(40 ILCS 5/3-145) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-145)

Sec. 3-145. Referendum in municipalities less than 5,000.

(a) This Article
shall not be effective in any
municipality having a population of less than 5,000 unless the
proposition to adopt the Article is submitted
to and approved
by the voters of the municipality in the manner herein provided.

Whenever the electors of the municipality, equal in number to 5% of
the number of legal votes cast at the last preceding general municipal
election, petition the city, village or town clerk to submit the proposition
whether
that municipality shall adopt this Article, the officer to whom the
petition is addressed shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials who shall submit the proposition in accordance
with the general election law at a regular election in the municipality
provided that notice of the referendum, if held
before July 1, 1999,
has been given in accordance with the provisions of Section
12-5
of the Election Code in effect at the time of the bond referendum, at least
10 and not more than 45 days before the date of
the election, notwithstanding the time for publication otherwise imposed by
Section 12-5.
Notices required in connection with the submission of public questions
on or after July 1, 1999 shall be as set forth in Section 12-5 of the Election
Code.
If the proposition is not adopted at
that election, it may be submitted in like manner at any regular election
thereafter. The
proposition shall be substantially in the following form:

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    Shall the city (or village or
incorporated town) of.... adopt           YES
Article 3 of the "Illinois Pension    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Code", pertaining to the creation         NO
of a police pension fund?
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition
is for the proposition, this Article is adopted in that municipality.

(b) For a period of 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, if a municipality having a population of less than 5,000 has adopted this Article in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a), the municipality may elect to terminate participation under this Article if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) An independent auditor certifies that the fund created under this Article has no