Bill Text: IL HB5622 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that, in a township in a county with a population equal to or greater than 600,000, a person may not simultaneously hold an elected township office and another local elected office. Makes conforming changes in the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act and Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5622 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5622-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5622 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 105/1.1 from Ch. 102, par. 1.1
50 ILCS 105/2a from Ch. 102, par. 2a
50 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 102, par. 4
50 ILCS 110/2 from Ch. 102, par. 4.11
Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that, in a township in a county with a population equal to or greater than 600,000, a person may not simultaneously hold an elected township office and another local elected office. Makes conforming changes in the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act and Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
amended by changing Sections 1.1, 2a, and 4 as follows:
(50 ILCS 105/1.1) (from Ch. 102, par. 1.1)
Sec. 1.1. A member of the county board in a county having
fewer than 600,000 550,000 inhabitants, during the term of
office for which the member he is elected, may also hold the
office of township highway commissioner.
(Source: P.A. 86-1330.)
(50 ILCS 105/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 2a)
Sec. 2a. Township officials.
(a) No township supervisor or trustee, during the term of
office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed
to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of
township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the
office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is
specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may,
however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive
compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of
this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to

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prohibit an elected township official from holding elected
office in another unit of local government as long as there is
no contractual relationship between the township and the other
unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is
declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or
appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position,
including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a
highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector,
shall not be employed by the township, except that a
supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and
receive compensation for that service as provided in
subsection (a).
(c) In a township in a county with a population equal to or
greater than 600,000, a person may not simultaneously hold an
elected township office and another local elected office.
(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)
(50 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 102, par. 4)
Sec. 4. Any alderperson, member of a board of trustees,
supervisor or county commissioner, or other person holding any
office, either by election or appointment under the laws or
constitution of this state, who violates any provision of the
preceding sections, is guilty of a Class 4 felony and in
addition thereto, any office or official position held by any

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person so convicted shall become vacant, and shall be so
declared as part of the judgment of court. This Section does
not apply to a violation of subsection (b) or (c) of Section
2a.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
Section 10. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is
amended by changing Section 2 as follows: