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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2396 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/28-8 | from Ch. 46, par. 28-8 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides referendum language to cease being a home rule unit of local government.
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| | HB2396 | | LRB098 08980 OMW 39115 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 28-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section |
| 8 | | 28-7 of this
Act involved
the question of whether a unit of |
| 9 | | local government shall
become a home rule unit or shall cease |
| 10 | | to be a home rule unit, the question shall be submitted in |
| 11 | | substantially the following form: |
| 12 | | Shall (name of the unit of local government) cease to be a |
| 13 | | home rule unit? |
| 14 | | Votes must be recorded as "yes" and "no". If a majority of |
| 15 | | the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative and |
| 16 | | if that referendum passed, then the clerk
of that unit of local |
| 17 | | government shall, within 45
days after the
referendum,
file |
| 18 | | with the Secretary of State a certified
statement showing the |
| 19 | | results of the referendum and the resulting status
of the unit |
| 20 | | of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule
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| 21 | | unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified |
| 22 | | statements in
his office as a public record.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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