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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1617
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
duplicate township names.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1617 |
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LRB096 05181 RLJ 15247 b |
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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 changing Section |
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| 5-55 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/5-55)
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| Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the
the Secretary |
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| of State, on comparing
the abstracts of the reports from the |
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| several counties, finds that any 2 or
more townships are named |
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| alike, he shall so inform the clerk of the county
which last |
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| adopted the name. The county board of that county shall, at its |
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| next
meeting, adopt for the township some different name. When |
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| the name is adopted,
the county clerk shall inform the |
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| Secretary of State as provided in Section
5-50. |
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| (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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