Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1153

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1153

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Terra Costa Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act.

Section 5. Posting of elected official vacancies. A unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the website is maintained by the unit of local government's full-time staff. The posting shall remain on the website until the vacancy is filled.

Section 10. Posting on county website. In addition to the postings required under Section 5, a unit of local government shall submit every elected official vacancy to the county clerk in the county in which the unit is located and the county clerk shall post the information on the county website. The posting shall remain on the website until the unit of local government informs the county clerk that the vacancy has been filled.

Section 15. Filling of elected official vacancies after posting. If the unit of local government has a website maintained by the unit of local government's full-time staff, then the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the website for at least 15 days. If the unit of local government does not have a website maintained by the unit of local government's full-time staff, then the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the county website for at least 15 days.

Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate the posting of elected official vacancies in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.