SB2622 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 34915 AWJ 64787 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2622

Introduced 10/24/2023, by Sen. Doris Turner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/10-4-5.1 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality may not establish a moratorium on the enforcement of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees. Provides that, if a municipality has imposed a moratorium before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the moratorium is void. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a municipality from repealing an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees. Limits home rule powers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 10-4-5.1 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/10-4-5.1 new)

Sec. 10-4-5.1. Employee municipal residency requirement moratorium.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality may not establish a moratorium on the enforcement of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees. If a municipality has imposed a moratorium before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the moratorium is void.

(b) Nothing in this Section prevents a municipality from repealing an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees.

(c) The regulation of establishing a moratorium on the enforcement of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees is an exclusive power and function of the State. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.