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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 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 the Board, consisting
of not less than 3 and not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | more than 7 members appointed by the Sheriff with the advice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | and consent of
three-fifths of the county
board, except that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | the Sheriff may appoint 2 additional members, with the advice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | and
consent of three-fifths of the county board, at his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | discretion. Of the members first
appointed, one shall serve | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | until the third Monday in March, 1965 one until the
third | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Monday in March, 1967, and one until the third Monday in March, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1969. Of
the 2 additional members first appointed under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | authority of this amendatory Act
of 1991, one shall serve | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | until the third Monday in March, 1995, and one until
the third | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Monday in March, 1997.
Of the 2 additional members first | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | appointed under the authority of this
amendatory Act of
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 91st General Assembly, one shall serve until the third Monday | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | in March,
2005 and
one shall serve until the third Monday in | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 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 | ||||||
| 6 | Assembly), their respective successors shall be
appointed to | ||||||
| 7 | hold office from the third Monday in March of the year of
their | ||||||
| 8 | respective appointments for a term of 6 years and until their
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| 9 | successors are appointed and qualified for a like term. As | ||||||
| 10 | additional
members are appointed under authority of this | ||||||
| 11 | amendatory Act of 1997, their
terms shall be set to be | ||||||
| 12 | staggered consistently with the terms of the existing
Board | ||||||
| 13 | members. | ||||||
| 14 | Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the | ||||||
| 15 | contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board is | ||||||
| 16 | abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 17 | 100th General Assembly. Of the 7 members first appointed after | ||||||
| 18 | the effective date of this Act of the 100th General Assembly, 2 | ||||||
| 19 | shall serve until the third Monday in March 2019, 2 shall serve | ||||||
| 20 | until the third Monday in March 2021, and 3 members shall serve | ||||||
| 21 | until the third Monday in March 2023. The terms of the 2 | ||||||
| 22 | additional members first appointed after the effective date of | ||||||
| 23 | this Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be staggered | ||||||
| 24 | consistently with the terms of the other Board members. | ||||||
| 25 | Successors or reappointments shall be appointed to hold office | ||||||
| 26 | for a term ending on the third Monday in March 6 years | ||||||
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| 1 | following the preceding term expiration. Each member of the | ||||||
| 2 | Board shall hold office until his or her successor is | ||||||
| 3 | appointed and qualified or the member is reappointed. In all | ||||||
| 4 | appointments, the county board has the power to approve terms | ||||||
| 5 | to ensure the Board fulfills its mandate. | ||||||
| 6 | In the case of a vacancy in the office of a member prior to | ||||||
| 7 | the conclusion of the member's term, the Sheriff shall, with | ||||||
| 8 | the advice and consent of three-fifths of the county board, | ||||||
| 9 | appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired | ||||||
| 10 | term. | ||||||
| 11 | No more than one-half plus one of the
members of the Board | ||||||
| 12 | shall be affiliated with the same political party. Political | ||||||
| 13 | affiliation is determined, for purposes of this Section, as | ||||||
| 14 | the political affiliation an appointed member has or does not | ||||||
| 15 | have at the time the appointment is approved by the county | ||||||
| 16 | board and shall continue to be so determined until the member | ||||||
| 17 | discontinues serving on the Board. No member shall have held | ||||||
| 18 | or have
been a candidate for an elective public office within | ||||||
| 19 | one year preceding his or
her appointment.
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| 20 | The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 100-562, eff. 12-8-17; 100-912, eff. 8-17-18.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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