(65 ILCS 5/4-3-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-19)
Sec. 4-3-19.
Any municipality subject to this Article may, by a vote
of the electors thereof as hereinafter provided, elect to require
candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office.
The question of requiring candidates for commissioner to run for a
specific office shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the proper
election authority who shall submit the proposition
to the electors of the municipality upon a resolution adopted by
the council or upon petition filed with the municipal clerk and signed by electors of
the municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes
cast for the candidates for mayor at the last preceding general
quadrennial municipal election. The proposition shall be in substantially
the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall candidates for commissioner YESin the city (or village) of...... be -----------------------required to run for a specific office? NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the
question vote in the affirmative, candidates for commission shall
thereafter run for the specific office of commissioner of accounts and
finances, commissioner of public health and safety, commissioner of
streets and public improvements, or commissioner of public property, and
the electors of the municipality shall, at each general municipal
election thereafter, elect one person to each such specific office,
rather than electing four commissioners without further designation.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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