{"data":{"id":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-28-8","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"10 ILCS 5/28-8","heading":"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.","body":"The question of whether a unit of local government shall become a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:\nShall (name of the unit of local government) become a home rule unit?\nVotes must be recorded as \"yes\" or \"no\".\nThe question of whether a unit of local government shall continue to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in substantially the following form:\nShall (name of the unit of local government) continue to be a home rule unit?\nVotes must be recorded as \"yes\" or \"no\".","path":["CHAPTER 10 ELECTIONS","Election Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=170\u0026ChapterID=3\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:12Z","sha256":"059b4bb14476468faecf71b70c058e1ccec0b69792089bf33f6bc024f0e9bfb3","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-28-7","next":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-28-8.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}