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10 ILCS 5/28-8

(10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)

Sec. 28-8.

If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this
Act involved
 the question of whether a unit of local government shall
become a home rule unit or shall cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk
of that unit of local government shall, within 45
 days after the
referendum,
 file with the Secretary of State a certified
statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status
of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule
unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in
his office as a public record.

The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

    Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?
    Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

The question of whether a unit of local government shall cease to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of the unit of local government) cease to be a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)