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SB3944 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010
SB3944

Introduced 9/16/2010, by Sen. Chris Lauzen

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/2-3020 new
55 ILCS 5/2-4015 new
55 ILCS 5/2-6002.5 new
    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve as a county board member if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a county. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

LRB096 22517 RLJ 41815 b

HOME RULE 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Sections
5 2-3020, 2-4015, and 2-6002.5 as follows:

6     (55 ILCS 5/2-3020 new)
7     Sec. 2-3020. Eligibility requirements for county board
8 members. A person is not eligible to serve as a county board
9 member if that person has been convicted of a felony under the
10 laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the
11 United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
12 indebtedness due to a county.
13     A home rule unit may not adopt eligibility requirements
14 that are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a
15 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
16 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
17 rule units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.

18     (55 ILCS 5/2-4015 new)
19     Sec. 2-4015. Eligibility requirements for county board
20 members. A person is not eligible to serve as a county board
21 member if that person has been convicted of a felony under the
22 laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the

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1 United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
2 indebtedness due to a county.
3     A home rule unit may not adopt eligibility requirements
4 that are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a
5 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
6 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
7 rule units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.

8     (55 ILCS 5/2-6002.5 new)
9     Sec. 2-6002.5. Eligibility requirements for commissioners.
10 A person is not eligible to serve as a commissioner if that
11 person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this
12 State or comparable laws of any other state or the United
13 States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
14 indebtedness due to a county.
15     A home rule unit may not adopt eligibility requirements
16 that are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a
17 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
18 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
19 rule units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.

20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.

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