Illinois HB3656 allows home rule municipalities with over 500,000 residents to adopt a charter governing municipal affairs.
HB3656, the Municipal Home Rule Charter Act, enables any home rule municipality in Illinois with a population exceeding 500,000 to adopt a charter to govern its municipal affairs. This charter becomes the municipality's organic law, consistent with both the Illinois and U.S. Constitutions. If a state law does not specifically apply to home rule or charter municipalities, the charter's language takes precedence over conflicting state laws. The process to create a charter involves forming a commission by a two-thirds vote of the municipality's legislative body.
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