Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 3/1/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3332

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3332 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 0.05 as
6follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 105/0.05 new)
8    Sec. 0.05. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
9finds and declares that questions raised regarding the legality
10of simultaneously holding the office of county board member and
11elected office of another unit of local government are
12unwarranted; that the General Assembly viewed the elected
13office of another unit of local government and the office of
14county board member as compatible; and that to settle the
15question of legality and avoid confusion among such counties
16and other units of local government as may be affected by such

 

 

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1questions it is lawful to hold the office of county board
2member simultaneously with an elected office of another unit of
3local government, in accordance with this Act.
 
4    (50 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 1)
5    Sec. 1. County board. An elected county official may hold
6elected office in another unit of local government, as long as
7there is no disqualifying contractual relationship between the
8county and the other unit of local government. A disqualifying
9contractual relationship is a contractual relationship that is
10not available to other units of local government in that
11county. A general contractual relationship that is available to
12other units of local government in that county, including but
13not limited to contracts involving Homeland Security programs,
14emergency management and assistance, storm water management
15and assistance, environmental protection or enhancement,
16energy conservation programs, mutual aid agreements regarding
17crime prevention or law enforcement activities, or any grants
18that are administered by a county or unit of local government
19funded by either the federal or State government, is not a
20disqualifying contractual relationship, and an elected county
21official may hold elected office in another unit of local
22government, provided that the elected county official shall not
23vote on the proposition for entering into the general
24contractual relationship in his or her capacity as an elected
25county official or an elected officer of a unit of local

 

 

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1government. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, if there
2is a disqualifying contractual relationship between the county
3and the other unit of local government, then no No member of a
4county board, during the term of office for which he or she is
5elected, unless he or she first resigns from the office of
6county board member or unless the holding of another office is
7authorized by law, may be appointed to, accept, or hold any
8other office. Any such prohibited appointment or election is
9void. Notwithstanding the above, any county board member may be
10appointed to, accept, or hold the office of any office other
11than (i) chairman of the county board or member of the regional
12planning commission by appointment or election of the board of
13which he or she is a member, (ii) alderman of a city or member
14of the board of trustees of a village or incorporated town if
15the city, village, or incorporated town has fewer than 1,000
16inhabitants and is located in a county having fewer than 50,000
17inhabitants, or (iii) trustee of a forest preserve district
18created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act,
19unless he or she first resigns from the office of county board
20member or unless the holding of another office is authorized by
21law. Any such prohibited appointment or election is void. This
22Section shall not preclude a member of the county board from
23being selected or from serving as a member of a County
24Extension Board as provided in Section 7 of the County
25Cooperative Extension Law, as a member of an Emergency
26Telephone System Board as provided in Section 15.4 of the

 

 

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1Emergency Telephone System Act, or as appointed members of the
2board of review as provided in Section 6-30 of the Property Tax
3Code. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an
4elected county official from holding elected office in another
5unit of local government so long as there is no contractual
6relationship between the county and the other unit of local
7government. Public Act 89-89 and this amendatory Act of the
897th General Assembly are This amendatory Act of 1995 is
9declarative of existing law and are is not a new enactments
10enactment.
11(Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)
 
12    Section 10. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is
13amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Sections 4 and 5 as
14follows:
 
15    (50 ILCS 110/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
16    Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The General
17Assembly finds and declares that questions raised regarding the
18legality of simultaneously holding the office of county board
19member and township supervisor or elected office of another
20unit of local government are unwarranted, and in counties of
21less than 100,000 population such questions regarding the
22legality of simultaneously holding the office of county board
23member and township trustee are unwarranted; that the General
24Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor or elected

 

 

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1office of another unit of local government, and in counties of
2less than 100,000 population the office of township trustee,
3and the office of county board member as compatible; and that
4to settle the question of legality and avoid confusion among
5such counties and townships as may be affected by such
6questions it is lawful to hold the office of county board
7member simultaneously with the office of township supervisor or
8elected office of another unit of local government, and in
9counties of less than 100,000 population with the office of
10township trustee, in accordance with this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 82-554.)
 
12    (50 ILCS 110/4 new)
13    Sec. 4. Simultaneous tenure declared to be lawful. An
14elected county official, including but not limited to an
15elected county board member, may simultaneously serve as an
16elected official in another unit of local government, as long
17as there is no disqualifying contractual relationship between
18the county and the other unit of local government. A
19disqualifying contractual relationship is a contractual
20relationship that is not available to other units of local
21government in that county. A general contractual relationship
22that is available to other units of local government in that
23county, including but not limited to contracts involving
24Homeland Security programs, emergency management and
25assistance, storm water management and assistance,

 

 

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1environmental protection or enhancement, energy conservation
2programs, mutual aid agreements regarding crime prevention or
3law enforcement activities, or any grants that are administered
4by a county or unit of local government funded by either the
5federal or State government, is not a disqualifying contractual
6relationship, and an elected county official may hold elected
7office in another unit of local government, provided that the
8elected county official shall not vote on the proposition for
9entering into the general contractual relationship in his or
10her capacity as an elected county official or an elected
11officer of a unit of local government.
 
12    (50 ILCS 110/5 new)
13    Sec. 5. Actions of elected official. All actions of a
14person, as an elected official of another unit of local
15government or county board member, that are otherwise in
16accordance with law, are hereby validated.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".