Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Filed: 5/17/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1542
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1542 immediately | ||||||
3 | below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
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4 | "Section 3. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2-5009, 2-5011, and 2-5015 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-5009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
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7 | Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any | ||||||
8 | county executive elected under this Division shall:
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9 | (a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and regulations | ||||||
10 | of the board
are faithfully executed;
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11 | (b) coordinate and direct by executive order or otherwise | ||||||
12 | all
administrative and management functions of the county | ||||||
13 | government except the
offices of elected county officers;
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14 | (c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval the | ||||||
15 | annual budget
for the county required by Division 6-1 of this | ||||||
16 | Code;
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1 | (d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, | ||||||
2 | persons to serve
on the various boards and commissions to which | ||||||
3 | appointments are provided by
law to be made by the board;
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4 | (e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, | ||||||
5 | persons to serve
on various special districts within the county | ||||||
6 | except where appointment to
serve on such districts is | ||||||
7 | otherwise provided by law;
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8 | (f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs of | ||||||
9 | the county, on
such date and at such time as the board shall | ||||||
10 | designate, and keep the board
fully advised as to the financial | ||||||
11 | condition of the county and its future
financial needs;
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12 | (g) appoint , with the advice and consent of the board, such | ||||||
13 | subordinate
deputies, employees and appointees for the general | ||||||
14 | administration of county
affairs as considered necessary, | ||||||
15 | except those deputies, employees and
appointees in the office | ||||||
16 | of an elected county officer;
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17 | (h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due notice | ||||||
18 | and hearing,
anyone whom he has the power to appoint;
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19 | (i) require reports and examine accounts, records and | ||||||
20 | operations of all
county administrative units;
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21 | (j) supervise the care and custody of all county property | ||||||
22 | including
institutions and agencies;
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23 | (k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant to | ||||||
24 | Section
2-5010;
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25 | (l) preside over board meetings; however, the county | ||||||
26 | executive
is not entitled to vote except to break a tie vote;
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1 | (m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a | ||||||
2 | written
executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours notice | ||||||
3 | by delivery of a
copy of such order to the residence of each | ||||||
4 | board member;
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5 | (n) with the advice and consent of the county board, enter | ||||||
6 | into
intergovernmental agreements with other governmental | ||||||
7 | units;
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8 | (o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
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9 | negotiate on
behalf of the county with governmental units and | ||||||
10 | the private sector for the
purpose of promoting economic growth | ||||||
11 | and development;
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12 | (p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as legal | ||||||
13 | counsel at
an annual salary established by the county board at | ||||||
14 | an amount no greater
than the annual salary of the state's | ||||||
15 | attorney of the county;
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16 | (q) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all | ||||||
17 | department heads for any county departments;
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18 | (r)
(q) perform such other duties as shall be required of | ||||||
19 | him by the board.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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21 | (55 ILCS 5/2-5011) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)
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22 | Sec. 2-5011. Death, resignation or inability of county | ||||||
23 | executive. In
case of the death, resignation or other inability | ||||||
24 | of the county executive
to act, the board shall select a | ||||||
25 | person , from the same political party as the county executive, |
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1 | who is qualified under Section 2-5008 to
serve as the interim | ||||||
2 | county executive until the next general election.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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4 | (55 ILCS 5/2-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5015)
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5 | Sec. 2-5015. Superseding plan for election of county board | ||||||
6 | chairman. The adoption of the county executive form of | ||||||
7 | government by any county
pursuant to this Division shall | ||||||
8 | supersede any plan adopted by
the county board of that county | ||||||
9 | pursuant to Section 2-3007, as now or
hereafter amended, for | ||||||
10 | the election of the chairman of the county board by
the voters | ||||||
11 | of the county. No officer of the county board may identify | ||||||
12 | himself or herself as a county chairman or any other title that | ||||||
13 | could conflict with the duties of the County Executive as | ||||||
14 | defined in this Division.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".
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