Illinois Compiled Statutes

50 ILCS 105/1 (2026)

County board

✓ current as of May 2026
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(50 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 1)
    Sec. 1. County board. No member of a county board, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may be appointed to, accept, or hold any office other than (i) chairman of the county board or member of the regional planning commission by appointment or election of the board of which he or she is a member, (ii) alderperson of a city or member of the board of trustees of a village or incorporated town if the city, village, or incorporated town has fewer than 1,000 inhabitants and is located in a county having fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, or (iii) trustee of a forest preserve district created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act, unless he or she first resigns from the office of county board member or unless the holding of another office is authorized by law. Any such prohibited appointment or election is void. This Section shall not preclude a member of the county board from being appointed or selected to serve as (i) a member of a County Extension Board as provided in Section 7 of the County Cooperative Extension Law, (ii) a member of an Emergency Telephone System Board as provided in Section 15.4 of the Emergency Telephone System Act, (iii) a member of the board of review as provided in Section 6-30 of the Property Tax Code, or (iv) a public administrator or public guardian as provided in Section 13-1 of the Probate Act of 1975. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an elected county official from holding elected office in another unit of local government so long as there is no contractual relationship between the county and the other unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Ballard v. Niekamp, 961 N.E.2d 288 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
People Ex Rel. Ballard v. Niekamp, 961 N.E.2d 288 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 5× “¶ 1 On September 2, 2010, the trial court entered a judgment of ouster, ousting defendant Melvin (Bud) Niekamp from his office as a member of the Board of Education of the Quincy School District # 172 (school board) because he violated section 1 of the Public Officer Prohibited…”
People el rel. Wofford v. Brown, 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “1-16-1118 Officer Prohibited Activities Act (Act) (50 ILCS 105/1 (West 2008)). Niekamp, 2011 IL App (4th) 100796, ¶ 1 .”
People Ex Rel. Smith v. Wilson, 828 N.E.2d 1214 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “) 50 ILCS 105/1 (West 2004). We believe that the provision is dispositive in this case.”
People v. Wilson Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “" (50 ILCS 105/1 (West 2004)) (emphasis added).”
Fiala v. Griffin, 2021 IL App (2d) 210064-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “(West 2018)), and the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act (50 ILCS 105/1 et seq. (West 2018)), to invalidate 28 of -5- 2021 IL App (2d) 210064-U the District’s annexation and capacity agreements (and amendments thereto).”
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