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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 1395         </title>
<shortdesc>MUNI CD-LYNWOOD-FORD HEIGHTS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Thaddeus Jones</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights from June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, with the terms of all officers of the Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood ending on May 31, 2017. Provides that electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights elect at-large officers during the 2017 and 2021 consolidated elections. Provides that the electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights shall vote by referendum in the 2024 general election whether to continue the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. Provides that if the electors reject the continuation of the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights, the former electors of the Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall elect separate trustees and municipal officers in the 2025 consolidated election and those villages shall revert back to their statuses as existing prior to June 1, 2017.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/4/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/6/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/24/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Cities &amp; Villages Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>To Local Government Subcommittee</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/23/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities &amp; Villages Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2015</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2017</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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