102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2809

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 105/2  from Ch. 102, par. 2

    Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that no mayor or alderman (rather than no alderman) of any city, or president or member (rather than no member) of the board of trustees of any village, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed to, or hold any office or position of compensated employment (rather than only hold any office) by the appointment of the mayor or president of the board of trustees, unless the alderman or board member is granted a leave of absence from the office, unless he or she first resigns from the office of mayor, president, alderman, or member of the board of trustees, or unless the holding of another office is authorized by law.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 105/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 2)
7    Sec. 2. No mayor or alderman of any city, or president or
8member of the board of trustees of any village, during the term
9of office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be
10appointed to, or hold any office or position of compensated
11employment by the appointment of the mayor or president of the
12board of trustees, unless the alderman or board member is
13granted a leave of absence from such office, or unless he or
14she first resigns from the office of alderman or member of the
15board of trustees, or unless the holding of another office is
16authorized by law. The mayor, president, alderman, or board
17member may, however, serve as a volunteer fireman and receive
18compensation for that service. The alderman may also serve as
19a commissioner of the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention
20District board. Any appointment in violation of this Section
21is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an
22elected municipal official from holding elected office in
23another unit of local government as long as there is no

 

 

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1contractual relationship between the municipality and the
2other unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is
3declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
4(Source: P.A. 97-309, eff. 8-11-11.)