(A) (1) A person is not eligible for an elective village office unless that person is a qualified elector of the village and has resided in the village at least one year next preceding the election or appointment, except as provided in 65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25; 65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-75(b), 65 ILCS 5/5-2-2, or 65 ILCS 5/5-2-11.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a))
(2) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for a village office if that person is, at the time required for taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the village or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony, unless such person is again restored to his or her rights of citizenship that may have been forfeited under state law as a result of a conviction, which includes eligibility to hold elected village office, by the terms of a pardon for the offense, has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or otherwise according to law.
(3) Any time after a judgement of conviction is rendered, a person convicted of an infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony may petition the Governor for a restoration of rights.
(4) The changes made to division (A)(2) above are declarative of existing law and apply to all persons elected at the April 4, 2017 consolidated election and to persons elected or appointed thereafter.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(b))
(B) (1) No person shall be eligible for any appointive village office unless that person is a qualified elector of the village or otherwise provided by law. The residency requirements do not apply, however, to village engineers, health officers, attorneys, or other officers who require technical training or knowledge, to an appointed Village Treasurer, or to an appointed Village Collector (unless the village has designated by ordinance that the Village Clerk shall hold the office of Collector).
(2) The village may adopt ordinances that allow their firefighters and police officers to reside outside the corporate limits of the village both at the time of appointment and while serving as a firefighter or police officer.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-6)
(C) If a person is a resident of the village immediately prior to the active duty military service of that person or that person’s spouse, resides anywhere outside of the village during that active duty military service, and immediately upon completion of that active duty military service is again a resident of the village, then the time during which the person resides outside the village during the active duty military service is deemed to be time during which the person is a resident of the village for purposes of determining the residency requirement under division (A)(1) above.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(d))
Statutory reference:
Appointment of President or Trustees to other offices prohibited, see 50 ILCS 105/2