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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4169 Introduced 10/28/2025, by Rep. Kevin Schmidt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Township Code. Provides that resignations of officers become effective only if the resignations are made in writing, signed by the person holding the office, notarized, and accepted by the township or multi-township board (rather than upon acceptance by the township or multi-township board). |
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| | HB4169 | | LRB104 15622 RTM 28789 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 60-20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/60-20) |
| 7 | | Sec. 60-20. Resignation of officer. |
| 8 | | (a) The township board may, for sufficient cause shown to |
| 9 | | them, accept the resignation of any officer of their township. |
| 10 | | Whenever they accept a resignation, the township clerk shall |
| 11 | | make a minute of the acceptance upon the township records. A |
| 12 | | resignation of a multi-township assessor, however, shall be |
| 13 | | made to and may be accepted by the multi-township board, and |
| 14 | | the clerk of the multi-township board shall make the minute |
| 15 | | upon the records of the multi-township board and forward a |
| 16 | | copy of the resignation and minute to the county clerk, the |
| 17 | | Department of Revenue, each of the township boards in the |
| 18 | | multi-township jurisdiction, and the supervisor of assessments |
| 19 | | for entry upon their permanent records. |
| 20 | | (b) Resignations become effective only if they are made in |
| 21 | | writing, signed by the person holding the office, notarized, |
| 22 | | and accepted upon acceptance by the township or multi-township |
| 23 | | board, as the case may be. |