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92_SB0359 LRB9207501TApc 1 AN ACT concerning municipalities. 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 3.1-10-6 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-6) 7 Sec. 3.1-10-6. Qualifications; appointive office. 8 (a) No person shall be eligible for any appointive 9 municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of 10 the municipality or otherwise provided by law. 11 (b) The residency requirements do not apply, however, to 12 municipal engineers, health officers, attorneys, or other 13 officers who require technical training or knowledge, to 14 appointed village treasurers, to appointed village clerks, or 15 to appointed city or village collectors (unless the city or 16 village has designated by ordinance that the city or village 17 clerk shall also hold the office of collector). 18 (c) Except for incorporated towns that have superseded a 19 civil township, municipalities having a population of not 20 more than 500,000 may adopt ordinances that allow firemen and 21 policemen to reside outside of the corporate limits of the 22 municipality by which they are employed both at the time of 23 appointment and while serving as a fireman or policeman. 24 (Source: P.A. 87-1119; 87-1197; 88-45.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.