65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-70) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-70)

Sec. 3.1-10-70. Elections for reduced 2 year terms. In municipalities that have provided for a 2 year term for elective officers under Section 3.1-10-65, the first election for municipal officers shall be held at the next general municipal election following the referendum at which the terms of the elective officers were reduced. In those municipalities, general elections shall be held annually thereafter.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-75) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-75)

Sec. 3.1-10-75. Referendum to lengthen terms.

(a) In any municipality of less than 500,000 inhabitants that, under Section 3.1-10-65, has voted to shorten the terms of elective officers, a proposition to lengthen the terms of the elective officers of the municipality from 2 years to 4 years may be submitted, within the discretion of the corporate authorities, to the electors of the municipality. The proposition shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the appropriate election authorities, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall also be submitted at an election if a petition requesting that action is signed by electors of the municipality numbering not less than 10% of the total vote cast at the last election for mayor or president of the municipality and the petition is filed with the municipal clerk. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

Shall the term of the elective officers of (name of municipality) be lengthened from 2 years to 4 years?

(b) If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote against it, the terms of the officers shall remain 2 years. If, however, a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the officers elected at the next regular election for officers in the municipality shall hold their offices for a term of 4 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified, except in the case of trustees and alderpersons. In the case of alderpersons and trustees: (i) if the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after approval of the proposition, occurs in an even numbered year, the alderpersons or trustees elected in that even numbered year shall serve for terms of 3 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified, the terms for successors to those elected at the first even numbered year election shall be 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified, the alderpersons or trustees elected at the first odd numbered year election next following the first even numbered year election shall serve for terms of 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified, and successors elected after the first odd numbered year shall also serve 4 year terms and until their successors are elected and have qualified and (ii) if the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after approval of the proposition, occurs in an odd numbered year, the alderpersons or trustees elected in that odd numbered year shall serve for terms of 4 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified, the terms for successors to those elected at the first odd numbered year election shall be for 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified, the alderpersons or trustees elected at the first even numbered year election next following the first odd numbered year election shall serve for terms of one year and until their successors are elected and have qualified, and the terms for successors to those elected at the first odd numbered year election shall be 4 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 3.1 Div. 15 heading) DIVISION 15. ELECTED OFFICERS GENERALLY

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-5)

Sec. 3.1-15-5. Officers to be elected. In all cities incorporated under this Code there shall be elected a mayor, alderpersons, a city clerk, and a city treasurer (except in the case of a city of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants that, by ordinance, allows for the appointment of a city treasurer by the mayor, subject to the advice and consent of the city council). In all villages and incorporated towns, there shall be elected a president, trustees, and a clerk, except as otherwise provided in this Code.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-10)

Sec. 3.1-15-10. Mayor; president. The chief executive officer of a city shall be a mayor. The chief executive officer of a village shall be a village president, who may also be called a mayor. The chief executive officer of an incorporated town shall be a president, who may also be called a mayor. The chief executive officer shall hold office for 4 years and until a successor is elected and has qualified, except in municipalities that have adopted a 2 year term as provided in Section 3.1-10-65 and except in a village or incorporated town that, before January 1, 1942, has adopted a 2 year term for the chief executive officer.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-15)

Sec. 3.1-15-15. Holding other offices. A mayor, president, alderperson, trustee, clerk, or treasurer shall not hold any other office under the municipal government during the term of that office, except when the officer is granted a leave of absence from that office or except as otherwise provided in Sections 3.1-10-50, 3.1-35-135, and 8-2-9.1. Moreover, an officer may serve as a volunteer fireman and receive compensation for that service.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-20)

Sec. 3.1-15-20. Administering oaths. The mayor of a city, the president of a village or incorporated town, the clerk, the chairman of a plan commission, and the chairman of a zoning board of appeals of a municipality have power to administer oaths and affirmations on all lawful occasions. The corporate authorities by ordinance may authorize other municipal officers to administer oaths.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25)

Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of warrants.

(a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the mayor, alderpersons, president, trustees, marshal, deputy marshals, and policemen in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace. Those persons and others authorized by ordinance shall have power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.

(b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any policeman or marshal of the municipality. For that purpose, policemen and marshals have all the common law and statutory powers of sheriffs.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-30)

Sec. 3.1-15-30. Minority representation.

(a) Whenever the question of incorporation as a city under this Code is submitted for adoption to the electors of any territory, village, incorporated town, or city under special charter, there may be submitted at the same time for adoption or rejection the question of minority representation in the city council. The proposition shall be in the following form:

Shall minority representation in the city council be adopted?

(b) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any election are for minority representation in the city council, the members of the city council, except as otherwise provided, thereafter shall be elected as provided in Section 3.1-15-35.

(c) The city council, at least 30 days before the first day fixed by law for the filing of candidate petitions for the next general municipal election, shall apportion the city by dividing its population, as ascertained by an official publication of any national, state, school, or city census, by any number not less than 2 nor more than 6. The quotient shall be the ratio of representation in the city council. Districts shall be formed of contiguous and compact territory and contain, as near as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any election are against minority representation in the city council, the members of the city council shall be elected as otherwise provided in this Code.

(e) At any time after the incorporation of a city under this Code, on petition of electors equal in number to one-eighth the number of legal votes cast at the next preceding general municipal election, the city clerk shall certify the question of the adoption or retention of minority representation to the proper election authority for submission to the electors of that city. The proposition shall be in the same form as provided in this Section, except that the word "retained" shall be substituted for the word "adopted" when appropriate. A question of minority representation, however, shall not be submitted more than once within 32 months.

(f) If the city council of any city adopting minority representation as provided in this Section has not fixed a ratio of representation and formed the districts by the time specified in this Section, those acts may be done by any later city council. All official acts done and ordinances passed by a city council elected at large by the electors of a city that has adopted a minority representation plan shall be as valid and binding as if the alderpersons had been elected from districts.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)