Bill Text: IL SB0040 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Removes a requirement that a township must be located within a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more and that it must contain a territory of 7 square miles or more in order to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0040 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0040-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0040 Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/27-5
Amends the Townships Code. Removes the requirement that a township must be located within a county with a population of 3 million or more and that it must contain a territory of 7 square miles or more in order to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality. Effective immediately.
LRB099 02767 AWJ 22775 b
A BILL FOR
SB0040 LRB099 02767 AWJ 22775 b
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
27-5 as follows:
(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.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.