HB3842 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3842

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/50-5
60 ILCS 1/50-10
60 ILCS 1/75-50 new

Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the township board determines that the township clerk has not fulfilled the duties of the office of the township clerk, the township board may, by resolution, provide that the office of the township clerk shall no longer be an elected position, but shall be appointed by the township board. After adoption of a resolution to appoint the township clerk, the elected township clerk's term ends on the appointment of a new township clerk or at the end of the elected township clerk's term, whichever is earlier. Provides for petition and referendum requirements to reinstate an elected township treasurer position.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Sections 50-5 and 50-10 and by adding Section 75-50 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/50-5)

Sec. 50-5. Time of election and terms outside Cook County.

(a) Except as provided for Cook County in Sections Section 50-10 and 75-50, and subject to the requirements of the general election law and the referendum provisions in Sections 50-25 and 50-30, at the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law, there shall be elected one township collector. The collector shall hold his office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

(b) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law, there shall be elected a township supervisor. The supervisor shall be ex-officio supervisor of general assistance. The supervisor shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

(c) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law, there shall be elected one township clerk. The clerk shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

(d) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law, there shall be elected by ballot one township or multi-township assessor, as the case may be, in the manner provided in the general election law. The assessor shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/50-10)

Sec. 50-10. Time of election and terms in Cook County.

(a) Except as provided for in Section 75-50, township Township supervisors, township clerks, and township collectors shall be elected in their respective townships in Cook County at the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law. They shall hold their offices for 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(b) Those townships in Cook County lying outside the corporate limits of the City of Chicago, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town, shall elect a township assessor at the time of the regular township election provided in the general election law. Those township assessors shall hold their offices for 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75-50 new)

Sec. 75-50. Appointment of township clerk.

(a) If the township board determines that the township clerk has not fulfilled the duties of the office of the township clerk, the township board may, by resolution, provide that the office of the township clerk shall no longer be an elected position, but shall be appointed by the township board. After adoption of a resolution to appoint the township clerk, the elected township clerk's term ends on the appointment of a new township clerk or at the end of the elected township clerk's term, whichever is earlier.

(b) After a resolution has been adopted under subsection (a), voters may initiate a petition for referendum, signed by at least 10% of the total number of voters voting at the last general election at which the last township clerk was elected, to elect the township clerk and file the petition with the county clerk not less than 78 days before a regular election. The county clerk shall certify for submission the proposition of electing the township clerk in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the township clerk be elected for the (name of township)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition in the township vote in favor of it, then the township clerk shall be elected in the township at the next regular election for township offices. The appointed township clerk's term shall end when a successor is elected and qualified.