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60 ILCS 1/55-6 (2026)

Criminal conviction

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(60 ILCS 1/55-6)
    Sec. 55-6. Criminal conviction. A person is not eligible to hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
(Source: P.A. 99-546, eff. 7-15-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: People v. Ferrell, 2023 IL App (3d) 220292 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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People v. Ferrell, 2023 IL App (3d) 220292 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “¶5 On March 8, 2022, the State filed a quo warranto complaint in the circuit court of Will County alleging that Ferrell was ineligible to serve as a township trustee pursuant to section 55- 6 of the Illinois Township Code (the Township Code) (60 ILCS 1/55-6 (West 2020) and…”
People v. Zimel, 2023 IL App (2d) 230201-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 6× “In August 2022, the McHenry County State’s Attorney filed a quo warranto action seeking to have Zimel removed from office because he had previously been convicted of a felony and was therefore barred from holding office under section 55-6 of the Township Code (60 ILCS 1/55-6…”
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