Bill Text: IL HB2129 | 2025-2026 | 104th 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-04-17 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2129 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2129-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2129 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie 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.)