Public Act 103-0117
 
HB1153 EnrolledLRB103 04792 AWJ 49802 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 3-1001 and 3-1002 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/3-1001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1001)



    Sec. 3-1001. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 to 
3,000,000. In all
counties containing less than 3,000,000 and 
over 70,000 75,000 inhabitants by the
last federal census, 
there is created the office of county auditor, whose
term of 
office shall be 4 years and until his or her successor is 
elected and
qualified. The nomination and election shall be 
subject to the general
election laws of the State. Each county 
auditor shall take office the first
day of the month following 
the month of his or her election on which the office of
the 
county auditor is required, by statute or by action of the 
county
board, to be open. The qualifications and oath of 
office shall be the same
as apply to other county officers. 
Each county auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of 
the office, give bond (or, if the county is
self-insured, the 
county through its self-insurance program may provide
bonding) 
in such penalty and with such security as the county board 
deems
sufficient, which bond shall be substantially in the 
form required by law to be
given by the county clerk. Such bond 
shall be filed with the county clerk on or
before the day the 
county auditor takes office. In case of a vacancy in the
office 
of county auditor caused by death, resignation, or removal 
from office,
the vacancy shall be filled as provided for 
filling vacancies of other county
offices. If the auditor is 
temporarily unable to perform his or her duties for
any 
reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, shall assume the 
duties of the
auditor until the auditor is able to resume his 
or her duties or until a
replacement for the auditor is chosen.

(Source: P.A. 87-401; 88-387.)

 



    (55 ILCS 5/3-1002)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1002)



    Sec. 3-1002. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 
population or less. In counties of 70,000 75,000 population or 
less, as determined by the
last federal census preceding the 
date of appointment, the presiding
officer of the county board 
with the advice and consent of the county board
may appoint and 
employ a county auditor whose term of office shall be 4
years 
and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Every county

auditor appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 
shall hold
office until the first Tuesday of May, 1961, and 
until a successor is
appointed and qualified. A successor 
shall be appointed and take office
on the first Tuesday of May, 
1961, and every 4 years thereafter, for a term
of 4 years and 
until another successor is appointed and qualified. The

qualifications and oath of office of such county auditor shall 
be the same
as apply to other county officers. Each county 
auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of the office, 
give bond in such penalty and with
such security as the county 
board shall deem sufficient, which bond shall
be substantially 
in the form required by law to be given by the county
clerk. 
Said bond shall be filed with the county clerk on or before the 
date
the county auditor enters into the duties of the office. 
In case of a
vacancy in the office of county auditor caused by 
death, resignation, or
removal from office, the vacancy shall 
be filled by appointment by the
presiding officer of the 
county board with the advice and consent of the
county board. 
If the auditor is temporarily unable to perform his or her

duties for any reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, 
shall assume
the duties of the auditor until the auditor is 
able to resume his or her
duties or until a replacement for the 
auditor is chosen.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-401.)