10 ILCS 5/28-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 28 - Submitting Public Questions

 (from Ch. 46, par. 28-1)Sec. 28-1.   The initiation and submission of all public questions to  be voted upon by the electors of the State or of any political  subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts shall be  subject to the provisions of this Article.Questions of public policy which have any legal effect shall be  submitted to referendum only as authorized by a statute which so  provides or by the Constitution. Advisory questions of public policy  shall be submitted to referendum pursuant to Section 28-5 or pursuant to  a statute which so provides.The method of initiating the submission of a public question shall be  as provided by the statute authorizing such public question, or as  provided by the Constitution.All public questions shall be initiated, submitted and printed on the  ballot in the form required by Section 16-7 of this Act, except as may  otherwise be specified in the statute authorizing a public question.Whenever a statute provides for the initiation of a public question  by a petition of electors, the provisions of such statute shall govern  with respect to the number of signatures required, the qualifications of  persons entitled to sign the petition, the contents of the petition, the  officer with whom the petition must be filed, and the form of the  question to be submitted. If such statute does not specify any of the  foregoing petition requirements, the corresponding petition requirements  of Section 28-6 shall govern such petition.Irrespective of the method of initiation, not more than 3 public  questions other than (a) back door referenda, (b) referenda to  determine whether a disconnection may take place where a city coterminous  with a township is proposing to annex territory from an adjacent township, (c) referenda held under the provisions of the Property Tax Extension  Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code, (d) referenda held under  Section 2-3002 of the Counties Code, or (e) referenda held under Article 22, 23, or 29 of the Township Code may be submitted to  referendum with respect to a political  subdivision at the same election.If more than 3 propositions are timely initiated or certified for  submission at an election with respect to a political subdivision, the  first 3 validly initiated, by the filing of a petition or by the  adoption of a resolution or ordinance of a political subdivision, as the  case may be, shall be printed on the ballot and submitted at that  election. However, except as expressly authorized by law not more than  one proposition to change the form of government of a municipality  pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution may be submitted at an  election. If more than one such proposition is timely initiated or  certified for submission at an election with respect to a municipality,  the first validly initiated shall be the one printed on the ballot and  submitted at that election.No public question shall be submitted to the voters of a political  subdivision at any regularly scheduled election at which such voters are  not scheduled to cast votes for any candidates for nomination for, election  to or retention in public office, except that if, in any existing or proposed  political subdivision in which the submission of a public question at a  regularly scheduled election is desired, the voters of only a portion of  such existing or proposed political subdivision are not scheduled to cast votes  for nomination for, election to or retention in public office at such election,  but the voters in one or more other portions of such existing or proposed  political subdivision are scheduled to cast votes for nomination for, election  to or retention in public office at such election, the public question shall be  voted upon by all the qualified voters of the entire existing or proposed  political subdivision at the election.Not more than 3 advisory public questions may be submitted to the  voters of the entire state at a general election. If more than 3 such advisory  propositions are initiated, the first 3 timely and validly initiated  shall be the questions printed on the ballot and submitted at that  election; provided however, that a question for a proposed amendment to  Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the  Constitution, or for a question submitted under the Property Tax Cap  Referendum Law, shall not be included in the foregoing limitation.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)