Bill Text: IL HB5839 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Eliminates a provision preventing a person from holding municipal office if that person, at any time during the term of office, owes any payment to the municipality or has been convicted of a felony in any court located in the United States. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5839 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5839-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3.1-10-5 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
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7 | Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
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8 | (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
one | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | year next preceding the election or appointment, except as | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
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14 | (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | or other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | convicted in any court located in the United States of any | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony.
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20 | (b-5) (Blank) A person is not eligible to hold a municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | office, if that person is, at any time during the term of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | office, in arrears in the payment of a tax or other | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | indebtedness due to the municipality or has been convicted in |
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1 | any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, | ||||||
2 | bribery, perjury, or other felony . | ||||||
3 | (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of | ||||||
4 | a ward unless that person has resided
in the ward that the | ||||||
5 | person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the | ||||||
6 | office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided | ||||||
7 | in the
municipality, at least one year next
preceding the | ||||||
8 | election or appointment, except
as provided in Section | ||||||
9 | 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, | ||||||
10 | or Section 5-2-11.
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11 | (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality | ||||||
12 | immediately prior to the active duty military service of that | ||||||
13 | person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside | ||||||
14 | of the municipality during that active duty military service, | ||||||
15 | and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty | ||||||
16 | military service is again a resident of the municipality, then | ||||||
17 | the time during which the person resides outside the | ||||||
18 | municipality during the active duty military service is deemed | ||||||
19 | to be time during which the person is a resident of the | ||||||
20 | municipality for purposes of determining the residency | ||||||
21 | requirement under subsection (a).
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-1091, eff. 8-24-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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