(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-10)
Sec. 3.1-25-10.
Village board; composition; referendum.
Any village
board of a village of under 5,000 population
incorporated under this Code may by resolution provide for a referendum
on the question of whether the board of trustees
shall be comprised of 4 members rather than 6 members. The referendum
shall be held in accordance with the general election law. If a majority
of those voting on the
question vote in favor of reducing the number of trustees
from 6 to 4, the number of trustees shall be reduced to 4. In order to
provide for the transition from 6 member boards to 4 member boards, 2 trustees
shall be elected at the general municipal election
in each odd numbered year after the adoption of the referendum when trustees
are elected for 4 year terms and at the general municipal
election in each year after the adoption of the referendum
when trustees are elected for 2 year terms. Any village that
changes from a 6 member board to a 4 member board may thereafter return
to a 6 member board by the same procedure.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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