2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 65 Municipalities 65 ILCS 35/ Village Incorporation Validation Act.

(65 ILCS 35/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.11m)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Village Incorporation Validation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(65 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.12)

Sec. 1.

Whenever the legal voters of any territory have, for at least 20
years preceding the effective date of this Act, elected village officers,
who have levied taxes and have performed the functions of and acted as the
corporate authorities of a village, and the court records of the
incorporation of such territory as a village have been destroyed and the
records in the office of the Secretary of State are missing or are
incomplete, such territory is declared to be validly organized and
incorporated as a village and all the acts taken in reliance upon such
organization, including any annexations to such village from the date of
organization to the effective date of this Act, are validated.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2583.)

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