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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2056 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
county board elections.
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| | HB2056 | | LRB102 12273 AWJ 17610 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2-3002.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-3002.5.
Beginning with members elected at the
the |
| 8 | | general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between |
| 9 | | 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall |
| 10 | | have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the |
| 11 | | chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters |
| 12 | | of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman |
| 13 | | shall not be counted as a
member of the county board for the |
| 14 | | purpose of the limitations on the size of
the county board |
| 15 | | provided in this Section. Neither a member nor the
chairman of |
| 16 | | that county board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner |
| 17 | | or
president of the board of commissioners of the forest |
| 18 | | preserve district. No
person shall seek election to both the |
| 19 | | county board and the forest preserve
commission at the same |
| 20 | | election. |
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
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