Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/7-1-32 – If the specified authorities agree as to the amount to be paid by the …
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If the specified authorities agree as to the amount to be paid by the enlarged annexing municipality, each of the authorities concerned shall pass an ordinance or a resolution reciting the amount to be paid. A certified copy of the ordinance or resolution shall be filed by the clerk of the annexing municipality with the county clerk of the county in which the annexing municipality is situated. The county clerk shall send a certified copy to the State Auditor of Public Accounts. This ordinance or resolution shall be conclusive as to the amount of indebtedness and liabilities to be assumed and paid by the enlarged annexing municipality.
If the authorities cannot agree, the matter shall be determined by the circuit court of the county in which the annexing municipality is situated, upon a petition of either municipality or of any taxpayer of either municipality. The court shall hear the controversy without further pleadings, and without a jury, and then shall pronounce a judgment in accordance with the rule of apportionment stated in Section 7-1-31.
A certified copy of the judgment shall be filed with the clerk of each municipality and with the county clerk of the county in which the annexing municipality is situated. The county clerk shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the State Auditor of Public Accounts. The judgment shall be final and conclusive as to the indebtedness and liabilities to be assumed and paid by the enlarged annexing municipality.
The State Auditor shall not thereafter certify any tax rate to the county clerk, nor shall the county clerk extend any tax rate upon the taxable property of the annexed part for the payment of any of the bonds, or interest thereon, issued by the municipality from which the part was disconnected.
If the authorities cannot agree, the matter shall be determined by the circuit court of the county in which the annexing municipality is situated, upon a petition of either municipality or of any taxpayer of either municipality. The court shall hear the controversy without further pleadings, and without a jury, and then shall pronounce a judgment in accordance with the rule of apportionment stated in Section 7-1-31.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/7-1-32
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
A certified copy of the judgment shall be filed with the clerk of each municipality and with the county clerk of the county in which the annexing municipality is situated. The county clerk shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the State Auditor of Public Accounts. The judgment shall be final and conclusive as to the indebtedness and liabilities to be assumed and paid by the enlarged annexing municipality.
The State Auditor shall not thereafter certify any tax rate to the county clerk, nor shall the county clerk extend any tax rate upon the taxable property of the annexed part for the payment of any of the bonds, or interest thereon, issued by the municipality from which the part was disconnected.