HB1670 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1670

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15

from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15

Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that the terms of elected municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of the election results from the county clerk (instead of during the month of May following the proclamation of the results). Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 changing Section 3.1-10-15 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)

Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or special meeting of the corporate authorities after receipt of the official election results from the county clerk during the month of May following the proclamation of the results of the regular municipal election at which the officers were elected, except as otherwise provided by ordinance fixing the date for inauguration of newly elected officers of a municipality. The ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for inauguration of newly elected officers later than the first regular or special meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June following the election.

(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

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