100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0923
 
Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Melinda Bush
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
      
50 ILCS 110/1  from Ch. 102, par. 4.10
50 ILCS 110/2  from Ch. 102, par. 4.11
50 ILCS 110/3  from Ch. 102, par. 4.12

     Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to simultaneously hold the office of county board member and township supervisor or township trustee (currently, it is lawful to be a county board member and a township supervisor and, in counties of less than 100,000 population, a county board member and township trustee). Provides that it is unlawful (currently, lawful) for any person to simultaneously hold the office of a county board member and a township assessor or town clerk. Validates lawful actions of individuals who were previously allowed to simultaneously hold specified offices before the effective date of this amendatory Act.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 1, 2, and 3 as follows:
 



6    (50 ILCS 110/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)



7    Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The General 
8Assembly finds and
declares that questions raised regarding the 
9legality of simultaneously
holding the office of county board 
10member and township supervisor are warranted
unwarranted, and 
11in counties of less than 100,000 population such questions

12regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of 
13county board
member and township trustee are unwarranted;
that 
14the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor, 
15and
in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of 
16township trustee,
and the office of county board member as 
17incompatible compatible; and that to settle
the question
of 
18legality and avoid confusion among such counties and townships 
19as may
be affected by such questions it is unlawful lawful to 
20hold the office of county
board member simultaneously with the 
21office of township supervisor or , and
in counties of less than 
22100,000 population with the office of township
trustee, in 
23accordance with this Act.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 82-554.)

 



2    (50 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.11)



3    Sec. 2. Simultaneous tenure declared to be unlawful lawful. 
4It is unlawful lawful
for any person to hold the office of 
5county board
member and township supervisor or , and in counties 
6of less than 100,000 population
the office of county board 
7member and township trustee, simultaneously.
It is also 
8unlawful lawful for any person to hold the office of county

9board member and the office of township assessor
or town clerk, 
10simultaneously, in counties of less than 300,000 population.

11(Source: P.A. 90-748, eff. 8-14-98.)

 



12    (50 ILCS 110/3)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.12)



13    Sec. 3. 
All actions of persons that this Act applied to 
14before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th 
15General Assembly such person, as township supervisor, in 
16counties
of less than 100,000 population as township trustee, 
17or county board member
after December 1, 1974, which were are 
18otherwise in
accordance with law, are hereby validated for 
19actions that occurred on or before the effective date of this 
20amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. However, any 
21actions in in violation of the provisions of this Act after the 
22effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
23Assembly are unlawful.

24(Source: P.A. 82-554.)