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70 ILCS 705/18 (2026)

In any case where a fire protection district does not own or operate any fire fighting equipment and there are no bonds of such district outstanding and part of its territory shall be annexed to a city, village or incorporated town, which municipality was at the time of such annexation obligated by contract to furnish fire protection to the district, and where the board of trustees of such district consents, such annexed territory shall be disconnected from the district as follows: Certified copy of resolution giving such consent and containing a description of the boundaries of the area so annexed, together with a certified copy of the annexation ordinance or other proof of annexation, shall be filed with the court of the county where the fire protection district was organized

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(70 ILCS 705/18) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.1)
    Sec. 18. In any case where a fire protection district does not own or operate any fire fighting equipment and there are no bonds of such district outstanding and part of its territory shall be annexed to a city, village or incorporated town, which municipality was at the time of such annexation obligated by contract to furnish fire protection to the district, and where the board of trustees of such district consents, such annexed territory shall be disconnected from the district as follows: Certified copy of resolution giving such consent and containing a description of the boundaries of the area so annexed, together with a certified copy of the annexation ordinance or other proof of annexation, shall be filed with the court of the county where the fire protection district was organized. The court shall then enter a disconnection order stating that the territory shall be disconnected from the fire protection district. The circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the county clerk of each county in which any of the disconnected territory is situated and to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
    This Section shall not affect the right to proceed under any other Section of this Act for the disconnection of territory from a fire protection district.
(Source: P.A. 85-556.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2003–2005 · leading case: Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP, 828 N.E.2d 216 (Ill. 2005).
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Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP, 828 N.E.2d 216 (Ill. 2005). · cites it 2× “705/9 (West 2002) (addressing the subject of "[a]cquiring apparatus from a municipality" in terms of acquiring it from "any city or village or incorporated town"); 70 ILCS 705/11a (West 2002) (indicating a fire protection district may contract with any city, village, or…”
Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP, 797 N.E.2d 1130 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “70 ILCS 705/9 (West 2002); see also 70 ILCS 705/18 (West 2002) ("municipality" referred to as a city, village, or incorporated town in context of disconnecting annexed territory).”
Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP (Ill. 2005). “CS 705/9 (West 2002) (addressing the subject of “[a]cquiring apparatus from a municipality” in terms of acquiring it from “any city or village or incorporated town”); 70 ILCS 705/11a (West 2002) (indicating a fire protection district may contract with any city, village, or…”
The Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “70 ILCS 705/9 (West 2002); see also 70 ILCS 705/18 (West 2002) ("municipality" referred to as a city, village, or incorporated town in context of disconnecting annexed territory).”
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