Bill Text: IL HB0059 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the appointment of officers by the Governor. Makes a technical change.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0059 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0059-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 5/5-605) (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | office
is created by the the Civil Administrative Code of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Illinois or by
any
amendment to the Code shall be appointed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the Governor, by
and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | In case of vacancies in those offices
during the
recess of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the
next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | nominate some
person to fill the
office, and any person so | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | nominated who is confirmed by the Senate
shall hold office | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | during the remainder of the term and until his or her
successor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | is
appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the time the
Code
or any amendments to the Code take effect, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the Governor shall
make a temporary
appointment as in the case | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | of a vacancy.
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| 21 | During the absence or inability to act of the director of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | any
department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Secretary of
Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | such office until a successor
is appointed and qualified, the | ||||||
| 2 | Governor may designate some person as acting
director or acting | ||||||
| 3 | secretary to execute the powers and discharge the
duties vested | ||||||
| 4 | by law in that director or secretary.
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| 5 | During the term of a General Assembly, the Governor may not | ||||||
| 6 | designate a person to serve as an acting director or secretary | ||||||
| 7 | under this Section if that person's nomination to serve as the | ||||||
| 8 | director or secretary of that same Department was rejected by | ||||||
| 9 | the Senate of the same General Assembly. This Section is | ||||||
| 10 | subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 3A-40 of | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 97-582, eff. 8-26-11.)
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