96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0874

 

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/15-70 new

    Amends the Township Code. Provides that the city council of any coterminous city located in a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 may authorize the township supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings when the city council is exercising powers that would ordinarily be exercised by the township board. Provides that, if the township supervisor is authorized to preside over city council meetings, then the township supervisor has one vote and the mayor has no vote. Effective immediately.


LRB096 07968 RLJ 18072 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0874 LRB096 07968 RLJ 18072 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 adding Section
5 15-70 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/15-70 new)
7     Sec. 15-70. City council meetings; township business. The
8 city council of any coterminous city located in a county with a
9 population of less than 1,000,000 may, by the affirmative vote
10 of three-fourths of its members, authorize the township
11 supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings
12 when the city council is exercising powers that would
13 ordinarily be exercised by the township board in a township not
14 organized under this Article. If the city council authorizes
15 the township supervisor to preside, then the supervisor has one
16 vote and the mayor has no vote.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.