HB1542sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Filed: 5/22/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1542

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1542 immediately below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:

"Section 3. The Counties Code is amended by changing Sections 2-5009, 2-5011, and 2-5015 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/2-5009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)

Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any county executive elected under this Division shall:

(a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and regulations of the board are faithfully executed;

(b) coordinate and direct by executive order or otherwise all administrative and management functions of the county government except the offices of elected county officers;

(c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval the annual budget for the county required by Division 6-1 of this Code;

(d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, persons to serve on the various boards and commissions to which appointments are provided by law to be made by the board;

(e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, persons to serve on various special districts within the county except where appointment to serve on such districts is otherwise provided by law;

(f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs of the county, on such date and at such time as the board shall designate, and keep the board fully advised as to the financial condition of the county and its future financial needs;

(g) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, such subordinate deputies, employees and appointees for the general administration of county affairs as considered necessary, except those deputies, employees and appointees in the office of an elected county officer;

(h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due notice and hearing, anyone whom he has the power to appoint;

(i) require reports and examine accounts, records and operations of all county administrative units;

(j) supervise the care and custody of all county property including institutions and agencies;

(k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant to Section 2-5010;

(l) preside over board meetings; however, the county executive is not entitled to vote except to break a tie vote;

(m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a written executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours notice by delivery of a copy of such order to the residence of each board member;

(n) with the advice and consent of the county board, enter into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental units;

(o) with the advice and consent of the county board, negotiate on behalf of the county with governmental units and the private sector for the purpose of promoting economic growth and development;

(p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as legal counsel at an annual salary established by the county board at an amount no greater than the annual salary of the state's attorney of the county;

(q) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all department heads for any county departments; and

(r) (q) perform such other duties as shall be required of him by the board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/2-5011) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)

Sec. 2-5011. Death, resignation or inability of county executive. In case of the death, resignation or other inability of the county executive to act, the board shall select a person, from the same political party as the county executive, who is qualified under Section 2-5008 to serve as the interim county executive until the next general election.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/2-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5015)

Sec. 2-5015. Superseding plan for election of county board chairman. The adoption of the county executive form of government by any county pursuant to this Division shall supersede any plan adopted by the county board of that county pursuant to Section 2-3007, as now or hereafter amended, for the election of the chairman of the county board by the voters of the county. No officer of the county board may identify himself or herself as a county chairman or any other title that could conflict with the duties of the County Executive as defined in this Division.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)".