102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0566

 

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Sam Yingling

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/3.3 new
50 ILCS 105/4  from Ch. 102, par. 4

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a unit of local government with taxing authority, or any person holding public office with that unit of local government, shall not use public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any unit of local government. Provides that State moneys shall be withheld from the unit of local government until the obstruction, fighting, or challenge is concluded.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 4 and by adding Section 3.3 as
6follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 105/3.3 new)
8    Sec. 3.3. Consolidating, merging, or eliminating units of
9local government.
10    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a unit of
11local government with taxing authority, or any person holding
12public office with that unit of local government, shall not
13use public resources or public funds to obstruct, fight, or
14challenge initiatives to consolidate, merge, or eliminate any
15unit of local government.
16    (b) If a unit of local government with taxing authority,
17or any person holding public office violates subsection (a) of
18this Section, then all State moneys, including, but not
19limited to, moneys from the County and Mass Transit District
20Fund, Local Government Distributive Fund, Local Government Tax
21Fund, State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, and personal
22property replacement tax revenues, shall be withheld from the
23unit of local government until the obstruction, fighting, or

 

 

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1challenge by the unit of local government, or public official,
2is concluded.
 
3    (50 ILCS 105/4)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4)
4    Sec. 4. Any alderman, member of a board of trustees,
5supervisor or county commissioner, or other person holding any
6office, either by election or appointment under the laws or
7constitution of this state, who violates any provision of the
8preceding sections, is guilty of a Class 4 felony and in
9addition thereto, any office or official position held by any
10person so convicted shall become vacant, and shall be so
11declared as part of the judgment of court. This Section does
12not apply to a violation of subsection (b) of Section 2a or
13Section 3.3.
14(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)