Public Act 101-0114
 
SB1536 EnrolledLRB101 09923 AWJ 55025 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by adding 
Section 3.1-10-17 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-17  new)
    Sec. 3.1-10-17. Term limits.
    (a) The imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance, 
or otherwise must be prospective. Elective office held prior to 
the effective date of any term limit imposed by a municipality 
shall not prohibit a person otherwise eligible from running for 
or holding elective office in that municipality. Term limits 
imposed in a manner inconsistent with this Section remain valid 
prospectively, but are invalid as they apply to service prior 
to the enactment of the term limits.
    (b) The imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance, 
or otherwise shall only apply to terms for the same office or 
that category of municipal office. Term limits imposed in a 
manner inconsistent with this subsection are invalid as they 
apply to service in other categories of municipal offices.
    (c) A home rule unit may not regulate term limits in a 
manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a 
limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of 
the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home 
rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
    (d) This Section applies to all term limits imposed by a 
municipality by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise passed on 
or after November 8, 2016.

 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.