Senate Sponsors: RAUSCHENBERGER-KLEMM-LUECHTEFELD AND FITZGERALD. House Sponsors: SKINNER-LINDNER Short description: LOCAL GOVT REFERENDA Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Election Code and various Acts concerning units of local government and school districts. Standardizes provisions concerning publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions and filing of petitions with respect to back door referenda. Requires that petitions be signed by voters equal in number to 5% of the total number of voters in the specified territory who voted at the last preceding general election at which electors of the President and Vice-President of the United States were elected. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 220/3.1 Further amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Allows water suppliers, for purposes of allowing certain units of local government to enter into intergovernmental agreements to establish a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency to provide adequate supplies of water, to be derived from Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, or the Missouri River (now, Lake Michigan or the Mississippi). SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds an immediate effective date. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status