(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-85) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-85)
Sec. 3.1-25-85.
Method of election of trustees; abandonment.
Any
municipality that has operated for more than 4 years
under the provisions of Section 3.1-25-75 may abandon its method of electing
trustees under that Section and elect its trustees under the provisions
of Section 3.1-25-5 then applicable to villages, by proceeding under this
Section.
When a petition signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the
village requests that the question of abandoning the method of electing
trustees from districts be submitted to the electors of the village,
this question shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the appropriate
election authority, who shall submit the proposition at
the next general municipal election
in the village. The petition shall be presented in accordance with the
general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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If a majority of the votes cast on this proposition are in favor of
it, the trustees elected at the next succeeding general
municipal election shall be elected in the manner then prescribed by
Section 3.1-25-5. The trustees who have been duly elected, have qualified, and
who are acting at the time this proposition takes effect shall continue
in office until their respective terms expire or until they cease to
function as trustees.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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