100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0059
 
Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
20 ILCS 5/5-605  was 20 ILCS 5/12
    Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the appointment of officers by the Governor. Makes a technical change.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:


 
4    Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
5amended  by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 5/5-605)  (was 20 ILCS 5/12)



7    Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose 
8office
is created by the the Civil Administrative Code of 
9Illinois or by
any
amendment to the Code shall be appointed by 
10the Governor, by
and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.  
11In case of vacancies in those offices
during the
recess of the 
12Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until 
13the
next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall 
14nominate some
person to fill the
office, and any person so 
15nominated who is confirmed by the Senate
shall hold office 
16during the remainder of the term and until his or her
successor 
17is
appointed and qualified.  If the Senate is not in session at 
18the time the
Code
or any amendments to the Code take effect, 
19the Governor shall
make a temporary
appointment as in the case 
20of a vacancy.

21    During the absence or inability to act of the director of 
22any
department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the 
23Secretary of
Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any 
 
 
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1such office until a successor
is appointed and qualified, the 
2Governor may designate some person as acting
director or acting 
3secretary to execute the powers and discharge the
duties vested 
4by law in that director or secretary.

5    During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not 
6designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary 
7under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the 
8director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by 
9the Senate of the same General Assembly.  This Section is 
10subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of 
11the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. 
12(Source: P.A. 97-582, eff. 8-26-11.)