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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2815 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 10 ILCS 5/28-8 | from Ch. 46, par. 28-8 |
| Amends the Election Code. Provides that the question of whether a unit of local government shall continue to be a home rule unit (rather than shall cease to be a home rule unit) shall be submitted in a form as specified. Makes conforming changes. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB2815 | | LRB103 36188 SPS 66280 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 28-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8) |
| 7 | | Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section |
| 8 | | 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of |
| 9 | | local government shall become a home rule unit or shall |
| 10 | | continue cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum |
| 11 | | passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, |
| 12 | | within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary |
| 13 | | of State a certified statement showing the results of the |
| 14 | | referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local |
| 15 | | government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The |
| 16 | | Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in |
| 17 | | his office as a public record. |
| 18 | | The question of whether a unit of local government shall |
| 19 | | become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially |
| 20 | | the following form: |
| 21 | | Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home |
| 22 | | rule unit? |
| 23 | | Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no". |