(65 ILCS 5/2-3-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-9)
Sec. 2-3-9.
Upon the filing of a petition signed by one-fourth of the
registered voters of any city, the city clerk shall certify, in the manner
provided by the general election law the question of whether the city shall
incorporate as a village, to the proper election authorities who shall submit
the question at an election in accordance with the general election law.
After one referendum
for the purpose has taken place, no other referendum for the same purpose
shall be held until ten months has elapsed.
The question shall be substantially in the following form:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city of.... YESincorporate as a village -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------under the general law? NO---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast on the question
are in favor of the incorporation of the city into a village, then the city
shall be a village under this Code. It shall retain its name as the Village
of.... and shall succeed to all rights and be liable for all debts and liabilities
of the city.
The officers of the former city, shall hold their offices until the next
general municipal election, at which village officers are elected and until
their successors have qualified.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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