(70 ILCS 2805/3.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 414.1)
Sec. 3.1.
Upon petition by at least 5% of the registered voters within
the territory of a sanitary district, the circuit court of the county in
which the district is located shall order a referendum on the question of
whether the trustees of the district shall be elected, rather than appointed.
Notice of the referendum
shall be given and the election conducted in the manner
provided in the general election law. The question shall
be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the trustees of the.... YESSanitary District be elected ----------------------------rather than appointed? NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the election
of trustees, trustees shall thereafter be elected as provided in Section 3.2.
No petition may be filed under this Section within the 6 months immediately
preceding the regular election at which trustees of such districts are to
be elected under the general election law.
The question of electing trustees may not be submitted more than once in
any 47 month period.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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