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90_HB2796

      105 ILCS 5/10-11          from Ch. 122, par. 10-11
          Amends the School  Code.   Provides  that  a  vacancy  is
      created  in the office of an elected school board member when
      he or she is convicted of a violent crime against a child.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    10-11.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 10-11 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-11)
 8        Sec.  10-11.  Vacancies.  Elective  offices become vacant
 9    within the meaning of the Act, unless the  context  indicates
10    otherwise,  on  the happening of any of the following events,
11    before the expiration of the term of such office:
12        1.  The death of the incumbent.
13        2.  His or her resignation  in  writing  filed  with  the
14    Secretary or Clerk of the Board.
15        3.  His or her becoming a person under legal disability.
16        4.  His  or  her  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of the
17    district for which he or she was elected.
18        5.  His or her conviction of an infamous crime, or of any
19    offense involving a violation  of  official  oath,  or  of  a
20    violent crime against a child.
21        6.  His or her removal from office.
22        7.  The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his or
23    her election void.
24        8.  His  ceasing to be an inhabitant of a particular area
25    from which he was elected, if  the  residential  requirements
26    contained  in  Section  11A-8, 11B-7, or 12-2 of this Act are
27    violated.
28        No elective office except as  herein  otherwise  provided
29    becomes  vacant  until the successor of the incumbent of such
30    office has been appointed or elected, as the case may be, and
31    qualified.  The  successor  shall  have  the  same  type   of
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 1    residential  qualifications as his or her predecessor and, if
 2    the residential  requirements  contained  in  Section  11A-8,
 3    11B-7,  or  12-2  of  this  Act apply, the successor, whether
 4    elected or appointed by the remaining members or  a  regional
 5    superintendent, shall be an inhabitant of the particular area
 6    from which his or her predecessor was elected.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-579, eff. 7-30-96.)

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