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91_HB3424

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code  by  changing
 2    Section 3.1-10-50.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 3.1-10-50 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50)
 8        Sec. 3.1-10-50.  Vacancies.
 9        (a)  A  municipal  officer  may  resign  from  office.  A
10    vacancy occurs in an office by reason of resignation, failure
11    to elect or qualify (in which case the incumbent shall remain
12    in  office  until  the  vacancy  is filled), death, permanent
13    physical or mental disability rendering the person  incapable
14    of  performing the duties of his or her office, conviction of
15    a disqualifying crime, abandonment of  office,  removal  from
16    office,  or removal of residence from the municipality or, in
17    the case of aldermen of a ward or  trustees  of  a  district,
18    removal  of  residence from the ward or district, as the case
19    may be. An admission of guilt  of  a  criminal  offense  that
20    would, upon conviction, disqualify the municipal officer from
21    holding  that office, in the form of a written agreement with
22    State or federal prosecutors to plead  guilty  to  a  felony,
23    bribery,  perjury,  or  other  infamous  crime under State or
24    federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office,
25    effective at the  time  the  plea  agreement  is  made.   For
26    purposes  of  this  Section, a conviction for an offense that
27    disqualifies the municipal officer from holding  that  office
28    shall occur on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or,
29    in  the  case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding
30    of guilt.
31        (b)  If a vacancy occurs in an elective municipal  office
 
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 1    with  a 4-year term and there remains an unexpired portion of
 2    the term of at least 28 months, and  the  vacancy  occurs  at
 3    least  130  days  before  the general municipal election next
 4    scheduled under the general election law, the  vacancy  shall
 5    be  filled  for  the  remainder  of  the term at that general
 6    municipal election.  Whenever an election is  held  for  this
 7    purpose,  the  municipal clerk shall certify the office to be
 8    filled and the  candidates  for  the  office  to  the  proper
 9    election authorities as provided in the general election law.
10    If  the  vacancy  is in the office of mayor, the city council
11    shall elect one of their members acting mayor; if the vacancy
12    is in the office of president, the vacancy shall be filled by
13    the appointment by the trustees of an acting  president  from
14    the  members  of  the  board  of trustees. In villages with a
15    population of less than 5,000, if each of the members of  the
16    board  of  trustees either declines the appointment as acting
17    president or  is  not  approved  for  the  appointment  by  a
18    majority  vote of the trustees presently holding office, then
19    the board of trustees may appoint  as  acting  president  any
20    other    village  resident who is qualified to hold municipal
21    office. The acting mayor or acting  president  shall  perform
22    the duties and possess all the rights and powers of the mayor
23    or  president  until a successor to fill the vacancy has been
24    elected and has qualified. If the vacancy  is  in  any  other
25    elective municipal office, then until the office is filled by
26    election,  the  mayor  or president shall appoint a qualified
27    person to the office subject to the advice and consent of the
28    city council or trustees.
29        (c)  In a 2 year term, or if  the  vacancy  occurs  later
30    than  the time provided in subsection (b) in a 4 year term, a
31    vacancy in the  office  of  mayor  shall  be  filled  by  the
32    corporate  authorities  electing  one of their members acting
33    mayor; if the vacancy is in  the  office  of  president,  the
34    vacancy shall be filled by the appointment by the trustees of
 
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 1    an  acting  president  from  the  members  of  the  board  of
 2    trustees.  In  villages with a population of less than 5,000,
 3    if each of the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees  either
 4    declines  the  appointment  as  acting  president  or  is not
 5    approved for the  appointment  by  a  majority  vote  of  the
 6    trustees presently holding office, then the board of trustees
 7    may  appoint  as acting president any other  village resident
 8    who is qualified to hold municipal office. The  acting  mayor
 9    or  acting president shall perform the duties and possess all
10    the rights and powers of the mayor or president until a mayor
11    or  president  is  elected  at  the  next  general  municipal
12    election and has qualified.  A vacancy in any elective office
13    other than mayor or president shall be filled by  appointment
14    by the mayor or president, with the advice and consent of the
15    corporate authorities.
16        (d)  Municipal  officers  appointed or elected under this
17    Section shall hold office until their successors are  elected
18    and have qualified.
19        (e)  An  appointment  to  fill a vacancy in the office of
20    alderman shall be made  within  60  days  after  the  vacancy
21    occurs.   The  requirement that an appointment be made within
22    60 days is an exclusive power and function of the  State  and
23    is  a  denial  and  limitation  under Article VII, Section 6,
24    subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the power of a
25    home rule municipality to require that an appointment be made
26    within a different period after the vacancy occurs.
27        (f)  If the council or board fails to give its advice and
28    consent to an appointment of a qualified person to the office
29    of alderman or trustee prior to the 60th day after a  vacancy
30    occurs  and if the mayor or president has nominated a minimum
31    of 2 persons for  appointment  and  each  has  failed  to  be
32    confirmed,  the  mayor  or  president  may  make  a temporary
33    appointment from those persons who were nominated but  failed
34    to  be  confirmed  by the council or board. That person shall
 
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 1    serve until an appointee has been nominated,  confirmed,  and
 2    qualified or until a person has been elected and qualified.
 3    (Source: P.A.  90-429,  eff.  8-15-97;  90-707,  eff. 8-7-98;
 4    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

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