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Public Act 91-0667
HB2005 Re-Enrolled LRB9103736MWks
AN ACT in relation to municipal officers, amending named
Acts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
(a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
year next preceding the election.
(b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax
or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
convicted in any court located in the United States of any
infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
(c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman
of a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has
resided in the municipality, as the case may be, at least one
year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
provided in subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
is amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, and 21-22 as
follows:
(65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
(a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for
mayor at the consolidated primary election shall be declared
mayor. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a
runoff election shall be held at the consolidated election,
when only the names of the candidates receiving the highest
and second highest number of votes at the consolidated
primary election shall appear on the ballot. If more than
one candidate received the highest or second highest number
of votes at the consolidated primary election, the names of
all candidates receiving the highest and second highest
number of votes shall appear on the ballot at the
consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest
number of votes at the consolidated election shall be
declared elected.
(b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 four
years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
month following his or her election, and until his or her
successor is elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
(65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;
Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The
candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk
and treasurer at the consolidated primary election shall be
declared the clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a
majority of the votes for one of the offices, a runoff
election shall be held at the consolidated election, when
only the names of the candidates receiving the highest and
second highest number of votes for that office at the
consolidated primary election shall appear on the ballot. If
more than one candidate received the highest or second
highest number of votes for one of the offices at the
consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
that office shall appear on the ballot at the consolidated
election. The candidate receiving the highest number of
votes at the consolidated election shall be declared elected.
The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
of 4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of
the month following the election and until a successor is
elected and qualified. No person, however, shall be elected
to the office of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.
(Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
(65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)
Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.
(a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the
year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman
shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by
this Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of
4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
month following the election of city officers, and until
their successors are elected and have qualified. All
elections for aldermen shall be in accordance with the
provisions of law in force and operative in the City of
Chicago for such elections at the time the elections are
held.
(b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall
be filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in
Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An
appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days
after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an
appointment be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and
function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
Constitution of the power of a home rule municipality to
require that an appointment be made within a different period
after the vacancy occurs.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1119; 88-45.)
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