(10 ILCS 5/28-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)
Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in his office as a public record.
The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
The question of whether a unit of local government shall cease to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall (name of the unit of local government) cease to be a home rule unit?
Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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