(305 ILCS 5/12-21.10) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.10)
Sec. 12-21.10.
Default and misappropriation of funds; Removal of
supervisor; Conditions requiring appointment of interim supervisor.
If the Supervisor of General Assistance is a defaulter and in arrears
with the governmental unit, or has misused, misappropriated, or
converted to his own use or the use of any other person any of the funds
of the unit, or is guilty of any other misconduct in office, the
governing body of the governmental unit, and in the case of a township,
the board of town trustees, may remove him as Supervisor of General
Assistance and appoint a suitable person to be the supervisor therein;
provided, that for a township containing 4,000 inhabitants or more, upon
written request of the township supervisors, the board of town trustees
may appoint a Supervisor of General Assistance who is a resident of such
township, and fix his compensation and term of office, which shall not
exceed the term of the board.
If, as provided in Section 12-21.18, the Illinois Department has
ordered the withholding of State funds for failure of the governmental
unit to comply with the Department's rules and regulations, the
governing body of the governmental unit, and in the case of a township,
the board of town trustees, upon written order of the Illinois
Department shall appoint an Interim Supervisor of General Assistance,
acceptable to the Illinois Department, to serve as Supervisor of General
Assistance for the governmental unit until such time as the policies and
procedures of the unit are determined by the Department to be in
compliance with its rules. If, after a reasonable time as determined by
the Illinois Department, the governmental unit or agency to which such
order is directed fails to make an appointment, or appoints a person who
is not acceptable to the Illinois Department, the Public Aid Committee,
established under Section 11-8, of the county in which the governmental
unit is located, upon written order of the Illinois Department, shall
appoint an Interim Supervisor, which appointment shall be subject to the
approval of the Illinois Department.
The appointing authority shall fix the compensation of the Interim
Supervisor of General Assistance, subject to approval of the Illinois
Department, which shall be payable from the general assistance fund of
the local governmental unit.
An Interim Supervisor of General Assistance may be removed and
another person appointed in his place in the same manner and for the
same reasons as in the case of an initial appointment of an Interim
Supervisor.
The Illinois Department shall not order the appointment of an Interim
Supervisor of General Assistance if the local governmental unit takes
such action as the Department considers to have established satisfactory
compliance with its rules, and a reasonable time, to be determined by
the Department, shall be allowed the governmental unit to establish such
compliance.
If an Interim Supervisor of General Assistance has been appointed, he
shall exercise all the powers of that office in respect to the
administration of general assistance, and shall have the sole authority
to disburse State and local funds available for this purpose. If the
governmental unit thereafter takes such action to assure the Department
that it will comply with the Department's rules, the service of the
Interim Supervisor shall be terminated.
(Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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