Illinois Constitution Art. VII §6 — Home Rule Doctrine (IL)
Tracked preemption from the Illinois overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1971-07-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:IL
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
city.population>25000city.is_home_rule==True
Preempted fields
1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | override | home_rule_local_authority | Home-rule cities exercise zoning under Art. VII §6, not under the Municipal Code enabling act. State enabling-act procedural requirements (§§11-13-1 to 11-13-14) do not bind. |
Citation
Authority source
Ill. Const. 1970, Art. VII §6
§ Art. VII §6(a),(g),(h),(i)
Research notes
Automatic home-rule for municipalities >25,000 population; smaller municipalities may opt in by referendum. General Assembly may deny/limit/exclude home-rule power only by 3/5 supermajority. Roughly 220+ IL municipalities are home-rule. Drives applicability of every other IL preemption — most state statutes do not preempt home-rule cities unless GA expressly says so.