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| AN ACT concerning townships.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 3. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 25-2 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/25-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-2)
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| Sec. 25-2. Events on which an elective office becomes | 8 |
| vacant. Every
elective office shall become vacant on the | 9 |
| happening of any
of the following events before the expiration | 10 |
| of the term of such office:
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| (1) The death of the incumbent.
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| (2) His or her resignation.
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| (3) His or her becoming a person under legal
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| disability.
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| (4) His or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the | 16 |
| State; or if the office
is local, his or her ceasing to be | 17 |
| an inhabitant of the district,
county, town, or precinct | 18 |
| for which he or she was elected; provided, that the
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| provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to township | 20 |
| officers whose
township boundaries are changed in | 21 |
| accordance with Section 10-20 of
the Township Code, to a | 22 |
| township officer after disconnection as set forth in | 23 |
| Section 15-17 of the Township Code, nor to township or | 24 |
| multi-township assessors elected under
Sections 2-5 | 25 |
| through 2-15 of the Property Tax Code.
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| (5) His or her conviction of an infamous crime, or of
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| any offense involving a violation of official oath.
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| (6) His or her removal from office.
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| (7) His or her refusal or neglect to take his or her
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| oath of office, or to give or renew his or her official | 31 |
| bond, or to deposit or
file such oath or bond within the | 32 |
| time prescribed by law.
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| (8) The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his
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| or her election void.
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| No elective office, except as herein otherwise provided, | 4 |
| shall become
vacant until the successor of the incumbent of | 5 |
| such office has been appointed
or elected, as the case may be, | 6 |
| and qualified.
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| An unconditional resignation, effective at a future date, | 8 |
| may not be
withdrawn after it is received by the officer | 9 |
| authorized to fill the
vacancy. Such resignation shall create a | 10 |
| vacancy in office for the purpose
of determining the time | 11 |
| period which would require an election. The
resigning office | 12 |
| holder may continue to hold such office until the date or
event | 13 |
| specified in such resignation, but no later than the date at | 14 |
| which
his or her successor is elected and qualified.
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| An admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, | 16 |
| upon conviction,
disqualify the holder of an elective office | 17 |
| from holding that office, in the
form of a written agreement | 18 |
| with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty
to a felony, | 19 |
| bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or | 20 |
| federal
law, shall constitute a resignation from that office, | 21 |
| effective at the time the
plea agreement is made.
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| For purposes of this Section, a conviction for an offense | 23 |
| that disqualifies
the holder of an elective office from holding | 24 |
| that office shall occur on the
date of the return of a guilty | 25 |
| verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court,
the entry of a | 26 |
| finding of guilt.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-707, eff. 8-7-98.)
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| Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Section | 29 |
| 15-17 and by changing Section 15-30 as follows: | 30 |
| (60 ILCS 1/15-17 new) | 31 |
| Sec. 15-17. Township officer after disconnection. A | 32 |
| township officer of a township from which territory is | 33 |
| disconnected shall continue as an officer of the township until | 34 |
| the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected or |
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| appointed and until a successor is elected or appointed and | 2 |
| qualified, without regard to whether the township officer | 3 |
| resides in the township or the territory disconnected from the | 4 |
| township.
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| (60 ILCS 1/15-30)
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| Sec. 15-30. Payment for property taxes collected by | 7 |
| coterminous city. After August 11, 1986, whenever territory is | 8 |
| disconnected from a township
and connected to a coterminous | 9 |
| township before the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 10 |
| the 94th General Assembly , the coterminous city shall
provide, | 11 |
| on or before December 31 of each year for a period of 10 years, | 12 |
| to
the township from which the territory was disconnected an | 13 |
| amount equal to
the real estate tax that was collected on the | 14 |
| property in the tax year
immediately preceding the | 15 |
| disconnection. Whenever territory is disconnected from a | 16 |
| township and connected to a coterminous township on or after | 17 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 18 |
| Assembly, the coterminous city shall provide to the township | 19 |
| from which the territory was disconnected, for a period of 10 | 20 |
| years: (i) no later than 60 days after the first due date for | 21 |
| real estate taxes in that county for that tax year, an amount | 22 |
| equal to at least 50% of the real estate tax that was collected | 23 |
| on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the | 24 |
| disconnection and (ii) on or before December 31 of each year an | 25 |
| amount equal to 50% of the real estate tax that was collected | 26 |
| on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the | 27 |
| disconnection.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 30 |
| becoming law.
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