Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/20/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2396

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2396 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 28-8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/28-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)
7    Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section
828-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of
9local government shall become a home rule unit or shall cease
10to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the
11clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days
12after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a
13certified statement showing the results of the referendum and
14the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home
15rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall
16maintain such certified statements in his office as a public

 

 

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2    The question of whether a unit of local government shall
3become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the
4following form:
5    Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home
6    rule unit?
7    Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
 
8    The question of whether a unit of local government shall
9cease to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in
10substantially the following form:
11    Shall (name of the unit of local government) cease to be a
12    home rule unit?
13    Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
14(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".