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SB0582 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0582

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/5-55

    Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning duplicate township names.


LRB096 06646 RLJ 16730 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB0582 LRB096 06646 RLJ 16730 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-55 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/5-55)
7     Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the the Secretary
8 of State, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the
9 several counties, finds that any 2 or more townships are named
10 alike, he shall so inform the clerk of the county which last
11 adopted the name. The county board of that county shall, at its
12 next meeting, adopt for the township some different name. When
13 the name is adopted, the county clerk shall inform the
14 Secretary of State as provided in Section 5-50.
15 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)