The circuit court shall enter an order fixing the date and time for a hearing on the proposed annexation. The date for the hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 30 days after the filing of the ordinance. The corporate authorities shall give notice of the proposed annexation not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the date fixed for the hearing. This notice shall state that an ordinance has been filed and shall give the substance of the ordinance, including a description of the territory to be annexed, the name of the annexing municipality, and the date fixed for the hearing. This notice shall be given by publishing it at least once in one or more newspapers published in the annexing municipality. A copy of this notice shall be filed with the clerk of the annexing municipality.
The corporate authorities shall pay to the clerk of the circuit court $10 as a filing and service fee, and no ordinance shall be filed until this fee is paid.
If the court finds that the ordinance is valid, the court shall (i) enter an order describing the territory to be annexed, (ii) find that the ordinance complies with this Section, and (iii) direct that the question of annexation be submitted to the corporate authorities of the annexing municipality for final action. A certified copy of the order of the court directing that the question of annexation be submitted to the corporate authorities shall be sent to the clerk of the annexing municipality. A final order of the court may be appealed as in other civil actions.
65 ILCS 5/7-1-5.2