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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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 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
9office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed
10to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of
11township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the
12office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is
13specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may,
14however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive
15compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of
16this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
17prohibit an elected township official from holding elected
18office in another unit of local government as long as there is
19no contractual relationship between the township and the other
20unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is
21declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
22    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or

 

 

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1appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position,
2including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a
3highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector,
4shall not be employed by the township, except that a
5supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and
6receive compensation for that service as provided in
7subsection (a).
8    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a township
9official for a township with a population of less than 2,500
10inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the
11township, may serve as a member of a board of education,
12regional board of school trustees, board of school directors,
13or board of school inspectors.
14(Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.