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Rep. Blaine Wilhour
Filed: 3/10/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1721
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1721 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act |
| 5 | | is amended by changing Section 2a as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 105/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 2a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2a. Township officials. |
| 8 | | (a) No township
supervisor or trustee, during the term of |
| 9 | | office for which he or
she is elected, may accept, be appointed |
| 10 | | to, or hold any office
by the appointment of the board of |
| 11 | | township trustees unless he or
she first resigns from the |
| 12 | | office of supervisor or trustee or
unless the appointment is |
| 13 | | specifically authorized by law. A
supervisor or trustee may, |
| 14 | | however, serve as a volunteer firefighter
and receive |
| 15 | | compensation for that service. Any appointment in
violation of |
| 16 | | this Section is void.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to |
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| 1 | | prohibit an elected township
official from holding elected |
| 2 | | office in another unit of local government as
long as there is |
| 3 | | no contractual relationship between the township and the other
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| 4 | | unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is |
| 5 | | declarative of
existing law and is not a new enactment. |
| 6 | | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 7 | | of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or |
| 8 | | appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position, |
| 9 | | including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a |
| 10 | | highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, |
| 11 | | shall not be employed by the township, except that a |
| 12 | | supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter
and |
| 13 | | receive compensation for that service as provided in |
| 14 | | subsection (a).
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| 15 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any |
| 16 | | township official for a township with a population of less |
| 17 | | than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a |
| 18 | | trustee for such a township, may serve as a member of a board |
| 19 | | of education, member of a regional board of school trustees, |
| 20 | | member of a board of school directors, or member of a board of |
| 21 | | school inspectors. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19.)
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| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 24 | | becoming law.".
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