Bill Text: IL HB1226 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the city council of a municipality may not adopt an ordinance or resolution selling the right to use or profit from a municipal asset, such as water resources, without first conducting a public hearing followed by a referendum approving the sale at the election next following the public hearing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1226 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1226-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 11-76-7 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-76-7 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11-76-7. Sale of rights to municipal assets. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | council of a municipality may not adopt an ordinance or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | resolution selling the right to use or profit from municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | assets, such as water resources, without first conducting a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | public hearing followed by a referendum of the electors at the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | election next following the public hearing. If the electors | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | approve by referendum the sale of the right to use or profit | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | from the municipal asset, the city council may adopt an | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | ordinance or resolution selling the right to use or profit | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | from the municipal asset or assets according to the provisions | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | of the referendum. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) A home rule municipality may not regulate the sale of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the right to use or profit from a municipal asset in a manner | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule |
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1 | units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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