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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1495 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 55 ILCS 5/2-1003 | from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a chairman of a county board who is chosen by the board may be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board. Provides that upon adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (i) the chairman position becomes vacant the and former chairman's compensation shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (ii) the vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman without chairman compensation; and (iii) a new chairman shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. Further provides that a chairman removed maintains his or her status as a member of the county board. Effective immediately.
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| | HB1495 | | LRB101 07857 AWJ 52911 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 | | 2-1003 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-1003. Chairman and vice-chairman of county board. |
| 8 | | The county board shall, unless the chairman is elected by the |
| 9 | | voters of
the county, at its first meeting in the month |
| 10 | | following the month in which
county board members are elected, |
| 11 | | choose one of its members as chairman for
a term of 2 years and |
| 12 | | at the same meeting, choose one of its members as
vice-chairman |
| 13 | | for a term of 2 years. The vice-chairman shall serve in the
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| 14 | | place of the chairman at any meeting of the county board in |
| 15 | | which
the chairman is not present. In case of the absence of |
| 16 | | the chairman and
the vice-chairman at any meeting, the members |
| 17 | | present shall choose one of
their number as temporary chairman. |
| 18 | | A chairman who is chosen by the county board may be |
| 19 | | removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an |
| 20 | | affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon |
| 21 | | adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (i) the chairman |
| 22 | | position becomes vacant and the former chairman's compensation |
| 23 | | shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (ii) the |