Full Text of HB1395 99th General Assembly
HB1395 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1395 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights from June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, with the terms of all officers of the Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood ending on May 31, 2017. Provides that electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights elect at-large officers during the 2017 and 2021 consolidated elections. Provides that the electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights shall vote by referendum in the 2024 general election whether to continue the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. Provides that if the electors reject to continue the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights, the 2025 elections and Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall revert back to their statuses as existing prior to June 1, 2017.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | | HB1395 | | LRB099 02673 AWJ 22680 b |
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| | 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | | 5 | | Section 3.1-25-100 as follows:
| | 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new) | | 7 | | Sec. 3.1-25-100. Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. | | 8 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary: | | 9 | | (a) Beginning June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, the | | 10 | | Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall be a single | | 11 | | municipality with a single municipal government, which may be | | 12 | | referred to as the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. | | 13 | | (b) The terms of office of all officers elected for the | | 14 | | Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall end on May 31, 2017. | | 15 | | (c) For the 2017 and 2021 consolidated election cycles, a | | 16 | | single set of municipal officers shall be elected for the | | 17 | | Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights, with a single board composed | | 18 | | of 8 trustees who shall run at-large. | | 19 | | (d) For the 2024 general election, a referendum shall be | | 20 | | voted upon by the electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford | | 21 | | Heights. Subject to the referendum form requirements of Section | | 22 | | 16-7 of the Election Code, the referendum shall be in | | 23 | | substantially the following form on the ballot:
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| | | HB1395 | - 2 - | LRB099 02673 AWJ 22680 b |
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| | 1 | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | 2 | | Shall the Village of Lynwood-Ford YES | | 3 | | Heights continue as ------------------------------------------------------------- | | 4 | | a consolidated village? NO | | 5 | | -------------------------------------------------------------
| | 6 | | (e) If a majority of the electors of the Village of | | 7 | | Lynwood-Ford Heights approve the referendum described in | | 8 | | subsection (d), the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights shall | | 9 | | continue, and the elections of the Village of Lynwood-Ford | | 10 | | Heights shall continue to elect officers and trustees under | | 11 | | subsection (c) at the 2025 consolidated election and each | | 12 | | consolidated election thereafter. | | 13 | | (f) If a majority of the electors of the Village of | | 14 | | Lynwood-Ford Heights reject the referendum described in | | 15 | | subsection (d), then: | | 16 | | (1) in the 2025 consolidated election, the electors of | | 17 | | the former Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall each | | 18 | | elect 6 trustees together with all other municipal | | 19 | | officers, as they existed prior to June 1, 2017, to their | | 20 | | respective villages; and | | 21 | | (2) on June 1, 2025, the Village of Ford Heights and | | 22 | | the Village of Lynwood shall revert back to their statuses | | 23 | | as existing prior to June 1, 2017.
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