Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1153 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1153 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers. LRB104 05747 RTM 15777 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1153 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers. LRB104 05747 RTM 15777 b LRB104 05747 RTM 15777 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
15	15	5 Official Vacancy Posting Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Posting of elected official vacancies. A unit
17	17	7 of local government shall post every elected official vacancy
18	18	8 on its website, if the website is maintained by the unit of
19	19	9 local government's full-time staff. The posting shall remain
20	20	10 on the website until the vacancy is filled.
21	21	11 Section 10. Posting on county website. In addition to the
22	22	12 postings required under Section 5, a unit of local government
23	23	13 shall submit every elected official vacancy to the county
24	24	14 clerk in the county in which the unit is located and the county
25	25	15 clerk shall post the information on the county website. The
26	26	16 posting shall remain on the website until the unit of local
27	27	17 government informs the county clerk that the vacancy has been
28	28	18 filled.
29	29	19 Section 15. Filling of elected official vacancies after
30	30	20 posting. If the unit of local government has a website
31	31	21 maintained by the unit of local government's full-time staff,
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35	35	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1153 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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38	38	Creates the Local Official Vacancy Posting Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall post every elected official vacancy on its website, if the full-time staff of the municipality maintain the website, and the county clerk shall also post the vacancy on the county clerk website. Provides that the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy until the posting has been on the municipality's website, or the county's website if the municipality does not have full-time staff maintaining a website, for at least 15 days. Limits home rule powers.
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66	66	1 then the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy
67	67	2 until the posting has been on the website for at least 15 days.
68	68	3 If the unit of local government does not have a website
69	69	4 maintained by the unit of local government's full-time staff,
70	70	5 then the unit of local government may not fill the vacancy
71	71	6 until the posting has been on the county website for at least
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