093_HB2995
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1 AN ACT concerning gubernatorial appointments.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Gubernatorial Late Term Appointment Act.
6 Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act:
7 "Late term appointee" means a person (i) appointed to an
8 office by a Governor who does not succeed himself or herself
9 as Governor, (ii) whose appointment requires the advice and
10 consent of the Senate, and (iii) whose appointment is
11 confirmed by the Senate 60 or fewer days before the end of
12 the appointing Governor's term. "Succeeding Governor" means
13 the Governor in office immediately after a Governor who makes
14 a late term appointment.
15 Section 10. Late term appointee's term of office. A late
16 term appointee shall serve no longer than the sixtieth day of
17 the term of office of the succeeding Governor.
18 Section 15. Vacancy created. Upon the earlier of the
19 resignation of a late term appointee or the conclusion of the
20 sixtieth day of the term of the succeeding Governor, that
21 appointed office shall be considered vacant. The succeeding
22 Governor may then make an appointment to fill that vacancy,
23 regardless of whether the statute that creates the appointed
24 office provides for appointment to fill a vacancy. All other
25 requirements of law applicable to that appointed office shall
26 apply to the succeeding Governor's appointee, including but
27 not limited to eligibility, qualifications, and confirmation
28 by the Senate.
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1 Section 20. Term of appointee. The term of office of an
2 appointee filling a vacancy created under this Act shall be
3 the term of any appointee filling a vacancy as provided by
4 the statute that creates the appointed office. If the statute
5 that creates the appointed office does not specify the term
6 to be served by an appointee filling a vacancy, the term of
7 the appointee shall be for the remainder of the term the late
8 term appointee would have otherwise been entitled to fill.
9 Section 25. Reappointment. Nothing in this Act prohibits
10 a succeeding Governor from reappointing an otherwise
11 qualified late term appointee to fill the vacancy created
12 under this Act.