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MUNICIPALITIES (65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code. 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-70
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-70) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-70)
Sec. 3.1-10-70.
Elections for reduced 2 year terms.
In municipalities
that have provided for a 2 year term for elective officers
under Section 3.1-10-65, the first election for municipal officers
shall be held at the next general municipal election following the referendum
at which the terms of the elective officers were reduced. In those
municipalities,
general elections shall be held annually thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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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?
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(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.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 3.1 Div. 15
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 3.1 Div. 15 heading)
DIVISION 15.
ELECTED OFFICERS GENERALLY
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-5)
Sec. 3.1-15-5. Officers to be elected. In all cities incorporated
under this Code there shall be elected a mayor, alderpersons, a city clerk, and a
city treasurer (except in the case of a city of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants
that, by ordinance, allows for the appointment of a city treasurer by the
mayor, subject to the advice and consent of the city council). In all villages
and incorporated towns, there shall be elected a president, trustees, and a
clerk, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-10
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-10)
Sec. 3.1-15-10.
Mayor; president.
The chief executive officer of a
city shall be a mayor. The chief executive officer of a village shall be a
village president, who may also be called a mayor. The chief executive
officer of an incorporated town shall be a president, who may also be
called a mayor. The chief executive officer shall hold office for 4 years
and until a successor is elected and
has qualified, except in municipalities that have adopted a 2 year term as
provided in Section 3.1-10-65 and except in a village or incorporated town
that, before January 1, 1942, has adopted a 2 year term for the chief
executive officer.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-15)
Sec. 3.1-15-15. Holding other offices. A mayor, president, alderperson, trustee, clerk, or
treasurer shall not hold
any other office under the municipal government during
the term of that office, except when the officer is granted a leave of absence
from that office or
except as otherwise provided in Sections 3.1-10-50, 3.1-35-135, and 8-2-9.1.
Moreover, an officer may serve as a volunteer fireman and receive compensation
for
that service.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-20
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-20)
Sec. 3.1-15-20.
Administering oaths.
The mayor of a city, the
president of a village or
incorporated town, the clerk, the chairman of a plan commission, and the
chairman of a zoning board of appeals of a municipality have power to
administer oaths and affirmations on all lawful occasions. The corporate
authorities by ordinance may authorize other municipal officers to
administer oaths.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25)
Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of warrants.
(a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion
of
a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board, the mayor, alderpersons,
president, trustees, marshal, deputy
marshals, and policemen in municipalities shall be conservators
of the peace. Those persons and others authorized by
ordinance shall have power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or
without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating
any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit
arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested
persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they
can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other
powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
(b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State
criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the
limits of a municipality by any policeman or marshal of the
municipality. For that purpose, policemen and marshals have all the
common law and statutory powers of sheriffs.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-30)
Sec. 3.1-15-30. Minority representation.
(a) Whenever the question of
incorporation as a city under
this Code is submitted for adoption to the electors of any territory,
village, incorporated town, or city under special charter, there may be
submitted at the same time for adoption or rejection the question of
minority representation in the city council. The proposition shall be
in the following form:
Shall minority representation in the city council be | |
(b) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any election are
for minority representation in the city council, the members of the city
council, except as otherwise provided, thereafter shall be elected as
provided in Section 3.1-15-35.
(c) The city council, at least 30 days before the first day fixed
by law for the filing of candidate petitions for the next general municipal
election, shall apportion the city by dividing its population,
as ascertained by an official publication of any national,
state, school, or city census, by any number not less than 2 nor more
than 6. The quotient shall be the ratio of representation in the city
council. Districts shall be formed of contiguous and compact territory
and contain, as near as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants.
(d) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any election are
against minority representation in the city council, the members of the
city council shall be elected as otherwise provided in this Code.
(e) At any time after the incorporation of a city under this
Code, on petition of electors equal in number to one-eighth the number
of legal votes cast at the next preceding general municipal election,
the city clerk shall certify
the question of the adoption or
retention of minority representation to the proper election authority
for submission to the electors of that city. The proposition
shall be in the same form as provided in this Section, except
that the word "retained" shall be substituted for the word "adopted"
when appropriate. A question of minority representation, however, shall not be
submitted more than once within 32 months.
(f) If the city council of any city adopting minority representation
as provided in this Section has not fixed a ratio of representation and
formed the districts by the time specified in this Section, those acts
may be done by any later city council. All official acts
done and ordinances passed by a city council
elected at large by the electors of a city that has adopted a
minority representation plan shall be as valid and binding as if the alderpersons
had been elected from districts.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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