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Public Act 096-1037 |
HB4818 Enrolled | LRB096 16470 RLJ 31740 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Upper Mississippi River International Port |
District Act is amended by changing Section 38 as follows: |
(70 ILCS 1863/38)
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Sec. 38. Disconnection. The registered voters of a county |
included in the District may petition the local election |
authority State Board of Elections requesting the submission of |
the question of whether the county should be disconnected from |
the District to the electors of the county. The petition shall |
be circulated in the manner required by Section 28-3 of the |
Election Code and objections thereto and the manner of their |
disposition shall be in accordance with Section 28-4 of the |
Election Code. If a petition is filed with the local election |
authority State Board of Elections , signed by not less than 5% |
of the registered voters of the county or that portion of the |
county that is within the District, requesting that the |
question of disconnection be submitted to the electors of the |
county, the local election authority State Board of Elections |
must certify the question to the proper election authority, |
which must submit the question at a regular election held at |
least 78 days after the petition is filed in accordance with |