(75 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 81, par. 75)

Sec. 2. This Act shall not become effective in any village to which it is applicable until the same shall first have been submitted to a vote of the electors of such village at a regular election. The proposition for the adoption of this Act shall be submitted to referendum upon the adoption of a resolution so directing by the corporate authorities and certified to the proper election officials in accordance with the general election law.

If a majority of those voting upon the proposition shall be for the adoption of this Act it shall thereafter be of full force and effect in such village, but if a majority be against the adoption of this Act, it shall not be again submitted to a vote until two years after the date of such referendum.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)