Bill Text: IL HB0719 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, whenever a partial census is conducted by a municipality, the Secretary of State shall certify the number of inhabitants of the municipality as the number of inhabitants reflected by the last complete municipal census adjusted by the net increase or decrease reflected by the partial census. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0372 [HB0719 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0719-Enrolled.html



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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 1-7-2 as follows:
6 (65 ILCS 5/1-7-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-2)
7 Sec. 1-7-2. Whenever in this Code any provision thereof is
8 based upon the number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants
9 of the municipality shall be determined by reference to the
10 latest census taken by authority of the United States or this
11 state, or of that municipality. It is the duty of the Secretary
12 of State, upon the publication of any state or United States
13 census or the certification of any municipal census referenced
14 under Section 1-7-1, to certify to each municipality the number
15 of inhabitants, as shown by that census. In the event that a
16 partial census is conducted pursuant to Section 1-7-1, the
17 Secretary of State shall certify the total number of
18 inhabitants of the municipality as the number reflected by the
19 last complete census of the municipality adjusted by the net
20 increase or decrease reflected by the partial census. And the
21 several courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the
22 population of any municipality, as the population appears from
23 the latest federal, state, or municipal census so taken,

HB0719 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 07993 RLJ 18097 b
1 certified, and adjusted.
2 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.
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