97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3799

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the redistricting of a city.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 3.1-20-25 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25)
7    Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city.
8    (a) In the the formation of wards, the number of
9inhabitants of the city immediately preceding the division of
10the city into wards shall be as nearly equal in population, and
11the wards shall be of as compact and contiguous territory, as
12practicable. Wards shall be created in a manner so that, as far
13as practicable, no precinct shall be divided between 2 or more
14wards.
15    (b) Whenever an official census shows that a city contains
16more or fewer wards than it is entitled to, the city council of
17the city, by ordinance, shall redistrict the city into as many
18wards as the city is entitled. This redistricting shall be
19completed not less than 30 days before the first day set by the
20general election law for the filing of candidate petitions for
21the next succeeding election for city officers. At this
22election there shall be elected the number of aldermen to which
23the city is entitled, except as provided in subsection (c).

 

 

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1    (c) If it appears from any official census that a city has
2the requisite number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase
3the number of aldermen, the city council shall immediately
4proceed to redistrict the city and shall hold the next city
5election in accordance with the new redistricting. At this
6election the aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring
7shall be considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in
8which their residences are situated. At this election, in a
9municipality that is not a newly incorporated municipality, a
10candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward that
11contains a part of the ward in which he or she resided at least
12one year next preceding the election that follows the
13redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected
14from the new ward he or she represents if he or she resides in
15that ward for at least one year next preceding reelection. If
16there are 2 or more aldermen with terms of office not expiring
17and residing in the same ward under the new redistricting, the
18alderman who holds over for that ward shall be determined by
19lot in the presence of the city council, in the manner directed
20by the council, and all other aldermen shall fill their
21unexpired terms as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large,
22if any, shall have the same powers and duties as all other
23aldermen, but upon the expiration of their terms the offices of
24aldermen-at-large shall be abolished.
25    (d) If the redistricting results in one or more wards in
26which no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not

 

 

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1expired, 2 aldermen shall be elected in accordance with Section
23.1-20-35, unless the city elected only one alderman per ward
3pursuant to a referendum under subsection (a) of Section
43.1-20-20.
5    (e) A redistricting ordinance that has decreased the number
6of wards of a city because of a decrease in population of the
7city shall not be effective if, not less than 60 days before
8the time fixed for the next succeeding general municipal
9election, an official census is officially published that shows
10that the city has regained a population that entitles it to the
11number of wards that it had just before the passage of the last
12redistricting ordinance.
13(Source: P.A. 95-646, eff. 1-1-08.)