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| 1 | AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3-7002 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-7002. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is | ||||||
| 8 | created the
Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter | ||||||
| 9 | called the Board, consisting
of 7 members appointed by the | ||||||
| 10 | Sheriff with the advice and consent of
three-fifths of the | ||||||
| 11 | county
board, except that on and after the effective date of | ||||||
| 12 | this amendatory Act of
1997, the Sheriff may appoint 2 | ||||||
| 13 | additional members, with the advice and
consent of three-fifths | ||||||
| 14 | of the county board, at his or her discretion. Of the members | ||||||
| 15 | first
appointed, one shall serve until the third Monday in | ||||||
| 16 | March, 1965 one until the
third Monday in March, 1967, and one | ||||||
| 17 | until the third Monday in March, 1969. Of
the 2 additional | ||||||
| 18 | members first appointed under authority of this amendatory Act
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| 19 | of 1991, one shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1995, | ||||||
| 20 | and one until
the third Monday in March, 1997.
Of the 2 | ||||||
| 21 | additional members first appointed under the authority of this
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| 22 | amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, one shall serve | ||||||
| 23 | until the third Monday in March,
2005 and
one shall serve until | ||||||
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| 1 | the third Monday in March, 2006.
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| 2 | Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first | ||||||
| 3 | appointed
(including the 2 additional members first appointed | ||||||
| 4 | under authority of
this amendatory Act of 1991 and under the | ||||||
| 5 | authority of this amendatory Act of
the
91st General Assembly), | ||||||
| 6 | their respective successors shall be
appointed to hold office | ||||||
| 7 | from the third Monday in March of the year of
their respective | ||||||
| 8 | appointments for a term of 6 years and until their
successors | ||||||
| 9 | are appointed and qualified for a like term. As additional
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| 10 | members are appointed under authority of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 11 | 1997, their
terms shall be set to be staggered consistently | ||||||
| 12 | with the terms of the existing
Board members. | ||||||
| 13 | Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the | ||||||
| 14 | contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board is | ||||||
| 15 | abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 16 | 100th General Assembly. Of the 7 members first appointed after | ||||||
| 17 | the effective date of this Act of the 100th General Assembly, 2 | ||||||
| 18 | shall serve until the third Monday in March 2019, 2 shall serve | ||||||
| 19 | until the third Monday in March 2021, and 3 members shall serve | ||||||
| 20 | until the third Monday in March 2023. The terms of the 2 | ||||||
| 21 | additional members first appointed after the effective date of | ||||||
| 22 | this Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be staggered | ||||||
| 23 | consistently with the terms of the other Board members. | ||||||
| 24 | Successors shall be appointed to hold office from the third | ||||||
| 25 | Monday in March of the year of their respective appointments | ||||||
| 26 | for a term of 6 years. Each member of the Board shall hold | ||||||
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| 1 | office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. | ||||||
| 2 | In the case of a vacancy in the office of a member prior to | ||||||
| 3 | the conclusion of the member's term, the Sheriff shall, with | ||||||
| 4 | the advice and consent of three-fifths of the county board, | ||||||
| 5 | appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired | ||||||
| 6 | term. | ||||||
| 7 | No more than 3
members of the Board shall be affiliated | ||||||
| 8 | with the same political party,
except that as additional | ||||||
| 9 | members are appointed by the Sheriff under authority
of this | ||||||
| 10 | amendatory Act of 1997 and under the authority of this | ||||||
| 11 | amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly, the political | ||||||
| 12 | affiliation of the Board shall be
such that no more than | ||||||
| 13 | one-half of the members plus one additional member may
be | ||||||
| 14 | affiliated with the same political party. No member shall have | ||||||
| 15 | held or have
been a candidate for an elective public office | ||||||
| 16 | within one year preceding his or
her appointment.
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| 17 | The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 90-447, eff. 8-16-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97; | ||||||
| 19 | 90-655, eff.
7-30-98; 91-722, eff. 6-2-00.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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