HB1261sam003 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 1/9/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1261

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1261, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Local Government Consolidation Commission Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3986/25)

Sec. 25. Report. The Commission shall render its final report to the General Assembly not later than December 31, 2007 2006, setting out its findings and recommendations and proposing those measures it considers necessary to effect essential changes and improvements in the existing laws relating to any or all of the matters enumerated in Section 10 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-244, eff. 7-19-05.)

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 1-7-2 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-7-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-2)

Sec. 1-7-2. Whenever in this Code any provision thereof is based upon the number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants of the municipality shall be determined by reference to the latest census taken by authority of the United States or this state, or of that municipality. It is the duty of the Secretary of State, upon the publication of any state or United States census or the certification of any municipal census referenced under Section 1-7-1, to certify to each municipality the number of inhabitants, as shown by that census. In the event that a partial census is conducted pursuant to Section 1-7-1, the Secretary of State shall certify the total number of inhabitants of the municipality as the number reflected by the last complete census of the municipality adjusted by the net increase or decrease reflected by the partial census. And the several courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the population of any municipality, as the population appears from the latest federal, state, or municipal census so taken, certified, and adjusted.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".