65 ILCS 5/7-7-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 7 - Territory

 (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-11)Sec. 7-7-11.         Elections of Initial Officers of Consolidated  Municipalities.  (a)  The day of the first election of officers of the  consolidated municipality shall be the next consolidated election  established pursuant to Section 2A-1.1 of The Election Code, as now or  hereafter amended, following the consolidation referendum.  The day of the  first primary election of officers of the consolidated municipality shall  be the next consolidated primary election pursuant to Section 2A-1.1 of The  Election Code, as now or hereafter amended, following the consolidation referendum.(b) The first election of officers of the consolidated municipality  shall be conducted in accordance with The Election Code, as now or  hereafter amended, except that the duties of the local election official  and boards set forth in The Election Code shall be performed by the  officers designated in subsection (c) of this Section and the nominating  petitions shall meet the requirements of subsection (d) of this Section.  All elections after such first election of officers shall be conducted in  accordance with The Election Code, as now or hereafter amended.(c) For the first election of officers of the consolidated municipality,  the municipal clerk of one of the consolidating municipalities in which the  consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum, who shall be designated  by the consolidation ordinance, shall perform the duties required of the  local election official by The Election Code.  For such first election of  officers, the municipal clerks of all of the municipalities in which the  consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum shall constitute an  electoral board to perform the duties required of the municipal officers  electoral board by The Election Code and shall also constitute a canvassing  board to perform the duties required of officers charged by The Election  Code with the duties of canvassing returns.(d) For the first election of officers of the consolidated municipality,  with respect to the number of signatures required by The Election Code for  nominating petitions for partisan candidates, the number of qualified  primary electors in each consolidating municipality in which the  consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum shall be added together  to derive a sum which shall be deemed the number of qualified primary  electors of the consolidated municipality.  For such first election of  officers, with respect to the number of signatures required by The Election  Code for nominating petitions for independent candidates and candidates of  newly formed political parties, the number of voters in each consolidating  municipality in which the consolidation ordinance was approved by  referendum who voted at the next preceding regular election in each  consolidating municipality shall be added together to derive a sum which  shall be deemed the number of persons voting in the next preceding election  in which the consolidated municipality voted as a unit.(e) The earliest date for circulation of nominating petitions for the  first election of officers of the consolidated municipality and the filing  date for such petitions shall be as established by The Election Code, as  now or hereafter amended; provided, however, that nothing in The Election  Code or in this Code shall be construed as preventing the circulation of  nominating petitions for such first election prior to the date of the  consolidation referendum, so long as the requirements of The Election Code,  as now or hereafter amended, relating to the earliest date for such  circulation are otherwise met.    (Source: P.A. 85-1159.)