HB0873eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0873 Engrossed LRB096 07960 RLJ 18064 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Sections 3.1-25-100 and 6-4-7.5 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-100 new)

Sec. 3.1-25-100. Village trustees; attorney. One or more individual members of the board of trustees of any village incorporated under this Division may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity.

(65 ILCS 5/6-4-7.5 new)

Sec. 6-4-7.5. Village trustees; attorney. One or more individual members of the board of trustees of any village incorporated under this Division may not hire a separate attorney using public funds unless the village attorney is disqualified from or recuses himself or herself from representing the member in his or her official capacity.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.