Governor JB Prizker has signed House Bill 2079.

Description: Allows township officers to hold board positions on not-for-profit corporations under specific conditions.

Action: Signed

Effective: January 1, 2024

The synopsis follows:

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township officer may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the township if:

(1) the township officer is appointed by the governing body of the township to represent the interests of the township on a not-for-profit corporation’s board, then the township officer may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the township, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position; or

(2) the township officer is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the township, then the township officer may continue to serve, however, the township officer shall abstain from voting on an proposition before the township governing body directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of quorum of the township governing body.

Here are the House committee supporters of the legislation:

Hearing Date and Time: Local Government (S) 4/26/2023 4:00 PM

Austin Hopkins	Township Officials of Cook County	Township Officials of Cook County
Brian McGuire	Hanover Township	Hanover Township
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg	New Trier Township	self
Lincoln Knight	Wauconda Township	Wauconda Township
Michael Hovde	Metropolitan Township Association	Metropolitan Township Association
RANDY RAMEY	WAYNE TOWNSHIP	Township Officials of DuPage County
Shiva Mohsenzadeh	Northfield Township Government	Northfield Township
Timothy M Heneghan	Township of Schaumburg	Township of Schaumburg
Hearing Date and Time: Counties & Townships (H) 2/23/2023 10:00 AM
Ashlyn Deakin	Leyden Township
Austin Hopkins	Township Officials of Cook County	Township Officials of Cook County
Brian McGuire	Hanover Township	Hanover Township
Chip Humes	Marquardt & Company	Metropolitan townships association
Dennis Reboletti	Addison Township
Jimmy Caporusso	Leyden Township	Leyden Township
John Valle	York Township
Michael D Hovde Jr	Bloomingdale Township
Rocco D Biscaglio	Leyden Township	Leyden Township
Tim Heneghan	Township of Schaumburg	Township of Schaumburg
Tom Kuttenberg	Metropolitan Township Association	Metropolitan Township Association

The only opponent was Christopher Rojek.