SB3405 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3405

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Melinda Bush

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if it has one, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on its website. Provides that the posting shall remain on each website until the vacancy is filled. Limits home rule powers.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act.

Section 5. Posting of elected official vacancies. A unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if it has one. The posting shall remain on the website until the vacancy is filled.

Section 10. Posting on county website. In addition to the postings required under Section 5, a unit of local government shall submit every elected official vacancy to the county clerk in the county in which the unit is located and the county clerk shall post the information on the county website. The posting shall remain on the website until the vacancy is filled. The unit of local government shall inform the county clerk when the vacancy is filled.

Section 15. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate the posting of elected official vacancies in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.