(65 ILCS 5/5-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-3)
Sec. 5-2-3. In any city or village of less than 100,000 inhabitants, a proposition to restrict the number of aldermen to one-half of the total authorized by Section 5-2-2, with one alderman representing each ward, shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the proper election authority who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law, if a petition requesting such action is signed by electors of the municipality numbering not less than 10% of the total vote cast at the last election for mayor or president of the board of trustees of the municipality, and is filed with the city or village clerk in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be substantially in the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
the
City
(or
Village)
of........
restrict
the
number
of
YES
aldermen
to
one-half
of
the
total
authorized
by
Section
5-2-2
of
the
-------------------------
Illinois
Municipal
Code,
with
one
NO
alderman
representing
each
ward?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor of it, all existing aldermanic terms shall expire as of the date of the next regular aldermanic election, at which time a full complement of aldermen shall be elected for the full term.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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