Whenever a petition signed by the electors of the township equal in number to 10% or more of the registered voters in the township is filed with the board of town trustees thereof which has adopted an ordinance agreeing to merger and such petition has been filed with the board of town trustees within 30 days after the publication or the date of the posting of the copies which petition seeks the submission of such merger to an election, the board of town trustees shall certify the question to the proper election officials who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall (name of special YES
district) be merged into ----------------------------
............. Township? NO
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If the boundaries of the township and special district are coterminous and a majority of the voters voting on the question shall favor merger, the special district shall merge into the township. If a majority of the voters voting on the question shall not favor merger, the special district shall not merge into the township. If the boundaries of the township and special district are not coterminous, then a majority of the voters voting upon the question in the special district and a majority of the voters voting in that portion of the township that is not included within the special district must both favor the merger. If a majority of the voters residing in the special district or a majority of the voters voting in that portion of the townships that is not included within the special district do not favor the merger, the special district shall not merge into the township.
5 ILCS 220/3.6