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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District Act.
 
6    Section 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following
7terms shall have the following meanings unless a different
8meaning clearly appears from the context:
9    "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Beardstown
10Regional Flood Prevention District.
11    "County board" means the Cass County Board.
12    "District" means the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
13District created by this Act.
14    "Fund" means the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
15District Property Tax Fund created under subsection (h) of
16Section 20 of this Act.
 
17    Section 5. Creation; purpose.
18    (a) The Cass County Board may, by ordinance approved by the
19affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the county
20board, create the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
21District to perform emergency levee repair and flood
22prevention, prevent the loss of life or property, and comply

 

 

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1with the levee requirements imposed by the Federal Emergency
2Management Agency and the United States Army Corps of
3Engineers. The Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District
4shall include all properties located within the Federal
5Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) floodplain map with a
6Provisionally Accredited Levees (PAL) expiration date of
7January 27, 2011, and all properties within or later annexed to
8or incorporated into the South Beardstown Levee and Drainage
9District, the Valley Levee and Drainage District, the Lost
10Creek Levee and Drainage District, the City of Beardstown, and
11the Beardstown Sanitary District regardless of the elevation of
12the properties. The Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
13District shall work in concert with affected existing drainage
14districts, the City of Beardstown, the Beardstown Sanitary
15District, the Cass County Board, the people of Cass County,
16FEMA, and the Army Corps of Engineers. In addition to the
17powers and authority granted to the District in Section 15 of
18this Act, the District shall be responsible for performing and
19funding all regular and necessary repairs and maintenance to
20the levees including, but not limited to: (i) the repair,
21maintenance and replacement of pipes, relief wells,
22infrastructure, and other structures existing on or within the
23levees as of the effective date of this Act or which may be
24constructed or installed by the District after its
25establishment; (ii) the removal and abatement of unwanted
26vegetation and nuisance animals; (iii) the mowing of the

 

 

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1levees; and (iv) the establishment and maintenance of levee sod
2covering. The creation of the Beardstown Regional Flood
3Protection District shall neither constitute nor be deemed a
4conveyance of title or ownership to the district of any
5properties within the district.
6    (b) The district created under this Act shall be dissolved
7upon the later of (i) 25 years after the date the district is
8created or (ii) the payment of all obligations of the county
9and district under Section 20 of this Act and any federal
10reimbursement moneys under Section 25 of this Act. The district
11may be dissolved earlier if all federal reimbursement moneys
12have been paid and all obligations of the county and district
13incurred under this Act have been paid, including any
14obligations related to bonds issued under Section 15 of this
15Act and any obligations incurred pursuant to an
16intergovernmental agreement. Upon dissolution of the district,
17sole possession, control, and maintenance of the properties and
18improvements within the district shall revert back to the South
19Beardstown Levee and Drainage District, the Valley Levee and
20Drainage District, the Lost Creek Levee and Drainage District,
21the City of Beardstown, and the Beardstown Sanitary District,
22as existed prior to the creation of the district.
 
23    Section 10. Commissioners.
24    (a) The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board
25of 7 commissioners: one shall be appointed by the chairperson

 

 

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1of the county board; one shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
2City of Beardstown; one shall be appointed by the Beardstown
3Sanitary District; one shall be appointed by the South
4Beardstown Levee and Drainage District; one shall be appointed
5by the Valley Levee and Drainage District; one shall be
6appointed by the Lost Creek Levee and Drainage District; and
7one shall be appointed by a majority vote of the other 6
8commissioners. All initial appointments under this Section
9must be made within 60 days after the district is organized.
10    (b) Of the initial appointments, 3 commissioners shall
11serve a 2-year term and 4 commissioners shall serve a 4-year
12term, as determined by lot. Their successors shall be appointed
13for 4-year terms. No commissioner may serve for more than 20
14years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original
15appointments.
16    (c) Each commissioner must be a legal voter in Cass County,
17and all commissioners shall reside in and own property that is
18located within the district. Commissioners shall serve without
19compensation, but may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
20incurred in the performance of their duties.
21    (d) A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a
22quorum of the board for the transaction of business. An
23affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners shall be
24sufficient to approve any action or expenditure.
25    (e) An alderman of the City of Beardstown, a member of the
26county board, and a commissioner of each of the aforementioned

 

 

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1drainage districts and sanitation district may be appointed to
2serve concurrently as commissioners of the district, and the
3appointment shall be deemed lawful and not to constitute a
4violation of the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act, nor
5to create an impermissible conflict of interest or
6incompatibility of offices.
 
7    Section 15. Powers of the district. A district formed under
8this Act has the following powers:
9        (1) To sue or be sued.
10        (2) To apply for and accept gifts, grants, and loans
11    from any public agency or private entity.
12        (3) To enter into intergovernmental agreements with
13    other governmental units including municipalities,
14    sanitary districts, or drainage districts to further
15    ensure levee repair, levee construction or reconstruction,
16    and flood prevention, including agreements with the United
17    States Army Corps of Engineers or any other agency or
18    department of the federal government.
19        (4) To undertake evaluation, planning, design,
20    construction, and related activities that are determined
21    to be urgently needed to stabilize, repair, restore,
22    improve, or replace existing levees.
23        (5) To address underseepage problems and old and
24    deteriorating gates, pipes, and other infrastructure
25    related to existing levees.

 

 

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1        (6) To conduct evaluations of levees and other flood
2    control facilities including the performance of floodplain
3    mapping studies.
4        (7) To provide capital moneys for levee studies
5    including the construction of facilities for that purpose.
6        (8) To borrow money or receive money from the United
7    States Government or any agency thereof, or from any other
8    public or private source, for the purposes of the district.
9        (9) To enter into agreements with private property
10    owners.
11        (10) To issue revenue bonds for the purposes of the
12    district. Revenue bonds shall be payable from revenue
13    received from a property tax imposed under Section 20 of
14    this Act and from any other revenue sources available to
15    the flood prevention district. These bonds may be issued
16    with maturities not exceeding 25 years after the date of
17    issue, and in any amounts as may be necessary to provide
18    sufficient funds, together with interest, for the purposes
19    of the district. These bonds shall bear interest at a rate
20    of not more than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
21    Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of
22    the contract of sale, payable semi-annually, may be made
23    registerable as to principal, and may be made payable and
24    callable as provided on any date at a price of par and
25    accrued interest under any terms and conditions as may be
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1    the county board. Bonds issued under this Section are
2    negotiable instruments. In case any officer whose
3    signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to hold
4    that office before the bonds are delivered, the officer's
5    signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for
6    all purposes the same as though the officer had remained in
7    office until the bonds were delivered. The bonds shall be
8    sold in any manner and upon any terms as the district shall
9    determine, except that the selling price shall be such that
10    the interest cost to the district of the proceeds of the
11    bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the
12    Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the
13    making of the contract of sale, payable semi-annually,
14    computed to maturity according to the standard table of
15    bond values.
16        (11) To acquire property by gift, grant, or
17    intergovernmental agreement.
18        (12) To retain professional staff to carry out the
19    functions of the district including, but not limited to,
20    administrative support personnel and legal counsel. The
21    district may employ a Chief Supervisor of Construction and
22    the Works with appropriate professional qualifications,
23    including a degree in engineering, construction,
24    hydrology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination
25    of education and experience. If the district employs a
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1    shall be vested with the authority to carry out the duties
2    and mission of the district, pursuant to the direction and
3    supervision of the board of commissioners.
4        (13) To reimburse any unit of local government for
5    costs advanced by the local government for expenses that
6    would have otherwise been paid out of the Beardstown
7    Regional Flood Prevention District Property Tax Fund, had
8    the fund been established at the time of the expenditure.
9    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit a unit
10    of local government to seek reimbursement from the district
11    for any expense related to levee maintenance, repair,
12    improvement, construction, staff, operating expenses, the
13    construction of facilities for any such purpose, or any
14    other non-emergency levee related expense that occurred
15    prior to an emergency situation involving the levees within
16    the county.
17        (14) To change the name of the district by an ordinance
18    approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
19    commissioners of the district.
20        (15) To adopt rules, procedures, and policies
21    concerning the operation and purpose of the district.
22        (16) To establish and maintain accounts with banks and
23    other financial institutions to further the purposes and
24    operations of the district.
25        (17) To expend monies in furtherance of the district's
26    purposes and operations.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Property tax.
2    (a) The district organized under this Act shall, by
3ordinance or resolution, petition the county board to levy a
4property tax to accomplish its goals, purposes, and obligations
5as set forth in Section 5 of this Act or to provide for the
6payment of debt incurred in accordance with this Act.
7    (b) The manner of levying the tax authorized by subsection
8(a) shall be as provided in this Section.
9    (c) A property tax may be levied by the district at a rate
10not to exceed 0.7% to produce revenues required to accomplish
11its goals, purposes, and obligations as set forth in Section 5
12of this Act. Before the first levy of taxes in the district,
13notice shall be given and a hearing shall be held under the
14provisions of subsections (d) and (e). For purposes of this
15subsection, the notice shall include:
16        (1) the time and place of the hearing;
17        (2) a notification that all interested persons,
18    including all persons owning taxable real property located
19    within the district, shall be given an opportunity to be
20    heard at the hearing regarding the tax levy and an
21    opportunity to file objections to the amount of the tax
22    levy; and
23        (3) the maximum rate of taxes to be extended in any
24    year and may include a maximum number of years the taxes
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1    (d) After the first levy of taxes, taxes may be extended
2without additional hearings, provided the taxes shall not
3exceed the rate specified in the notice and the taxes shall not
4be extended for a period longer than that outlined in
5subsection (b) of Section 5. The district, by ordinance or
6resolution, may petition the county board to increase the rate
7of tax by no more than 0.1%. Any such increase must be approved
8by the county board and by the electors.
9    The tax under this subsection may not be increased until,
10by ordinance or resolution of the county board, the question of
11imposing the tax has been submitted to the electors of the
12county at a regular election and approved by a majority of the
13electors voting on the question.
14    The election authority must submit the question in
15substantially the following form:
16        Shall Cass County be authorized to increase the
17    property tax rate to be used exclusively for the operation
18    of the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District by
19    (insert up to 0.1%)?
20The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
21    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
22in the affirmative, then the county may, thereafter, increase
23the rate of tax.
24    The rate of tax may be increased more than once under this
25subsection, but not at the same election.
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1the adoption of the ordinance establishing the district, the
2district shall fix a time and a place for a public hearing.
3Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication and
4mailing. Notice by publication shall be given by publication at
5least once not less than 15 days before the hearing in a
6newspaper of general circulation within the district. Notice by
7mailing shall be given by depositing the notice in the United
8States mail addressed to the person or persons in whose name
9the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on each
10lot, block, tract, or parcel of land lying within the district.
11The notice shall be mailed not less than 10 days before the
12time set for the public hearing. In the event taxes for the
13last preceding year were not paid, the notice shall be sent to
14the person last listed on the tax rolls before that year as the
15owner of the property.
16    (e) At the public hearing, any interested person, including
17all persons owning taxable real property located within the
18district, may file with the district written objections to and
19may be heard orally in respect to any issues embodied in the
20notice. The district shall hear and determine all protests and
21objections at the hearing, and the hearing may be adjourned or
22recessed to another date without further notice other than a
23motion to be entered upon the minutes fixing the time and place
24of its adjournment.
25    (f) Bonds secured by the full faith and credit of the
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1Section 15. Bonds, when so issued, shall be retired by the levy
2of taxes as specified in subsection (c), against all of the
3taxable real property included in the district as provided in
4the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of the
5bonds. The county clerk shall annually extend taxes against all
6of the taxable property situated in the county and contained in
7the district in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal
8and interest of those bonds.
9    Before the issuance of bonds, notice shall be given and a
10hearing shall be held under the provisions of subsections (d)
11and (e). For purposes of this subsection, the notice shall
12include:
13        (1) the time and place of the hearing;
14        (2) a notification that all interested persons,
15    including all persons owning taxable real property located
16    within the district, will be given an opportunity to be
17    heard at the hearing regarding the district's decision to
18    issue the bonds and an opportunity to file objections to
19    the issuance of the bonds; and
20        (3) the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued,
21    the maximum period of time over which the bonds shall be
22    retired, and the maximum interest rate the bonds shall
23    bear.
24     The questions of the property tax levy and the issuance of
25bonds may be considered together at one hearing. Any bonds
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1and the period of extension set forth in the notice, unless an
2additional hearing is held. No bonds issued under this Section
3shall be regarded as indebtedness of the district for the
4purpose of any limitation imposed by any law.
5     (g) If a petition signed by at least 30% of the electors
6residing within the district and by at least 30% of the owners
7of record of the land included within the boundaries of the
8district is filed with the district within 60 days following
9the final adjournment of the public hearing objecting to the
10levy or imposition of the property tax or issuance of bonds, no
11such tax may be levied or imposed or no such bonds may be
12issued. The subject matter of the petition filed by the
13electors and owners shall not be proposed by the district
14within the next year. Each resident of the district registered
15to vote at the time of the public hearing held with regard to
16the district shall be considered an elector. Each person in
17whose name legal title to land included within the boundaries
18of the district is held according to the records of the county
19in which the land is located shall be considered an owner of
20record. Owners of record shall be determined at the time of the
21public hearing held with regard to the district. Land owned in
22the name of a land trust, corporation, estate, or partnership
23shall be considered to have a single owner of record.
24    (h) If a property tax is levied, the tax shall be extended
25by the county clerk in the district in the manner provided by
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1under that Act. A special fund shall be created in the county
2treasury that shall be known as the Beardstown Regional Flood
3Prevention District Property Tax Fund. The county treasurer
4shall collect and deposit into the Fund the revenues generated
5by the property tax. The county treasurer shall, within 30 days
6of receiving tax revenues, disburse all revenues to the
7district.
 
8    Section 25. Disbursement of federal funds.
9    (a) Any reimbursements for the construction of flood
10protection facilities shall be appropriated to the district in
11accordance with the location of the specific facility for which
12the federal appropriation is made.
13    (b) If there are federal reimbursements to the district for
14construction of flood protection facilities that were built
15using revenues authorized by this Act, those funds shall be
16used for the early retirement of bonds issued in accordance
17with this Act.
18    (c) When all bond obligations of the district have been
19paid, the remaining federal reimbursement moneys shall be
20remitted in equal shares to the drainage districts and sanitary
21district included within the boundaries of the district to be
22used for the continued long-term maintenance of federal levees
23and flood protection districts.
 
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1audit of the district shall be conducted annually by a
2certified public accountant (CPA) that is licensed at the time
3of the audit by the Illinois Department of Financial and
4Professional Regulation. The CPA shall meet all of the general
5standards concerning qualifications, independence, due
6professional care, and quality control as required by the
7Government Auditing Standards, 1994 Revision, Chapter 3,
8including the requirements for continuing professional
9education and external peer review. The financial audit is to
10be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing
11standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public
12Accountants (AICPA) for field work and reporting, generally
13accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), and AICPA
14Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) current at the time the
15audit is commenced. The audit shall be made publicly available
16and sent to the county board chairperson and to the Secretary
17of State.
 
18    Section 35. Budget of the district. The board shall adopt
19an annual budget for the district in accordance with the fiscal
20year adopted by the county board. The budget shall include
21expected revenues by source and expenditures by project or by
22function for the following year. The budget must be approved by
23the county board prior to any expenditure by the district for
24the fiscal year. The county board must approve or disapprove
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1budget is received by the county board. If the county board
2does not act to approve or disapprove the budget within 30
3calendar days of receipt, it shall stand as approved. In
4addition, the board shall submit an annual report to the county
5board by the last day of the fiscal year detailing the
6activities of the district.
 
7    Section 40. Procurement. The board shall conduct all
8procurements in accordance with the requirements of the Local
9Government Professional Services Selection Act and any
10competitive bid requirements contained in Section 5-1022 of the
11Counties Code.
 
12    Section 45. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
13by changing Section 4A-101 as follows:
 
14    (5 ILCS 420/4A-101)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101)
15    Sec. 4A-101. Persons required to file. The following
16persons shall file verified written statements of economic
17interests, as provided in this Article:
18        (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for
19    nomination or election to the General Assembly.
20        (b) Persons holding an elected office in the Executive
21    Branch of this State, and candidates for nomination or
22    election to these offices.
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1    Illinois Constitution, and candidates for nomination or
2    election to such Commission or Board.
3        (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to
4    confirmation by the Senate and persons appointed by the
5    Governor to any other position on a board or commission
6    described in subsection (a) of Section 15 of the
7    Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act.
8        (e) Holders of, and candidates for nomination or
9    election to, the office of judge or associate judge of the
10    Circuit Court and the office of judge of the Appellate or
11    Supreme Court.
12        (f) Persons who are employed by any branch, agency,
13    authority or board of the government of this State,
14    including but not limited to, the Illinois State Toll
15    Highway Authority, the Illinois Housing Development
16    Authority, the Illinois Community College Board, and
17    institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of
18    Trustees of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees
19    of Southern Illinois University, Board of Trustees of
20    Chicago State University, Board of Trustees of Eastern
21    Illinois University, Board of Trustees of Governor's State
22    University, Board of Trustees of Illinois State
23    University, Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
24    University, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
25    University, Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
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1    Mathematics and Science Academy, and are compensated for
2    services as employees and not as independent contractors
3    and who:
4            (1) are, or function as, the head of a department,
5        commission, board, division, bureau, authority or
6        other administrative unit within the government of
7        this State, or who exercise similar authority within
8        the government of this State;
9            (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or
10        direct responsibility for the formulation,
11        negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts
12        entered into by the State in the amount of $5,000 or
13        more;
14            (3) have authority for the issuance or
15        promulgation of rules and regulations within areas
16        under the authority of the State;
17            (4) have authority for the approval of
18        professional licenses;
19            (5) have responsibility with respect to the
20        financial inspection of regulated nongovernmental
21        entities;
22            (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
23        or administrative proceeding, or review the
24        adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
25        or administrative proceeding within the authority of
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1            (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
2        employees of the State;
3            (8) negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming
4        rights or sponsorship rights regarding any property or
5        asset of the State, whether real, personal, tangible,
6        or intangible; or
7            (9) have responsibility with respect to the
8        procurement of goods or services.
9        (g) Persons who are elected to office in a unit of
10    local government, and candidates for nomination or
11    election to that office, including regional
12    superintendents of school districts.
13        (h) Persons appointed to the governing board of a unit
14    of local government, or of a special district, and persons
15    appointed to a zoning board, or zoning board of appeals, or
16    to a regional, county, or municipal plan commission, or to
17    a board of review of any county, and persons appointed to
18    the Board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
19    and any Trustee appointed under Section 22 of the
20    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, and
21    persons appointed to a board or commission of a unit of
22    local government who have authority to authorize the
23    expenditure of public funds. This subsection does not apply
24    to members of boards or commissions who function in an
25    advisory capacity.
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1    government and are compensated for services as employees
2    and not as independent contractors and who:
3            (1) are, or function as, the head of a department,
4        division, bureau, authority or other administrative
5        unit within the unit of local government, or who
6        exercise similar authority within the unit of local
7        government;
8            (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or
9        direct responsibility for the formulation,
10        negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts
11        entered into by the unit of local government in the
12        amount of $1,000 or greater;
13            (3) have authority to approve licenses and permits
14        by the unit of local government; this item does not
15        include employees who function in a ministerial
16        capacity;
17            (4) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
18        or administrative proceeding, or review the
19        adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
20        or administrative proceeding within the authority of
21        the unit of local government;
22            (5) have authority to issue or promulgate rules and
23        regulations within areas under the authority of the
24        unit of local government; or
25            (6) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
26        employees of the unit of local government.

 

 

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1        (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
2    Mathematics and Science Academy.
3        (k) Persons employed by a school district in positions
4    that require that person to hold an administrative or a
5    chief school business official endorsement.
6        (l) Special government agents. A "special government
7    agent" is a person who is directed, retained, designated,
8    appointed, or employed, with or without compensation, by or
9    on behalf of a statewide executive branch constitutional
10    officer to make an ex parte communication under Section
11    5-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act or
12    Section 5-165 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
13    Act.
14        (m) Members of the board of commissioners of any flood
15    prevention district created under the Flood Prevention
16    District Act or the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
17    District Act.
18        (n) Members of the board of any retirement system or
19    investment board established under the Illinois Pension
20    Code, if not required to file under any other provision of
21    this Section.
22        (o) Members of the board of any pension fund
23    established under the Illinois Pension Code, if not
24    required to file under any other provision of this Section.
25    This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of
26local government from enacting financial disclosure

 

 

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1requirements that mandate more information than required by
2this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; 96-6, eff. 4-3-09; 96-543,
4eff. 8-17-09; 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
5    Section 50. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
6amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 105/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 2)
8    Sec. 2. No alderman of any city, or member of the board of
9trustees of any village, during the term of office for which he
10or she is elected, may accept, be appointed to, or hold any
11office by the appointment of the mayor or president of the
12board of trustees, unless the alderman or board member is
13granted a leave of absence from such office, or unless he or
14she first resigns from the office of alderman or member of the
15board of trustees, or unless the holding of another office is
16authorized by law. The alderman or board member may, however,
17serve as a volunteer fireman and receive compensation for that
18service. The alderman may also serve as a commissioner of the
19Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District board. Any
20appointment in violation of this Section is void. Nothing in
21this Act shall be construed to prohibit an elected municipal
22official from holding elected office in another unit of local
23government as long as there is no contractual relationship
24between the municipality and the other unit of local

 

 

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1government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of
2existing law and is not a new enactment.
3(Source: P.A. 89-89, eff. 6-30-95.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.