HB3761 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018
HB3761

Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading`
`60 ILCS 1/27-5`

Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may be consolidated (currently, only townships that: are in coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipalities where the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the township; are located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and contain a territory of 7 square miles or more).

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A BILL FOR

HB3761

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1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 15. The Township Code is amended by changing

5 Section 27-5 and the heading of Article 27 as follows:

6 (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)

7 ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP

8 ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY:

9 ALL TOWNSHIPS

10 ~~COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE~~

11 (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)

12 (60 ILCS 1/27-5)

13 Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to

14 a township that~~: (1)~~ is within a coterminous, or substantially

15 coterminous, municipality ~~in which the city council exercises~~

16 ~~the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or~~

17 ~~more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the~~

18 ~~township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3~~

19 ~~million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles~~

20 ~~or more~~.

21 (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)