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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 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, 
 


 






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Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.

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    (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality 
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immediately prior to the active duty military service of that 
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person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside 
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of the municipality during that active duty military service, 
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and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty 
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military service is again a resident of the municipality, then 
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the time during which the person resides outside  the 
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municipality during the active duty military service is deemed 
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to be time during which the person is a resident of the 
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municipality for purposes of determining the residency 
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requirement under subsection (a).

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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.