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65 ILCS 5/5-3-1

(65 ILCS 5/5-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-3-1)

Sec. 5-3-1.

In cities which do not elect to choose alderpersons from wards and
in cities which elect to choose councilmen as provided in Sections 5-2-18.1 through
 5-2-18.7, the mayor shall have the right to vote on all questions
coming before the council but shall have no power to veto. The mayor and
president shall be recognized as the official head of the city or village
by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the Governor
for all legal purposes.

The mayor or president of any city or village which adopts this Article
5, other than one which at the time of adoption was operating under or
adopted the commission form of government as provided in Article 4 or
which does not retain the election of alderpersons by wards or trustees by
districts, shall have veto power as provided in Sections 5-3-2 through
5-3-4, and ordinances or measures may be passed over his veto as therein
provided. Such mayor or president shall have the power to vote as provided
in Section 5-3-5.

If any other Acts or any Article of this Code, other than Article 3 or
Article 4, provides for the appointment of a board, commission, or other
agency by the mayor or president, such appointments shall be made in manner
so provided.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)