Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1/22-5 – Resolution for consolidation; notice
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 2 or more adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose consolidation by referendum: (i) into a new township; or (ii) into an existing township. Each resolution shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) the name of the proposed new consolidated
(1) the name of the proposed new consolidated
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township or the name of the existing township into which all townships will be consolidated;
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(2) a description of how each road district or road
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districts of a dissolving township shall comply with subsection (c) of Section 22-20 if a township will be consolidating into an existing township;
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(3) the names of all townships that will be
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consolidating and a description of the area of consolidation; and
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(4) the date of the general election at which the
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referendum shall be held.
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All resolutions shall be passed not less than 79 days before the general election stated in the resolutions. For purposes of this Section, 3 or more townships are adjacent when each township shares a boundary with at least one of the other townships which are to be consolidated.
(b) Before passing a resolution under subsection (a), each township board shall hold a public hearing on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the townships’ websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the name of all townships that will be consolidating and a description of the area of consolidation.
(b) Before passing a resolution under subsection (a), each township board shall hold a public hearing on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the townships’ websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the name of all townships that will be consolidating and a description of the area of consolidation.