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Illinois · Through at least Public Act 104-790

10 ILCS 5/28-8: If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit or shall continue to be a home rule unit and if that referendum passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall, within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary of State a certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in his office as a public record.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. CHAPTER 10 ELECTIONS
  2. Election Code.

The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?

Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

The question of whether a unit of local government shall continue to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of the unit of local government) continue to be a home rule unit?

Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".

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