Bill Text: IL HB1616 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the bond and oath required of a State's attorney before taking office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1616 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1616-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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3-9001 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-9001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9001)
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7 | Sec. 3-9001. Oath; bond. Before entering upon the
the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | respective
duties of their office, the state's attorneys shall | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | each be commissioned by
the governor, and shall take the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | following oath or affirmation: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | will support
the constitution of the United States and the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | constitution of the state of
Illinois, and that I will | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | faithfully discharge the duties of the office
of state's | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | attorney according to the best of my ability.
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16 | Each State's attorney shall also execute a bond, to the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | People of the
State of Illinois, (or, if the county is | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | self-insured, the county through its
self-insurance program | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | may provide bonding) with good and sufficient
securities in the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | penal sum of $5,000, to be approved by the circuit court for
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21 | his respective county, which approval shall be indorsed upon | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the bond. The
bond, with the approval thereof indorsed, shall | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | be entered of record in the
circuit court, and then forwarded |
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1 | by the county clerk to the secretary of
state, to be filed in | ||||||
2 | his office. Each of the bonds shall be conditioned upon
the | ||||||
3 | faithful discharge of the duties of the office, and the paying | ||||||
4 | over all
moneys as provided by law, which bond shall run to and | ||||||
5 | be for the benefit of
the state, county, corporation or person | ||||||
6 | injured by a breach of any of the
conditions thereof.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 88-387.)
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