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.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

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


6    (50 ILCS 105/2a)  (from Ch. 102, par. 2a)




7    Sec. 2a. Township officials. 
8    (a) No township
supervisor or trustee, during the term of 
9office for which he or
she is elected, may accept, be appointed 
10to, or hold any office
by the appointment of the board of 
11township trustees unless he or
she first resigns from the 
12office of supervisor or trustee or
unless the appointment is 
13specifically authorized by law. A
supervisor or trustee may, 
14however, serve as a volunteer firefighter
and receive 
15compensation for that service.  Any appointment in
violation of 
16this Section is void.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
17prohibit an elected township
official from holding elected 
18office in another unit of local government as
long as there is 
19no contractual relationship between the township and the other

20unit of local government.  This amendatory Act of 1995 is 
21declarative of
existing law and is not a new enactment.
22    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
23of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or 
 
 
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1appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position, 
2including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a 
3highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, 
4shall not be employed by the township, except that a 
5supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter
and 
6receive compensation for that service as provided in 
7subsection (a). 

8    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
9township official for a township with a population of less 
10than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to a 
11trustee for such a township, may serve as a member of a board 
12of education, member of a regional board of school trustees, 
13member of a board of school directors, or member of a board of 
14school inspectors. 
15(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)

 
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.