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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0888 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 310 ILCS 10/4 | from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 4 |
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Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning removal of a commissioner.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0888 | | LRB097 04525 KTG 44564 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning housing.
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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 Housing Authorities Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (310 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4.
Whenever it shall appear to the
the presiding |
| 8 | | officer having appointment
authority that a commissioner of a |
| 9 | | Housing Authority
is incompetent or guilty of
neglect of duty |
| 10 | | or malfeasance, the presiding officer
shall require such |
| 11 | | commissioner to appear before the presiding officer
or his |
| 12 | | designee to show
cause why he should not be removed from |
| 13 | | office. At least fifteen days'
written notice of such a hearing |
| 14 | | shall be given to the commissioner
whose conduct is in question |
| 15 | | and to all other members of the Authority.
At the hearing the |
| 16 | | commissioner may be represented by counsel and may
appear |
| 17 | | personally and present such pertinent evidence as he wishes or |
| 18 | | as
the presiding officer or his designee may request. |
| 19 | | If after a hearing the presiding officer
determines that a |
| 20 | | commissioner has been incompetent or has been guilty
of neglect |
| 21 | | of duty or malfeasance, he shall remove such commissioner
from |
| 22 | | the Authority within seven days, and there shall thereupon be
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| 23 | | deemed to be a vacancy of such office.
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