Bill Text: IL HB4203 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an action contesting whether territory annexed by a municipality is contiguous shall be commenced no later than 10 years after the date the annexation ordinance is recorded. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4203 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4203-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 7-1-46 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/7-1-46) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-46)
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7 | Sec. 7-1-46.
Neither the People of the State of Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | nor any person,
firm or corporation, public or private, nor any | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | association of persons
shall commence an action contesting | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | either directly or indirectly the
annexation of any territory | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to a municipality unless initiated within one
year after the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | date such annexation becomes final or within one year of the
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13 | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1965 whichever date | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | occurs latest.
This amendatory Act of 1965 shall apply to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | annexations made prior to the
effective date of the Act as well | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | as those made on or after the effective
date. Where a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | limitation of a shorter period is prescribed by statute such
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18 | shorter limitation applies. The limitation set forth in this | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | section shall
apply to any annexation, even where the judge, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | body or officer annexing the
territory did not at the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | such annexation have jurisdiction of the
subject matter, and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | irrespective of whether such annexation may otherwise be
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23 | defective or void, except that the one-year limitation of this |
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1 | Section shall not apply
to annexations of territory which was | ||||||
2 | not contiguous at the time of annexation
and is not contiguous | ||||||
3 | at the time an action is brought to contest such
annexation. An | ||||||
4 | action contesting whether annexed territory is contiguous | ||||||
5 | shall be commenced no later than 10 years after the date the | ||||||
6 | annexation ordinance is recorded.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 82-211 .)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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