Bill Text: IL SB1651 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Discontinuance of Township Organization Article of the Township Code. Provides that, when a petition to discontinue township organization meeting the required voter threshold has been filed, the township shall hold, no later than 60 days before the general election in which the proposition will be voted on, at least 2 town hall meetings regarding the question of the continuance of township organization. At the meetings, requires the township board to provide the public (i) an analysis of the cost to citizens regarding services if the discontinuance referendum passes and (ii) information on whether an intergovernmental agreement exists with a unit of local government bordering the township under which the other unit of local government will provide services upon the discontinuance of the township.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1651 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1651-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 25-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/25-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 25-5. Petition and referendum to discontinue township | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | organization. Upon the petition of at least 10% of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | registered voters of
each
township of a county, as
determined | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | on the date registration closed before the regular election | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | next
preceding the last day on which the petition may be filed, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | that
has adopted township organization, the county board shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | certify and
cause to be submitted to the voters of the county, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | at the next general
election, the question of the continuance | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | of township organization. A
signature on a petition shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | be valid or counted in considering the
petition unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | form requirements are complied with and the date of each
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| 18 | signature is less than 90 days before the last day for filing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the petition.
The statement of the person who circulates the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | petition must include an
attestation (i) indicating the dates | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | on which that sheet was circulated, (ii)
indicating the first | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | and last date on which that sheet was circulated, or (iii)
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| 23 | certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet was signed | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | more than 90
days before the last day for filing the petition. | ||||||
| 2 | When a petition meeting the required voter threshold has | ||||||
| 3 | been filed under this Section, the township shall hold, no | ||||||
| 4 | later than 60 days before the general election in which the | ||||||
| 5 | proposition will be voted on, at least 2 town hall meetings | ||||||
| 6 | regarding the question of the continuance of township | ||||||
| 7 | organization. At the meetings, the township board shall | ||||||
| 8 | provide the public (i) an analysis of the cost to citizens | ||||||
| 9 | regarding services if the discontinuance referendum passes and | ||||||
| 10 | (ii) information on whether an intergovernmental agreement | ||||||
| 11 | exists with a unit of local government bordering the township | ||||||
| 12 | under which the other unit of local government will provide | ||||||
| 13 | services upon the discontinuance of the township. | ||||||
| 14 | The proposition shall be
substantially in the form:
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| 15 | Shall township organization be continued in (name of | ||||||
| 16 | county)?
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| 17 | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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| 18 | The petition shall be treated and the proposition | ||||||
| 19 | certified in the manner
provided by the general election law. | ||||||
| 20 | After the proposition has once been
submitted to the | ||||||
| 21 | electorate, the proposition shall not be resubmitted for 4
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| 22 | years.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-112, eff. 1-1-98.)
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