(65 ILCS 5/11-118-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-5)
Sec. 11-118-5.
The electors of a municipality may adopt and become
entitled to the benefits of this Division 118 in the following manner:
whenever a number equalling 1,000, or one-eighth, whichever is less, of
the electors of a municipality, voting at the last preceding election, petition
the circuit court for the
county in which that municipality is located, to order submitted
to a vote of the
electors of that municipality the proposition whether that municipality
shall adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Division 118,
that court shall order this proposition certified and submitted
accordingly, at an election in accordance with the general election law. If the
proposition is not adopted at this election, it shall in like manner be
submitted to a vote of the electors of that municipality upon order of that court
upon like application at any succeeding
election.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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