Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-40) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-40-40) Sec. 3.1-40-40. Vote required. The passage of all ordinances for whatever purpose, and of any resolution or motion (i) to create any liability against a city or (ii) for the expenditure or appropriation of its money shall requir…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-45) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-40-45) Sec. 3.1-40-45. Ordinances; approval; veto. All resolutions and motions (i) that create any liability against a city, (ii) that provide for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, or (iii) to sell any city or school prope…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-40-5) Sec. 3.1-40-5. Composition. The city council shall consist of the mayor and alderpersons. It shall meet in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. It shall keep a journal of its own proceedings. (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-40-50) Sec. 3.1-40-50. Reconsideration; passing over veto. Every resolution and motion specified in Section 3.1-40-45, and every ordinance, that is returned to the city council by the mayor shall be reconsidered by the city council at …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-55) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-40-55) Sec. 3.1-40-55. Reconsideration; requisites. No vote of the city council shall be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting unless there are present at the special meeting at least as many alderpersons as were present when …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-40-60) Sec. 3.1-40-60. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority of the members of the city council, the council may authorize an advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the municipality. The cit…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-10) Sec. 3.1-45-10. Officers; duties and fees. The president and board of trustees may prescribe the duties of the officers appointed under Section 3.1-30-5, and the amount to be charged for services rendered by those officers, and …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-15) Sec. 3.1-45-15. Powers and duties. The trustees, except as otherwise provided in this Code, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon the alderpersons of a city. (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-20) Sec. 3.1-45-20. Villages and towns under special Acts. The trustees in every village or incorporated town specified in Section 3.1-25-70 shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as have been given by any special Ac…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-45-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-45-5) Sec. 3.1-45-5. Composition; manner of acting. The board of trustees shall consist of the president and trustees and, except as otherwise provided in this Code, shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as the city…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-5-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-5-5) Sec. 3.1-5-5. Application of Article. This Article 3.1 applies to all officers elected or appointed under this Article and Articles 4 and 5, unless provided otherwise. If there is a conflict between any provision in this Article 3.1…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-10) Sec. 3.1-50-10. Fixing salaries. The corporate authorities of a municipality may fix the salaries of all municipal officers and employees in the annual appropriation or budget ordinance. They may fix the salary of all officers w…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-15) Sec. 3.1-50-15. Compensation of members of corporate authorities. (a) The ordinance fixing compensation for members of the corporate authorities shall specify whether those members are to be compensated (i) at an annual rate or …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-20) Sec. 3.1-50-20. Compensation of employees. The compensation of employees shall be determined by the corporate authorities. (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-25) Sec. 3.1-50-25. Clerk serving as collector. In municipalities where the same person holds the elective office of municipal clerk and the appointive office of municipal collector, the corporate authorities may provide by ordinanc…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-5) Sec. 3.1-50-5. Establishment. All municipal officers, except as otherwise provided, shall receive the salary or other compensation that is fixed by ordinance. Salaries or other compensation shall not be increased or diminished so …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-10) Sec. 3.1-55-10. Interests in contracts. (a) A municipal officer shall not be financially interested directly in the officer's own name or indirectly in the name of any other person, association, trust, or corporation, in any contract, work, or business of th…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-55-15) Sec. 3.1-55-15. Misconduct. Every municipal officer who is guilty of a culpable omission of duty, or who is guilty of willful and corrupt oppression, malconduct, or misfeasance in the discharge of the duties of office, shall be …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-55-20) Sec. 3.1-55-20. Appeal to finance committee. In the adjustment of the accounts of the municipal collector or municipal treasurer with the municipal clerk or municipal comptroller, if there is one, there shall be an appeal to the…

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-25) Sec. 3.1-55-25. Automatic abandonment of a form of municipal government. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4-10-1, 5-5-1, 5-5-1.1, 5-5-2, 5-5-3, 5-5-4, 5-5-5, and 5-5-6 and any other provisions of this Act, if a municipality adopts a different form …

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-55-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-55-5) Sec. 3.1-55-5. Certificate of appointment. Whenever a person has been appointed or elected to office, the mayor or president shall issue a certificate of appointment or election, under the corporate seal, to the municipal clerk. A…

(65 ILCS 5/4-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-1-1) Sec. 4-1-1. This article shall be known, may be cited, and is hereafter designated as "The Commission Form of Municipal Government." (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-1-2) Sec. 4-1-2. Definitions. In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Any office or officer named in Any act referred to in this Article, when applied to cities or villages under the commission form of municipal governmen…

(65 ILCS 5/4-1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-1-3) Sec. 4-1-3. Any municipality which has heretofore adopted the commission form of municipal government and is functioning under that form of government immediately prior to the effective date of this Code shall be treated as having adopt…

(65 ILCS 5/4-1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-1-4) Sec. 4-1-4. The provisions of Article 3 shall apply to all officers elected or appointed under this Article 4 unless otherwise provided or unless there is a conflict between the provisions of this Article 4 and the provisions of Article…

(65 ILCS 5/4-10-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-10-1) Sec. 4-10-1. Any municipality, which has operated for more than 2 years under the commission form of municipal government, may abandon its operation under this Article and accept the provisions of the general law of the State then app…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-1) Sec. 4-2-1. All municipalities not exceeding 200,000 population which are treated as properly incorporated, or which hereafter are incorporated, under this Code, in addition to all rights, powers, and authority conferred upon them elsew…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-2) Sec. 4-2-2. Electors of any municipality, equal in number to 1/10 the number of votes cast for all candidates for mayor or president at the last preceding municipal election for such officer, may petition the circuit court for the count…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-3) Sec. 4-2-3. The petition provided in Section 4-2-2 shall be substantially in the following form and in accordance with the general election law: to the circuit court of the County of (name of county): We, the undersigned electors of the…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-5) Sec. 4-2-5. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the city (or village) of YES .... adopt the commission form of --------------------------- mu…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-6) Sec. 4-2-6. A certified copy of the canvass of the votes on the proposition specified in Section 4-2-2 shall be transmitted to the municipal clerk, and to the clerk of the circuit court, and by each transcribed upon the records of his o…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-7) Sec. 4-2-7. Certificate of adopting commission form of government. If the commission form of municipal government is adopted, the mayor or president immediately shall transmit a certificate so stating to (i) the Secretary of State, (ii)…

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-8) Sec. 4-2-8. The failure of the officers named in Sections 4-2-4 through 4-2-7 to perform the duties and acts imposed upon them by those sections, shall neither invalidate nor prevent the adoption of this article. (Source: Laws 1961, p. …

(65 ILCS 5/4-2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-2-9) Sec. 4-2-9. All courts shall take judicial notice of the adoption of this article by all municipalities adopting it. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-1) Sec. 4-3-1. All municipalities which have adopted the commission form of municipal government prior to August 15, 1941, shall elect a mayor and 4 commissioners at a general municipal election held in an odd numbered year upon the expira…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-10) Sec. 4-3-10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-10.1) Sec. 4-3-10.1. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2677. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-13) Sec. 4-3-13. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-14) Sec. 4-3-14. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16) Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal election the names of the nominees for mayor shall be placed first, in substantially the form specified in this section. Following these names, the names of the nominees for comm…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-16.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16.1) Sec. 4-3-16.1. If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section 4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office, the ballots for the general municipal election shall be in substantially the followi…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-17) Sec. 4-3-17. All general municipal elections under this article shall be held, conducted, and contested under the provisions of the general election law, except that the contest of the election of mayor and commissioners shall be cond…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-18) Sec. 4-3-18. All officers, assistants, and employees in any municipality under the commission form of municipal government shall be elected or appointed in accordance with this article with reference to their qualifications and fitnes…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-19) Sec. 4-3-19. Any municipality subject to this Article may, by a vote of the electors thereof as hereinafter provided, elect to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office. The question of requiring candidates for …

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-2) Sec. 4-3-2. Whenever a municipality adopts this article it shall discontinue its division into wards. The mayor and 4 commissioners of the municipality shall be nominated and elected at large. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-20) Sec. 4-3-20. Any municipality which has adopted the provisions of Section 4-3-19 may by referendum elect to require candidates for the office of commissioner to run without designation as provided under Sections 4-3-10 and 4-3-16. The…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-3) Sec. 4-3-3. The mayor and commissioners elected under Section 4-3-1 shall be known as the council. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-4) Sec. 4-3-4. Terms of office; vacancy. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the mayor and commissioners elected under Section 4-3-1 shall hold their respective offices for the term of 4 years and until their successors are e…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-5) Sec. 4-3-5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-6) Sec. 4-3-6. The provisions of the general election law shall apply to and govern all elections held under this article. (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)