Bill Text: IL HB1119 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the appointment of officers by the Governor. Makes a technical change.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1119 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1119-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1119 Introduced 1/30/2013, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 5/5-605 was 20 ILCS 5/12
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the appointment of officers by the Governor. Makes a technical change.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 5-605 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5/5-605) (was 20 ILCS 5/12)
Sec. 5-605. Appointment of officers. Each officer whose
office is created by the 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 of
any department, or of the Secretary of Human Services or the
Secretary of Transportation, or in case of a vacancy in any

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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. 97-582, eff. 8-26-11.)