Bill Text: IL HB0653 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an alderperson may serve as an emergency worker and receive compensation for that service.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0653 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB0653-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (50 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 2) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2. No alderperson of any city, or member of the board | ||||||
| 8 | of trustees of any village, during the term of office for which | ||||||
| 9 | he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed to, or hold any | ||||||
| 10 | office by the appointment of the mayor or president of the | ||||||
| 11 | board of trustees, unless the alderperson or board member is | ||||||
| 12 | granted a leave of absence from such office, or unless he or | ||||||
| 13 | she first resigns from the office of alderperson or member of | ||||||
| 14 | the board of trustees, or unless the holding of another office | ||||||
| 15 | is authorized by law. The alderperson or board member may, | ||||||
| 16 | however, serve as a volunteer fireman or as an emergency | ||||||
| 17 | worker and may receive compensation for that service. The | ||||||
| 18 | alderperson may also serve as a commissioner of the Beardstown | ||||||
| 19 | Regional Flood Prevention District board. Any appointment in | ||||||
| 20 | violation of this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be | ||||||
| 21 | construed to prohibit an elected municipal official from | ||||||
| 22 | holding elected office in another unit of local government as | ||||||
| 23 | long as there is no contractual relationship between the | ||||||
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| 1 | municipality and the other unit of local government. This | ||||||
| 2 | amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of existing law and is | ||||||
| 3 | not a new enactment. | ||||||
| 4 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | ||||||
| 5 | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | changing Section 3.1-15-15 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-15) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 3.1-15-15. Holding other offices. A mayor, president, | ||||||
| 9 | alderperson, trustee, clerk, or treasurer shall not hold any | ||||||
| 10 | other office under the municipal government during the term of | ||||||
| 11 | that office, except when the officer is granted a leave of | ||||||
| 12 | absence from that office or except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
| 13 | Sections 3.1-10-50, 3.1-35-135, and 8-2-9.1. Moreover, an | ||||||
| 14 | officer may serve as a volunteer fireman or as an emergency | ||||||
| 15 | worker and may receive compensation for that service. | ||||||
| 16 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | ||||||
