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65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-75

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-75) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-75)

Sec. 3.1-10-75. Referendum to lengthen terms.

(a) In any municipality of
less than 500,000 inhabitants
that, under Section 3.1-10-65, has voted to shorten the terms of
elective officers, a proposition to lengthen the terms of the elective
officers of the municipality from 2 years to 4 years may be submitted,
within the discretion of the corporate authorities, to the electors of
the municipality.
The proposition shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the appropriate
election authorities, who shall submit the proposition at an election in
accordance
with the general election law.  The proposition shall also be submitted at
an election if a petition requesting that action
is signed by electors of the municipality numbering not less than 10% of
the total vote cast at the last election for mayor or president of the
municipality and the petition is filed with the municipal clerk.
The proposition shall be substantially in the
following form:

Shall the term of the elective officers of (name of

municipality) be lengthened from 2 years to 4 years?

(b) If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote
against it, the terms of the officers shall remain 2 years. If, however,
a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the
officers elected at the next regular election for officers in the
municipality shall hold their offices for a term of 4 years and until
their successors are elected and have qualified, except in the case of
trustees and alderpersons. In the case of alderpersons and trustees:
 (i) if the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after
approval of the proposition, occurs in an even numbered year, the alderpersons
 or trustees elected in that even numbered year shall serve for
terms of 3 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified, the
terms for successors to those elected at the first even numbered year
election shall be 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified,
the alderpersons or trustees elected at the first odd numbered year election
next following the first even numbered year election shall serve for
terms of 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified, and
successors elected after the first odd numbered year shall also serve 4
year terms and until their successors are elected and have qualified and (ii) if
the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after approval of the
proposition, occurs in an odd numbered year, the alderpersons or trustees
elected in that odd numbered year shall serve for terms of 4 years and
until their successors are elected and have qualified, the terms for successors
to those elected at the first odd numbered year election shall be for 4
years and until successors are elected and have qualified, the alderpersons or
trustees elected at the first even numbered year election next following
the first odd numbered year election shall serve for terms of one year
and until their successors are elected and have qualified, and the terms for
successors to those elected at the first odd numbered year election
shall be 4 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)