65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-75
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 3.1 - Officers

 (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-75)Sec. 3.1-10-75. Referendum to lengthen terms.(a) In any municipality of  less than 500,000 inhabitants  that, under Section 3.1-10-65, has voted to shorten the terms of  elective officers, a proposition to lengthen the terms of the elective  officers of the municipality from 2 years to 4 years may be submitted,  within the discretion of the corporate authorities, to the electors of  the municipality.  The proposition shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the appropriate  election authorities, who shall submit the proposition at an election in  accordance  with the general election law.  The proposition shall also be submitted at  an election if a petition requesting that action  is signed by electors of the municipality numbering not less than 10% of  the total vote cast at the last election for mayor or president of the  municipality and the petition is filed with the municipal clerk.  The proposition shall be substantially in the  following form:Shall the term of the elective officers of (name of     municipality) be lengthened from 2 years to 4 years?(b) If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote  against it, the terms of the officers shall remain 2 years. If, however,  a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the  officers elected at the next regular election for officers in the  municipality shall hold their offices for a term of 4 years and until  their successors are elected and have qualified, except in the case of  trustees and alderpersons. In the case of alderpersons and trustees:   (i) if the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after  approval of the proposition, occurs in an even numbered year, the alderpersons   or trustees elected in that even numbered year shall serve for  terms of 3 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified, the  terms for successors to those elected at the first even numbered year  election shall be 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified,  the alderpersons or trustees elected at the first odd numbered year election  next following the first even numbered year election shall serve for  terms of 4 years and until successors are elected and have qualified, and  successors elected after the first odd numbered year shall also serve 4  year terms and until their successors are elected and have qualified and (ii) if  the first election for alderpersons or trustees, after approval of the  proposition, occurs in an odd numbered year, the alderpersons or trustees  elected in that odd numbered year shall serve for terms of 4 years and  until their successors are elected and have qualified, the terms for successors  to those elected at the first odd numbered year election shall be for 4  years and until successors are elected and have qualified, the alderpersons or  trustees elected at the first even numbered year election next following  the first odd numbered year election shall serve for terms of one year  and until their successors are elected and have qualified, and the terms for  successors to those elected at the first odd numbered year election  shall be 4 years and until their successors are elected and have qualified.   (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)