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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0228 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that until 4 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local government, including, but not limited to, the division of existing units of local government. Provides that the amendatory Act does not apply to the creation of a new unit of local government from the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing units of local government. |
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| | HB0228 | | LRB099 04102 JLK 24121 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 3.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (25 ILCS 5/3.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.2. Prohibition on creating new units of local |
| 8 | | government. Until 4 years after the effective date of this |
| 9 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the General |
| 10 | | Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local |
| 11 | | government, including, but not limited to, the division of |
| 12 | | existing units of local government. This Section shall not |
| 13 | | apply to the creation of a new unit of local government from |
| 14 | | the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing units of local |
| 15 | | government. |