Local Government Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4930
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4930 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2-4006 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
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7 | Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
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8 | (a) In every county not under
township organization having | ||||||
9 | 3 commissioners elected at large as described in
subsection (b) | ||||||
10 | or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
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11 | Section.
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12 | (b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at | ||||||
13 | the general
election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and | ||||||
14 | in which 2 commissioners
will be elected at the general | ||||||
15 | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 and | ||||||
16 | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term |
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1 | of 6
years. The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve | ||||||
2 | for a term of 4
years. At the general election in 1996 and at | ||||||
3 | each general election
thereafter, one commissioner shall be | ||||||
4 | elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
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5 | (c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at | ||||||
6 | the general
election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and | ||||||
7 | in which one commissioner
will be elected at the general | ||||||
8 | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 shall serve | ||||||
9 | for a term of 4 years. The commissioner elected in 1996 and
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10 | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term | ||||||
11 | of 6 years. The
other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve | ||||||
12 | for a term of 4 years. At the
general election in 1998 and at | ||||||
13 | each general election thereafter, one
commissioner shall be | ||||||
14 | elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
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15 | (c-5) A county with a 3-member board of commissioners | ||||||
16 | elected at large under this Section may, upon referendum | ||||||
17 | initiated by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution of the | ||||||
18 | board of county commissioners, determine that the board of | ||||||
19 | county commissioners shall consist of either (i) 5 | ||||||
20 | commissioners elected at large or (ii) 5 commissioners elected | ||||||
21 | from single member districts. The commissioners must certify | ||||||
22 | the question with the proper election authority, which must | ||||||
23 | submit the question at an election in accordance with the | ||||||
24 | general election law. | ||||||
25 | The question shall be submitted in substantially the | ||||||
26 | following form: |
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1 | (1) For the election of 5 at-large commissioners the | ||||||
2 | question shall be: | ||||||
3 | "Shall the board of commissioners of (county) | ||||||
4 | consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?" | ||||||
5 | (2) For the election of 5 commissioners from compact, | ||||||
6 | contiguous, and equally populated districts the question | ||||||
7 | shall be: | ||||||
8 | "Shall the board of commissioners of (county) | ||||||
9 | consist of 5 commissioners elected in compact, | ||||||
10 | contiguous, and equally populated districts?" | ||||||
11 | Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no". If a majority of | ||||||
12 | the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, | ||||||
13 | then a 5-member board of commissioners shall be established as | ||||||
14 | prescribed by the specific question on the ballot. The County | ||||||
15 | Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the | ||||||
16 | county, shall determine the terms of the commissioners | ||||||
17 | initially elected under this Act. Successor commissioners | ||||||
18 | shall serve for 6-year terms. If the voters of the county | ||||||
19 | establish a 5-member board of commissioners elected from | ||||||
20 | districts, the county commissioners shall divide the county | ||||||
21 | into 5 districts that are compact, contiguous, and equally | ||||||
22 | populated, based on the last preceding decennial census. The | ||||||
23 | county commissioners shall also redistrict the 5 commissioner | ||||||
24 | districts after each subsequent decennial census. | ||||||
25 | (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to | ||||||
26 | commissioners elected
under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.".
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