Illinois Compiled Statutes
70 ILCS 705/14.02 (2026)
A consolidated district may be formed upon petition signed by 50 or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of each of the districts proposed to be consolidated
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(70 ILCS 705/14.02)
(from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.02)
Sec. 14.02.
A consolidated district may be formed upon petition signed by
50 or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of each of the
districts proposed to be consolidated. The petition shall be filed in the
circuit court for the county in which the greater part of the land in the
proposed consolidated district will be situated. The petition shall set
forth (a) the names proposed to be merged, (b) the name of the proposed
consolidated district and (c) the reasons for the advantages to be derived
from such consolidation. The petition shall conclude with a prayer for the
merger of the districts into a single consolidated district. Upon its
filing, the petition shall be presented to the court which shall fix the
date and hour for hearing.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 4072.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Alarm Detection Sys., Inc. v. Orland Fire Prot. Dist., 194 F. Supp. 3d 706 (N.D. Ill. 2016).
Alarm Detection Sys., Inc. v. Orland Fire Prot. Dist., 194 F. Supp. 3d 706 (N.D. Ill. 2016). “Here, the District Act expressly provides for the following private rights of action: petitions regarding consolidation, dissolution, growth or contraction of fire protection districts, 70 ILCS 705/14.02, 14.14,15a, 15b, 16, 16a, 16c, 18, 19,19a, 20, 20a, 21, 21.”
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