Public Act 095-0061
 		





SB0253 Enrolled
LRB095 04722 HLH 24781 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)


    Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office. 

    (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal 
office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the 
municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
one 
year next preceding the election.

    (b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal 
office if that
person is in arrears
in the payment of a tax or 
other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been 
convicted in any court located in the United States of any 
infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony.

    (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of 
a ward unless that person has resided
in the ward that the 
person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the 
office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided 
in the
municipality, at least one year next
preceding the 
election or appointment, except
as provided in subsection (c) 
of Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, 
Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.

    (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality 
immediately prior to the active duty military service of that 
person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside 
of the municipality during that active duty military service, 
and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty 
military service is again a resident of the municipality, then 
the time during which the person resides outside  the 
municipality during the active duty military service is deemed 
to be time during which the person is a resident of the 
municipality for purposes of determining the residency 
requirement under subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.