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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1616
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/3-9001 |
from Ch. 34, par. 3-9001 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
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bond and oath required of a State's attorney before taking office.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1616 |
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LRB096 05176 RLJ 15242 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-9001 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-9001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9001)
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| Sec. 3-9001. Oath; bond. Before entering upon the
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| respective
duties of their office, the state's attorneys shall |
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| each be commissioned by
the governor, and shall take the |
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| following oath or affirmation: |
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| I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I |
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| will support
the constitution of the United States and the |
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| constitution of the state of
Illinois, and that I will |
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| faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of state's |
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| attorney according to the best of my ability.
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| Each State's attorney shall also execute a bond, to the |
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| People of the
State of Illinois, (or, if the county is |
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| self-insured, the county through its
self-insurance program |
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| may provide bonding) with good and sufficient
securities in the |
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| penal sum of $5,000, to be approved by the circuit court for
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| his respective county, which approval shall be indorsed upon |
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| the bond. The
bond, with the approval thereof indorsed, shall |
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| be entered of record in the
circuit court, and then forwarded |
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