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HB0564 Engrossed |
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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. |