96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0564


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













60 ILCS 1/15-70 new











    Amends the Township Code.  Provides that the city council of any coterminous city may authorize the township supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings when the city council is exercising powers that would ordinarily be exercised by the township board.  Provides that, while the township supervisor is presiding, the township supervisor has one vote and the mayor has no vote.  Effective immediately.
















LRB096 03498 RLJ 13523 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB0564

LRB096 03498 RLJ 13523 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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15-70 as follows:
 
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    (60 ILCS 1/15-70  new)
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    Sec. 15-70. City council meetings; township business. The 
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city council of any coterminous city located in a county with a 
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population of less than 1,000,000 may, by the affirmative vote 
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of three-fourths of its members, authorize the township 
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supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings 
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when the city council is exercising powers that would 
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ordinarily be exercised by the township board in a township not 
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organized under this Article. While the township supervisor is 
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presiding, the supervisor has one vote and the mayor has no 
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vote.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.