{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-2-1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 5/7-2-1","heading":"","body":"Any 2 or more incorporated contiguous municipalities wholly or substantially situated in a single county may be united into one incorporated city by a compliance with Sections 7-1-16 and 7-1-17, with the following exceptions:\n(1) The petition (a) shall be signed by electors of each of the municipalities seeking a union, (b) shall state the name by which the united municipality is to be known, and (c) shall state the form of municipal government under which the united municipality is to be governed.\n(2) The question shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall the city, village, or\nincorporated town (as the\ncase may be) of............\nand the city, village, or\nincorporated town (as the case YES\nmay be) of..........., (and\nin this manner as far as\nnecessary, filling blanks with\nthe names of the municipalities\nto be united), be united ---------------------------\ninto a single municipality\nunder the name of..........\nwith the........... form of\nmunicipal government (filling\nthe blank with the word NO\n\"Alderperson\" or \"Commission\"\nor the words \"Managerial With\nAlderpersons Chosen From Wards Or\nDistricts\" as the case may be)?\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nNo other proposition shall appear thereon.\nIf the majority of the votes cast in each municipality specified in the petition is in favor of the proposition, the municipalities are united.","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":"34d6457cd9f5bbb4f7f9c8c0dbebeed9ffc37e896a489c3c67ed04e716323c59","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-1-49","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-2-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}