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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3213 Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that, during his or her term of office, a General Assembly member is not eligible to serve as a township officer. Specifies that this restriction applies to the election and appointment of township officers on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act.
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| | HB3213 | | LRB098 09973 JDS 40131 b |
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 55-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/55-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 55-5. Legal voter, and resident, and not a General |
| 8 | | Assembly member. |
| 9 | | (a) No person is eligible to hold any
office unless he or |
| 10 | | she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the
township |
| 11 | | for one year.
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| 12 | | (b) During his or her term of office, a General Assembly |
| 13 | | member is not eligible to serve as a township officer. The |
| 14 | | restriction in this subsection (b) applies to the election and |
| 15 | | appointment of township officers on and after the effective |
| 16 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. |
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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