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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2005
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2005 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to municipal officers, amending named
5 Acts."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
9 changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
10 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
11 Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
12 (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
13 office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
14 municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
15 year next preceding the election.
16 (b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
17 office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax
18 or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
19 convicted in any court located in the United States of any
20 infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
21 (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman
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1 of a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has
2 resided in the municipality, as the case may be, at least one
3 year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
4 provided in subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75.
5 (d) In municipalities with a population of more than
6 500,000, a person is not eligible for the office of alderman
7 of a ward unless that person resides in the ward from which
8 he or she is elected.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
10 Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
11 is amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, and 21-22 as
12 follows:
13 (65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
14 Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
15 (a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
16 1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
17 The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for
18 mayor at the consolidated primary election shall be declared
19 mayor. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a
20 runoff election shall be held at the consolidated election,
21 when only the names of the candidates receiving the highest
22 and second highest number of votes at the consolidated
23 primary election shall appear on the ballot. If more than
24 one candidate received the highest or second highest number
25 of votes at the consolidated primary election, the names of
26 all candidates receiving the highest and second highest
27 number of votes shall appear on the ballot at the
28 consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest
29 number of votes at the consolidated election shall be
30 declared elected.
31 (b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 four
32 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
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1 month following his or her election, and until his or her
2 successor is elected and qualified.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
4 (65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
5 Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;
6 Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
7 elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The
8 candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk
9 and treasurer at the consolidated primary election shall be
10 declared the clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a
11 majority of the votes for one of the offices, a runoff
12 election shall be held at the consolidated election, when
13 only the names of the candidates receiving the highest and
14 second highest number of votes for that office at the
15 consolidated primary election shall appear on the ballot. If
16 more than one candidate received the highest or second
17 highest number of votes for one of the offices at the
18 consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
19 receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
20 that office shall appear on the ballot at the consolidated
21 election. The candidate receiving the highest number of
22 votes at the consolidated election shall be declared elected.
23 The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
24 of 4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of
25 the month following the election and until a successor is
26 elected and qualified. No person, however, shall be elected
27 to the office of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
29 (65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)
30 Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.
31 (a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the
32 year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman
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1 shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by
2 this Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of
3 4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
4 month following the election of city officers, and until
5 their successors are elected and have qualified. All
6 elections for aldermen shall be in accordance with the
7 provisions of law in force and operative in the City of
8 Chicago for such elections at the time the elections are
9 held.
10 (b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall
11 be filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in
12 Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An
13 appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days
14 after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an
15 appointment be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and
16 function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
17 Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
18 Constitution of the power of a home rule municipality to
19 require that an appointment be made within a different period
20 after the vacancy occurs.
21 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1119; 88-45.)".