093_SB1547

 
                                     LRB093 11010 EFG 11671 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to ordinances.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1-2-1 as follows:

 6        (65 ILCS 5/1-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-1)
 7        Sec.   1-2-1.   Ordinances;   penalties.   The  corporate
 8    authorities of each municipality may pass all ordinances  and
 9    make  all rules and regulations proper or necessary, to carry
10    into effect the powers granted to municipalities,  with  such
11    fines  or  penalties  as  may  be  deemed proper.  No fine or
12    penalty, however, except civil penalties provided for failure
13    to  make  returns  or  to  pay  any  taxes  levied   by   the
14    municipality shall exceed $750 and no imprisonment authorized
15    in Section 1-2-9 for failure to pay any fine, penalty or cost
16    shall exceed 6 months for one offense.
17        A  penalty  imposed  for  violation  of  an ordinance may
18    include, or consist of,  a  requirement  that  the  defendant
19    perform  some  reasonable public service work such as but not
20    limited to the picking up of litter in public parks or  along
21    public highways or the maintenance of public facilities.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-63, eff. 6-30-95.)