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Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Filed: 4/13/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 653
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 653 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 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 2) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2. No alderperson of any city, or member of the board |
| 8 | | of trustees of any village, during the term of office for which |
| 9 | | he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed to, or hold any |
| 10 | | office by the appointment of the mayor or president of the |
| 11 | | board of trustees, unless the alderperson or board member is |
| 12 | | granted a leave of absence from such office, or unless he or |
| 13 | | she first resigns from the office of alderperson or member of |
| 14 | | the board of trustees, or unless the holding of another office |
| 15 | | is authorized by law. The alderperson or board member may, |
| 16 | | however, serve as a volunteer fireman or as an emergency |
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| 1 | | worker and may receive compensation for that service. The |
| 2 | | alderperson may also serve as a commissioner of the Beardstown |
| 3 | | Regional Flood Prevention District board. Any appointment in |
| 4 | | violation of this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be |
| 5 | | construed to prohibit an elected municipal official from |
| 6 | | holding elected office in another unit of local government as |
| 7 | | long as there is no contractual relationship between the |
| 8 | | municipality and the other unit of local government. This |
| 9 | | amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of existing law and is |
| 10 | | not a new enactment. |
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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| 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
| 13 | | changing Section 3.1-15-15 as follows:
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| 14 | | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-15) |
| 15 | | Sec. 3.1-15-15. Holding other offices. A mayor, president, |
| 16 | | alderperson, trustee, clerk, or treasurer shall not hold any |
| 17 | | other office under the municipal government during the term of |
| 18 | | that office, except when the officer is granted a leave of |
| 19 | | absence from that office or except as otherwise provided in |
| 20 | | Sections 3.1-10-50, 3.1-35-135, and 8-2-9.1. Moreover, an |
| 21 | | officer may serve as a volunteer fireman or as an emergency |
| 22 | | worker and may receive compensation for that service. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)". |