HB3213 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3213

Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/55-5

Amends the Township Code. Provides that, during his or her term of office, a General Assembly member is not eligible to serve as a township officer. Specifies that this restriction applies to the election and appointment of township officers on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

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 55-5 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/55-5)

Sec. 55-5. Legal voter, and resident, and not a General Assembly member.

(a) No person is eligible to hold any office unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the township for one year.

(b) During his or her term of office, a General Assembly member is not eligible to serve as a township officer. The restriction in this subsection (b) applies to the election and appointment of township officers on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)