Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 5/22/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5078

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5078, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
6amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.4 as
7follows:
 
8    (50 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 1)
9    Sec. 1. County board. No member of a county board, during
10the term of office for which he or she is elected, may be
11appointed to, accept, or hold any office by appointment of the
12county board chairman, with the advice and consent of the
13county board, or by election of the county board of which he or
14she is a member other than: (i) chairman of the county board,
15(ii) or member of the regional planning commission by
16appointment or election of the board of which he or she is a

 

 

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1member, (ii) alderman of a city or member of the board of
2trustees of a village or incorporated town if the city,
3village, or incorporated town has fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
4and is located in a county having fewer than 50,000
5inhabitants, or (iii) trustee of a forest preserve district
6created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act,
7unless he or she first resigns from the office of county board
8member or unless the holding of another office is authorized by
9law. Any such prohibited appointment or election is void. This
10Section shall not preclude a member of the county board from
11being selected or from serving as a member of a County
12Extension Board as provided in Section 7 of the County
13Cooperative Extension Law, as a member of an Emergency
14Telephone System Board as provided in Section 15.4 of the
15Emergency Telephone System Act, or as appointed members of the
16board of review as provided in Section 6-30 of the Property Tax
17Code. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an
18elected county official from holding elected office in another
19unit of local government so long as there is no contractual
20relationship between the county and the other unit of local
21government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of
22existing law and is not a new enactment.
23(Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)
 
24    (50 ILCS 105/1.4 new)
25    Sec. 1.4. Elected officials; other offices.

 

 

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1    An elected county board member may serve as: (i) an elected
2mayor of a city or an elected president of the board of
3trustees of a village or incorporated town or (ii) an elected
4alderman of a city or an elected member of the board of
5trustees of a village or incorporated town, provided that the
6elected county board member and elected municipal officer must
7abstain from acting, voting, sponsoring, discussing, or
8participating in any way in the consideration of any specific
9contract or agreement between the county and the city, village,
10or incorporated town or in any other matter in which the
11interests of the county and the city, village, or incorporated
12town may conflict. County board members and municipal officers
13are not disqualified from acting on, voting on, sponsoring,
14discussing, or participating in the adoption of the county's or
15municipality's annual appropriations ordinance.
16    On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17the 97th General Assembly, any individual who holds elected
18office in a unit of local government may not first enter into
19an additional elected office in another unit of local
20government if he or she is: (i) earning service credit under
21the Illinois Pension Code as a result of holding the first
22elected office and (ii) will earn service credit under the
23Illinois Pension Code as a result of simultaneously holding the
24second elected office.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.".