Bill Text: IL SB1215 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1215 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1215-Introduced.html

---

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1215 Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 5/3.2
Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that until January 1, 2022 (currently, January 1, 2020), the General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local government. Repeals the Section on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
LRB101 08514 RJF 53591 b
A BILL FOR
SB1215 LRB101 08514 RJF 53591 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The General Assembly Organization Act is amended
by changing Section 3.2 as follows:
(25 ILCS 5/3.2)
Sec. 3.2. Prohibition on creating new units of local
government. Until January 1, 2022 4 years after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the
General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit
of local government, including, but not limited to, the
division of existing units of local government. This Section
shall not apply to the creation of a new unit of local
government from the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing
units of local government. This Section is repealed on January
1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 99-353, eff. 1-1-16.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.