Full Text of HB5060 93rd General Assembly
HB5060 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB5060
Introduced 02/05/04, by Annazette Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5 |
65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25 |
65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-75 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-75 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a person is not eligible for an elective municipal office unless the person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has resided in the municipality at least 2 years (now, one year) next preceding the election. Provides that, in the first election following a redistricting, (i) aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring shall be considered aldermen for the new wards in which they reside and (ii) a candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward in which the candidate resided for the 2 years before that election.
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| AN ACT concerning municipalities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3.1-10-5, 3.1-20-25, and 3.1-25-75 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
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| Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
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| (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal | 10 |
| office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the | 11 |
| municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
2 | 12 |
| years
one year next preceding the election.
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| (b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal | 14 |
| office if that
person is in arrears
in the payment of a tax or | 15 |
| other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been | 16 |
| convicted in any court located in the United States of any | 17 |
| infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony.
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| (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of | 19 |
| a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has resided
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| in the municipality at least one year next
preceding the | 21 |
| election or appointment, except
as provided in subsection (b) | 22 |
| of Section 3.1-25-75.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25)
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| Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city.
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| (a) In the formation of wards, the number of
inhabitants of | 27 |
| the city
immediately preceding the division of the city into | 28 |
| wards shall be
as nearly equal in population, and the wards | 29 |
| shall be of as compact and
contiguous territory, as | 30 |
| practicable. Wards shall be created in a
manner so that, as far | 31 |
| as practicable, no precinct shall be divided between
2 or more |
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| wards.
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| (b) Whenever an official
census shows that a city contains | 3 |
| more or fewer wards than it is
entitled to, the city council of | 4 |
| the city, by ordinance, shall redistrict
the city into as many | 5 |
| wards as the city is entitled. This
redistricting shall be | 6 |
| completed not less than 30 days before the first day
set by the | 7 |
| general election law for the filing of candidate petitions for
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| the next succeeding election for city officers. At this | 9 |
| election there
shall be elected the number of aldermen to which | 10 |
| the city is entitled,
except as provided in subsection (c).
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| (c) If it appears from any official census
that a city has | 12 |
| the requisite number of inhabitants to
authorize it to increase | 13 |
| the number of aldermen, the city council shall
immediately | 14 |
| proceed to redistrict the city
and shall hold the next city | 15 |
| election in
accordance with the new redistricting. At this | 16 |
| election , (i) the aldermen whose
terms of office are not | 17 |
| expiring shall be considered aldermen for the new
wards | 18 |
| respectively in which their residences are situated and (ii) a | 19 |
| candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward in which he | 20 |
| or she resided for the 2 years before the election that follows | 21 |
| the redistricting . If there are 2
or more aldermen with terms | 22 |
| of office not expiring and residing in the same
ward under the | 23 |
| new redistricting, the alderman who holds over for that ward
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| shall be determined by lot in the presence of the city council, | 25 |
| in the
manner directed by the council, and all other aldermen | 26 |
| shall fill
their unexpired terms as aldermen-at-large. The | 27 |
| aldermen-at-large, if any,
shall have the same powers and | 28 |
| duties as all other aldermen, but upon the
expiration of their | 29 |
| terms the offices of aldermen-at-large shall be abolished.
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| (d) If the redistricting results in one or more wards in | 31 |
| which no aldermen
reside whose terms of office have not | 32 |
| expired, 2 aldermen shall be elected
in accordance with Section | 33 |
| 3.1-20-35, unless the city elected only one
alderman per ward | 34 |
| pursuant to a referendum under subsection (a) of Section
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| 3.1-20-20.
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| (e) A redistricting ordinance that has decreased the number
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| of wards of a city because of a decrease in population of the | 2 |
| city shall
not be effective if, not less than 60 days before | 3 |
| the time fixed for
the next succeeding general municipal | 4 |
| election, an official
census is officially published that shows | 5 |
| that the city has regained a
population that entitles it to the | 6 |
| number of wards that it had just
before the passage of the last | 7 |
| redistricting ordinance.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-75) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-75)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-75. Districts; election of trustees.
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| (a) After a village with a
population of 5,000 or more | 12 |
| adopts the
provisions of this Section in the manner prescribed | 13 |
| in Section 3.1-25-80,
the board of trustees by ordinance shall | 14 |
| divide and, whenever
necessary thereafter, shall redistrict | 15 |
| the village into 6 compact and
contiguous districts of | 16 |
| approximately equal population as required by law.
This | 17 |
| redistricting
shall be completed not less than 30 days before | 18 |
| the first day for the filing
of nominating petitions for the | 19 |
| next succeeding election of village officers
held in accordance | 20 |
| with the general election law.
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| (b) Each of the districts shall be represented by one | 22 |
| trustee who shall have
been an actual resident of the district | 23 |
| for at least 2 years
6 months immediately
before his or her | 24 |
| election in the first election after a redistricting.
Only the | 25 |
| electors of a district shall elect the
trustee from that
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| district.
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| (c) The provisions of this Code relating to terms of office | 28 |
| of aldermen in
cities shall also apply to the terms of office | 29 |
| of trustees under this
Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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