Public Act 90-0112 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0112
HB0480 Enrolled LRB9001422DNcc
AN ACT to amend the Township Code by changing Section
25-5.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 25-5 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/25-5)
Sec. 25-5. Petition and referendum to discontinue
township organization. Upon the petition of at least 10% of
the registered legal voters of each township of a any county,
as determined on the date registration closed before the
regular election next preceding the last day on which the
petition may be is filed, that has adopted township
organization, the county board shall certify and cause to be
submitted to the voters of the county, at the next general
election, the question of the continuance of township
organization. A signature on a petition shall not be valid
or counted in considering the petition unless the form
requirements are complied with and the date of each signature
is less than 90 days before the last day for filing the
petition. The statement of the person who circulates the
petition must include an attestation (i) indicating the dates
on which that sheet was circulated, (ii) indicating the first
and last date on which that sheet was circulated, or (iii)
certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet was
signed more than 90 days before the last day for filing the
petition. The proposition shall be substantially in the
form:
Shall township organization be continued in (name of
county)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
The petition shall be treated and the proposition
certified in the manner provided by the general election law.
After the proposition has once been submitted to the
electorate, the proposition shall not be resubmitted for 4
years.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)