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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4483
Introduced 02/03/04, by Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new |
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65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new |
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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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HB4483 |
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LRB093 16446 MKM 42086 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 5-1130 as follows: |
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new) |
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| Sec. 5-1130. Authority to enact municipal ordinances. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a |
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| county contains a municipality and that municipality has |
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| enacted an ordinance that the county is not authorized to |
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| enact, the county is authorized to and may enact an ordinance |
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| that mirrors the municipal ordinance. |
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| (b) Any ordinance enacted by a county under this Section |
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| must be identical to the original municipal ordinance except |
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| that the county may select an alternative effective date from |
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| that in the original municipal ordinance.
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| (c) This Section is a grant of authority to counties to |
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| enact ordinances that they are not otherwise authorized to |
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| enact.
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| Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| adding Section 1-2-15 as follows: |
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| (65 ILCS 5/1-2-15 new) |
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| Sec. 1-2-15. Authority to enact county ordinances. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if a |
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| municipality is within a county and if that county has enacted |
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| an ordinance that the municipality is not authorized to enact, |
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| the municipality is authorized to and may enact an ordinance |
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| that mirrors the county ordinance. |
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| (b) Any ordinance enacted by a municipality under this |
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| Section must be identical to the original county ordinance |