101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3405

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if it has one, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on its website. Provides that the posting shall remain on each website until the vacancy is filled. Limits home rule powers.


LRB101 18550 AWJ 68004 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3405LRB101 18550 AWJ 68004 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
5Official Vacancy Posting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Posting of elected official vacancies. A unit of
7local government shall post every elected official vacancy on
8its website, if it has one. The posting shall remain on the
9website until the vacancy is filled.
 
10    Section 10. Posting on county website. In addition to the
11postings required under Section 5, a unit of local government
12shall submit every elected official vacancy to the county clerk
13in the county in which the unit is located and the county clerk
14shall post the information on the county website. The posting
15shall remain on the website until the vacancy is filled. The
16unit of local government shall inform the county clerk when the
17vacancy is filled.
 
18    Section 15. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
19the posting of elected official vacancies in a manner
20inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
21subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois

 

 

SB3405- 2 -LRB101 18550 AWJ 68004 b

1Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
2powers and functions exercised by the State.