SB1991 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 15956 HLH 41966 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1991

Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/1-7-2

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

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, whenever a partial census is conducted by a municipality, the Secretary of State shall certify the number of inhabitants of the municipality as the number of inhabitants reflected by the last complete municipal census adjusted by the net increase or decrease reflected by the partial census. 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 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. In the event that a partial census is conducted pursuant to Section 1-7-1, the Secretary of State shall certify the total number of inhabitants of the municipality as the number reflected by the last complete census of the municipality adjusted by the net increase or decrease reflected by the partial census. The 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, certified, and adjusted.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

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