SB2622 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024
SB2622

Introduced 10/24/2023, by Sen. Doris Turner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/10-4-5.1 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality may not establish a moratorium on the enforcement of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees. Provides that, if a municipality has imposed a moratorium before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the moratorium is void. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a municipality from repealing an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees. Limits home rule powers.

LRB103 34915 AWJ 64787 b

A BILL FOR

SB2622

LRB103 34915 AWJ 64787 b

1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by

5 adding Section 10-4-5.1 as follows:

6 (65 ILCS 5/10-4-5.1 new)

7 Sec. 10-4-5.1. Employee municipal residency requirement

8 moratorium.

9 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a

10 municipality may not establish a moratorium on the enforcement

11 of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on employees.

12 If a municipality has imposed a moratorium before, on, or

13 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd

14 General Assembly, the moratorium is void.

15 (b) Nothing in this Section prevents a municipality from

16 repealing an ordinance imposing residency requirements on

17 employees.

18 (c) The regulation of establishing a moratorium on the

19 enforcement of an ordinance imposing residency requirements on

20 employees is an exclusive power and function of the State.

21 This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and

22 functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of

23 the Illinois Constitution.