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HB2672 Engrossed |
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LRB095 01114 JAM 21116 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
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| Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
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| (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal |
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| office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the |
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| municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
one |
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| year next preceding the election.
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| (b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal |
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| office if that
person is in arrears
in the payment of a tax or |
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| other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been |
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| convicted in any court located in the United States of any |
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| infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony.
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| (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of |
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| a ward unless that person has resided
in the ward that the |
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| person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the |
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| office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided |
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| in the
municipality, at least one year next
preceding the |
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| election or appointment, except
as provided in subsection (c) |
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| of Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, |