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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB6710
Introduced , by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution, at least 180 days before the first municipal election following the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results "or any other official census results, including but not limited to special census results", a specified number of aldermen (less than the number required elsewhere in the Act). Now, such a municipality may adopt such an ordinance or resolution only following the receipt of the new federal decennial census results. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6710 |
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LRB095 22296 RLJ 52611 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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 3.1-20-10 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)
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| Sec. 3.1-20-10. Aldermen; number.
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| (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) |
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Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in |
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| the case of
aldermen-at-large,
the number of aldermen, when not |
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| elected by the minority
representation plan, shall be as |
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| follows: in cities not exceeding 3,000
inhabitants, 6 aldermen; |
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| exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 15,000, 8 aldermen;
exceeding |
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| 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 10 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 |
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| but
not exceeding 50,000, 14 aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not |
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| exceeding 70,000,
16 aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not |
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| exceeding 90,000, 18 aldermen; and from
90,000 to 500,000, 20 |
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| aldermen. No redistricting shall be required in order
to reduce |
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| the number of aldermen in order to comply with this Section.
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| (b) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in |
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| subsection (a), a
municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants |
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| may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, at least 180 |
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| days prior to the first municipal election
following the |