(65 ILCS 5/5-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-3)
Sec. 5-2-3.
In any city or village of less than 100,000 inhabitants,
a proposition to restrict the number of alderpersons to one-half of the
total authorized by Section 5-2-2, with one alderperson representing each
ward, shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the proper election
authority who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance
with the general election law, if a petition
requesting such
action is signed by electors of the municipality numbering not less than
10% of the total vote cast at the last election for mayor or president
of the board of trustees of the municipality, and is filed with the city
or village clerk in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be substantially in the
following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the City (or Village) of........ restrict the number of YESalderpersons to one-half of the totalauthorized by Section 5-2-2 of the --------------------------Illinois Municipal Code, with one NOalderperson representing each ward?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor of
it, all existing terms of alderpersons shall expire as of the date of the
next regular election of alderpersons, at which time a full complement of alderpersons
shall be elected for the full term.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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