New Law on Limited Township Consolidation
Governor Rauner
recently signed Senate Bill 3, known as the Local Government Consolidation
bill, into law as P.A. 100-0107. It amends the Township
Code to allow for the consolidation and dissolution of townships through three different
methods:
1. Two
or more adjacent townships may, by resolution of the townships’ boards, propose
consolidation by referendum of voters of each affected township into either a
new township or into one of the existing townships.
2. A
township may be dissolved and absorbed by two or more townships with which it
shares borders. If the township boards of the dissolving and absorbing
townships adopt a resolution to propose a referendum, voters of each affected
township vote on the referendum at the next general election.
3. Townships
that are coterminous with a municipality may be dissolved into the municipality
by resolution of the township and
municipal boards and referendum of the voters of the township and
municipality.
Senate Bill 3 also removes the 126 square mile cap on the size of townships.
An amendment
filed shortly before the bill passed through the Senate removed a provision that
tied this bill to the rest of the Senate’s Grand Bargain bill package. As a result, Senate Bill 3 will take effect on January 1, 2018, regardless of whether
the other Grand Bargain bills become law.
You can read
Senate Bill 3 here.
Post Authored by Jessica DeWalt, Ancel Glink
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