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Illinois Statutes § 5/28-8 Referendum on home rule-Procedure

⤴ Up to Article 28: Submitting Public Questions

Statute Text

If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall continue [cease] to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in his office as a public record.
The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
The question of whether a unit of local government shall continue [cease] to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall (name of the unit of local government) continue [cease] to be a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

Source

P.A. 80-1469.

History

Amended by P.A. 103-0600 , § 10-5 , eff. 7/1/2024 .

Amended by P.A. 098-0115 , § 5 , eff. 7/29/2013 .

Amended by P.A. 095-0699 , § 5 , eff. 11/9/2007 .

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