93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4483

 

Introduced 02/03/04, by Charles E. Jefferson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new
65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new

    Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Grants a county the authority to enact an ordinance identical to one that has been enacted by a municipality within that county even if the county would not otherwise be able to enact the ordinance. Grants a municipality the authority to enact an ordinance identical to one that has been enacted by a county that contains the municipality even if the municipality would not otherwise be able to enact the ordinance.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-1130 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)
7     Sec. 5-1130. Authority to enact municipal ordinances.
8     (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a
9 county contains a municipality and that municipality has
10 enacted an ordinance that the county is not authorized to
11 enact, the county is authorized to and may enact an ordinance
12 that mirrors the municipal ordinance.
13      (b) Any ordinance enacted by a county under this Section
14 must be identical to the original municipal ordinance except
15 that the county may select an alternative effective date from
16 that in the original municipal ordinance.
17     (c) This Section is a grant of authority to counties to
18 enact ordinances that they are not otherwise authorized to
19 enact.
 
20     Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
21 adding Section 1-2-15 as follows:
 
22     (65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new)
23     Sec. 1-2-15. Authority to enact county ordinances.
24     (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a
25 municipality is within a county and if that county has enacted
26 an ordinance that the municipality is not authorized to enact,
27 the municipality is authorized to and may enact an ordinance
28 that mirrors the county ordinance.
29     (b) Any ordinance enacted by a municipality under this
30 Section must be identical to the original county ordinance

 

 

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1 except that the municipality may select an alternative
2 effective date from that in the original county ordinance.
3     (c) This Section is a grant of authority to municipalities
4 to enact ordinances that they are not otherwise authorized to
5 enact.