Public Act 096-1156
 
HB5970 EnrolledLRB096 20180 RLJ 35737 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 
changing Section 3.1-20-10 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)



    Sec. 3.1-20-10. Aldermen; number. 

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of this
Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in 
the case of
aldermen-at-large,
the number of aldermen, when not 
elected by the minority
representation plan, shall be 
determined using the most recent federal decennial census 
results as follows: in cities not exceeding 3,000
inhabitants, 
6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 15,000, 8 
aldermen;
exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 10 
aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 14 
aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000,
16 
aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 18 
aldermen; and from
90,000 to 500,000, 20 aldermen.  No 
redistricting shall be required in order
to reduce the number 
of aldermen in order to comply with this Section.

    (b) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in 
subsection (a), a
municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants 
may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than 
one year after at least 180 days prior to the first municipal 
election
following the municipality's receipt of the new 
federal decennial census
results, the following number of 
aldermen: in cities exceeding 15,000 but not
exceeding 20,000, 
8 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not
exceeding 50,000, 10 
aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000, 14

aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 16 
aldermen; and exceeding
90,000 but not exceeding 500,000, 18 
aldermen.

    (c) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in 
subsection (a), a
municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants 
may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than 
one year after at least 180 days prior to the first municipal 
election
following the municipality's receipt of the new 
federal decennial census
results, the following number of 
aldermen: in cities exceeding 40,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 
16 aldermen.

(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-727, eff. 7-25-02.)

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