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Public Act 096-0241 |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Township Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
15-70 as follows: | ||||
(60 ILCS 1/15-70 new) | ||||
Sec. 15-70. City council meetings; township business. The | ||||
city council of any coterminous city located in a county with a | ||||
population of less than 1,000,000 may, by the affirmative vote | ||||
of three-fourths of its members, authorize the township | ||||
supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings | ||||
when the city council is exercising powers that would | ||||
ordinarily be exercised by the township board in a township not | ||||
organized under this Article. While the township supervisor is | ||||
presiding, the supervisor has one vote and the mayor has no | ||||
vote.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law. |