Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/6-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-2-2) Sec. 6-2-2. Petition - Submission of proposition. 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 pe…

(65 ILCS 5/6-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-2-3) Sec. 6-2-3. Form of Petition. The petition provided in Section 6-2-2 shall be substantially in the following form and in accordance with the general election law: To the Circuit Court of the (number of circuit) Judicial Circuit: We, the…

(65 ILCS 5/6-2-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-2-5) Sec. 6-2-5. Election - Result. The referendum specified in Section 6-2-2 shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------…

(65 ILCS 5/6-2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-2-6) Sec. 6-2-6. Canvass; record. A certified copy of the canvass of the votes on the proposition specified in Section 6-2-2, made by the proper officers of the election, shall be transmitted to the municipal clerk, and to the clerk of the c…

(65 ILCS 5/6-2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-2-7) Sec. 6-2-7. Certificate of adoption. If the strong mayor form of municipal government is adopted, the mayor or president immediately shall transmit a certificate so stating to the Secretary of State and the clerk and the recorder of the…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-1) Sec. 6-3-1. Initial division into wards. Not later than 30 days prior to the first day on which candidate petitions may be filed for the primary election at which the first municipal officers are to be nominated for office under this Ar…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-10) Sec. 6-3-10. General elections - time for. The first general election pursuant to this Division 3 of Article 6 shall be held at the time the next general municipal election would have been held had the municipality not adopted this Ar…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-11) Sec. 6-3-11. Primary elections. A primary election shall be held to nominate 2 candidates for each office. Primary and general elections shall otherwise be conducted at such times and in such manner as is provided in the general elect…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-2) Sec. 6-3-2. Termination of terms of office. The terms of office of all elected municipal officers holding office at the time of the issuance of the certificate of adoption of the strong mayor form of government by the municipality pursu…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-3) Sec. 6-3-3. Municipal officers - terms. The municipality shall have the following elected officers: one mayor, one municipal clerk and one municipal treasurer, all of whom shall be elected at large, and alderpersons, the number of which…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-4) Sec. 6-3-4. Terms of office. All terms of office of officials elected pursuant to this Division 3 of Article 6 shall be for terms of 4 years, except that alderpersons elected at the first election for city officers held pursuant to this…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-5) Sec. 6-3-5. Division into wards. Every city shall have as many wards as one-half the total number of alderpersons to which the city is entitled. The city council, from time to time shall divide the city into that number of wards. In the…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-6) Sec. 6-3-6. Redistricting of city. Whenever an official publication of any national, state, school, or city census shows that any city contains more or less wards than it is entitled to, the city council of the city, by ordinance, shall…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-7) Sec. 6-3-7. Ward division and election of alderpersons - validation. If, after a census is officially published, any city is divided into a greater or lesser number of wards and has elected a greater or lesser number of alderpersons tha…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-8) Sec. 6-3-8. Resignation; vacancy. An alderperson may resign from his or her office. A vacancy occurs in the office of alderperson by reason of resignation, failure to elect or qualify, death, permanent physical or mental disability, con…

(65 ILCS 5/6-3-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-3-9) Sec. 6-3-9. Qualifications of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer and alderpersons - eligibility for other office. No person shall be eligible to the office of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer or alderperson: (1) Unless he is a qualified…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-1) Sec. 6-4-1. Mayor. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city or village by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the governor for all legal purposes. The mayor of any city or village which adopt…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-10) Sec. 6-4-10. First council-General ordinance. At the first meeting of the council after this Article 6 becomes effective in any city or village, it shall pass a general ordinance (1) amplifying the powers and duties of the mayor in co…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-11) Sec. 6-4-11. Board of local improvements. In any city or village adopting the strong mayor form of municipal government, if such city or village has heretofore adopted or hereafter adopts Division 2 of Article 9, the council shall by …

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-12) Sec. 6-4-12. Administrative assistant to mayor. The mayor shall appoint one or more administrative assistants to assist him in the direction of the operations of the various city departments and agencies in cities of 50,000 or more po…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-13) Sec. 6-4-13. Budget and finance director. The mayor in cities of 50,000 or more population shall appoint a budget and finance director whose functions shall include the preparation, under the direction of the mayor, of the annual muni…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-14) Sec. 6-4-14. Board of fire and police commissioners. The mayor shall appoint a board of fire and police commissioners who shall have all the powers and duties enumerated in Sections 10-2.1-1 through 10-2.1-28 of this Code, as heretofo…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-15) Sec. 6-4-15. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-16) Sec. 6-4-16. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-2) Sec. 6-4-2. Ordinances - Approval - Veto. All ordinances passed by the council shall be deposited with the city or village clerk. If the mayor approves of them, he shall sign them. Those of which he disapproves he shall return to the co…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-3) Sec. 6-4-3. Reconsideration - passage over veto. Every ordinance, which is returned to the council by the mayor shall be reconsidered by the council. If, after such reconsideration, three-fifths of all the alderpersons then holding offi…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-4) Sec. 6-4-4. Vote of city council - reconsideration. No vote of the city council shall be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting, unless there are present at the special meeting as many alderpersons as were present when the vote …

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-5) Sec. 6-4-5. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-6) Sec. 6-4-6. Powers of council. The powers of the council shall be purely legislative, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by any other act or by any article of this Code. The council shall approve for payment of all expense…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-7) Sec. 6-4-7. Mayor - Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the mayor shall be: (1) To enforce the laws and ordinances within the municipality; (2) To appoint and remove his administrative assistants, budget and finance director, he…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-8) Sec. 6-4-8. Departments and officers. Under the general supervision and administrative control of the mayor, there shall be such departments as the council may prescribe by ordinance. All officers of any city or village shall take and s…

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-4-9) Sec. 6-4-9. Oaths. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the Unit…

(65 ILCS 5/6-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 6-5-1) Sec. 6-5-1. Mayor, clerk, treasurer and alderpersons. The mayor, clerk, treasurer and alderpersons elected under the provisions of this Article 6 shall each receive for the performance of their respective duties annual salaries fixed by…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1) Sec. 7-1-1. Annexation of contiguous territory. Any territory that is not within the corporate limits of any municipality but is contiguous to a municipality may be annexed to the municipality as provided in this Article. For the purpos…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1.1) Sec. 7-1-1.1. Elector. For the purposes of this Division 1, "elector" means anyone registered to vote. (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-10) Sec. 7-1-10. Any municipality by ordinance may annex any territory contiguous to it even though the annexed territory is dedicated or used for street or highway purposes under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation of th…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-10.5) Sec. 7-1-10.5. Disconnection or de-annexation of annexed highways. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, if any highway that was, prior to annexation, a township highway is disconnected or de-annexed within one year after the original annexation, the j…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-11) Sec. 7-1-11. The following is an optional method of annexing any territory which, (1) is not less than one square mile in area; (2) contains at least 500 inhabitants; (3) is not included within any municipality; and (4) is contiguous …

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-12) Sec. 7-1-12. Upon a written petition which is signed by a majority of the owners of record of land in any contiguous unincorporated territory wholly bounded by 2 or more municipalities and after the notice required by this Section has…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13) Sec. 7-1-13. Annexation. (a) Whenever any unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or more municipalities, (b) one or more municipalities and a creek in a county with a population of 400,000 o…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-14) Sec. 7-1-14. Whenever real estate owned by any school district is situated in unincorporated territory adjacent to any municipality it may be annexed thereto as follows: The board of directors or board of education of the school distr…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-15) Sec. 7-1-15. Any municipality may be annexed to another municipality to which it adjoins, by ordinances passed by a majority vote of all the alderpersons, trustees, or commissioners then holding office in each municipality desiring an…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-16) Sec. 7-1-16. Where a municipality adjoins another municipality in one or more portions of its boundaries, it may be annexed thereto as follows, notwithstanding that territory not a part of either of the municipalities may lie between …

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-17) Sec. 7-1-17. The question cast at this election shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the municipality of YES .... be annexed to the ------------------------…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-18) Sec. 7-1-18. The municipality to which the whole of another municipality is annexed under Section 7-1-16 and 7-1-17 shall assume and pay all debts and liabilities, and shall perform all contracts of the annexed municipality. Upon anne…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-18.5) Sec. 7-1-18.5. Maintenance of sanitary sewers. A municipality located in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more to which territory is annexed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly is responsible for the operatio…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-19) Sec. 7-1-19. When the whole of a municipality is annexed to another municipality, and the annexed municipality has passed the annual appropriation ordinance, but not an ordinance levying a tax for the purpose of collecting a sufficien…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-2) Sec. 7-1-2. (a) A written petition signed by a majority of the owners of record of land in the territory and also by a majority of the electors, if any, residing in the territory shall be filed with the circuit court clerk of the county…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-20) Sec. 7-1-20. The annexation of the whole of a municipality to another municipality, shall not adversely affect proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax or special assessment, but they shall proceed to a finality as tho…

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-21) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-21) Sec. 7-1-21. All suits pending in any court on behalf of or against any municipality, when the whole municipality is annexed to another municipality, may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the annexed municipality. All judgments…