Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-7) Sec. 4-3-7. Any person desiring to become a candidate for nomination for mayor or commissioner shall file with the municipal clerk, or, in those municipalities having a board of election commissioners, with the clerk of that board, a st…

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-8) Sec. 4-3-8. At the same time that one files his statement of candidacy he shall also file with the clerk specified in Section 4-3-7 a petition requesting his candidacy. Such petition shall contain a number of signatures of electors, res…

(65 ILCS 5/4-4-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-4-1) Sec. 4-4-1. Oath or affirmation. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, all officers elected or appointed under this Article shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Illinois Constitution.…

(65 ILCS 5/4-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-4-2) Sec. 4-4-2. Bond of officers. (a) Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the mayor, each commissioner, municipal clerk, municipal treasurer, and other officers and employees designated by the council by ordinance s…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-1) Sec. 4-5-1. Every municipality which has the commission form of municipal government shall be governed by a council, consisting of the mayor and 4 commissioners, as provided in this article. The mayor shall be the president of the counc…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-10) Sec. 4-5-10. The council has the power to make proper regulations for the inspection of all plants and machinery of any person exercising any right, grant, or franchise from any municipality adopting, or which is treated as having ado…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-11) Sec. 4-5-11. Except as otherwise provided, all contracts, of whatever character, pertaining to public improvement, or to the maintenance of the public property of a municipality involving an outlay of $10,000 or more, shall be based u…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-12) Sec. 4-5-12. Regular meetings of the council shall be held on the first Monday after the mayor and commissioners have entered upon the performance of their official duties, and at least twice each month thereafter. The council shall p…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-13) Sec. 4-5-13. Every ordinance or resolution appropriating any money, or ordering any street improvement or sewer, or making or authorizing the making of any contract, or granting any franchise, right, or license to occupy or use the st…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-16) Sec. 4-5-16. Statement of receipts and expenses; examination of books and accounts; expenditure greater than appropriation. (a) In municipalities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, the council each month shall print in pamphlet form, a …

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-17) Sec. 4-5-17. If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first council elected in a municipality after that municipality has adopted the commission form of municipal government, the appropriation for the expenditures of the muni…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-2) Sec. 4-5-2. The council and its members shall possess and exercise all executive, administrative, and legislative powers and duties now possessed and exercised by the executive, legislative, and administrative officers in municipalities…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-22) Sec. 4-5-22. Treasurer; duties. In addition to the duties now imposed by law upon a municipal treasurer, the treasurer of a municipality under the commission form of municipal government shall deposit all money the treasurer receives …

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-3) Sec. 4-5-3. Except where candidates for commissioner are required to run for a specific office, the council, at the first regular meeting after an election of a member or members, shall designate by a majority vote one commissioner to b…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-4) Sec. 4-5-4. Establishment of certain offices; police and legal departments in cities over 50,000. (a) At the first regular meeting after the general election of its members or as soon as practicable after the election, the council in it…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-5) Sec. 4-5-5. The council has the right and power to appoint and discharge the heads of all principal departments subordinate to the departments provided for in Section 4-5-2. The commissioner of each department, however, may be vested by…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-6) Sec. 4-5-6. In all municipalities in which Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45 are not in effect, all officers, assistants, and employees of each department specified in Section 4-5-2, except those elected or appointed as provided in Sectio…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-7) Sec. 4-5-7. (a) In all cities in which Sections 10-1-1 through 10-1-45 are in effect, all municipal officers, assistants, and employees, except those specified in Sections 4-5-2 through 4-5-5, and in paragraph (b) of this Section shall …

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-8) Sec. 4-5-8. The council has the power, by ordinance, to create, fill, and discontinue offices and employment other than those prescribed in this article, according to its judgment of the needs of the municipality. (Source: Laws 1961, p.…

(65 ILCS 5/4-5-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-5-9) Sec. 4-5-9. Except as otherwise provided in this article or by law, any officer or employee who has been elected or appointed by the council in accordance with the provisions of this article may be removed from office at any time by a v…

(65 ILCS 5/4-6-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-6-1) Sec. 4-6-1. The mayor and each commissioner shall have an office at the municipal building or rooms, and shall devote such time to the duties of their respective offices as a faithful discharge thereof may require. The total and only co…

(65 ILCS 5/4-6-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-6-2) Sec. 4-6-2. All officers and employees, except those specified in Section 4-6-1, shall receive the salary or compensation which the council shall provide by ordinance, resolution, or motion, payable monthly or at such shorter periods as…

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-2) Sec. 4-8-2. A candidate for nomination or a nominee for any office to be filled by a popular election under this article who, directly or indirectly, enters into any understanding or agreement to do or not to do any official act in the …

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-3) Sec. 4-8-3. A person who agrees to perform any service in the interest of a candidate for any nomination or a nominee for any office under this article, filled by a popular election, in consideration of money, treats, or other valuable …

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-4) Sec. 4-8-4. A person who, for the purpose of influencing an elector's vote at any election under this article, offers to give the elector a bribe, either in money, treats, or other consideration, or by agreeing to appoint him to an offi…

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-5) Sec. 4-8-5. Any officer or employee under this article who in any manner contributes money, labor, or other valuable thing to any person for election purposes, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-6) Sec. 4-8-6. (a) No officer or employee elected or appointed under this article shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust or corporation, in any contract for work …

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-6a) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-6a) Sec. 4-8-6a. No officer or employee elected or appointed under this Article shall request, accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person owning, operating, or leasing within or partly within the territorial limits of the…

(65 ILCS 5/4-8-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-8-7) Sec. 4-8-7. No mayor or commissioner elected under this article shall be an official of any public service corporation at the time he or she assumes office. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. For the purposes of this …

(65 ILCS 5/4-9-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-9-1) Sec. 4-9-1. Appeals shall lie as in other civil cases to review the final judgments in any proceeding under the provisions of Section 4-10-1. (Source: P.A. 79-1361.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-9-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-9-2) Sec. 4-9-2. Appeals may be taken as in other civil cases. (Source: P.A. 79-1361.)

(65 ILCS 5/4-9-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-9-3) Sec. 4-9-3. Every public utility shall provide equal and uniform service to all residents of any municipality adopting, or which is treated as having adopted, this article. It shall be unlawful and a sufficient ground for the forfeiture…

(65 ILCS 5/4-9-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-9-4) Sec. 4-9-4. In any municipality which has adopted, or which may hereafter adopt, the commission form of municipal government, any public library for that municipality shall be established, maintained, and conducted in all respects in ac…

(65 ILCS 5/4-9-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-9-5) Sec. 4-9-5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this article are inoperative in municipalities under the commission form of municipal government. However, nothing contained in this article shall in any way repeal, amend, or affe…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-1) Sec. 5-1-1. All cities and villages with less than 500,000 inhabitants, which are treated as properly incorporated, or which hereafter are incorporated under this Code, in addition to all the rights, powers, and authority conferred upon…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-10) Sec. 5-1-10. If the managerial form of municipal government is adopted, the mayor or president immediately shall transmit a certificate so stating to (1) the Secretary of State, (2) the clerk of the court, and (3) the county recorder.…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-11) Sec. 5-1-11. The failure of the officers named in Sections 5-1-6 through 5-1-9 to perform the duties and acts imposed upon them by those sections, shall neither invalidate nor prevent the adoption of this Article 5. (Source: Laws 1961…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-12) Sec. 5-1-12. All courts shall take judicial notice of the adoption of this Article 5 by all cities and villages adopting it. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-13) Sec. 5-1-13. When any city or village has not adopted this Article 5 and desires to vote to adopt Article 4 as provided in Sections 4-2-2 through 4-2-9 and also desires to vote on adoption of this Article 5 upon compliance with the pr…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-14) Sec. 5-1-14. Any city or village which has heretofore adopted the managerial form of municipal government and is functioning under that form of government immediately prior to January 1, 1942 shall be treated as having adopted this Ar…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-15) Sec. 5-1-15. Any city or village which adopts the managerial form of municipal government as provided in Article 7 thereby adopts this Article 5. In case of conflict between Articles 5 and 7, Article 7 governs. (Source: Laws 1965, p. …

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-2) Sec. 5-1-2. Upon this Article 5 becoming effective in any city or village, that city or village and its officers shall be vested with all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities conferred by Article 3 or 4, as the case may be, in …

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-3) Sec. 5-1-3. The rights, privileges, powers and immunities contained in Articles 3 and 4 which are applicable to cities and villages operating under this Article 5, as provided in Section 5-1-2, are modified by the provisions of this Art…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-4) Sec. 5-1-4. Procedure for adopting managerial form of government. (a) Cities and villages described in Section 5-1-1, in order to vest themselves with the managerial form of municipal government, shall act in accordance with the procedu…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-5) Sec. 5-1-5. Electors of any city or village specified in Section 5-1-1, 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 t…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-6) Sec. 5-1-6. The petition provided in Section 5-1-5 shall be substantially in the following form: To the Circuit Court of the county of (name of county): We, the undersigned electors of the city (or village) of (name of city or village),…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-8) Sec. 5-1-8. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the city (or village) YES of.... adopt the managerial ---------------------------- form of mu…

(65 ILCS 5/5-1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-1-9) Sec. 5-1-9. A certified copy of the canvass of the votes on the proposition specified in Section 5-1-5, made by the proper officers of the election, shall be transmitted to the city or village clerk, and to the clerk of the court, and b…

(65 ILCS 5/5-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-1) Sec. 5-2-1. If a city or village adopts the managerial form of municipal government and also elects to choose alderpersons or trustees, as the case may be, from wards or districts, then the city council shall be constituted as provided …

(65 ILCS 5/5-2-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-10) Sec. 5-2-10. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 87-1119.)