Bill Text: IL HB3146 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning township names.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3146 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3146-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 5-40 as follows:
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6 | (60 ILCS 1/5-40)
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7 | Sec. 5-40. Township names. Townships shall be named in | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | accordance with the
the
express wish of the inhabitants of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | township. If there is not a degree of
unanimity as to the name, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the commissioners may designate the name. The county
board may | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | change the name of any township in its county upon a petition | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | of a
majority of the voters of the township. No 2 townships in | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the State shall have
the same name. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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