95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5426

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/30-140

    Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the regulation of certain occupations within townships.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB5426 LRB095 19408 HLH 45703 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 30-140 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/30-140)
7     Sec. 30-140. Regulation of certain occupations. In
8 counties with a population of less than 3,000,000, the the
9 electors may regulate hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers,
10 itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise. The
11 township board in those counties may require that any such
12 person register his or her name and the name of any firm he or
13 she represents with the township clerk and may make reasonable
14 restrictions of the hours during which he or she may engage in
15 door-to-door solicitation. The township board in those
16 counties also may prohibit the activities of any categories of
17 persons as it determines to be in the best interest of township
18 residents. Any regulation under this Section shall not apply
19 within the boundaries of a city, village, or incorporated town.
20 (Source: P.A. 84-822; 88-62.)