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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
5 28-8 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/28-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)
7     Sec. 28-8. If a referendum to be held in accordance with
8 Section 28-7 of this Act involved involves the question of
9 whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule
10 unit or shall cease to be a home rule unit and if that
11 referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local
12 government shall, within 45 at least 20 days prior to the
13 referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified
14 statement indicating when the referendum will be held. Within
15 30 days after the referendum, such clerk shall file with the
16 Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of
17 the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local
18 government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The
19 Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in
20 his office as a public record.
21 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.