Bill Text: IL SB1565 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Governor Succession Act. Provides that the Governor shall receive no State compensation for any period during which the Governor leaves office temporarily and the next officer in the line of succession exercises and discharges the powers and duties of the office of Governor due to the pending indictment of or pending criminal charge against the Governor. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Referred to Assignments [SB1565 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1565-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1565 Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Christine Radogno - John J. Millner - Tim Bivins - Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 5/2 new
Amends the Governor Succession Act. Provides that the Governor shall receive no State compensation for any period during which the Governor leaves office temporarily and the next officer in the line of succession exercises and discharges the powers and duties of the office of Governor due to the pending indictment of or pending criminal charge against the Governor. Effective immediately.
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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 Governor Succession Act is amended by adding
Section 2 as follows:
(15 ILCS 5/2 new)
Sec. 2. Gubernatorial compensation. The Governor shall
receive no State compensation, including salary and any other
benefits, for any period on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly during which the
powers and duties of the office of Governor are exercised and
discharged by the officer next in the line of succession under
the operation of subsection (c) of Section 6 of Article V of
the Illinois Constitution due to the pendency of a criminal
charge against or indictment of the Governor. Operation of this
Section does not create a claim for compensation not received,
whether or not the Governor resumed the exercise and discharge
of the powers and duties of the office of Governor.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.