Bill Text: IL HB4905 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the township, may serve as a member of a board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, or board of school inspectors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4905 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4905-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2a as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 105/2a) (from Ch. 102, par. 2a) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2a. Township officials. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) No township supervisor or trustee, during the term of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | office for which he or she is elected, may accept, be appointed | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to, or hold any office by the appointment of the board of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | township trustees unless he or she first resigns from the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | office of supervisor or trustee or unless the appointment is | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | specifically authorized by law. A supervisor or trustee may, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | however, serve as a volunteer firefighter and receive | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | compensation for that service. Any appointment in violation of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | this Section is void. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | prohibit an elected township official from holding elected | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | office in another unit of local government as long as there is | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | no contractual relationship between the township and the other | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of the 100th General Assembly, a person elected to or |
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1 | appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected township position, | ||||||
2 | including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a | ||||||
3 | highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, | ||||||
4 | shall not be employed by the township, except that a | ||||||
5 | supervisor or trustee may serve as a volunteer firefighter and | ||||||
6 | receive compensation for that service as provided in | ||||||
7 | subsection (a). | ||||||
8 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a township | ||||||
9 | official for a township with a population of less than 2,500 | ||||||
10 | inhabitants, including, but not limited to, a trustee for the | ||||||
11 | township, may serve as a member of a board of education, | ||||||
12 | regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, | ||||||
13 | or board of school inspectors. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 100-868, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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