Bill Text: IL HB4121 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may be discontinued (currently, municipalities in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the township; that are located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and which contain a territory of 7 square miles or more). Makes conforming changes. Repeals an Article of the Township Code regarding discontinuance of specified townships in St. Clair County. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4121 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4121-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4121 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading
60 ILCS 1/27-5
60 ILCS 1/27-10
60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 rep.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that all townships within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may be discontinued (currently, municipalities in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the township; that are located within a county with a population of 3 million or more; and which contain a territory of 7 square miles or more). Makes conforming changes. Repeals an Article of the Township Code regarding discontinuance of specified townships in St. Clair County. Effective immediately.
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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
Sections 27-5 and 27-10 and the heading of Article 27 as
follows:
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)
ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :
COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
(60 ILCS 1/27-5)
Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to
a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially
coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises
the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or
more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the
township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3
million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles
or more.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)

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(60 ILCS 1/27-10)
Sec. 27-10. Petition and referendum to discontinue and
abolish a township organization within a coterminous
municipality. Upon adoption of an ordinance by the township
board or the city council of a municipality in which the city
council exercises the powers and duties of the township board
city council of a township described under Section 27-5 of this
Article, or upon petition of at least 10% of the registered
voters of that township, the township board or the city council
shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the
township, at the next election or consolidated election, a
proposition to discontinue and abolish the township
organization and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties,
assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
responsibilities of the township organization to the
coterminous municipality.
A signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in
considering the petition unless the form requirements are
complied with and the date of each signature is less than 90
days before the last day for filing the petition. The statement
of the person who circulates the petition must include an
attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date on which
that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that none of the
signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90 days before the
last day for filing the petition. The petition shall be treated

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and the proposition certified in the manner provided by the
general election law. After the proposition has once been
submitted to the electorate, the proposition shall not be
resubmitted for 4 years.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following
form:
Shall the township organization be continued in [Name
of Township] Township?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 rep.)
Section 10. The Township Code is amended by repealing
Article 28.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.