SB3799 Summary

• Amends Section 3.1-20-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code regarding city redistricting procedures.

• Makes a technical correction by removing a duplicate word "the" in subsection (a) concerning ward formation and population equality requirements.

• Maintains existing requirements that wards be created with nearly equal population, compact and contiguous territory, and that precincts not be divided between multiple wards.

• Preserves provisions governing redistricting timelines, alderman elections, and procedures when population changes alter the number of wards a city is entitled to.