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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2586
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that township organization may cease in an individual township if three-fourths of the registered voters in the township vote against the continuance of township organization. Effective immediately.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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SB2586 |
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LRB095 19632 HLH 45973 b |
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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 adding Section |
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| 25-10-5 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/25-10-5 new) |
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| Sec. 25-10-5. Cessation of township organization within an |
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| individual township. Upon the petition of at least 10% of the |
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| registered voters of
an individual township, the township board |
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| shall certify and
cause to be submitted to the voters of the |
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| township, at the next general
election, the question of whether |
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| township organization shall continue in that township. The |
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| proposition shall be
substantially in the form: |
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| "Shall township organization be continued in (name of |
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| township)?" |
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| If it appears by the returns
of the election that at least |
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| three-fourths of the registered voters in the township are |
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| against the
continuance of township organization, then |
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| township organization shall cease in that township.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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