SB2586 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2586

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/25-10-5 new

Amends the Township Code. Provides that township organization may cease in an individual township if three-fourths of the registered voters in the township vote against the continuance of township organization. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Township Code is amended by adding Section 25-10-5 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/25-10-5 new)

Sec. 25-10-5. Cessation of township organization within an individual township. Upon the petition of at least 10% of the registered voters of an individual township, the township board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next general election, the question of whether township organization shall continue in that township. The proposition shall be substantially in the form:

"Shall township organization be continued in (name of township)?"

If it appears by the returns of the election that at least three-fourths of the registered voters in the township are against the continuance of township organization, then township organization shall cease in that township.

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