My Illinois Constitution

ART. II, SECTION 14. IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENTAL CHANGES

The General Assembly shall provide by law for the transfer of assets, powers and functions, and for the payment of outstanding debt in connection with the formation, consolidation, merger, division, dissolution and change in the boundaries of units of local government. In any cases of annexation, formation, consolidation, merger, division or dissolution of units of local government, such change may only take place upon a referendum on such a question garnering a majority vote of the qualified voters in the election. Such a referendum may only be placed on the ballot during a general election for either the officer of Governor of the State of Illinois or the President of the United States.