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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3-10020 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-10020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-10020)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-10020. Removal for cause; other vacancy. If any | ||||||
| 8 | county
treasurer shall neglect or refuse to render an account, | ||||||
| 9 | or make settlement
at any time when required by law, or by the | ||||||
| 10 | county board, or refuse to
answer any question regarding the | ||||||
| 11 | operation of the county treasurer's office propounded to him by | ||||||
| 12 | the county board, or refuse to provide the county board with | ||||||
| 13 | any requested information concerning the accounts maintained | ||||||
| 14 | by the county treasurer's office, provided the requests are for | ||||||
| 15 | information that the county treasurer is required by law to | ||||||
| 16 | maintain and in a format already maintained by the county | ||||||
| 17 | treasurer, or is a
defaulter, and in arrears with the county, | ||||||
| 18 | or is guilty of any other
misconduct in his office, the county | ||||||
| 19 | board may remove him from office, and
the presiding officer of | ||||||
| 20 | the county board, with the advice and consent of
the county | ||||||
| 21 | board, may appoint some suitable person to perform the duties | ||||||
| 22 | of
treasurer until his successor is elected, or appointed and | ||||||
| 23 | qualified; or if
by reason of the death or resignation of the | ||||||
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| 1 | county treasurer, or other
cause, the said office shall become | ||||||
| 2 | vacant, then the vacancy shall be
filled as provided in The | ||||||
| 3 | Election Code by appointment of some suitable
person to perform | ||||||
| 4 | the duties of treasurer, until a county treasurer is
elected or | ||||||
| 5 | appointed and qualified. Provided, that in case any county
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| 6 | treasurer is called into the active military service of the | ||||||
| 7 | United States,
the appointee shall perform and discharge all | ||||||
| 8 | the duties of the county
treasurer in such county during the | ||||||
| 9 | time such county treasurer is in the
active military service of | ||||||
| 10 | the United States, and such county treasurer so
appointed shall | ||||||
| 11 | possess all the powers and discharge all the duties of a
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| 12 | regularly elected county treasurer under the laws of this | ||||||
| 13 | State, and shall
be paid the same compensation as provided by | ||||||
| 14 | law for the county treasurer
of the county, apportioned as to | ||||||
| 15 | the time of service, and such appointment
and all authority | ||||||
| 16 | thereunder shall cease upon the discharge of said county
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| 17 | treasurer from such active military service of the United | ||||||
| 18 | States; and
provided further, that the office of county | ||||||
| 19 | treasurer shall not be deemed
to be vacant during the time the | ||||||
| 20 | said county treasurer is in the active
military service of the | ||||||
| 21 | United States. The person so appointed, shall give
bond and | ||||||
| 22 | security, as required by law of the county treasurer.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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