Bill Text: IL HB4968 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may be consolidated.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4968 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4968-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4968 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading
60 ILCS 1/27-5
Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a conterminous, or substantially conterminous, municipality may be consolidated.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 15. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 27-5 and the heading of Article 27 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)
ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY:
ALL TOWNSHIPS
COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
(60 ILCS 1/27-5)
Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to
a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially
coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises
the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or
more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the
township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3
million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles
or more.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)