New Law Affects Term Limits in Municipal Office
Last week, Governor Pritzker signed Senate
Bill 1536 into law as Public Act 101-0114. P.A. 101-114 amends the
Illinois Municipal Code to establish certain restrictions on the imposition of
term limits on municipal offices. The new law specifies
that term limits can only be imposed prospectively (counting service in
office only after a referendum is adopted) and not retroactively (counting
someone’s service in office prior to a referendum being adopted). It
also prohibits
municipalities from counting service in one elected office to block service in
a completely new office. The new law applies to any term limit imposed on
or after November 8, 2016, and preempts home rule.
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