|
| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5841 Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. Kambium Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
|
| |
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State, another state, or the federal government is eligible to serve on a District Council if the person is not incarcerated. Defines "District Council". Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective immediately.
|
| |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
|
| | HB5841 | | LRB102 29372 AWJ 41362 b |
|
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
|
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
|
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 3.1-10-5.5 as follows:
|
| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.1-10-5.5. City of Chicago District Councils. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "District Council" means a |
| 9 | | District Council established under Section 2-80-070 of the |
| 10 | | Municipal Code of Chicago, as that Section appeared on July |
| 11 | | 21, 2021, or any successor body established by the City of |
| 12 | | Chicago that exercises any one or more of the functions |
| 13 | | delegated to a District Council under that ordinance. |
| 14 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person |
| 15 | | who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this |
| 16 | | State, another state, or the federal government is eligible to |
| 17 | | serve on a District Council if the person is not incarcerated. |
| 18 | | (c) The City of Chicago may not regulate District Councils |
| 19 | | in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a |
| 20 | | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of |
| 21 | | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home |
| 22 | | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
|