Bill Text: IL SB1957 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, for the 2027 consolidated election, a city that exceeds 100,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census and that does not currently elect its clerk and treasurer shall, in the 2027 consolidated election, nominate and elect its clerk and its treasurer in the same manner provided for the election of the mayor and councilmen under Article 5 of the Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB1957 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-SB1957-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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5-2-19 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-19) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-2-19. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) In any city which was operating under the alderperson | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | form of government as provided in Article 3 at the time of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | adoption of this Article 5 which did not also elect to continue | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | to choose alderpersons from wards, the city clerk and city | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | treasurer shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | provided in this Article 5 for the nomination and election of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the mayor and councilmen. To achieve this result: wherever the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | term "mayor or commissioners" appears in Sections 4-3-7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | through 4-3-18, it shall be construed to include the words "or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | clerk or treasurer". The names of candidates for nomination | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | shall be placed on the primary election ballot prescribed in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Section 5-2-13 and such ballot shall be modified to include | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | the heading "For Clerk--Vote for one" immediately following | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | the names of candidates for councilmen and to include the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | heading "For Treasurer--Vote for one" immediately following | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the names of candidates for clerk. The names of the 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each of | ||||||
| 2 | the respective offices shall be placed on the general | ||||||
| 3 | municipal election ballot prescribed in Section 5-2-13 which | ||||||
| 4 | ballot shall be modified to include such offices and names in | ||||||
| 5 | the same manner as is provided in this Section for the primary | ||||||
| 6 | ballot. If any candidate nominated for the office of clerk or | ||||||
| 7 | treasurer dies or withdraws before the general municipal | ||||||
| 8 | election the name of the person receiving the fifth highest | ||||||
| 9 | number of votes for nomination to that office shall be placed | ||||||
| 10 | on the ballot for that election. | ||||||
| 11 | (b) However, in any city not exceeding 100,000 inhabitants | ||||||
| 12 | which adopts this Article 5 and elects a mayor and | ||||||
| 13 | alderpersons or councilmen as provided in Section 5-2-12, or | ||||||
| 14 | Sections 5-2-18 through 5-2-18.8, the council may, in lieu of | ||||||
| 15 | electing a clerk and treasurer as provided in the above | ||||||
| 16 | paragraph, provide by ordinance that the clerk or treasurer or | ||||||
| 17 | both for such city be appointed by the mayor with the approval | ||||||
| 18 | of the city council. If such officers are appointed their | ||||||
| 19 | terms of office, duties, compensation and amount of bond | ||||||
| 20 | required shall be the same as if they were elected. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) For the 2027 consolidated election, a city that | ||||||
| 22 | exceeds 100,000 inhabitants according to the most recent | ||||||
| 23 | federal decennial census and that does not currently elect its | ||||||
| 24 | clerk and treasurer shall, in the 2027 consolidated election, | ||||||
| 25 | nominate and elect its clerk and its treasurer in the same | ||||||
| 26 | manner provided in this Article 5 for the election of the mayor | ||||||
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| 1 | and councilmen. This subsection applies to all cities that | ||||||
| 2 | exceed 100,000 inhabitants according to the most recent | ||||||
| 3 | federal decennial census, including (i) cities that exceed | ||||||
| 4 | 100,000 inhabitants on the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 5 | Act and (ii) cities that do not exceed 100,000 inhabitants on | ||||||
| 6 | the effective date of this amendatory Act but exceed 100,000 | ||||||
| 7 | inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial | ||||||
| 8 | census. This subsection applies to cities that have adopted an | ||||||
| 9 | ordinance for the appointment of a clerk or treasurer or both. | ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | ||||||