102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1391

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 110/1  from Ch. 102, par. 4.10

    Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 110/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
7    Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The The General
8Assembly finds and declares that questions raised regarding
9the legality of simultaneously holding the office of county
10board member and township supervisor are unwarranted, and in
11counties of less than 100,000 population such questions
12regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of
13county board member and township trustee are unwarranted; that
14the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor,
15and in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of
16township trustee, and the office of county board member as
17compatible; and that to settle the question of legality and
18avoid confusion among such counties and townships as may be
19affected by such questions it is lawful to hold the office of
20county board member simultaneously with the office of township
21supervisor, and in counties of less than 100,000 population
22with the office of township trustee, in accordance with this
23Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 82-554.)