(65 ILCS 5/5-2-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-16)
Sec. 5-2-16.
President and trustees; general election.
(a) The election for the president specified in Section 5-2-12
in villages of 50,000 or more inhabitants shall be held in 1981 and
each fourth year thereafter, on a date specified by the general election
law. The election for the president in villages of fewer than
50,000 inhabitants
shall be held in every other odd numbered
year whenever a president is to be elected for a 4 year term. The election
for the president in villages of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants
shall be held
in each odd numbered year whenever
the president is to be elected for a 2 year term.
(b) The election for trustees in villages of 50,000 or more inhabitants shall
be held in 1981 and each fourth year thereafter, unless the
village board has provided for the election of trustees in a manner prescribed
for villages of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants as provided in Section
3.1-25-10, in which case
the election for trustees shall be held in each odd numbered year.
(c) An election for trustees in villages of fewer than
50,000 inhabitants shall
be held in each odd numbered year,
except as provided in Section 5-2-17. When villages of fewer than 50,000
inhabitants have provided for a 2 year term for elective officers under
Section 3.1-10-65, the first general election for trustees shall be held in
accordance with
the general election law in the next
odd numbered year following the referendum at which the terms of the elective
officers were reduced. In those villages, elections shall be held
annually thereafter.
(d) Every village incorporated and existing under a
special Act
that has held a general municipal election in even
numbered
years before the effective date of this Code may continue to do so.
Every village may hold annual municipal
elections if this is necessary to comply with Section
5-2-17.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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