102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5733

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5
65 ILCS 20/21-5  from Ch. 24, par. 21-5

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in a municipality with a population over 2,000,000, a person is not eligible to take the oath of office for the office of mayor unless the person has completed discrimination and sensitivity training before the election day at which the person would be elected, but the training must be completed no earlier than one year before the election day. Provides that the training shall be taken though the municipality's legal department, or, if the municipality's legal department does not offer discrimination and sensitivity training, as the municipality shall otherwise provide for mayoral candidates. Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 including similar provisions relating to a requirement that an acting mayor shall complete discrimination and sensitivity training each year of his or her term. Additionally provides that, no later than 2 weeks after completion of the discrimination and sensitivity training, the mayor must certify in writing that the mayor has completed the training and file the certification with the Board of Ethics. Provides that the Board of Ethics may levy an administrative fine of up to $5,000 against the mayor for failure to complete the discrimination and sensitivity training. Effective immediately.


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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
7    Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
8    (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
9office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
10municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
11year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
12provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section
133.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
14    (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for
15a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for
16taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax
17or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
18convicted in any court located in the United States of any
19infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony, unless such
20person is again restored to his or her rights of citizenship
21that may have been forfeited under Illinois law as a result of
22a conviction, which includes eligibility to hold elected
23municipal office, by the terms of a pardon for the offense, has

 

 

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1received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or otherwise
2according to law. Any time after a judgment of conviction is
3rendered, a person convicted of an infamous crime, bribery,
4perjury, or other felony may petition the Governor for a
5restoration of rights.
6    The changes made to this subsection by this amendatory Act
7of the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law
8and apply to all persons elected at the April 4, 2017
9consolidated election and to persons elected or appointed
10thereafter.
11    (b-5) (Blank).
12    (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderperson
13of a ward unless that person has resided in the ward that the
14person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the
15office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided
16in the municipality, at least one year next preceding the
17election or appointment, except as provided in Section
183.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2,
19or Section 5-2-11.
20    (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality
21immediately prior to the active duty military service of that
22person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside
23of the municipality during that active duty military service,
24and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty
25military service is again a resident of the municipality, then
26the time during which the person resides outside the

 

 

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1municipality during the active duty military service is deemed
2to be time during which the person is a resident of the
3municipality for purposes of determining the residency
4requirement under subsection (a).
5    (e) In a municipality with a population over 2,000,000, a
6person is not eligible to take the oath of office for the
7office of mayor unless the person has completed discrimination
8and sensitivity training before the election day at which the
9person would be elected, but the training must be completed no
10earlier than one year before the election day. The training
11shall be taken though the municipality's legal department, or,
12if the municipality's legal department does not offer
13discrimination and sensitivity training, as the municipality
14shall otherwise provide for mayoral candidates.
15(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
16    Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
17amended by changing Section 21-5 as follows:
 
18    (65 ILCS 20/21-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
19    Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
20    (a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
211943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
22The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for mayor
23at the consolidated primary election shall be declared mayor.
24If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a runoff

 

 

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1election shall be held at the consolidated election, when only
2the names of the candidates receiving the highest and second
3highest number of votes at the consolidated primary election
4shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate
5received the highest or second highest number of votes at the
6consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
7receiving the highest and second highest number of votes shall
8appear on the ballot at the consolidated election. The
9candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the
10consolidated election shall be declared elected.
11    (b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 years
12beginning at noon on the third Monday in May following his or
13her election, and until his or her successor is elected and
14qualified.
15    (c) The mayor shall complete discrimination and
16sensitivity training each year of his or her term. The
17training shall be taken though the city's legal department,
18or, if the city's legal department does not offer
19discrimination and sensitivity training, as the municipality
20shall otherwise provide for the mayor.
21    No later than 2 weeks after completion of the
22discrimination and sensitivity training, the mayor must
23certify in writing that the mayor has completed the training
24and file the certification with the Board of Ethics.
25    The Board of Ethics may levy an administrative fine of up
26to $5,000 against the mayor for failure to complete the

 

 

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1discrimination and sensitivity training required under this
2subsection.
3(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.