95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0266


 
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















60 ILCS 1/50-5




60 ILCS 1/50-15









    Amends the Township Code. Sets forth procedures for changing the time that township assessors or multi-township assessors enter upon their duties from the January 1 next
following their election to the third

Monday
of May following their election. Effective immediately.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB0266

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing 
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Sections 50-5 and 50-15 as follows:
 



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    (60 ILCS 1/50-5)



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    Sec. 50-5. Time of election and terms outside Cook County. 

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    (a) Except as provided for Cook County in Section 50-10, 
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and subject to the
requirements of the general election law and 
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the referendum provisions in
Sections 50-25 and 50-30, at the 
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time of the regular township election provided
in the general 
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election law, there shall be elected one township collector.

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The collector shall hold his office for a term of 4 years and 
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until a successor
is elected and qualified. 

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    (b) At the time of the regular township election provided 
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in the general
election law, there shall be elected a township 
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supervisor.  The supervisor
shall be ex-officio supervisor of 
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general assistance. The supervisor shall hold
office for a term 
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of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified. 

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    (c) At the time of the regular township election provided 
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in the general
election law, there shall be elected one 
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township clerk.  The clerk shall hold
office for a term of 4 
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years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

 


 






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    (d) At the time of the regular township election provided 
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in the general
election law, there shall be elected by ballot 
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one township or multi-township
assessor, as the case may be, in 
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the manner provided in the general election
law. Except as 
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provided in subsection (c) of Section 50-15, the
The assessor 
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shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until a successor

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is elected and qualified.

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(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

 



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    (60 ILCS 1/50-15)



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    Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties. 

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    (a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the 
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township
election shall enter upon their duties on January 1 
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next following their
election and qualification.

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    (b) In all counties, township supervisors and township 
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clerks shall enter upon their duties on the third

Monday
of May 
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following their election.

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    (c) Beginning with elections in 1981 and through the 
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election immediately preceding the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly in all counties, 
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the township and
multi-township assessors shall enter upon 
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their duties on January 1 next
following their election.
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    In all counties, the term of the assessor or multi-township 
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assessor elected at the first  election following this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall begin on 
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January 1 next
following his or her  election and shall end on 
 


 






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the third

Monday
of May following the next election.  
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Thereafter, all assessors or multi-township assessors shall 
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serve a term of 4 years beginning on the third

Monday
of May 
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following their election.


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

 

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