100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0059

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 5/5-605  was 20 ILCS 5/12

    Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the appointment of officers by the Governor. Makes a technical change.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 5/5-605)  (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
7    Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose
8office is created by the the Civil Administrative Code of
9Illinois or by any amendment to the Code shall be appointed by
10the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
11In case of vacancies in those offices during the recess of the
12Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until
13the next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall
14nominate some person to fill the office, and any person so
15nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office
16during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor
17is appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at
18the time the Code or any amendments to the Code take effect,
19the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case
20of a vacancy.
21    During the absence or inability to act of the director of
22any department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the
23Secretary of Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any

 

 

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1such office until a successor is appointed and qualified, the
2Governor may designate some person as acting director or acting
3secretary to execute the powers and discharge the duties vested
4by law in that director or secretary.
5    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not
6designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary
7under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the
8director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by
9the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is
10subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of
11the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
12(Source: P.A. 97-582, eff. 8-26-11.)