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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1357 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 50 ILCS 110/1 | from Ch. 102, par. 4.10 |
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Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1357 | | LRB102 03373 AWJ 13386 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The
The General |
| 8 | | Assembly finds and
declares that questions raised regarding |
| 9 | | the legality of simultaneously
holding the office of county |
| 10 | | board member and township supervisor are
unwarranted, and in |
| 11 | | counties of less than 100,000 population such questions
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| 12 | | regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of |
| 13 | | county board
member and township trustee are unwarranted;
that |
| 14 | | the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor, |
| 15 | | and
in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of |
| 16 | | township trustee,
and the office of county board member as |
| 17 | | compatible; and that to settle
the question
of legality and |
| 18 | | avoid confusion among such counties and townships as may
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| 19 | | affected by such questions it is lawful to hold the office of |
| 20 | | county
board member simultaneously with the office of township |
| 21 | | supervisor, and
in counties of less than 100,000 population |
| 22 | | with the office of township
trustee, in accordance with this |
| 23 | | Act. |