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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0097
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
township names.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0097 |
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LRB096 03403 RLJ 13426 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 changing Section |
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| 5-40 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/5-40)
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| Sec. 5-40. Township names. Townships shall be named in |
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| accordance with the
the
express wish of the inhabitants of the |
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| township. If there is not a degree of
unanimity as to the name, |
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| the commissioners may designate the name. The county
board may |
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| change the name of any township in its county upon a petition |
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| of a
majority of the voters of the township. No 2 townships in |
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| the State shall have
the same name. |
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| (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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