65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/4-2-9

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-9)

Sec. 4-2-9.

All courts shall take judicial notice of the adoption of this
article by all municipalities adopting it.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 4 Div. 3

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 4 Div. 3 heading) DIVISION 3.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

65 ILCS 5/4-3-1

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-1)

Sec. 4-3-1.

All municipalities which have adopted the commission form
of municipal government prior to August 15, 1941, shall elect a mayor and
4 commissioners at a general municipal election held
in an odd numbered year upon the expiration of the term of
office of the mayor or president, and every 4 years thereafter. The day
when elections in these municipalities shall be held shall be determined
by the provisions of the general election law.

In all municipalities which adopt this article on or after August 15, 1941,
the terms of office of all elected municipal officers (1) holding office
at the time this article is adopted, or (2) elected on the same day that
this article is adopted, or (3) elected at the next biennial election held
after the adoption,
shall expire at the end of their respective terms but not later than the
expiration of the term of office of the mayor or president who is holding
office at the time of the adoption of this article or who is elected to
the office of mayor or president on the same day that this article is adopted,
as the case may be.

All municipalities which adopt this article on or after August 15, 1941,
shall elect a mayor and 4 commissioners at a general municipal election
held in an odd numbered year upon the
expiration of the term of office of the mayor or president as provided in
the next preceding paragraph, and every 4 years thereafter. The day when
elections in these municipalities shall be held shall be determined
by the provisions of the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-2

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-2)

Sec. 4-3-2.

Whenever a municipality adopts this article it shall
discontinue its division into wards. The mayor and 4 commissioners of the
municipality shall be nominated and elected at large.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-3

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-3)

Sec. 4-3-3.

The mayor and commissioners elected under Section 4-3-1 shall
be known as the council.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-4

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-4)

Sec. 4-3-4.

Terms of office; vacancy.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in
this article, the mayor and
commissioners elected under Section 4-3-1 shall hold their respective offices
for the term of 4 years and until their successors are elected and have
qualified.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in any of these offices, the remaining members
of the
council, within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, shall
appoint a person to fill the vacancy
for the balance of the unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled
by interim election under Section 3.1-10-50 and until the successor is
elected and has qualified.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-5

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-5)

Sec. 4-3-5. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-6

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-6)

Sec. 4-3-6.

The provisions
of the general election law shall apply to and govern
all elections held under this article.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-7

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-7)

Sec. 4-3-7.

Any person desiring to become a candidate for nomination for
mayor or commissioner shall file with the municipal clerk, or, in those
municipalities having a board of election commissioners, with the clerk
of that board, a statement of his candidacy, in the form provided in the
general election law.  This statement shall be filed at the time provided
in the general election law.

This statement shall be sworn (or affirmed) before an officer,
in which the person making the statement resides, authorized to
administer oaths.  If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section
4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office,
a statement of candidacy for commissioner shall specify whether the candidacy
is for commissioner of accounts and finances, commissioner of public health
and safety, commissioner of streets and public improvements, or commissioner
of public property. No person shall file statements
of candidacy for both mayor and commissioner or for more than one of the
commissioner offices.

Any person having filed as a candidate for mayor or commissioner may withdraw
within the time provided in the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-8

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-8)

Sec. 4-3-8.

At the same time that one files his statement of candidacy
he shall also file with the clerk specified in Section 4-3-7 a petition
requesting his candidacy. Such petition shall contain a number of signatures
of electors, residing within the same municipality as the candidate, equal
to at least 1% of the total vote cast at the last preceding election in
the municipality for mayor. This petition shall be in substantially the
form provided in the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-10

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-10)

Sec. 4-3-10. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-10.1

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-10.1)

Sec. 4-3-10.1. (Repealed).

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2677. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-13

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-13)

Sec. 4-3-13. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-14

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-14)

Sec. 4-3-14. (Repealed).

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-16

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)

Sec. 4-3-16.

Upon the ballots for the general municipal election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. Following these names, the names of the nominees
for commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially the form
specified in this section; provided that if the municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
under the designation of the applicable office, in substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.

The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS

OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....

AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

FOR MAYOR

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) JOHN JONES.

( ) JAMES SMITH.

FOR COMMISSIONERS

(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)

( ) HARRY BROWN.

( ) ROBERT BUCK.

( ) WILLIAM BURKE.

( ) GEORGE MILLER.

( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.

( ) EDWARD STUART.

( ) JOSEPH TROUT.

( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.

(Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-16.1

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-16.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16.1)

Sec. 4-3-16.1.

If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section
4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific
office, the ballots for the general municipal election shall be in
substantially the following form:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS

OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF ....

AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

FOR MAYOR

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) JOHN JONES.
( ) JAMES SMITH.

FOR COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS

AND FINANCES

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) HARRY BROWN.
( ) ROBERT BUCK.

FOR COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

AND SAFETY

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) GEORGE MILLER.
( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.

FOR COMMISSIONER OF STREETS AND

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.

FOR COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC PROPERTY

(VOTE FOR ONE)

( ) JAMES J. JEFFRIES.
( ) JAMES SMITH.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2677.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-17

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-17)

Sec. 4-3-17.

All general municipal elections under this
article shall be held, conducted, and contested under the provisions of
the general election law, except that the contest of
the election of mayor and commissioners shall be conducted in the circuit
court. The council under this article shall not be the judge
of the election and qualification of its members.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-18

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-18)

Sec. 4-3-18.

All officers, assistants, and employees in any municipality
under the commission form of municipal government shall be elected or
appointed in accordance with this article with reference to their
qualifications and fitness and for the good of the public service, and
without reference to their political or religious faith or party
affiliations.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/4-3-19

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-19)

Sec. 4-3-19.

Any municipality subject to this Article may, by a vote
of the electors thereof as hereinafter provided, elect to require
candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office.

The question of requiring candidates for commissioner to run for a
specific office shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the proper
election authority who shall submit the proposition
to the electors of the municipality upon a resolution adopted by
the council or upon petition filed with the municipal clerk and signed by electors of
the municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes
cast for the candidates for mayor at the last preceding general
quadrennial municipal election. The proposition shall be in substantially
the following form:

--------------------------------------------------------------
    Shall candidates for commissioner       YES
in the city (or village) of...... be   -----------------------
required to run for a specific office?      NO
--------------------------------------------------------------

If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the
question vote in the affirmative, candidates for commission shall
thereafter run for the specific office of commissioner of accounts and
finances, commissioner of public health and safety, commissioner of
streets and public improvements, or commissioner of public property, and
the electors of the municipality shall, at each general municipal
election thereafter, elect one person to each such specific office,
rather than electing four commissioners without further designation.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)