(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-27) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-27)
Sec. 10-2.1-27.
Adoption.
The electors of any municipality with less than 5,000 inhabitants may
adopt this Division 2.1 in the following manner: Whenever the electors
of such a municipality equal in number to 20% of the number of legal
votes cast at the last preceding general municipal election petition the
municipal clerk
to submit the proposition whether that municipality shall adopt this
Division 2.1, then the clerk shall
certify the proposition to the proper election authority
for submission at an election
in accordance with the general election law. If the proposition is
not adopted at that election, it may be submitted in like manner at any
general municipal election thereafter.
The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the city (or villageor incorporated town) of.... YESadopt Division 2.1 of Article 10of the Illinois Municipal Code ---------------------providing for the appointmentof a board of fire and NOpolice commissioners?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast on this proposition at any such
election are for the proposition, this Division 2.1 is adopted in that
municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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