{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-5-5-3","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 5/5-5-3","heading":"","body":"Jurisdiction is vested in the circuit court to determine without a jury the sufficiency of the petition.\nThe clerk of the court, with whom the petition is filed, immediately after it is filed with him, shall present it to the court. The court shall then schedule a hearing on the sufficiency of the petition as provided in Section 5-5-1.\nThe specified court shall ascertain and declare by the entry of an order, the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.","path":["CHAPTER 65 MUNICIPALITIES","Illinois Municipal Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=802\u0026ChapterID=14\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:23Z","sha256":"64f8dfce2f14f971f7ebc753951aeebff8ca1aa05a554fe90b6a078e7155af6b","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-5-5-2","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-5-5-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}