Bill Text: IL SB1771 | 2017-2018 | 100th 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1771 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1771-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1771 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Jason A. Barickman 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.)