Division 5 - Change Of Site - Illinois Statutes

      (65 ILCS 5/Art. 7 Div. 5 heading)DIVISION 5. CHANGE OF SITE

(65 ILCS 5/7‑5‑1) (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) (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) (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.)