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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/Art. 5 Div. 1

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 5 Div. 1 heading)
DIVISION 1. GENERAL ADOPTION PROCEDURES

65 ILCS 5/5-1-1

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-1)
    Sec. 5-1-1. All cities and villages with less than 500,000 inhabitants, which are treated as properly incorporated, or which hereafter are incorporated under this Code, in addition to all the rights, powers, and authority conferred upon them elsewhere in this Code, shall have the rights, powers and authority conferred in this Article 5, by proceeding as provided in Section 5-1-4. For convenience this Article 5 is designated "The Managerial Form of Municipal Government".
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 857.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-2

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-2)
    Sec. 5-1-2. Upon this Article 5 becoming effective in any city or village, that city or village and its officers shall be vested with all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities conferred by Article 3 or 4, as the case may be, in force at the time such city or village adopted this Article 5, including the procedures for elections therein described, the officers therein named and the duties and liabilities therein set forth, except as modified by this Article 5.
    After this Article 5 becomes effective in any city or village which was operating under Article 4 at the time of adoption of this Article 5, the provisions of Section 4-5-13 relating to filing certain ordinances for public inspection shall no longer apply in such city or village.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2332.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-3

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-3)
    Sec. 5-1-3. The rights, privileges, powers and immunities contained in Articles 3 and 4 which are applicable to cities and villages operating under this Article 5, as provided in Section 5-1-2, are modified by the provisions of this Article 5 found in Sections 5-1-2, 5-2-3, 5-2-12 and 5-2-19.
    However, if any modifications appear in any other section of this Article 5, this section shall not operate to restrict or render void such modification because the sections containing such modifications are omitted from the listing of sections in this Section 5-1-3.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-4

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-4)
    Sec. 5-1-4. Procedure for adopting managerial form of government.
    (a) Cities and villages described in Section 5-1-1, in order to vest themselves with the managerial form of municipal government, shall act in accordance with the procedure provided in Sections 5-1-4 through 5-1-11 unless modified elsewhere in this Article 5. In cities that are operating under Section 3.1-20-10 and villages operating under Section 3.1-25-75 at the time of the adoption of this Article 5, the forms of petition and ballot prescribed in Sections 5-1-5 and 5-1-7 may at the option of the petitioners be modified to contain the following additional proposition:
        Shall (name of city or village), if it adopts the
    
managerial form of municipal government, continue to elect alderpersons (or trustees) from wards (or districts)?
    (b) In any city operating under Section 3.1-20-10 at the time of adoption of this Article 5, at the option of the petitioners and in addition to the optional proposition provided for in subsection (a), the forms of petition and ballot prescribed in Sections 5-1-6 and 5-1-8 may be further modified to contain the following additional proposition:
        Shall only one alderperson hereafter be elected from
    
each ward if (name of city) adopts the managerial form of municipal government and also elects to continue the alderperson organization for the city council?
    (c) If 2 or more forms of petition allowed under this Section are presented to the chief judge of the circuit court or any judge of that circuit designated by the chief judge, the judge shall cause only the question or questions contained in the first petition so presented to be submitted to referendum, if he or she finds that the petition is in proper form and legally sufficient.
    (d) If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote to adopt the managerial form of municipal government, then this Article 5 shall become effective in the city or village upon the date of the next general municipal election at which any corporate authority is elected. The operation of the managerial form of municipal government, for purposes of voting on the question to abandon set out in Section 5-5-1, however, shall not be deemed to begin until a manager is appointed.
    (e) The city council or board of trustees of a city or village that adopts the provisions of this Article 5 under this Section may, if it so desires, by the adoption of an ordinance immediately after the adoption of this Article 5 has been proclaimed, appoint a city or village manager and reorganize the administration of the municipality in conformance with this Article 5. This Article 5, except as to the membership of the council in cities or villages in which representation by wards or districts has not been retained, shall be in effect upon the proclamation of the results of the adopting referendum.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-5

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-5)
    Sec. 5-1-5. Electors of any city or village specified in Section 5-1-1, equal in number to 1/10 the number of votes cast for all candidates for mayor or president at the last preceding municipal election for such officer, may petition the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court, or any judge of that Circuit designated by the Chief Judge, in which that city or village specified in Section 5-1-1 is located to cause to be submitted to a vote of the electors of that city or village specified in Section 5-1-1 the proposition whether this Article 5 shall be adopted.
    Upon submission of such petition the court shall set a date not less than 10 nor more than 30 days thereafter for a hearing on the sufficiency thereof. Notice of the filing of such petition and of such date shall be given in writing to the city or village clerk and to the mayor or village president at least 7 days before the date of such hearing.
    If such petition is found sufficient the court shall enter an order to submit that proposition at an election. However, the referendum on the proposition shall not be held on the date of the general primary election for the municipality.
    The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the court's order and the proposition for submission.
    A proposal to adopt this Article 5 may also be initiated and submitted to the voters in the same manner as is provided in this Section by the adoption of an ordinance by the corporate authorities.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-6

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-6)
    Sec. 5-1-6. The petition provided in Section 5-1-5 shall be substantially in the following form: To the Circuit Court of the county of (name of county):
    We, the undersigned electors of the city (or village) of (name of city or village), respectfully petition your honor to submit to a vote of the electors of (name of city or village), the following proposition:
    Shall the city (or village) of.... adopt the managerial form of municipal government?
    Name.Address, with Street and Number
..................................
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-8

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-8)
    Sec. 5-1-8. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
    Shall the city (or village)          YES
of.... adopt the managerial       ----------------------------
form of municipal government?            NO
--------------------------------------------------------------
    If a majority of the electors voting upon this proposition vote yes, this Article 5 is adopted in that city or village. Thereupon, the mayor or president shall immediately issue a proclamation declaring this article in force. Thenceforth this Article 5 shall be in effect in that city or village. However, the operation of the managerial form of municipal government, for purposes of voting on the question to abandon set out in Section 5-5-1, shall not be deemed to begin until a manager is appointed.
    If a majority of the electors voting upon this proposition vote no, the proposition shall not be submitted again in that city or village for 22 months.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-9

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-9)
    Sec. 5-1-9. A certified copy of the canvass of the votes on the proposition specified in Section 5-1-5, made by the proper officers of the election, shall be transmitted to the city or village clerk, and to the clerk of the court, and by each transcribed upon the records of his office.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-10

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-10)
    Sec. 5-1-10. If the managerial form of municipal government is adopted, the mayor or president immediately shall transmit a certificate so stating to (1) the Secretary of State, (2) the clerk of the court, and (3) the county recorder. These officers shall file this certificate in their respective offices and transcribe it upon the records thereof.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3740.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-11

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-11)
    Sec. 5-1-11. The failure of the officers named in Sections 5-1-6 through 5-1-9 to perform the duties and acts imposed upon them by those sections, shall neither invalidate nor prevent the adoption of this Article 5.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-12

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-12)
    Sec. 5-1-12. All courts shall take judicial notice of the adoption of this Article 5 by all cities and villages adopting it.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-13

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-13)
    Sec. 5-1-13. When any city or village has not adopted this Article 5 and desires to vote to adopt Article 4 as provided in Sections 4-2-2 through 4-2-9 and also desires to vote on adoption of this Article 5 upon compliance with the provisions thereof, both propositions may be submitted at the same election, and may be printed on the same ballot, but each proposition shall be stated separately. The proposition receiving the larger majority shall be adopted.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-14

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-14)
    Sec. 5-1-14. Any city or village which has heretofore adopted the managerial form of municipal government and is functioning under that form of government immediately prior to January 1, 1942 shall be treated as having adopted this Article 5.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/5-1-15

    (65 ILCS 5/5-1-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-15)
    Sec. 5-1-15. Any city or village which adopts the managerial form of municipal government as provided in Article 7 thereby adopts this Article 5. In case of conflict between Articles 5 and 7, Article 7 governs.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1267.)