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Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Filed: 3/20/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1395
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1395 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 3.1-25-100 as follows:
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| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.1-25-100. City of Chicago Heights-Ford Heights. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary: |
| 9 | | (a) Beginning June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, the |
| 10 | | Village of Ford Heights and City of Chicago Heights shall be a |
| 11 | | single municipality with a single municipal government, which |
| 12 | | may be referred to as the City of Chicago Heights-Ford Heights. |
| 13 | | (b) The terms of office of all officers elected for the |
| 14 | | Village of Ford Heights and City of Chicago Heights shall end |
| 15 | | on May 31, 2017. |
| 16 | | (c) For the 2017 and 2021 consolidated election cycles, a |
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| 1 | | single set of municipal officers shall be elected for the City |
| 2 | | of Chicago Heights-Ford Heights, with a single board composed |
| 3 | | of 8 alderman who shall run at-large. |
| 4 | | (d) For the 2024 general election, a referendum shall be |
| 5 | | voted upon by the electors of the City of Chicago Heights-Ford |
| 6 | | Heights. Subject to the referendum form requirements of Section |
| 7 | | 16-7 of the Election Code, the referendum shall be in |
| 8 | | substantially the following form on the ballot:
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| 9 | | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 10 | | Shall the City of Chicago YES |
| 11 | | Heights-Ford Heights ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 12 | | continue as a consolidated city? NO |
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| 14 | | (e) If a majority of the electors of the City of Chicago |
| 15 | | Heights-Ford Heights approve the referendum described in |
| 16 | | subsection (d), the City of Chicago Heights-Ford Heights shall |
| 17 | | continue, and the elections of the City of Chicago Heights-Ford |
| 18 | | Heights shall continue to elect officers and alderman under |
| 19 | | subsection (c) at the 2025 consolidated election and each |
| 20 | | consolidated election thereafter. |
| 21 | | (f) If a majority of the electors of the City of Chicago |
| 22 | | Heights-Ford Heights reject the referendum described in |
| 23 | | subsection (d), then: |
| 24 | | (1) in the 2025 consolidated election, the electors of |
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| 1 | | the former Village of Ford Heights shall elect 6 trustees |
| 2 | | and the electors of the former City of Chicago Heights |
| 3 | | shall elect 7 alderman together with all other municipal |
| 4 | | officers as they existed prior to June 1, 2017, to their |
| 5 | | respective village and city; and |
| 6 | | (2) on June 1, 2025, the Village of Ford Heights and |
| 7 | | the City of Chicago Heights shall revert back to their |
| 8 | | statuses as existing prior to June 1, 2017.".
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