HB4121 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4121

Introduced 1/16/2020, by Rep. Tom Demmer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading
60 ILCS 1/27-5
60 ILCS 1/27-10
60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 rep.

Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may be discontinued (currently, municipalities in which 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; that are located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and which contain a territory of 7 square miles or more). Makes conforming changes. Repeals an Article of the Township Code regarding discontinuance of specified townships in St. Clair County. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Sections 27-5 and 27-10 and the heading of Article 27 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)

ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP

ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :

COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE

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

(60 ILCS 1/27-5)

Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality in which 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; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles or more.

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

(60 ILCS 1/27-10)

Sec. 27-10. Petition and referendum to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality. Upon adoption of an ordinance by the township board or the city council of a municipality in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board city council of a township described under Section 27-5 of this Article, or upon petition of at least 10% of the registered voters of that township, the township board or the city council shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a proposition to discontinue and abolish the township organization and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township organization to the coterminous municipality.

A signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in considering the petition unless the form requirements are complied with and the date of each signature is less than 90 days before the last day for filing the petition. The statement of the person who circulates the petition must include an attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that sheet was circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date on which that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90 days before the last day for filing the petition. The petition shall be treated and the proposition certified in the manner provided by the general election law. After the proposition has once been submitted to the electorate, the proposition shall not be resubmitted for 4 years.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the township organization be continued in [Name of Township] Township?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 rep.)

Section 10. The Township Code is amended by repealing Article 28.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.