Full Text of HB4905 103rd General Assembly
HB4905 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4905 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 50 ILCS 105/2a | from Ch. 102, par. 2a |
| Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the township, may serve as a member of a board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, or board of school inspectors. Effective immediately. |
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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 Prohibited Activities Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 2a as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 105/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 2a) | 7 | | Sec. 2a. Township officials. | 8 | | (a) No township supervisor or trustee, during the term of | 9 | | office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed | 10 | | to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of | 11 | | township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the | 12 | | office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is | 13 | | specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may, | 14 | | however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive | 15 | | compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of | 16 | | this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to | 17 | | prohibit an elected township official from holding elected | 18 | | office in another unit of local government as long as there is | 19 | | no contractual relationship between the township and the other | 20 | | unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is | 21 | | declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment. | 22 | | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 23 | | of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or |
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| 1 | | appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position, | 2 | | including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a | 3 | | highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, | 4 | | shall not be employed by the township, except that a | 5 | | supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and | 6 | | receive compensation for that service as provided in | 7 | | subsection (a). | 8 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a township | 9 | | official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 | 10 | | inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the | 11 | | township, may serve as a member of a board of education, | 12 | | regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, | 13 | | or board of school inspectors. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19 .) | 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law. |
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