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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 3.1-20-10 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)



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    Sec. 3.1-20-10. Aldermen; number. 

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    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
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of this
Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in 
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the case of
aldermen-at-large,
the number of aldermen, when not 
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elected by the minority
representation plan, shall be 
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determined using the most recent federal decennial census 
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results as follows: in cities not exceeding 3,000
inhabitants, 
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6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 15,000, 8 
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aldermen;
exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 20,000, 10 
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aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 14 
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aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000,
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aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 18 
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aldermen; and from
90,000 to 500,000, 20 aldermen.  No 
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redistricting shall be required in order
to reduce the number 
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of aldermen in order to comply with this Section.

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    (b) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in 
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subsection (a), a
municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants 
 


 






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may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than 
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one year after at least 180 days prior to the first municipal 
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election
following the municipality's receipt of the new 
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federal decennial census
results, the following number of 
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aldermen: in cities exceeding 15,000 but not
exceeding 20,000, 
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8 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not
exceeding 50,000, 10 
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aldermen; exceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 70,000, 14

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aldermen; exceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 90,000, 16 
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aldermen; and exceeding
90,000 but not exceeding 500,000, 18 
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aldermen.

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    (c) Instead of the number of aldermen set forth in 
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subsection (a), a
municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants 
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may adopt, either by ordinance
or by resolution, not more than 
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one year after at least 180 days prior to the first municipal 
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election
following the municipality's receipt of the new 
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federal decennial census
results, the following number of 
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aldermen: in cities exceeding 40,000 but
not exceeding 50,000, 
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16 aldermen.

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(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-727, eff. 7-25-02.)

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