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1 | AN ACT in relation to municipal government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 5-2-12 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
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7 | Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; | ||||||
8 | vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
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9 | (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of | ||||||
10 | municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or | ||||||
11 | trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions | ||||||
12 | of this Section shall be
applicable.
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13 | (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities | ||||||
14 | of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of | ||||||
15 | (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 | ||||||
16 | councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under | ||||||
17 | subsection (k) . In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than | ||||||
18 | 100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and | ||||||
19 | 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than | ||||||
20 | 500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and | ||||||
21 | 8 councilmen.
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22 | (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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23 | immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | ||||||
24 | municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at | ||||||
25 | large and shall consist of a president and the number
of | ||||||
26 | trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is | ||||||
27 | applicable.
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28 | (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be | ||||||
29 | 4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 | ||||||
30 | councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election | ||||||
31 | shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but | ||||||
32 | less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote |
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1 | at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in | ||||||
2 | cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 | ||||||
3 | councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election | ||||||
4 | shall serve for 2 years only.
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5 | (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. | ||||||
6 | After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less | ||||||
7 | than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less | ||||||
8 | than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
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9 | not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at | ||||||
10 | the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the | ||||||
11 | case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each | ||||||
12 | biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
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13 | (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election | ||||||
14 | law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section | ||||||
15 | 5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot | ||||||
16 | prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by | ||||||
17 | printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
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18 | for Two" , or "Vote for Three" if the size of the city council | ||||||
19 | is increased under subsection (k), instead of the words "Vote | ||||||
20 | for Four". In cities of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, | ||||||
21 | the ballot shall be modified in that place by printing
the | ||||||
22 | words "Vote for Three" instead of the words "Vote for Four". | ||||||
23 | Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be | ||||||
24 | applicable, shall
govern the election of a mayor and councilmen | ||||||
25 | under this Section.
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26 | (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or | ||||||
27 | councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 | ||||||
28 | days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
29 | appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the | ||||||
30 | unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
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31 | election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is | ||||||
32 | elected and
has qualified.
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33 | (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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34 | immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | ||||||
35 | municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this | ||||||
36 | Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of |
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1 | trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner | ||||||
2 | of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 | ||||||
3 | through 5-2-17.
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4 | (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
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5 | municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately | ||||||
6 | before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article | ||||||
7 | 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in | ||||||
8 | accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they | ||||||
9 | may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving | ||||||
10 | the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
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11 | this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for | ||||||
12 | 2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
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13 | commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall | ||||||
14 | be elected at each election to serve for 4
years. | ||||||
15 | (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of | ||||||
16 | the council
or
board and on all ceremonial occasions. | ||||||
17 | (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city | ||||||
18 | council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, | ||||||
19 | after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of | ||||||
20 | 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is | ||||||
21 | increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general | ||||||
22 | municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 | ||||||
23 | councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, | ||||||
24 | the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve | ||||||
25 | a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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