Bill Text: IL HB1391 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1391 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1391-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (50 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
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| 7 | Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The
The General | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Assembly finds and
declares that questions raised regarding | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | the legality of simultaneously
holding the office of county | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | board member and township supervisor are
unwarranted, and in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | counties of less than 100,000 population such questions
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| 12 | regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | county board
member and township trustee are unwarranted;
that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | and
in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | township trustee,
and the office of county board member as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | compatible; and that to settle
the question
of legality and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | avoid confusion among such counties and townships as may
be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | affected by such questions it is lawful to hold the office of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | county
board member simultaneously with the office of township | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | supervisor, and
in counties of less than 100,000 population | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | with the office of township
trustee, in accordance with this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 82-554.)
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