Bill Text: IL SB1536 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

Illinois Senate Bill 1536 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise must be prospective. Provides that elective office held prior to the effective date of any term limit imposed by a municipality shall not prohibit a person otherwise eligible from running for or holding elective office in that municipality. Provides that term limits imposed in a manner inconsistent with the applicable provisions remain valid prospectively, but are invalid as they apply to service prior to the enactment of the term limits. Provides that imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise shall only apply to terms for the same office or that category of municipal office. Provides that these provisions apply to all term limits imposed by a municipality by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise passed on or after November 8, 2016. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0114 [SB1536 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1536-Chaptered.html

Public Act 101-0114

SB1536 Enrolled

LRB101 09923 AWJ 55025 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding

Section 3.1-10-17 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-17 new)

Sec. 3.1-10-17. Term limits.

(a) The imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance,

or otherwise must be prospective. Elective office held prior to

the effective date of any term limit imposed by a municipality

shall not prohibit a person otherwise eligible from running for

or holding elective office in that municipality. Term limits

imposed in a manner inconsistent with this Section remain valid

prospectively, but are invalid as they apply to service prior

to the enactment of the term limits.

(b) The imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance,

or otherwise shall only apply to terms for the same office or

that category of municipal office. Term limits imposed in a

manner inconsistent with this subsection are invalid as they

apply to service in other categories of municipal offices.

(c) A home rule unit may not regulate term limits in a

manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a

limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of


`the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home`
`rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.`
`(d) This Section applies to all term limits imposed by a`
`municipality by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise passed on`
`or after November 8, 2016.`