(A) 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. A person is not eligible for an elective village office if that person is 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.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a),(b))
(B) 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). The village may adopt ordinances that allow its firefighters and police officers to reside outside the corporate limits of the village both at the time of employment and while serving as a firefighter or police officer.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-6)
(2000 Code, § 31.01)
Statutory reference:
Appointment of President or Trustees to other offices prohibited, see 50 ILCS 105/2