98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2246

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/1  from Ch. 102, par. 1

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the county board.


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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 1 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 1)
7    Sec. 1. County board. No member of a county board, during
8the the term of office for which he or she is elected, may be
9appointed to, accept, or hold any office other than (i)
10chairman of the county board or member of the regional planning
11commission by appointment or election of the board of which he
12or she is a member, (ii) alderman of a city or member of the
13board of trustees of a village or incorporated town if the
14city, village, or incorporated town has fewer than 1,000
15inhabitants and is located in a county having fewer than 50,000
16inhabitants, or (iii) trustee of a forest preserve district
17created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act,
18unless he or she first resigns from the office of county board
19member or unless the holding of another office is authorized by
20law. Any such prohibited appointment or election is void. This
21Section shall not preclude a member of the county board from
22being selected or from serving as a member of a County
23Extension Board as provided in Section 7 of the County

 

 

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1Cooperative Extension Law, as a member of an Emergency
2Telephone System Board as provided in Section 15.4 of the
3Emergency Telephone System Act, or as appointed members of the
4board of review as provided in Section 6-30 of the Property Tax
5Code. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an
6elected county official from holding elected office in another
7unit of local government so long as there is no contractual
8relationship between the county and the other unit of local
9government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of
10existing law and is not a new enactment.
11(Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)