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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is amended
5by adding Section 3.2 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 5/3.2 new)
7    Sec. 3.2. Prohibition on creating new units of local
8government. Until 4 years after the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the General
10Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local
11government, including, but not limited to, the division of
12existing units of local government. This Section shall not
13apply to the creation of a new unit of local government from
14the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing units of local
15government.