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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:



 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 1-2.2-20 as follows:
 
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    (65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-20)

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    Sec. 1-2.2-20. Instituting code hearing proceedings. When 
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a police
officer or other individual
authorized to issue a code 
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violation finds a code violation to exist,  he or
she
shall note 
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the violation on a
multiple copy violation notice and report 
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form that indicates (i) the name and
address
of the defendant, 
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(ii) the
type and nature of the violation, (iii) the date and 
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time the violation was
observed,
and (iv) the names of

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witnesses to the violation.


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    The violation report form shall be forwarded to the code 
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hearing department
where a docket
number shall be stamped on 
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all copies of the report and a hearing date shall be
noted
in 
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the blank spaces
provided for that purpose on the form.  The 
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hearing date shall not be less than
30 nor more than 40
days 
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after the violation is reported.
However, if the code violation 
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involves a municipal ordinance regulating truants, the hearing 
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date shall not be less than 7 nor more than 40 days after the 
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violation is reported. 

 


 






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    One copy of the violation report form shall be maintained 
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in the files of the
code hearing
department and shall be part 
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of the record of hearing, one copy of the report
form shall be 
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returned to
the individual representing the municipality in the 
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case so that he or she may
prepare evidence of the code

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violation for presentation at the hearing on the date 
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indicated, and one copy
of the report form shall be
served by 
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first class mail to the defendant along with a summons 
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commanding
the defendant to appear
at the hearing.
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municipalities with a population under 3,000,000, if the 
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violation report form requires the respondent to
answer within 
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a certain amount of time, the
municipality must reply to the 
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answer within the same amount of time
afforded to the

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respondent.


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(Source: P.A. 94-616, eff. 1-1-06.)