(70 ILCS 1830/37) (from Ch. 19, par. 537)
Sec. 37.
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of meetings to be fixed by the Board.
Eight members of the Board constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution. The
affirmative vote of at least 7 members shall be necessary for the adoption
of any ordinance or resolution. All ordinances and resolutions before
taking effect shall be approved and signed by the chairman of the Board,
those he does not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections
thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board after the
passage thereof. If the chairman fails to return any ordinance or
resolution with his objections thereto by the time stated, the ordinance or
resolution shall take effect without signature. Upon the return of any
ordinance or resolution by the chairman with his objections, the vote by
which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board. Upon
reconsideration if such ordinance or resolution is passed again by the
affirmative vote of at least 8 members, it shall go into effect
notwithstanding veto by the chairman.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1184.)
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