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20 ILCS 5/5-605

(20 ILCS 5/5-605) (was 20 ILCS 5/12)

Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers.

Each officer whose office
is created by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or by
any
amendment to the Code shall be appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.  In case of vacancies in those offices
during the
recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the
next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall nominate some
person to fill the
office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate
shall hold office during the remainder of the term and until his or her
successor is
appointed and qualified.  If the Senate is not in session at the time the
Code
or any amendments to the Code take effect, the Governor shall
make a temporary
appointment as in the case of a vacancy.

During the absence or inability to act of the director or secretary of any
department, or in case of a vacancy in any such office until a successor
is appointed and qualified, the Governor may designate some person as acting
director or acting secretary to execute the powers and discharge the
duties vested by law in that director or secretary.

During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by the Senate of the same General Assembly.  This Section is subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)