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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0501 Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the Secretary of State finds that any 2 or more townships within a single county (currently, 2 or more townships within the entire State) are named alike, he or she shall so inform the clerk of the county and the county board of that county shall, at its next meeting, adopt for one of the townships a different name. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0501 | | LRB102 05127 AWJ 15148 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5-55 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/5-55)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the Secretary of |
| 8 | | State, on comparing
the abstracts of the reports from the |
| 9 | | several counties, finds that any 2 or
more townships within a |
| 10 | | single county are named alike, he or she shall so inform the |
| 11 | | clerk of the county
which last adopted the name. The county |
| 12 | | board of that county shall, at its next
meeting, adopt for one |
| 13 | | of the townships a the township some different name. When the |
| 14 | | name is adopted,
the county clerk shall inform the Secretary |
| 15 | | of State as provided in Section
5-50.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.
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