor incorporated towns of ................(and in this manner as far as necessary          YESfilling the blanks with the names ofmunicipalities to be consolidated) to forma single municipality with the form ofgovernment and according to the terms ofthat certain "Ordinance Providing For theConsolidation of the Cities, Villages or      ----------------Incorporated Towns of ..... intoa Single Municipality with the InterimName of ..... "(filling the blankswith appropriate words from the title ofthe consolidation ordinance) filed withthe city, village or incorporated town           NOof ..... on .....? (here fillingin the blanks with the name of themunicipality which has filed theconsolidation ordinance and the dateof filing)--------------------------------------------------------------No other proposition shall appear thereon.  The reference in the  proposition to the consolidation ordinance shall be deemed proper notice to  the electors of what is contemplated by the proposition.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)