HB4483 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 16446 MKM 42086 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4483

Introduced 02/03/04, by Charles E. Jefferson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new
65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new

Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Grants a county the authority to enact an ordinance identical to one that has been enacted by a municipality within that county even if the county would not otherwise be able to enact the ordinance. Grants a municipality the authority to enact an ordinance identical to one that has been enacted by a county that contains the municipality even if the municipality would not otherwise be able to enact the ordinance.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1130 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)

Sec. 5-1130. Authority to enact municipal ordinances.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a county contains a municipality and that municipality has enacted an ordinance that the county is not authorized to enact, the county is authorized to and may enact an ordinance that mirrors the municipal ordinance.

(b) Any ordinance enacted by a county under this Section must be identical to the original municipal ordinance except that the county may select an alternative effective date from that in the original municipal ordinance.

(c) This Section is a grant of authority to counties to enact ordinances that they are not otherwise authorized to enact.

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 1-2-15 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new)

Sec. 1-2-15. Authority to enact county ordinances.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a municipality is within a county and if that county has enacted an ordinance that the municipality is not authorized to enact, the municipality is authorized to and may enact an ordinance that mirrors the county ordinance.

(b) Any ordinance enacted by a municipality under this Section must be identical to the original county ordinance except that the municipality may select an alternative effective date from that in the original county ordinance.

(c) This Section is a grant of authority to municipalities to enact ordinances that they are not otherwise authorized to enact.