94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1156


 
Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














60 ILCS 1/5-15









    Amends the Township Code. Requires that on the petition of 5% (now, 10%) or more of the local voters in the county, the county board shall submit to the voters the question of township organization. Effective immediately.
















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HB1156

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section 
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5-15 as follows:
 



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    (60 ILCS 1/5-15)



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    Sec. 5-15. Form of proposition. The county board, on the 
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petition of
5%
10% or
more of the legal voters of the county, 
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shall certify and cause to be
submitted to the
voters of the 
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county the question of township organization under this 
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Article.
The proposition shall be substantially in the form:  
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"For township
organization" or "Against township 
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organization".

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(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-365, eff. 8-18-95.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.