(A) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of the municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one year next preceding the election.
(B) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
(C) A person is not eligible for the Office of Alderperson of a ward unless that person has resided in the ward that the person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the Office of Trustee of a district unless that person has resided in the municipality at least one year next preceding the election or appointment, except as provided in 65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25 and 65 ILCS 5/5-2-2.
(D) If a person is a resident of a municipality immediately prior to the active duty military service of that person or that person’s spouse resides anywhere outside of the municipality during that active duty military service and, immediately upon completion of that active duty military service, is again a resident of the municipality, then the time during which the person resides outside the municipality during the active duty military service is deemed to be time during which the person is a resident of the municipality for purposes of determining the residency requirement under division (A) above (People v. Hofer, 363, III. App. 3d 719 (5th District)).
(Prior Code, § 1-2-24)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5, 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(A), 65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(B), 65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25, 65 ILCS 5/5-2-2, and 730 ILCS 5/5-5-5(b)