Public Act 094-0529
 
SB0465 Enrolled LRB094 10670 MKM 41037 b

    AN ACT concerning townships.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 3. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
25-2 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/25-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 25-2)
    Sec. 25-2. Events on which an elective office becomes
vacant. Every elective office shall become vacant on the
happening of any of the following events before the expiration
of the term of such office:
        (1) The death of the incumbent.
        (2) His or her resignation.
        (3) His or her becoming a person under legal
    disability.
        (4) His or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the
    State; or if the office is local, his or her ceasing to be
    an inhabitant of the district, county, town, or precinct
    for which he or she was elected; provided, that the
    provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to township
    officers whose township boundaries are changed in
    accordance with Section 10-20 of the Township Code, to a
    township officer after disconnection as set forth in
    Section 15-17 of the Township Code, nor to township or
    multi-township assessors elected under Sections 2-5
    through 2-15 of the Property Tax Code.
        (5) His or her conviction of an infamous crime, or of
    any offense involving a violation of official oath.
        (6) His or her removal from office.
        (7) His or her refusal or neglect to take his or her
    oath of office, or to give or renew his or her official
    bond, or to deposit or file such oath or bond within the
    time prescribed by law.
        (8) The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his
    or her election void.
    No elective office, except as herein otherwise provided,
shall become vacant until the successor of the incumbent of
such office has been appointed or elected, as the case may be,
and qualified.
    An unconditional resignation, effective at a future date,
may not be withdrawn after it is received by the officer
authorized to fill the vacancy. Such resignation shall create a
vacancy in office for the purpose of determining the time
period which would require an election. The resigning office
holder may continue to hold such office until the date or event
specified in such resignation, but no later than the date at
which his or her successor is elected and qualified.
    An admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would,
upon conviction, disqualify the holder of an elective office
from holding that office, in the form of a written agreement
with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony,
bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or
federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office,
effective at the time the plea agreement is made.
    For purposes of this Section, a conviction for an offense
that disqualifies the holder of an elective office from holding
that office shall occur on the date of the return of a guilty
verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a
finding of guilt.
(Source: P.A. 90-707, eff. 8-7-98.)
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
15-17 and by changing Section 15-30 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/15-17 new)
    Sec. 15-17. Township officer after disconnection. A
township officer of a township from which territory is
disconnected shall continue as an officer of the township until
the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected or
appointed and until a successor is elected or appointed and
qualified, without regard to whether the township officer
resides in the township or the territory disconnected from the
township.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/15-30)
    Sec. 15-30. Payment for property taxes collected by
coterminous city. After August 11, 1986, whenever territory is
disconnected from a township and connected to a coterminous
township before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 94th General Assembly, the coterminous city shall provide,
on or before December 31 of each year for a period of 10 years,
to the township from which the territory was disconnected an
amount equal to the real estate tax that was collected on the
property in the tax year immediately preceding the
disconnection. Whenever territory is disconnected from a
township and connected to a coterminous township on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly, the coterminous city shall provide to the township
from which the territory was disconnected, for a period of 10
years: (i) no later than 60 days after the first due date for
real estate taxes in that county for that tax year, an amount
equal to at least 50% of the real estate tax that was collected
on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the
disconnection and (ii) on or before December 31 of each year an
amount equal to 50% of the real estate tax that was collected
on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the
disconnection.
(Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.