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PETITION OF VILLAGE OF VERNON HILLS

No. 77721.

658 N.E.2d 365 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 117

212 Ill.Dec. 883

In re Petition of the VILLAGE OF VERNON HILLS to Transfer Territory of the Vernon Fire Protection District to the Countryside Fire Protection District (The Village of Vernon Hills, Appellant, v. Vernon Fire Protection District, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Makarski, and George F. Venci, Jr., Chapman & Cutler, Chicago, James R. Hermann, Waukegan, Adeline J. Geo-Karis, Zion, for appellant.

Anthony T. Buckun, Des Plaines (David F. Holland of counsel), for appellee.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the constitutionality of section 14.14 of the Fire Protection District Act (70 ILCS 705/14.14 (West 1992) (added by Pub. Act 87-825, § 4, eff. December 16, 1991)). We must determine whether section 14.14 is a special or local law in violation of article IV, section 13, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 (Ill.Const.1970, art. IV, § 13).

Section 14.14 creates a mechanism...

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