Bill Text: IL HB0684 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a unit of local government with taxing authority, or any person holding public office with that unit of local government, shall not use public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any unit of local government. Provides that State moneys shall be withheld from the unit of local government until the obstruction, fighting, or challenge is concluded.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0684 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0684-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a unit of local government with taxing authority, or any person holding public office with that unit of local government, shall not use public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any unit of local government. Provides that State moneys shall be withheld from the unit of local government until the obstruction, fighting, or challenge is concluded.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0684 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0684-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 4 and by adding Section 3.3 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (50 ILCS 105/3.3 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 3.3. Consolidating, merging, or eliminating units of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | local government. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | local government with taxing authority, or any person holding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | public office with that unit of local government, shall not use | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | unit of local government. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) If a unit of local government with taxing authority, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | any person holding public office violates subsection (a) of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | this Section, then all State moneys, including, but not limited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | to, moneys from the County and Mass Transit District Fund, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Local Government Distributive Fund, Local Government Tax Fund, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, and personal property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | replacement tax revenues, shall be withheld from the unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | local government until the obstruction, fighting, or challenge |
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1 | by the unit of local government, or public official, is | ||||||
2 | concluded.
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3 | (50 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 102, par. 4)
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4 | Sec. 4.
Any alderman, member of a board of trustees, | ||||||
5 | supervisor or county
commissioner, or other person holding any | ||||||
6 | office, either by election or
appointment under the laws or | ||||||
7 | constitution of this state, who violates any
provision of the | ||||||
8 | preceding sections, except Section 3.3, is guilty of a Class 4 | ||||||
9 | felony and in
addition thereto, any office or official position | ||||||
10 | held by any person so
convicted shall become vacant, and shall | ||||||
11 | be so declared as part of the
judgment of court.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 77-2721.)
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