102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5784

 

Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/2a  from Ch. 102, par. 2a

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that any township official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to a trustee for such a township, may serve as a member of a board of education, member of a regional board of school trustees, member of a board of school directors, or member of a board of school inspectors. Effective immediately.


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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 Prohibited Activities Act is
5amended by changing Section 2a as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 105/2a)  (from Ch. 102, par. 2a)
7    Sec. 2a. Township officials.
8    (a) No township supervisor or trustee, during the term of
9office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed
10to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of
11township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the
12office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is
13specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may,
14however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive
15compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of
16this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
17prohibit an elected township official from holding elected
18office in another unit of local government as long as there is
19no contractual relationship between the township and the other
20unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is
21declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
22    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or

 

 

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1appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position,
2including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a
3highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector,
4shall not be employed by the township, except that a
5supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and
6receive compensation for that service as provided in
7subsection (a).
8    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
9township official for a township with a population of less
10than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to a
11trustee for such a township, may serve as a member of a board
12of education, member of a regional board of school trustees,
13member of a board of school directors, or member of a board of
14school inspectors.
15(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.