{"data":{"id":"us-il/70-ilcs-805-2","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"70 ILCS 805/2","heading":"","body":"The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\n\"Shall there be organized a forest\npreserve district in accordance with\nthe order of the judge of the circuit\ncourt of .... county, dated (insert YES\ndate), to be known as (insert here\nthe name of the proposed district as --------------------\nentered in the order of the judge of\nthe circuit court) and described as NO\nfollows: (insert description of the\nproposed district as entered in the\norder of the judge of the circuit\ncourt)?\"\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nThe clerk of the circuit court of the county shall cause a statement of the result of the referendum in the proposed district to be filed in the records of the circuit court of the county, and if a majority of the votes cast in the proposed district upon the question is found to be in favor of the organization of a forest preserve district, the proposed forest preserve district shall thenceforth be deemed an organized forest preserve district under this Act.","path":["CHAPTER 70 SPECIAL DISTRICTS","Downstate Forest Preserve District Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=875\u0026ChapterID=15\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:24Z","sha256":"96d6b43ce4a19da8404b226ce989bd83cb5e00f1b1490777a84fec34b5867c9c","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/70-ilcs-805-1","next":"us-il/70-ilcs-805-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}