SB2681 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2681

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/1-7-2

from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-2

Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that the Secretary of State must certify the number of inhabitants to each municipality upon the certification of any municipal census. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 changing Section 1-7-2 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-7-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-2)

Sec. 1-7-2. Whenever in this Code any provision thereof is based upon the number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants of the municipality shall be determined by reference to the latest census taken by authority of the United States or this state, or of that municipality. It is the duty of the Secretary of State, upon the publication of any state or United States census or the certification of any municipal census referenced under Section 1-7-1, to certify to each municipality the number of inhabitants, as shown by that census. And the several courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the population of any municipality, as the population appears from the latest federal, state, or municipal census so taken.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

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