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92_HB1235
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-40 as follows:
6 (60 ILCS 1/5-40)
7 Sec. 5-40. Township names. Townships shall be named in
8 accordance with the express wish of the inhabitants of the
9 township. If there is not a degree of unanimity as to the
10 name, the commissioners may designate the name. The county
11 board may change the name of any township in its county upon
12 a petition of a majority of the voters of the township. No 2
13 townships in the State of Illinois shall have the same name.
14 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)