(65 ILCS 5/11-1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-6)
Sec. 11-1-6.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may by
ordinance grant to the mayor the extraordinary power and authority to
exercise, by executive order, during a state of emergency, such of the
powers of the corporate authorities as may be reasonably necessary to
respond to the emergency. Such ordinance shall establish standards for the
determination by the mayor of when a state of emergency exists, and shall
provide that the mayor shall not exercise such extraordinary power and
authority except after his signing, under oath, a statement finding that
such standards have been met, setting forth facts to substantiate such
findings, describing the nature of the emergency, and declaring that a
state of emergency exists. Such statement shall be filed with the clerk of
the municipality as soon as practicable. A state of emergency, declared as
provided in this section, shall expire not later than the adjournment of
the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of
emergency is declared.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 80.)
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