2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 65 Municipalities 65 ILCS 50/ Municipal Clerk Training Act.
(65 ILCS 50/0.01)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.50) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Municipal Clerk Training Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
(65 ILCS 50/1)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.51) Sec. 1. The Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee shall establish a
Municipal Clerk Training Institute and designate the number of times each
year the program provided for in this Act shall be offered by the Institute.
The location or locations within the State at which the program shall be
offered each year shall be fixed by the Municipal Clerk Training Institute
Committee, provided that any location so fixed shall be on the campus of one
or more of the colleges or universities represented on the Committee. (Source: P.A. 85‑274.)
(65 ILCS 50/2)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.52) Sec. 2. There is created the Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee
composed of 5 municipal clerks, appointed by
the Governor as provided herein, and 9 ex‑officio members, designated
as provided herein, as representatives of public colleges and universities in
this State. Each member appointed by the Governor after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall be a certified municipal clerk
recommended by the Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of Illinois and
serving as a municipal clerk at the time he or she is so recommended and
appointed. The 2 additional municipal clerks appointed pursuant to the
provisions of this amendatory Act of 1987 both shall be appointed to serve
until the third Monday in January, 1992, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified. Of the 3 municipal clerks serving as members of
the Committee on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, they
shall determine by agreement or by lot one who shall continue to so serve
until the third Monday in January, 1989, a second who shall continue to so
serve until the third Monday in January, 1990, and a third who shall
continue to so serve until the third Monday in January, 1991; provided,
that each shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified. Each successor of any member appointed to the Committee as a
municipal clerk shall be appointed to serve for a 4 year term expiring on
the third Monday in January, or until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the office of a Committee member
appointed by the Governor, whether by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor from a recommendation or
recommendations made by the Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of
Illinois, in the same manner as original appointments. A member appointed
to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term or
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. In the event the
Governor refuses to appoint a municipal clerk recommended by
the Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of Illinois to either a full
term or, in cases of a vacancy, to the remainder of an unexpired term on
the Committee, such Executive Board shall promptly recommend one or more
additional qualified persons to the Governor for such appointment. The
terms of the 3 committee members designated by the Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois and serving on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1987 shall terminate on that effective date, and the 4 ex‑officio
members designated pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory Act of
1987 shall be designated as follows: one representative of the University
of Illinois designated by the Board of Trustees of that University; one
representative of Southern Illinois University designated by the Board of
Trustees of that University; one representative designated by the Board of
Governors of State Colleges and Universities of the several universities
and colleges under its governance; and one representative designated by the
Board of Regents of the several Regency Universities under its
jurisdiction. The terms of the 2 ex‑officio members designated as
representatives of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
and the Board of Regents shall terminate on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995. The 2 ex‑officio members whose terms are terminated by
this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be replaced by 7 additional ex‑officio
members, one representing the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University,
one representing the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of Governors State University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, and one
representing the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University. The 9
ex‑officio members representing the public
colleges and universities shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
members appointed by the Governor, and each such ex‑officio member shall
serve at the pleasure of the governing board designating them to membership
on the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation. (Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)
(65 ILCS 50/3)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.53) Sec. 3. The Committee shall develop the curriculum for the Municipal Clerk
Training Institute and include such subjects and courses as will provide
methods for maintaining the services of municipal clerks at a level
consistent with the needs of the municipality and the public. The subjects
selected shall include, but are not limited to, a study of the Illinois
Municipal Code, parliamentary procedure, office management and the
preparation of agendas, minutes and records. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1910.)
(65 ILCS 50/4)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.54) Sec. 4. The Institute shall offer a course of at least one week's duration
which may be attended by municipal clerks who have been newly appointed or
elected to office and a refresher course of at least 2 days' duration which
may be attended by all other municipal clerks. Attendance at courses
offered by the Institute shall be restricted to municipal clerks and their
deputies. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1910.)
(65 ILCS 50/5)(from Ch. 144, par. 61.55) Sec. 5. Each municipality may pay the expenses of its clerk and
deputy clerks attending the courses offered by the Institute. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1910.)
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