Bill Text: IL SB1358 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an attorney or a corporation counsel appointed under this Section who is retained pursuant to an engagement letter or contract, is not exclusively employed by a single municipality, is not subject to a fixed term of office, and whose compensation is not required to be fixed shall not be deemed a municipal or public officer for purposes of the Illinois Municipal Code, the Public Officers Prohibited Activities Act, or the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1358 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1358-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 3.1-30-5 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-30-5)
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7 | Sec. 3.1-30-5. Appointed officers in all municipalities.
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8 | (a) The mayor or president, as the case may be, by and with | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the advice
and consent of the city council or the board
of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | trustees, may appoint (1) a treasurer (if the treasurer is not | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | an
elected position in the municipality), (2) a collector, (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | a
comptroller, (4) a marshal, (5) an attorney or a corporation | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | counsel, (6)
one or more purchasing agents and deputies, (7) | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the number of auxiliary police officers determined necessary by | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the corporate authorities, (8)
police matrons, (9) a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | commissioner of public works, (10) a budget director
or a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | budget officer, and (11) other officers
necessary to carry into | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | effect the powers conferred upon municipalities.
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19 | (b) By ordinance or resolution to take effect at the end of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the current
fiscal year, the corporate authorities, by a | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | two-thirds vote, may discontinue
any appointed office and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | devolve the duties of that office on any other
municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | officer. After discontinuance, no officer filling the office |
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1 | before
its discontinuance shall have any claim against the | ||||||
2 | municipality for salary
alleged to accrue after the date of | ||||||
3 | discontinuance.
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4 | (c) Vacancies in all appointed municipal offices may be | ||||||
5 | filled in the same
manner as appointments are made under | ||||||
6 | subsection (a). The city council or board
of trustees of a | ||||||
7 | municipality, by ordinance not inconsistent with this Code,
may | ||||||
8 | prescribe the duties, define the powers, and fix the term of | ||||||
9 | office of all
appointed officers of the municipality; but the | ||||||
10 | term of office, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this | ||||||
11 | Code, shall not exceed that of the mayor
or president of the | ||||||
12 | municipality.
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13 | (d) An appointed officer of a municipality may resign from | ||||||
14 | his or her
office. If an appointed officer resigns, he or she | ||||||
15 | shall continue in office
until a successor has been chosen and | ||||||
16 | has qualified. If there is a failure to
appoint a municipal | ||||||
17 | officer, or the person appointed fails to qualify, the
person | ||||||
18 | filling the office shall continue in office until a successor | ||||||
19 | has been
chosen and has qualified. If an appointed municipal | ||||||
20 | officer ceases to perform
the duties of or to hold the office | ||||||
21 | by reason of death, permanent physical or
mental disability, | ||||||
22 | conviction of a disqualifying crime, or dismissal from or
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23 | abandonment of office, the mayor or president of the | ||||||
24 | municipality may appoint a
temporary successor to the officer.
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25 | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, an attorney or a | ||||||
26 | corporation counsel appointed under this Section who meets the |
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1 | following conditions shall not be deemed a municipal or public | ||||||
2 | officer for purposes of the Illinois Municipal Code, the Public | ||||||
3 | Officers Prohibited Activities Act, or the State Officials and | ||||||
4 | Employees Ethics Act: | ||||||
5 | (1) is retained pursuant to an engagement letter or | ||||||
6 | contract; | ||||||
7 | (2) is not exclusively employed by a single | ||||||
8 | municipality; | ||||||
9 | (3) is not subject to a fixed term of office; and | ||||||
10 | (4) whose compensation is not required to be fixed. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 94-984, eff. 6-30-06.)
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