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Public Act 097-0552 | ||||
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | ||||
Section 11-13-22 as follows: | ||||
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-22 new) | ||||
Sec. 11-13-22. Public hearing procedures for | ||||
municipalities of less than 500,000. In a municipality of less | ||||
than 500,000 inhabitants, the corporate authorities may adopt | ||||
or authorize the zoning board of appeals and any other board, | ||||
commission, or committee that conducts public hearings under | ||||
this Division to adopt rules of procedures governing those | ||||
public hearings. The rules of procedures may concern | ||||
participation in public hearings and the participants' rights | ||||
to cross examine witnesses and to present testimony and | ||||
evidence, and any other relevant matter.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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