{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-7-9","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 5/7-7-9","heading":"Form of Question.","body":"The question to be submitted to the voters of each consolidating municipality for approval shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall the city, village or incorporated\ntown (as the case may be) of.............\nbe consolidated with the cities, villages\nor incorporated towns of ................\n(and in this manner as far as necessary YES\nfilling the blanks with the names of\nmunicipalities to be consolidated) to form\na single municipality with the form of\ngovernment and according to the terms of\nthat certain \"Ordinance Providing For the\nConsolidation of the Cities, Villages or ----------------\nIncorporated Towns of ..... into\na Single Municipality with the Interim\nName of ..... \"(filling the blanks\nwith appropriate words from the title of\nthe consolidation ordinance) filed with\nthe city, village or incorporated town NO\nof ..... on .....? (here filling\nin the blanks with the name of the\nmunicipality which has filed the\nconsolidation ordinance and the date\nof filing)\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nNo other proposition shall appear thereon. The reference in the proposition to the consolidation ordinance shall be deemed proper notice to the electors of what is contemplated by the proposition.","path":["CHAPTER 65 MUNICIPALITIES","Illinois Municipal Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=802\u0026ChapterID=14\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:23Z","sha256":"137ae01db70624e1607e97aadb89b555948c36e541dba8bea2207748d19402f7","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-7-8","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-7-7-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}