Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that a vacancy in office occurs if a township officer or a member of a township board of directors resigns or is convicted of a disqualifying crime. Provides that an admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, upon conviction, disqualify the officer from holding that office or the director from membership on the board, in the form of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office or board, effective at the time the plea agreement is made. Specifies that a conviction for an offense that disqualifies an officer from holding that office or a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt. Effective January 1, 2012.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0295 [HB0195 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Michael McAuliffe [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Terry Link [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ira Silverstein [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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