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Illinois Statutes

§ 4-5-5

Illinois § 4-5-5
JurisdictionIllinois
TopicGOVERNMENT
Ch. 65MUNICIPALITIES
Act 65 ILCS 5/Illinois Municipal Code.
Art.Article 4 - Commission Form Government

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Bluebook
65 Ill. Comp. Stat. 4-5-5 (2026).

Text

The council has the right and power to appoint and discharge the heads of all principal departments subordinate to the departments provided for in Section 4-5-2. The commissioner of each department, however, may be vested by ordinance with the sole right and power to appoint and discharge the heads of all principal departments subordinate to the department of which he is the commissioner. But in all municipalities which are treated as having adopted or which may hereafter adopt Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23, the chief of police and chief of the fire department shall be appointed and discharged only as provided in Sections 10-2-1 through 10-2-23.

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Legislative History

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

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