SB2815 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2815

Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/28-8

from Ch. 46, par. 28-8

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the question of whether a unit of local government shall continue to be a home rule unit (rather than shall cease to be a home rule unit) shall be submitted in a form as specified. Makes conforming changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 28-8 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)

Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall continue cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in his office as a public record.

The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?

Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

The question of whether a unit of local government shall continue cease to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of the unit of local government) continue cease to be a home rule unit?

Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)