Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-4) Sec. 2-4-4. The corporate authorities shall fix the time when such petition shall be considered, and publish a notice thereof at least once, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, in one or more newspapers published …

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-5) Sec. 2-4-5. Such corporate authorities shall hold a hearing on such petition and all remonstrances thereto, at the time fixed in such notice, or at any subsequent meeting of the corporate authorities if, for any reason, action on the pe…

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-6) Sec. 2-4-6. If a change of name is made, the corporate authorities shall file a copy of the order making the change with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall publish a notice of the change at least once in one or more ne…

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-7) Sec. 2-4-7. No rights, duties, or privileges of such municipality, or those of any person, existing before the change of name, shall be affected by a change of name as provided by this Code. All proceedings pending in any court in favor…

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-8) Sec. 2-4-8. If the name of any municipality is changed without complying with this Code, nevertheless, all proceedings instituted or acts done under the name as changed shall be valid if they would have been valid if done under the old …

(65 ILCS 5/2-4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-9) Sec. 2-4-9. Upon petition of a majority of the electors residing within any unincorporated town or unincorporated village, the circuit court of the county within which such town or village is situated, at any regular term, may change th…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-10) Sec. 3.1-10-10. Application of general election law. The general election law applies to the scheduling, manner of conducting, voting at, and contesting of municipal elections. (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15) Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of the official election results from the county cl…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-17) Sec. 3.1-10-17. Term limits. (a) The imposition of term limits by referendum, ordinance, or otherwise must be prospective. Elective office held prior to the effective date of any term limit imposed by a municipality shall not prohibit a person otherwise elig…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-20) Sec. 3.1-10-20. Results; ties. The person with the highest number of votes for an office is the person elected to that office. In case of a tie vote, the candidate who shall hold the office shall be determined under the general …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-25) Sec. 3.1-10-25. Oath or affirmation. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all municipal officers, whether elected or appointed, shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the Illinois Co…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-30) Sec. 3.1-10-30. Bond. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all municipal officers, except alderpersons and trustees, shall execute a bond with security, to be approved by the corporate authorities. The bo…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-35) Sec. 3.1-10-35. Duty to successor. Within 5 days after written notification and request, a person who has been an officer of a municipality shall deliver to the successor in office all property, books, and effects in the former …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-40) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-40) Sec. 3.1-10-40. Additional duties. Every officer shall perform duties in addition to those which may be prescribed by law, and be subject to other rules and regulations, as the corporate authorities may provide by ordinance. (So…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-45) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-45) Sec. 3.1-10-45. Appointment of subordinates. The municipal comptroller (if there is one), municipal clerk, municipal treasurer, and city collector, severally, shall appoint the various clerks and subordinates in their respective…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5) Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office. (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one year next…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50) Sec. 3.1-10-50. Events upon which an elective office becomes vacant in municipality with population under 500,000. (a) Vacancy by resignation. A resignation is not effective unless it is in writing, signed by the person holding the elective office, and notar…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-51) Sec. 3.1-10-51. Vacancies in municipalities with a population of 500,000 or more. (a) Events upon which an elective office in a municipality of 500,000 or more shall become vacant: (1) A municipal officer may resign from office. A vacancy occurs in an office…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-55) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-55) Sec. 3.1-10-55. Quorum to fill vacancies. If there is a vacancy in an elective office and, for any reason, there is not a quorum in office of the corporate authorities, appointments to fill vacancies may be made or confirmed by …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-6) Sec. 3.1-10-6. Qualifications; appointive office. (a) No person shall be eligible for any appointive municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality or otherwise provided by law. (b) The residency requirements do not apply, howe…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-60) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-60) Sec. 3.1-10-60. Interim appointments to vacancies. If a municipality has no mayor or president, no clerk, and no alderpersons or trustees, the circuit court may, upon petition signed by at least 100 electors or 10% of the electo…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-65) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-65) Sec. 3.1-10-65. Referendum to reduce terms. (a) In any municipality of less than 500,000 inhabitants, a proposition to reduce the terms of the elective officers of the municipality from 4 years to 2 years may be submitted, withi…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-70) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-70) Sec. 3.1-10-70. Elections for reduced 2 year terms. In municipalities that have provided for a 2 year term for elective officers under Section 3.1-10-65, the first election for municipal officers shall be held at the next genera…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-75) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-75) Sec. 3.1-10-75. Referendum to lengthen terms. (a) In any municipality of less than 500,000 inhabitants that, under Section 3.1-10-65, has voted to shorten the terms of elective officers, a proposition to lengthen the terms of th…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-10) Sec. 3.1-15-10. Mayor; president. The chief executive officer of a city shall be a mayor. The chief executive officer of a village shall be a village president, who may also be called a mayor. The chief executive officer of an i…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-15) Sec. 3.1-15-15. Holding other offices. A mayor, president, alderperson, trustee, clerk, or treasurer shall not hold any other office under the municipal government during the term of that office, except when the officer is grant…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-20) Sec. 3.1-15-20. Administering oaths. The mayor of a city, the president of a village or incorporated town, the clerk, the chairman of a plan commission, and the chairman of a zoning board of appeals of a municipality have power …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25) Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of warrants. (a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board,…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-30) Sec. 3.1-15-30. Minority representation. (a) Whenever the question of incorporation as a city under this Code is submitted for adoption to the electors of any territory, village, incorporated town, or city under special charter,…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-35) Sec. 3.1-15-35. Alderpersons under minority representation plan. Every district under a minority representation plan shall be entitled to 3 alderpersons. Alderpersons shall hold their offices for 4 years and until their successo…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-40) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-40) Sec. 3.1-15-40. Staggered elections under minority plans. In all cities that adopt or have adopted the minority representation plan for the election of alderpersons and have not already staggered the terms of their alderpersons,…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-5) Sec. 3.1-15-5. Officers to be elected. In all cities incorporated under this Code there shall be elected a mayor, alderpersons, a city clerk, and a city treasurer (except in the case of a city of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants that, …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-10) Sec. 3.1-20-10. Alderpersons; number. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, Section 3.1-20-20, or as otherwise provided in the case of alderpersons-at-large, the number of alderpersons, when not elected by the minori…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-15) Sec. 3.1-20-15. Division into wards. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1-20-20, every city shall have one-half as many wards as the total number of alderpersons to which the city is entitled. The city council, from time …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-20) Sec. 3.1-20-20. Alderpersons; restrict or reinstate number. (a) In a city of less than 100,000 inhabitants, a proposition to restrict the number of alderpersons to one-half of the total authorized by Section 3.1-20-10, with one …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-22) Sec. 3.1-20-22. Alderpersons; staggered terms. In any city of less than 100,000 inhabitants, a proposition to stagger the terms of alderpersons, with as nearly as possible one-half of the alderpersons elected every 2 years, shal…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25) Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city. (a) In the formation of wards, the number of inhabitants of the city immediately preceding the division of the city into wards shall be as nearly equal in population, and the wards shall be …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-30) Sec. 3.1-20-30. Validation of actions. After an official census is officially published, if a city is divided into a greater number of wards and has elected a greater number of alderpersons than the city is entitled to, the divi…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-35) Sec. 3.1-20-35. Determining terms. (a) Alderpersons elected at the first election for city officers after the election of alderpersons for the initial terms provided for in Section 2-2-11 shall draw lots to determine which alder…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-40) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-40) Sec. 3.1-20-40. Other officers; election rather than appointment. Instead of providing for the appointment of the following officers as provided in Section 3.1-30-5, the city council, in its discretion, may provide by ordinance …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45) Sec. 3.1-20-45. Nonpartisan primary elections; uncontested office. A city incorporated under this Code that elects municipal officers at nonpartisan primary and general elections shall conduct the elections as provided in the Election Code, except that no of…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-5) Sec. 3.1-20-5. Clerk and treasurer. The city clerk and the city treasurer shall be elected at the same time that the mayor is elected, except in the case of an election to fill a mayoral vacancy and except in the case of a city ha…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-10) Sec. 3.1-25-10. Village board; composition; referendum. Any village board of a village of under 5,000 population incorporated under this Code may by resolution provide for a referendum on the question of whether the board of tru…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-15) Sec. 3.1-25-15. President and trustees; general election. (a) The election for the president in villages shall be held at the general municipal election in accordance with the general election law. (b) The election for trustees …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-20) Sec. 3.1-25-20. Primary election. A village incorporated under this Code shall nominate and elect candidates for president and trustees in nonpartisan primary and general elections as provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-2…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-30) Sec. 3.1-25-30. Petition of candidacy. The petition in the nomination papers shall contain a number of signatures of electors residing within the same village as the candidate equal to at least 1% of the total vote cast at the l…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35) Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election authority, in accordance with the general election law, shall have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in the same number, and within the same time as ballots are …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-40) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-40) Sec. 3.1-25-40. Ballots. (a) If the office of president is to be filled, only the names of the 4 candidates receiving the highest number of votes for president shall be placed on the ballot for president at the next succeeding g…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-45) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-45) Sec. 3.1-25-45. Nomination; determination by lot. If, upon the canvass of the returns of the primary election specified in Section 3.1-25-20, the canvassing board finds that there are tied candidates for president or trustee so …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-5) Sec. 3.1-25-5. Trustees; terms. In each village incorporated under this Code, the electors of the village shall elect 6 trustees. The term of office of the trustees shall be 4 years and until their successors are elected and have …