HB5283 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5283

Introduced 2/3/2010, by Rep. Kay Hatcher

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 705/10.1 new

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district. Effective immediately.

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 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by adding Section 10.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/10.1 new)

Sec. 10.1. Eligibility requirements for board members. No person is eligible to serve on the board of any fire protection district if that person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or comparable laws of any other state or the United States or is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to a fire protection district.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.