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 1        AN ACT concerning municipalities.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing  Sections  3.1-20-10  and  3.1-20-20  and  by adding
 6    Section 3.1-55-25 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10)
 8        Sec. 3.1-20-10.  Aldermen; number.
 9        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b)  and
10    (c)  of  this  Section,  Section  3.1-20-20,  or as otherwise
11    provided in the case  of  aldermen-at-large,  the  number  of
12    aldermen,  when  not  elected  by the minority representation
13    plan, shall be as follows:  in  cities  not  exceeding  3,000
14    inhabitants,  6  aldermen;  exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding
15    15,000,  8  aldermen;  exceeding  15,000  but  not  exceeding
16    20,000, 10  aldermen;  exceeding  20,000  but  not  exceeding
17    50,000,  14  aldermen;  exceeding  50,000  but  not exceeding
18    70,000, 16  aldermen;  exceeding  70,000  but  not  exceeding
19    90,000,  18 aldermen alderman; and from 90,000 to 500,000, 20
20    aldermen alderman.  Except as otherwise provided in the  case
21    of  aldermen-at-large.  No redistricting shall be required in
22    order to reduce the number of aldermen  in  order  to  comply
23    with this Section.
24        (b)  Instead  of  the  number  of  aldermen  set forth in
25    subsection  (a),  a  municipality   with   15,000   or   more
26    inhabitants  may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution,
27    at least 180 days  prior  to  the  first  municipal  election
28    following  the  municipality's  receipt  of  the  new federal
29    decennial census results, the following number  of  aldermen:
30    in  cities  exceeding  15,000  but  not  exceeding  20,000, 8
31    aldermen; exceeding  20,000  but  not  exceeding  50,000,  10
 
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 1    aldermen;  exceeding  50,000  but  not  exceeding  70,000, 14
 2    aldermen; exceeding  70,000  but  not  exceeding  90,000,  16
 3    aldermen;  and exceeding 90,000 but not exceeding 500,000, 18
 4    aldermen.
 5        (c)  Instead of the  number  of  aldermen  set  forth  in
 6    subsection   (a),   a   municipality   with  40,000  or  more
 7    inhabitants may adopt, either by ordinance or by  resolution,
 8    at  least  180  days  prior  to  the first municipal election
 9    following the  municipality's  receipt  of  the  new  federal
10    decennial  census  results, the following number of aldermen:
11    in cities exceeding  40,000  but  not  exceeding  50,000,  16
12    aldermen.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1119; revised 12-04-01.)

14        (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-20)
15        Sec. 3.1-20-20.  Aldermen; restrict or reinstate number.
16        (a)  In  a  city  of  less  than  100,000  inhabitants, a
17    proposition to restrict the number of aldermen to one-half of
18    the total authorized by Section 3.1-20-10, with one  alderman
19    representing  each ward, shall be certified by the city clerk
20    to the proper election  authorities,  who  shall  submit  the
21    proposition  at  an  election  in accordance with the general
22    election law, if a petition requesting that action is  signed
23    by  electors  of  the city numbering not less than 10% of the
24    total vote cast at the last election for mayor  of  the  city
25    and the petition is filed with the city clerk.
26        The  proposition  shall be substantially in the following
27    form:
28             Shall (name of city) restrict the number of aldermen
29        to (state number) (one-half of the  total  authorized  by
30        Section  3.1-20-10  of the Illinois Municipal Code), with
31        one alderman representing each ward?
32        If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote  in
33    favor of it, all existing aldermanic terms shall expire as of
 
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 1    the  date  of  the next regular aldermanic election, at which
 2    time a full complement of aldermen shall be elected  for  the
 3    full term.
 4        (b)  In  a  city  of  less  than  100,000  inhabitants, a
 5    proposition  to  restrict  the  number  of  aldermen  to  one
 6    alderman per ward, with one alderman representing each  ward,
 7    plus  an  additional  number  of  aldermen  not to exceed the
 8    number of wards in the city to be elected at large, shall  be
 9    certified   by   the   city  clerk  to  the  proper  election
10    authorities, who shall submit the proposition at an  election
11    in  accordance  with  the general election law, if a petition
12    requesting that action is signed  by  electors  of  the  city
13    numbering  not  less  than  10% of the total vote cast at the
14    last election for mayor of the city and the petition is filed
15    with the city clerk.
16        The proposition shall be substantially in  the  following
17    form:
18             Shall (name of city) restrict the number of aldermen
19        to  (number),  with  one alderman representing each ward,
20        plus an additional (number)  alderman  (aldermen)  to  be
21        elected at large?
22        If  a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in
23    favor of it, all existing aldermanic terms shall expire as of
24    the date of the next regular aldermanic  election,  at  which
25    time  a  full complement of aldermen shall be elected for the
26    full term.
27        (c)  In a city of less than 100,000 inhabitants  where  a
28    proposition  under subsection (a) or (b) has been successful,
29    a  proposition  to  reinstate  the  number  of  aldermen   in
30    accordance  with  Section 3.1-20-10 shall be certified by the
31    city clerk to the  proper  election  authorities,  who  shall
32    submit  the proposition at an election in accordance with the
33    general election law, if a petition  requesting  that  action
34    has  been  signed  by electors of the city numbering not less
 
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 1    than 10% of the total vote cast  at  the  last  election  for
 2    mayor  of  the  city and the petition has been filed with the
 3    city clerk.
 4        The election authority must  submit  the  proposition  in
 5    substantially the following form:
 6             Shall   (name  of  city)  reinstate  the  number  of
 7        aldermen  to  (number  of  aldermen  allowed  by  Section
 8        3.1-20-10)?
 9    The election authority must record  the  votes  as  "Yes"  or
10    "No".
11        If  a  majority of the electors voting on the proposition
12    vote in the affirmative, then,  if  the  restriction  in  the
13    number  of aldermen has taken effect, all existing aldermanic
14    terms shall expire  as  of  the  date  of  the  next  regular
15    aldermanic  election,  at  which  time  a  full complement of
16    aldermen shall be elected for the full  term  and  thereafter
17    terms   shall   be  determined  in  accordance  with  Section
18    3.1-20-35.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

20        (65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-25 new)
21        Sec.  3.1-55-25.  Automatic  abandonment  of  a  form  of
22    municipal  government.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions   of
23    Sections  4-10-1, 5-5-1, 5-5-1.1, 5-5-2, 5-5-3, 5-5-4, 5-5-5,
24    and 5-5-6  and  any  other  provisions  of  this  Act,  if  a
25    municipality  adopts a different form of municipal government
26    under Article 4, 5, or 6, then its current form of  municipal
27    government  is  automatically  abandoned when the new form of
28    municipal government takes effect.

29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.

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