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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2740
Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Linda Holmes
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/1-1-14 new
    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, upon adoption of an enacting ordinance by a majority vote of the corporate authorities then holding office, a municipality with a population of more than 5,000 may exercise the powers and authorities provided to home rule units under Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. Effective January 1, 2027.
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A BILL FOR
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1		    AN ACT concerning local government.
2		    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5		adding Section 1-1-14 as follows:
6		    (65 ILCS 5/1-1-14 new)
7		    Sec. 1-1-14. Home rule powers for nonhome rule 
8		municipalities.
9		    (a) Upon adoption of an enacting ordinance by a majority 
10		vote of the corporate authorities then holding office, a 
11		municipality with a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants 
12		may exercise the powers and authorities provided to home rule 
13		units under Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois 
14		Constitution.
15		    (b) A municipality that has adopted an ordinance under 
16		subsection (a) may rescind the local enactment of powers and 
17		authorities under this Section by adoption of an ordinance 
18		approved by a majority vote of the corporate authorities then 
19		holding office, or by approval of a referendum submitted to 
20		the voters of the municipality, which shall include an 
21		effective date not less than 6 months after its adoption.
22		    (c) If a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under 
23		subsection (a) suffers a loss in population so that its 
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1		population determined as provided in Section 1-7-2 is 5,000 or 
2		less, then the municipality may continue to exercise the 
3		powers of a home rule unit until it holds a referendum to 
4		become a home rule unit. Unless the referendum is held sooner, 
5		the municipal clerk shall certify for submission to the voters 
6		of the municipality at the next general election following the 
7		determination of population, in the manner provided by the 
8		general election law, the proposition of whether the 
9		municipality shall elect to become a home rule unit. If the 
10		municipality does not elect to become a home rule unit, then 
11		the municipality may not continue to exercise the powers of a 
12		home rule unit.
13		    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
14		1, 2027.