SB2288 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2288

Introduced 1/27/2016, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading
60 ILCS 1/27-5

Amends the Townships Code. Removes the requirement that a township must be located within a county with a population of 3 million or more and that it must contain a territory of 7 square miles or more in order to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board. 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 changing the heading of Article 27 and Section 27-5 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)

ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP

ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY:

CITY COUNCIL GOVERNED TOWNSHIPS

COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)

(60 ILCS 1/27-5)

Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles or more.

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)

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