(70 ILCS 3405/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 455)
Sec. 8. Upon filing such petition in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in which the original petition for the formation of such surface water protection district was filed, the court shall fix a time and place of a hearing upon the subject of said petition.
Notice shall be given by the court, or by the circuit clerk or sheriff upon order of the court of the county in which such petition is filed, of the time and place of a hearing upon the petition in the manner as provided in Section 3. The conduct of the hearing and the referendum on the question whether the proposed additional territory shall become a part of the surface water protection district, shall be carried out in the manner described in Section 3, as nearly as may be and in accordance with the general election law. The question shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
For
joining
the....
Surface
WaterProtection
District
and
assuming
aproportionate
share
of
bondedindebtedness,
if
any.--------------------------------------------------------------
Against
joining
the....
SurfaceWater
Protection
District
and
assuminga
proportionate
share
of
bondedindebtedness,
if
any.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast at such election upon the question of becoming a part of any contiguous surface water protection district shall be in favor of becoming a part of such surface water protection district, the court shall then enter an order stating that such additional territory shall thenceforth be an integral part of such surface water protection district and subject to all of the benefits of service and responsibilities of the district. The circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the circuit clerk of any other county in which any of the territory affected is situated.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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