HB6709 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 22455 RLJ 52803 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6709

Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new
65 ILCS 5/6-4-7.5 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that individual members of the board of trustees of certain villages may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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 adding Sections 3.1-25-100 and 6-4-7.5 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new)

Sec. 3.1-25-100. Village trustees; attorney. One or more individual members of the board of trustees of any village incorporated under this Division may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity.

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-7.5 new)

Sec. 6-4-7.5. Village trustees; attorney. One or more individual members of the board of trustees of any village incorporated under this Division may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.