(65 ILCS 95/20) (from Ch. 24, par. 1620)
Sec. 20.
Home Rule.
In compliance with Section 7 of "An Act to
revise the law in relation to the construction of the statutes", approved
March 5, 1874, as amended, it is declared to be the law of this State,
pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution, that the authority or duty to establish or prohibit the
establishment of home equity programs in any municipality with more than
1,000,000 inhabitants, including home rule units, and the determination of
the terms of such programs are declared to be exclusive powers and
functions of the State which may not be exercised concurrently by any such
municipality. No municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
including home rule units, shall establish or maintain a home equity
program other than as provided in this Act, and any such municipality shall
affirmatively establish and maintain a home equity program when required to
do so pursuant to this Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-1044.)
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