Public Act 099-0449
 
HB3444 EnrolledLRB099 11144 AWJ 31613 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 Sections 3.1-10-5, 3.1-10-50, and 3.1-10-51 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 or appointment, except as 
provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 
3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.

    (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for 
a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for 
taking the oath of office, 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.

    (b-5) (Blank). A person is not eligible to hold a municipal 
office, if that person is, at any time during the term of 
office, 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 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. 97-1091, eff. 8-24-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)

 



    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-50)



    Sec. 3.1-10-50. Events upon which an elective office 
becomes vacant in municipality with population under 500,000. 

    (a) Vacancy by resignation. A resignation is not effective 
unless it is in
writing, signed by the person holding the 
elective office, and notarized.

        (1) Unconditional resignation. An unconditional 
    resignation by a person holding the elective office may 
    specify a future date, not later than 60 days after the 
    date the resignation is received by the officer authorized 
    to fill the vacancy, at
which time it becomes operative, 
    but the resignation may not be withdrawn after it is

    received by the officer authorized to fill the vacancy. The 
    effective date of a resignation that does not specify a 
    future date at which it becomes operative is the date the

    resignation is received by the officer authorized to fill 
    the vacancy. The effective date of
a resignation that has a 
    specified future effective date is that specified future 
    date or the date the resignation is received by the officer 
    authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date occurs 
    later.
        (2) Conditional resignation. A resignation that does 
    not become
effective unless a specified event occurs can be 
    withdrawn at any time prior to the occurrence of the 
    specified event, but if not withdrawn, the effective date 
    of the
resignation is the date of the occurrence of the 
    specified event or the date the resignation is received by 
    the officer authorized to fill the vacancy, whichever date 
    occurs later.
        (3) Vacancy upon the effective date. For the purpose of 
    determining the time period that would require an election 
    to fill the vacancy by resignation or the commencement of 
    the 60-day time period referred to in subsection (e), the 
    resignation of an elected officer is deemed to have created 
    a vacancy as of the effective date of the resignation.
        (4) Duty of the clerk. If a resignation is delivered to 
    the clerk of the municipality, the clerk shall forward a 
    certified copy of the written resignation to the official 
    who is authorized to fill the vacancy within 7 business 
    days after receipt of the resignation.
    (b) Vacancy by death or disability. A vacancy occurs in an 
office by reason
of the death of the incumbent. The date of the 
death may be established by the date shown on the death

certificate. A vacancy occurs in an office by permanent 
physical or
mental disability rendering the person incapable of 
performing the duties of the office.
The corporate authorities 
have the authority to make the determination whether an officer 
is incapable of performing the duties of the office because of 
a permanent physical or mental disability. A finding of mental 
disability shall not be made prior to the appointment by a 
court of a guardian ad litem for the officer or until a duly 
licensed
doctor certifies, in writing, that the officer is 
mentally impaired to the extent that the
officer is unable to 
effectively perform the duties of the office. If the corporate

authorities find that an officer is incapable of performing the 
duties of the office due to permanent
physical or mental 
disability, that person is removed from the office and the 
vacancy of the office occurs on the date of the determination.
    (c) Vacancy by other causes.
        (1) Abandonment and other causes. A vacancy occurs in 
    an office by reason of abandonment of office; removal from 
    office; or failure to qualify; or more than
temporary 
    removal of residence from the municipality; or in the case 
    of an alderman of a ward or councilman or trustee of a 
    district, more than temporary removal of residence
from the 
    ward or district, as the case may be. The corporate 
    authorities have the authority to determine whether a 
    vacancy under this subsection has occurred. If the 
    corporate authorities determine that a vacancy exists, the 
    office is deemed vacant as of the date of that 
    determination for all purposes including the calculation 
    under subsections (e), (f), and (g).
        (2) Guilty of a criminal offense. An admission of guilt 
    of a criminal
offense that upon conviction would disqualify 
    the municipal officer from holding the
office, in the form 
    of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to 
    plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other 
    infamous crime under State or federal law, constitutes a 
    resignation from that office, effective on the date the 
    plea agreement is made. For purposes of this Section, a 
    conviction for an offense that disqualifies a municipal 
    officer from holding that office occurs on the date of the 
    return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by 
    the court, on the entry of a finding of guilt.
        (3) Election declared void. A vacancy occurs on the 
    date of the decision of a competent tribunal declaring the 
    election of the officer void.
        (4) Owing a debt to the municipality. A vacancy occurs 
    if a municipal official fails to pay a debt to a 
    municipality in which the official has been elected or 
    appointed to an elected position subject to the following:
            (A) Before a vacancy may occur under this paragraph 
        (4), the municipal clerk shall deliver, by personal 
        service, a written notice to the municipal official 
        that (i) the municipal official is in arrears of a debt 
        to the municipality, (ii) that municipal official must 
        either pay or contest the debt within 30 days after 
        receipt of the notice or the municipal official will be 
        disqualified and his or her office vacated, and (iii) 
        if the municipal official chooses to contest the debt, 
        the municipal official must provide written notice to 
        the municipal clerk of the contesting of the debt. A 
        copy of the notice, and the notice to contest, shall 
        also be mailed by the municipal clerk to the appointed 
        municipal attorney by certified mail. If the municipal 
        clerk is the municipal official indebted to the 
        municipality, the mayor or president of the 
        municipality shall assume the duties of the municipal 
        clerk required under this paragraph (4).
            (B) In the event that the municipal official 
        chooses to contest the debt, a hearing shall be held 
        within 30 days of the municipal clerk's receipt of the 
        written notice of contest from the municipal official. 
        An appointed municipal hearing officer shall preside 
        over the hearing, and shall hear testimony and accept 
        evidence relevant to the existence of the debt owed by 
        the municipal officer to the municipality.
            (C) Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing 
        officer shall make a determination on the basis of the 
        evidence presented as to whether or not the municipal 
        official is in arrears of a debt to the municipality.  
        The determination shall be in writing and shall be 
        designated as findings, decision, and order. The 
        findings, decision, and order shall include: (i) the 
        hearing officer's findings of fact; (ii) a decision of 
        whether or not the municipal official is in arrears of 
        a debt to the municipality based upon the findings of 
        fact; and (iii) an order that either directs the 
        municipal official to pay the debt within 30 days or be 
        disqualified and his or her office vacated or dismisses 
        the matter if a debt owed to the municipality is not 
        proved. A copy of the hearing officer's written 
        determination shall be served upon the municipal 
        official in open proceedings before the hearing 
        officer. If the municipal official does not appear for 
        receipt of the written determination, the written 
        determination shall be deemed to have been served on 
        the municipal official on the date when a copy of the 
        written determination is personally served on the 
        municipal official or on the date when a copy of the 
        written determination is deposited in the United 
        States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the 
        municipal official at the address on record with the 
        municipality.
            (D) A municipal official aggrieved by the 
        determination of a hearing officer may secure judicial 
        review of such determination in the circuit court of 
        the county in which the hearing was held. The municipal 
        official seeking judicial review must file a petition 
        with the clerk of the court and must serve a copy of 
        the petition upon the municipality by registered or 
        certified mail within 5 days after service of the 
        determination of the hearing officer. The petition 
        shall contain a brief statement of the reasons why the 
        determination of the hearing officer should be 
        reversed. The municipal official shall file proof of 
        service with the clerk of the court. No answer to the 
        petition need be filed, but the municipality shall 
        cause the record of proceedings before the hearing 
        officer to be filed with the clerk of the court on or 
        before the date of the hearing on the petition or as 
        ordered by the court.
    The court shall set the matter 
        for hearing to be held within 30 days after the filing 
        of the petition and shall make its decision promptly 
        after such hearing.
            (E) If a municipal official chooses to pay the 
        debt, or is ordered to pay the debt after the hearing, 
        the municipal official must present proof of payment to 
        the municipal clerk that the debt was paid in full, 
        and, if applicable, within the required time period as 
        ordered by a hearing officer or circuit court judge.
            (F) A municipal official will be disqualified and 
        his or her office vacated pursuant to this paragraph 
        (4) on the later of the following times if the 
        municipal official: (i) fails to pay or contest the 
        debt within 30 days of the municipal official's receipt 
        of the notice of the debt; (ii) fails to pay the debt 
        within 30 days after being served with a written 
        determination under subparagraph (C) ordering the 
        municipal official to pay the debt; or (iii) fails to 
        pay the debt within 30 days after being served with a 
        decision pursuant to subparagraph (D) upholding a 
        hearing officer's determination that the municipal 
        officer has failed to pay a debt owed to a 
        municipality.
            (G) For purposes of this paragraph, a "debt" shall 
        mean an arrearage in a definitely ascertainable and 
        quantifiable amount after service of written notice 
        thereof, in the payment of any indebtedness due to the 
        municipality, which has been adjudicated before a 
        tribunal with jurisdiction over the matter. A 
        municipal official is considered in arrears of a debt 
        to a municipality if a debt is more than 30 days 
        overdue from the date the debt was due. 
    (d) Election of an acting mayor or acting president. The 
election of an acting mayor or acting president pursuant to 
subsection (f) or (g) does not create a vacancy in the original 
office of the person on the city council or as a trustee, as 
the case may be, unless the person resigns from the original 
office following election as acting mayor
or acting president. 
If the person resigns from the original office following

election as acting mayor or acting president, then the original 
office must be filled pursuant to the terms of this Section and 
the acting mayor or acting president shall
 exercise the powers 
of the mayor or president and shall vote and have veto power in 
the manner provided by law for a mayor or president. If the 
person does not resign from
the original office following 
election as acting mayor or acting president, then the
acting 
mayor or acting president shall exercise the powers of the 
mayor or president but shall be entitled to vote only in the 
manner provided for as the holder of the original office and 
shall not have the power to veto. If the person does not resign 
from the
original office following election as acting mayor or 
acting president, and if that person's original term of office 
has not expired when a mayor or president is elected and has

qualified for office, the acting mayor or acting-president 
shall return to the original office for the remainder of the 
term thereof.
    (e) Appointment to fill alderman or trustee vacancy. An 
appointment by the
mayor or president or acting mayor or acting 
president, as the case may be, of a qualified person as 
described in Section 3.1-10-5 of this Code to fill a vacancy in 
the office of alderman or trustee must be made within 60 days 
after the vacancy occurs. Once the appointment of the qualified 
person has been forwarded to the corporate
authorities, the 
corporate authorities shall act upon the appointment within 30 
days. If the appointment fails to receive the advice and 
consent of the corporate authorities within 30 days, the mayor 
or president or acting mayor or acting president shall appoint 
and forward to the corporate authorities a second qualified 
person as described in Section 3.1-10-5. Once the appointment 
of the second qualified person has been
forwarded to the 
corporate authorities, the corporate authorities shall act 
upon the
appointment within 30 days. If the appointment of the 
second qualified person also fails to receive the advice and 
consent of the corporate authorities, then the mayor or 
president or acting mayor or acting president, without the 
advice and consent of the corporate authorities, may make a 
temporary appointment from those persons who were appointed but 
whose appointments failed to receive the advice and consent of 
the corporate authorities. The person receiving the temporary 
appointment shall serve until an appointment has received the 
advice and consent and the appointee has qualified or until a 
person has been elected and has qualified, whichever first 
occurs.
    (f) Election to fill vacancies in municipal offices with 
4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs in an elective municipal 
office with a 4-year term and there remains an unexpired 
portion of the term of at least 28 months, and the vacancy 
occurs at least 130 days before
the general municipal election 
next scheduled under the general election law, then the vacancy 
shall be filled for the remainder of the term at that general 
municipal election. Whenever
an election is held for this 
purpose, the municipal clerk shall certify the office to be 
filled and the candidates for the office to the proper election 
authorities as provided in the general election law. If a 
vacancy occurs with less than 28 months remaining in the

unexpired portion of the term or less than 130 days before the 
general municipal election, then:
        (1) Mayor or president. If the
vacancy is in the office 
    of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled by the

    corporate authorities electing one of their members as 
    acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth in 
    subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president shall 
    perform the duties and possess all the rights and powers of 
    the mayor or president until a mayor or president is 
    elected at the next general municipal election and has 
    qualified. However, in
villages with a population of less 
    than 5,000, if each of the trustees either declines the

    election as acting president or is not elected by a 
    majority vote of the trustees presently
holding office, 
    then the trustees may elect, as acting president, any other 
    village resident who is qualified to hold municipal office, 
    and the acting president shall exercise the powers of the 
    president and shall vote and have veto power in the manner 
    provided by law for a president.
        (2) Alderman or trustee. If the vacancy is in the 
    office of alderman or
trustee, the vacancy must be filled 
    by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting 
    president, as the case may be, in accordance with 
    subsection (e).
        (3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any 
    elective municipal office other than mayor or president or 
    alderman or trustee, the mayor or president or acting mayor 
    or acting president, as the case may be, must appoint a 
    qualified person to hold the office until the office is 
    filled by election, subject to the advice and consent of

    the city council or the board of trustees, as the case may 
    be.
    (g) Vacancies in municipal offices with 2-year terms. In 
the case of an elective municipal office with a 2-year term, if 
the vacancy occurs at least 130 days before the general 
municipal election next scheduled under the general election 
law, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term 
at
that general municipal election. If the vacancy occurs less 
than 130 days before the general municipal election, then:
        (1) Mayor or president. If the
vacancy is in the office 
    of mayor or president, the vacancy must be filled by the

    corporate authorities electing one of their members as 
    acting mayor or acting president. Except as set forth in 
    subsection (d), the acting mayor or acting president shall 
    perform the duties and possess all the rights and powers of 
    the mayor or president until a mayor or president is 
    elected at the next general municipal election and has 
    qualified. However, in villages with a population of less 
    than 5,000, if each of the trustees either declines the

    election as acting president or is not elected by a 
    majority vote of the trustees presently holding office, 
    then the trustees may elect, as acting president, any other 
    village resident who is qualified to hold municipal office, 
    and the acting president shall exercise the powers of the 
    president and shall vote and have veto power in the manner 
    provided by law for a president.
        (2) Alderman or trustee. If the vacancy is in the 
    office of alderman or trustee, the vacancy must be filled 
    by the mayor or president or acting mayor or acting 
    president, as the case may be, in accordance with 
    subsection (e).
        (3) Other elective office. If the vacancy is in any 
    elective municipal office other than mayor or president or 
    alderman or trustee, the mayor or president or acting mayor 
    or acting president, as the case may be, must appoint a 
    qualified person to
hold the office until the office is 
    filled by election, subject to the advice and consent of 
    the city council or the board of trustees, as the case may 
    be.
    (h) In cases of vacancies arising by reason of an election 
being declared void pursuant to  paragraph (3) of subsection 
(c), persons holding elective office prior thereto shall hold

office until their successors are elected and qualified or 
appointed and confirmed by advice and consent, as the case may 
be.

    (i) This Section applies only to municipalities with 
populations under 500,000.






(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-646, eff. 1-1-08.)

 
    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-51)
    Sec. 3.1-10-51. Vacancies in municipalities with a 
population of 500,000 or more.
    (a) Events upon which an elective office in a municipality 
of 500,000 or more shall become vacant:
        (1) A municipal officer may resign from office. A 
    vacancy occurs in an office by
reason of resignation, 
    failure to elect or qualify (in which case the incumbent 
    shall remain
in office until the vacancy is filled), death, 
    permanent physical or mental disability
rendering the 
    person incapable of performing the duties of his or her 
    office, conviction of a disqualifying crime, abandonment 
    of office, removal from office, or removal of residence 
    from the municipality or, in the case of an alderman of a 
    ward, removal of residence from the ward.
        (2) An admission of guilt of a criminal offense that 
    would, upon conviction, disqualify the municipal officer 
    from holding that office, in the form of a written 
    agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty 
    to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime 
    under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation 
    from that office, effective at the time the plea agreement 
    is made. For purposes of this Section, a conviction for an 
    offense that disqualifies the municipal officer from 
    holding that office occurs on the date of the return of a 
    guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial
by the court, the 
    entry of a finding of guilt.
        (3) Owing a debt to the municipality. A vacancy occurs 
    if a municipal official fails to pay a debt to a 
    municipality in which the official has been elected or 
    appointed to an elected position subject to the following:
            (A) Before a vacancy may occur under this paragraph 
        (3), the municipal clerk shall deliver, by personal 
        service, a written notice to the municipal official 
        that (i) the municipal official is in arrears of a debt 
        to the municipality, (ii) that municipal official must 
        either pay or contest the debt within 30 days after 
        receipt of the notice or the municipal official will be 
        disqualified and his or her office vacated, and (iii) 
        if the municipal official chooses to contest the debt, 
        the municipal official must provide written notice to 
        the municipal clerk of the contesting of the debt. A 
        copy of the notice, and the notice to contest, shall 
        also be mailed by the municipal clerk to the appointed 
        municipal attorney by certified mail. If the municipal 
        clerk is the municipal official indebted to the 
        municipality, the mayor or president of the 
        municipality shall assume the duties of the municipal 
        clerk required under this paragraph (3).
            (B) In the event that the municipal official 
        chooses to contest the debt, a hearing shall be held 
        within 30 days of the municipal clerk's receipt of the 
        written notice of contest from the municipal official. 
        An appointed municipal hearing officer shall preside 
        over the hearing, and shall hear testimony and accept 
        evidence relevant to the existence of the debt owed by 
        the municipal officer to the municipality.
            (C) Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing 
        officer shall make a determination on the basis of the 
        evidence presented as to whether or not the municipal 
        official is in arrears of a debt to the municipality.  
        The determination shall be in writing and shall be 
        designated as findings, decision, and order. The 
        findings, decision, and order shall include: (i) the 
        hearing officer's findings of fact; (ii) a decision of 
        whether or not the municipal official is in arrears of 
        a debt to the municipality based upon the findings of 
        fact; and (iii) an order that either directs the 
        municipal official to pay the debt within 30 days or be 
        disqualified and his or her office vacated or dismisses 
        the matter if a debt owed to the municipality is not 
        proved. A copy of the hearing officer's written 
        determination shall be served upon the municipal 
        official in open proceedings before the hearing 
        officer. If the municipal official does not appear for 
        receipt of the written determination, the written 
        determination shall be deemed to have been served on 
        the municipal official on the date when a copy of the 
        written determination is personally served on the 
        municipal official or on the date when a copy of the 
        written determination is deposited in the United 
        States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the 
        municipal official at the address on record in the 
        files of the municipality.
            (D) A municipal official aggrieved by the 
        determination of a hearing officer may secure judicial 
        review of such determination in the circuit court of 
        the county in which the hearing was held. The municipal 
        official seeking judicial review must file a petition 
        with the clerk of the court and must serve a copy of 
        the petition upon the municipality by registered or 
        certified mail within 5 days after service of the 
        determination of the hearing officer. The petition 
        shall contain a brief statement of the reasons why the 
        determination of the hearing officer should be 
        reversed. The municipal official shall file proof of 
        service with the clerk of the court. No answer to the 
        petition need be filed, but the municipality shall 
        cause the record of proceedings before the hearing 
        officer to be filed with the clerk of the court on or 
        before the date of the hearing on the petition or as 
        ordered by the court.
    The court shall set the matter 
        for hearing to be held within 30 days after the filing 
        of the petition and shall make its decision promptly 
        after such hearing.
            (E) If a municipal official chooses to pay the 
        debt, or is ordered to pay the debt after the hearing, 
        the municipal official must present proof of payment to 
        the municipal clerk that the debt was paid in full, 
        and, if applicable, within the required time period as 
        ordered by a hearing officer.
            (F) A municipal official will be disqualified and 
        his or her office vacated pursuant to this paragraph 
        (3) on the later of the following times the municipal 
        official: (i) fails to pay or contest the debt within 
        30 days of the municipal official's receipt of the 
        notice of the debt; (ii) fails to pay the debt within 
        30 days after being served with a written determination 
        under subparagraph (C) ordering the municipal official 
        to pay the debt; or (iii) fails to pay the debt within 
        30 days after being served with a decision pursuant to 
        subparagraph (D) upholding a hearing officer's 
        determination that the municipal officer has failed to 
        pay a debt owed to a municipality.
            (G) For purposes of this paragraph, a "debt" shall 
        mean an arrearage in a definitely ascertainable and 
        quantifiable amount after service of written notice 
        thereof, in the payment of any indebtedness due to the 
        municipality, which has been adjudicated before a 
        tribunal with jurisdiction over the matter. A 
        municipal official is considered in arrears of a debt 
        to a municipality if a debt is more than 30 days 
        overdue from the date the debt was due. 
    (b) If a vacancy occurs in an elective municipal office 
with a 4-year term and
there remains an unexpired portion of 
the term of at least 28 months, and the vacancy occurs at least 
130 days before the general municipal election next scheduled 
under the general election law, then the vacancy shall be 
filled for the remainder of the term at that
general municipal 
election. Whenever an election is held for this purpose, the 
municipal
clerk shall certify the office to be filled and the 
candidates for the office to the proper
election authorities as 
provided in the general election law. If the vacancy is in the 
office
of mayor, the city council shall elect one of their 
members acting mayor. The acting mayor shall perform the duties 
and possess all the rights and powers of the mayor until a 
successor to fill the vacancy has been elected and has 
qualified. If the
vacancy is in any other elective municipal 
office, then until the office is filled by election,
the mayor 
shall appoint a qualified person to the office subject to the 
advice
and consent of the city council.
    (c) If a vacancy occurs later than the time provided in 
subsection (b) in a 4-year term, a vacancy in the office of 
mayor shall be filled by the corporate authorities electing one 
of their members acting mayor. The acting mayor shall perform 
the duties and possess all the rights and powers of the mayor 
until a mayor is elected at the next general municipal election 
and has qualified. A vacancy occurring later than the time 
provided in subsection (b) in a 4-year term in any elective 
office other than mayor shall be filled by appointment by the 
mayor, with the advice and consent of the corporate 
authorities.

    (d) A municipal officer appointed or elected under this 
Section shall hold office
until the officer's  successor is 
elected and has qualified.
    (e) An appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of 
alderman shall be made within 60 days after the vacancy occurs. 
The requirement that an appointment be made
within 60 days is 
an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial 
and
limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of 
the Illinois Constitution of the power of a home rule 
municipality to require that an appointment be made within a 
different period after the vacancy occurs.
    (f) This Section applies only to municipalities with a 
population of 500,000 or more.

(Source: P.A. 95-646, eff. 1-1-08.)
 

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