Full Text of HB5839 98th General Assembly
HB5839 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5839 Introduced , by Rep. Al Riley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5 | from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Eliminates a provision preventing a person from holding municipal office if that person, at any time during the term of office, owes any payment to the municipality or has been convicted of a felony in any court located in the United States. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing 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 | 9 | | office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the | 10 | | municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
one | 11 | | year next preceding the election or appointment, except as | 12 | | provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section | 13 | | 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
| 14 | | (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for | 15 | | a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for | 16 | | taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax | 17 | | or other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been | 18 | | convicted in any court located in the United States of any | 19 | | infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony.
| 20 | | (b-5) (Blank) A person is not eligible to hold a municipal | 21 | | office, if that person is, at any time during the term of | 22 | | office, in arrears in the payment of a tax or other | 23 | | indebtedness due to the municipality or has been convicted in |
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| 1 | | any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, | 2 | | bribery, perjury, or other felony . | 3 | | (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of | 4 | | a ward unless that person has resided
in the ward that the | 5 | | person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the | 6 | | office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided | 7 | | in the
municipality, at least one year next
preceding the | 8 | | election or appointment, except
as provided in Section | 9 | | 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, | 10 | | or Section 5-2-11.
| 11 | | (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality | 12 | | immediately prior to the active duty military service of that | 13 | | person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside | 14 | | of the municipality during that active duty military service, | 15 | | and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty | 16 | | military service is again a resident of the municipality, then | 17 | | the time during which the person resides outside the | 18 | | municipality during the active duty military service is deemed | 19 | | to be time during which the person is a resident of the | 20 | | municipality for purposes of determining the residency | 21 | | requirement under subsection (a).
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1091, eff. 8-24-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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