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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3.1-20-10 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.1-20-10. Aldermen; number.
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| 8 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) | ||||||
| 9 | of this
Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in | ||||||
| 10 | the case of
aldermen-at-large,
the number of aldermen, when not | ||||||
| 11 | elected by the minority
representation plan, shall be | ||||||
| 12 | determined using the most recent federal decennial census | ||||||
| 13 | results as follows: in cities not exceeding 3,000
inhabitants, | ||||||
| 14 | 6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 15,000, 8 | ||||||
| 15 | aldermen;
exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 10 | ||||||
| 16 | aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 14 | ||||||
| 17 | aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000,
16 | ||||||
| 18 | aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 18 | ||||||
| 19 | aldermen; and from
90,000 to 500,000, 20 aldermen. No | ||||||
| 20 | redistricting shall be required in order
to reduce the number | ||||||
| 21 | of aldermen in order to comply with this Section.
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| 22 | (b) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in | ||||||
| 23 | subsection (a), a
municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants | ||||||
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| 1 | may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than | ||||||
| 2 | one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal | ||||||
| 3 | decennial census
results, the following number of aldermen: in | ||||||
| 4 | cities exceeding 15,000 but not
exceeding 20,000, 8 aldermen; | ||||||
| 5 | exceeding 20,000 but not
exceeding 50,000, 10 aldermen; | ||||||
| 6 | exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000, 14
aldermen; | ||||||
| 7 | exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 16 aldermen; and | ||||||
| 8 | exceeding
90,000 but not exceeding 500,000, 18 aldermen.
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| 9 | (c) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in | ||||||
| 10 | subsection (a), a
municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants | ||||||
| 11 | may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than | ||||||
| 12 | one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal | ||||||
| 13 | decennial census
results, the following number of aldermen: in | ||||||
| 14 | cities exceeding 40,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 16 aldermen.
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| 15 | (d) If, according to the most recent federal decennial | ||||||
| 16 | census results, the population of a municipality increases | ||||||
| 17 | under this Section, then the municipality may adopt an | ||||||
| 18 | ordinance or resolution to retain the number of aldermen that | ||||||
| 19 | existed before the most recent federal decennial census | ||||||
| 20 | results. The ordinance or resolution may not be adopted more | ||||||
| 21 | than one year after the municipality's receipt of the most | ||||||
| 22 | recent federal decennial census results. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 96-1156, eff. 7-21-10.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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