96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0581


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













60 ILCS 1/5-40









    Amends the Township Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
township names.
















LRB096 06645 RLJ 16729 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











SB0581

LRB096 06645 RLJ 16729 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.)