Illinois Compiled Statutes
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5 (2026)
Officers to be elected
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(65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5)
(from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-5)
Sec. 3.1-15-5. Officers to be elected. In all cities incorporated
under this Code there shall be elected a mayor, alderpersons, a city clerk, and a
city treasurer (except in the case of a city of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants
that, by ordinance, allows for the appointment of a city treasurer by the
mayor, subject to the advice and consent of the city council). In all villages
and incorporated towns, there shall be elected a president, trustees, and a
clerk, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case: Schittino v. Vill. of Niles, 2024 IL App (1st) 230926 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
Schittino v. Vill. of Niles, 2024 IL App (1st) 230926 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “” 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5 (West 2022). There is no mention of an ethics board in state law applicable to the village-trustee form of government that Niles has chosen, nor do Intervenors provide us any such citation.”
Fazekas v. City of DeKalb, 2021 IL App (2d) 200692 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “1-15-5 of the Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5 (West 2018)), the office of municipal clerk is an elected position.”
McCoy v. Chicago Heights, 6 F. Supp. 2d 973 (N.D. Ill. 1998). “See 65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-5; 65 ILCS 5/5-2-19; 65 ILCS 5/6-3-3.”
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