Illinois Statutes Chapter 70. Special Districts § 910/10. Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach previously annexed territory

§ 10. Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach previously annexed territory. A petition for annexation of land to a Hospital District shall be signed by not less than 10% or 50 voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the territory therein described proposed for annexation and shall be filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the greater portion thereof is situated, and shall be addressed to the circuit court. A hearing shall be held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition in the District and in the territory described in the petition respectively, are in favor of annexation the court shall by order declare the territory annexed and shall describe the altered boundaries of the District.

In addition to the above, within 60 days after the entry of an order by a court under Section 8 of this Act evidencing the organization of a Hospital District, not less than 50% of the legal voters residing within any municipality or any civil township (or congressional township in counties under commission form of government) or such fractional part of either type of township as is included within such District may file a petition for the detachment of such territory with the circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the greater portion thereof is situated addressed to the circuit court for such county; provided, that such detachment is not permissible if it will destroy the contiguity of the territory of the District. In the case of a hospital district created prior to September 15, 1950 with territory located partially within two different counties, where less than 10% of the population of the district is located in one county, the legal voters residing in that part of the hospital district located within the county representing less than 10% of the population of said hospital district may file a petition for detachment at any time. A hearing shall be held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by order declare the territory detached and shall describe the altered boundaries of the District.

If territory is disconnected from a district, the property owners in such territory are still responsible for the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness at the time of disconnection.

Also in addition, within 24 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the legal voters residing within a hospital district may file a petition for detachment from the hospital district where (i) the territory sought to be detached was added to the hospital district by way of annexation; and (ii) the equalized assessed valuation of the territory sought to be detached constitutes less than 25% of the equalized assessed valuation of the hospital district. The petition must be signed by not less than 5% of the legal voters of the territory sought to be detached. Detachment is not permissible if it would destroy the contiguity of the territory of the District. A hearing shall be held on the petition as nearly as possible as in the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that the petition is sufficient, it shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the legal voters of the territory proposed to be detached at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by order declare the territory detached and shall describe the altered boundaries of the District.

If territory is disconnected from a district, the property owners in that territory are still responsible for the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness at the time of disconnection.