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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0040 Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Townships Code. Removes the requirement that a township must be located within a county with a population of 3 million or more and that it must contain a territory of 7 square miles or more in order to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0040 | | LRB099 02767 AWJ 22775 b |
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 27-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/27-5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to |
| 8 | | a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially |
| 9 | | coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises |
| 10 | | the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or |
| 11 | | more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the |
| 12 | | township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3 |
| 13 | | million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles |
| 14 | | or more.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law.
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