101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1012

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-5001  from Ch. 34, par. 3-5001

    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the county clerk as recorder and election of recorder.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
53-5001 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-5001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5001)
7    Sec. 3-5001. County clerk as recorder; election of
8recorder. The The county clerk in counties having a population
9of less than 60,000 inhabitants shall be the recorder in his
10county.
11    In counties having a population of 60,000 or more
12inhabitants, there shall be elected a recorder, as provided by
13law, who shall hold his office until his successor is
14qualified.
15    If the population of any county in which a recorder has
16been elected decreases to less than 60,000, the voters of that
17county shall continue to elect a recorder if the county board
18adopts a resolution to continue the office of an elected
19recorder.
20(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)