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1 AN ACT in relation to municipal officers, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
8 Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
9 (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
10 office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
11 municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
12 year next preceding the election.
13 (b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
14 office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax
15 or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
16 convicted in any court located in the United States of any
17 infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
18 (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman
19 of a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has
20 resided in the municipality, as the case may be, at least one
21 year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
22 provided in subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75.
23 (d) In municipalities with a population of more than
24 500,000, a person is not eligible for the office of alderman
25 of a ward unless that person resides in the ward from which
26 he or she is elected, except that in an election following a
27 redistricting, whether the redistricting is under the Revised
28 Cities and Villages Act of 1941 or pursuant to court order, a
29 person may be eligible for the office of alderman of any ward
30 that contains a part of the ward in which he or she resided
31 at the time of the redistricting. A person who, following
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1 redistricting, is elected to the office of alderman of a ward
2 in which he or she does not reside must reside within the
3 ward no later than 12 months following the election, or the
4 alderman will be considered to have removed his or her
5 residence from the ward.
6 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
7 Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
8 is amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, and 21-22 as
9 follows:
10 (65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
11 Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
12 (a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
13 1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
14 The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for
15 mayor at the consolidated primary election shall be declared
16 mayor. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a
17 runoff election shall be held at the consolidated election,
18 when only the names of the candidates receiving the highest
19 and second highest number of votes at the consolidated
20 primary election shall appear on the ballot. If more than
21 one candidate received the highest or second highest number
22 of votes at the consolidated primary election, the names of
23 all candidates receiving the highest and second highest
24 number of votes shall appear on the ballot at the
25 consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest
26 number of votes at the consolidated election shall be
27 declared elected.
28 (b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 four
29 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
30 month following his or her election, and until his or her
31 successor is elected and qualified.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
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1 (65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
2 Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;
3 Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
4 elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The
5 candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk
6 and treasurer at the consolidated primary election shall be
7 declared the clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a
8 majority of the votes for one of the offices, a runoff
9 election shall be held at the consolidated election, when
10 only the names of the candidates receiving the highest and
11 second highest number of votes for that office at the
12 consolidated primary election shall appear on the ballot. If
13 more than one candidate received the highest or second
14 highest number of votes for one of the offices at the
15 consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
16 receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
17 that office shall appear on the ballot at the consolidated
18 election. The candidate receiving the highest number of
19 votes at the consolidated election shall be declared elected.
20 The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
21 of 4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of
22 the month following the election and until a successor is
23 elected and qualified. No person, however, shall be elected
24 to the office of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-95, eff. 1-1-96.)
26 (65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)
27 Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.
28 (a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the
29 year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman
30 shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by
31 this Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of
32 4 years beginning at noon on the first Monday in May of the
33 month following the election of city officers, and until
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1 their successors are elected and have qualified. All
2 elections for aldermen shall be in accordance with the
3 provisions of law in force and operative in the City of
4 Chicago for such elections at the time the elections are
5 held.
6 (b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall
7 be filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in
8 Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An
9 appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days
10 after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an
11 appointment be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and
12 function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
13 Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
14 Constitution of the power of a home rule municipality to
15 require that an appointment be made within a different period
16 after the vacancy occurs.
17 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1119; 88-45.)
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