SB2530 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2530

Introduced 1/12/2010, by Sen. Gary Forby

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/7-4-7

from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-7

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes a municipality to opt out of a police district by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the municipality's corporate authority. Provides that a municipality that opts out of a police district may later opt in to the district by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the corporate authority. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 7-4-7 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/7-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-7)

Sec. 7-4-7. Police district. The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police district, unless the corporate authorities of an adjoining municipality, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, opt out of the police district. A municipality that opts out of a police district under this Section may opt in to the police district by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the corporate authority.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.