Bill Text: IL SB2964 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Naming Public Buildings for Elected Officials Act. Provides that no public building or other public asset owned or exclusively leased by the State or by any political subdivision of the State shall be named in honor of any elected official, unless that official has either retired from public office for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or is deceased for a minimum of 5 years. Defines "elected official" and "public office".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2964 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2964-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB2964 Introduced 2/14/2018, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Naming Public Buildings for Elected Officials Act. Provides that no public building or other public asset owned or exclusively leased by the State or by any political subdivision of the State shall be named in honor of any elected official, unless that official has either retired from public office for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or is deceased for a minimum of 5 years. Defines "elected official" and "public office".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Naming
Public Buildings for Elected Officials Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Elected official" means a person elected to public office
in this State or any other state.
"Public office" means a position created by or under the
Constitution or laws of this State or any other state, the
occupant of which is charged with the exercise of some portion
of the sovereign power of government. The term "public office"
includes elected positions in both state government and any
political subdivision of state government.
Section 10. Naming public buildings or assets in honor of
elected officials. No public building or other public asset
owned or exclusively leased by the State or by any political
subdivision of the State shall be named in honor of any elected
official, unless that official has either retired from public
office for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or is deceased for
a minimum of 5 years.