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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2964 Introduced 2/14/2018, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Naming Public Buildings for Elected Officials Act. Provides that no public building or other public asset owned or exclusively leased by the State or by any political subdivision of the State shall be named in honor of any elected official, unless that official has either retired from public office for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or is deceased for a minimum of 5 years. Defines "elected official" and "public office".
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| | SB2964 | | LRB100 18785 RJF 34022 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Naming |
| 5 | | Public Buildings for Elected Officials Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Elected official" means a person elected to public office |
| 8 | | in this State or any other state. |
| 9 | | "Public office" means a position created by or under the
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| 10 | | Constitution or laws of this State or any other state, the |
| 11 | | occupant of which is
charged with the exercise of some portion |
| 12 | | of the sovereign
power of government. The term "public office" |
| 13 | | includes elected positions in both state government and any |
| 14 | | political subdivision of state government.
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| 15 | | Section 10. Naming public buildings or assets in honor of |
| 16 | | elected officials. No public building or other public asset |
| 17 | | owned or exclusively leased by the State or by any political |
| 18 | | subdivision of the State shall be named in honor of any elected |
| 19 | | official, unless that official has either retired from public |
| 20 | | office for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or is deceased for |
| 21 | | a minimum of 5 years.
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