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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-20-10 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)
7    Sec. 3.1-20-10. Aldermen; number.
8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c)
9of this Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in
10the case of aldermen-at-large, the number of aldermen, when not
11elected by the minority representation plan, shall be
12determined using the most recent federal decennial census
13results as follows: in cities not exceeding 3,000 inhabitants,
146 aldermen; exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 15,000, 8
15aldermen; exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 10
16aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 50,000, 14
17aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000, 16
18aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 18
19aldermen; and from 90,000 to 500,000, 20 aldermen. No
20redistricting shall be required in order to reduce the number
21of aldermen in order to comply with this Section.
22    (b) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in
23subsection (a), a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants

 

 

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1may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution, not more than
2one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal
3decennial census results, the following number of aldermen: in
4cities exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 8 aldermen;
5exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 50,000, 10 aldermen;
6exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000, 14 aldermen;
7exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 16 aldermen; and
8exceeding 90,000 but not exceeding 500,000, 18 aldermen.
9    (c) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in
10subsection (a), a municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants
11may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution, not more than
12one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal
13decennial census results, the following number of aldermen: in
14cities exceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 50,000, 16 aldermen.
15    (d) If, according to the most recent federal decennial
16census results, the population of a municipality increases
17under this Section, then the municipality may adopt an
18ordinance or resolution to retain the number of aldermen that
19existed before the most recent federal decennial census
20results. The ordinance or resolution may not be adopted more
21than one year after the municipality's receipt of the most
22recent federal decennial census results.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1156, eff. 7-21-10.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.