99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1395
 
Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new

 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights from June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, with the terms of all officers of the Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood ending on May 31, 2017. Provides that electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights elect at-large officers during the 2017 and 2021 consolidated elections. Provides that the electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights shall vote by referendum in the 2024 general election whether to continue the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. Provides that if the electors reject to continue the consolidated Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights, the 2025 elections and Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall revert back to their statuses as existing prior to June 1, 2017.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning local government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding 
5Section 3.1-25-100 as follows:

6 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new)
7 Sec. 3.1-25-100. Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights. 
8Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary:
9 (a) Beginning June 1, 2017 and until May 31, 2025, the 
10Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall be a single 
11municipality with a single municipal government, which may be 
12referred to as the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights.
13 (b) The terms of office of all officers elected for the 
14Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall end on May 31, 2017.
15 (c) For the 2017 and 2021 consolidated election cycles, a 
16single set of municipal officers shall be elected for the 
17Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights, with a single board composed 
18of 8 trustees who shall run at-large.
19 (d) For the 2024 general election, a referendum shall be 
20voted upon by the electors of the Village of Lynwood-Ford 
21Heights. Subject to the referendum form requirements of Section 
2216-7 of the Election Code, the referendum shall be in 
23substantially the following form on the ballot:

 
 
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2 Shall the Village of Lynwood-Ford   YES 
3 Heights continue as   ------------------------------------------------------------- 
4 a consolidated village?       NO 
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6 (e) If a majority of the electors of the Village of 
7Lynwood-Ford Heights approve the referendum described in 
8subsection (d), the Village of Lynwood-Ford Heights shall 
9continue, and the elections of the Village of Lynwood-Ford 
10Heights shall continue to elect officers and trustees under 
11subsection (c) at the 2025 consolidated election and each 
12consolidated election thereafter.
13 (f) If a majority of the electors of the Village of 
14Lynwood-Ford Heights reject the referendum described in 
15subsection (d), then:
16  (1) in the 2025 consolidated election, the electors of 
17 the former Villages of Ford Heights and Lynwood shall each 
18 elect 6 trustees together with all other municipal 
19 officers, as they existed prior to June 1, 2017, to their 
20 respective villages; and
21  (2) on June 1, 2025, the Village of Ford Heights and 
22 the Village of Lynwood shall revert back to their statuses 
23 as existing prior to June 1, 2017.