Bill Text: IL SB0565 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0565 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0565-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0565 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/1-5
Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
1-5 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Use of terms.
(a) A reference in another Act to a town (other than an
incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference to a township as
that that term is used in this Code.
(b) A reference in another Act to the board of trustees of
a town (other than an incorporated town) or township, the board
of town trustees, or the board of township trustees shall be
deemed a reference to the township board as that term is used
in this Code.
(c) A reference in another Act to an officer of a town
(other than an incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference
to a township officer as that term is used in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)