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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4391 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4391 | | LRB099 14236 AWJ 38307 b |
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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 Township Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 55-6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/55-6 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 55-6. Criminal conviction. A person is not eligible to |
| 8 | | hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking |
| 9 | | the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in |
| 10 | | the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or |
| 11 | | other felony.
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| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 13 | | becoming law.
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