95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0825

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 110/1   from Ch. 102, par. 4.10

    Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 110/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
7     Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The The General
8 Assembly finds and declares that questions raised regarding the
9 legality of simultaneously holding the office of county board
10 member and township supervisor are unwarranted, and in counties
11 of less than 100,000 population such questions regarding the
12 legality of simultaneously holding the office of county board
13 member and township trustee are unwarranted; that the General
14 Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor, and in
15 counties of less than 100,000 population the office of township
16 trustee, and the office of county board member as compatible;
17 and that to settle the question of legality and avoid confusion
18 among such counties and townships as may be affected by such
19 questions it is lawful to hold the office of county board
20 member simultaneously with the office of township supervisor,
21 and in counties of less than 100,000 population with the office
22 of township trustee, in accordance with this Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 82-554.)