95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0830


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













60 ILCS 1/5-55









    Amends the Township Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
duplicate township names.
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB0830

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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section 
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5-55 as follows:
 



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    (60 ILCS 1/5-55)



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    Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the
the Secretary 
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of State, on comparing
the abstracts of the reports from the 
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several counties, finds that any 2 or
more townships are named 
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alike, he shall so inform the clerk of the county
which last 
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adopted the name. The county board of that county shall, at its 
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next
meeting, adopt for the township some different name. When 
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the name is adopted,
the county clerk shall inform the 
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Secretary of State as provided in Section
5-50.
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(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)