HB1624 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 05188 RLJ 15254 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1624

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/100-10

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the office of the township enforcement officer.

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 Township Code is amended by changing Section 100-10 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/100-10)

Sec. 100-10. Township enforcement officer.

(a) The The township board may appoint a township enforcement officer to serve for a term of one year and may remove the officer for cause. Every person appointed to the office of township enforcement officer, before entering on the duties of the office and within 10 days after being notified of the appointment, shall cause to be filed in the office of the township clerk a notice signifying his or her acceptance of the office. A neglect to cause the notice to be filed shall be deemed a refusal to serve.

(b) The sheriff of the county in which the township is situated may disapprove the appointment within 30 days after the notice is filed. The disapproval precludes that person from serving as the township enforcement officer, and the township board may appoint another person to that position subject to approval by the sheriff.

(c) Every person appointed to the office of township enforcement officer, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall execute, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the supervisor or clerk of the township, an instrument in writing by which the township enforcement officer and his or her sureties shall jointly and severally agree to pay to each and every person who may be entitled thereto all sums of money as the township enforcement officer may become liable to pay on account of any neglect or default of the township enforcement officer or on account of any misfeasance of the township enforcement officer in the discharge of, or failure to faithfully perform, any of the duties of the office.

(d) The township enforcement officer shall have the same power and authority within the township as a deputy sheriff but only for the purpose of enforcing township ordinances. The township enforcement officer shall not carry firearms and will not be required to comply with the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act. The officer shall attend law enforcement training classes conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The township board shall appropriate all necessary monies for the training.

(d-5) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in all actions for the violation of any township ordinance, the township enforcement officer shall be authorized to issue and to serve upon any person who the township enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe is guilty of a violation of a township ordinance a notice of violation that shall constitute a summons and complaint. A copy of such notice of violation shall be forwarded to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the township where the violation is alleged to have been committed. Every person who has been issued a summons shall appear for trial, and the action shall be prosecuted in the corporate name of the township.

(2) In all actions for violation of any township ordinance when the fine would not be in excess of $500 and no jail term could be imposed, service of summons may be made by the township clerk by certified mail, return receipt requested, whether service is to be within or without the State.

(e) The township enforcement officer shall carry an identification document provided by the township board identifying him or her as the township enforcement officer. The officer shall notify the township clerk of any violations of township ordinances.

(f) Nothing in this Code precludes a county auxiliary deputy or deputy sheriff, or a municipal policeman or auxiliary police officer from serving as a township enforcement officer during off-duty hours.

(g) The township board may provide compensation for the township enforcement officer on either a per diem or a salary basis.

(h) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)