Illinois Government Research no. 40 1975: Home Rule Use By Illinois Municipalities: The First Three Years

Day, Richard L.

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Title

Illinois Government Research no. 40 1975: Home Rule Use By Illinois Municipalities: The First Three Years

Author(s)

Day, Richard L.

Issue Date

1975-06

Keyword(s)

• Illinois government
• State government

Abstract

On July 1, 1971, for the first time home rule became an option available to Illinois municipalities and counties. The extent and ways in which home rule has been used were among the topics studied by staff members of the Illinois Home Rule Clearinghouse and Policy Analysis Project. In October 1974 a survey was conducted of the seventyfive existing home rule municipalities in Illinois to determine the amount and types of home rule use since the inception of home rule. In this paper the frequency of home rule use by the units is discussed and an attempt made to account for the number of times a given municipality has employed home rule. Then, more importantly, the various areas in which home rule has been used are described to identify factors associated with the different uses. Finally, the attitudes of municipal officials toward home rule are examined.

Publisher

Institute of Government and Public Affairs. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Illinois Government Research, no. 40 (June 1975)

ISSN

0195-7783

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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