HB5784 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is amended by changing Section 2a as follows:

(50 ILCS 105/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 2a)

Sec. 2a. Township officials.

(a) No township supervisor or trustee, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may, however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an elected township official from holding elected office in another unit of local government as long as there is no contractual relationship between the township and the other unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.

(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position, including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, shall not be employed by the township, except that a supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive compensation for that service as provided in subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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.

(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)

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