Bill Text: IL SB1625 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning election of incorporated town officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB1625 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1625-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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3.1-25-95 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-95) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-95)
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7 | Sec. 3.1-25-95. Incorporated town officers. For the the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | general municipal
election to be held
in the year 1985 in every | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | incorporated town with a population
of 25,000 or more by the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | last official census, and every 4 years thereafter,
the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | municipal clerk shall certify the names of the candidates
to | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the proper election authority as provided by the general | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | election
law. A president, a clerk, an assessor, a
collector, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and a supervisor shall be elected for a term of 4 years
and | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | until their successors are elected
and have qualified. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of any of the
specified | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | officers, the vacancy shall
be filled for the remainder of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | term at the next general municipal election
in that | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | incorporated town as provided in Section 3.1-10-50. Whenever | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | an
election is held for this purpose, the municipal clerk | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall certify the
office to be filled and the candidates for | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | that office to the election
authorities
as provided in the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | general election law. During the period from the time
a |
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1 | vacancy occurs until a clerk, assessor, collector, or | ||||||
2 | supervisor is elected
and has qualified, the vacancy may be | ||||||
3 | filled by appointment by the president
and board of trustees | ||||||
4 | of that incorporated town voting jointly. During the
period | ||||||
5 | from the time a vacancy occurs until a president is elected and | ||||||
6 | has
qualified, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the | ||||||
7 | board of trustees
of that incorporated town.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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