98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5839

 

Introduced , by Rep. Al Riley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Eliminates a provision preventing a person from holding municipal office if that person, at any time during the term of office, owes any payment to the municipality or has been convicted of a felony in any court located in the United States. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
7    Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
8    (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
9office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
10municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
11year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
12provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section
133.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
14    (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for
15a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for
16taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax
17or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
18convicted in any court located in the United States of any
19infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
20    (b-5) (Blank) A person is not eligible to hold a municipal
21office, if that person is, at any time during the term of
22office, in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
23indebtedness due to the municipality or has been convicted in

 

 

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1any court located in the United States of any infamous crime,
2bribery, perjury, or other felony.
3    (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman of
4a ward unless that person has resided in the ward that the
5person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the
6office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided
7in the municipality, at least one year next preceding the
8election or appointment, except as provided in Section
93.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2,
10or Section 5-2-11.
11    (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality
12immediately prior to the active duty military service of that
13person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside
14of the municipality during that active duty military service,
15and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty
16military service is again a resident of the municipality, then
17the time during which the person resides outside the
18municipality during the active duty military service is deemed
19to be time during which the person is a resident of the
20municipality for purposes of determining the residency
21requirement under subsection (a).
22(Source: P.A. 97-1091, eff. 8-24-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.