HB1156 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1156

Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/5-15

Amends the Township Code. Requires that on the petition of 5% (now, 10%) or more of the local voters in the county, the county board shall submit to the voters the question of township organization. Effective immediately.

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 Township Code is amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/5-15)

Sec. 5-15. Form of proposition. The county board, on the petition of 5% 10% or more of the legal voters of the county, shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the county the question of township organization under this Article. The proposition shall be substantially in the form: "For township organization" or "Against township organization".

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-365, eff. 8-18-95.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.