Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 5/15/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4930
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4930, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 2-4006 as follows:
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7 | (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
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8 | Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
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9 | (a) In every county not under
township organization having | ||||||
10 | 3 commissioners elected at large as described in
subsection (b) | ||||||
11 | or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
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12 | Section.
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13 | (b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at | ||||||
14 | the general
election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and | ||||||
15 | in which 2 commissioners
will be elected at the general | ||||||
16 | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 and |
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1 | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term | ||||||
2 | of 6
years. The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve | ||||||
3 | for a term of 4
years. At the general election in 1996 and at | ||||||
4 | each general election
thereafter, one commissioner shall be | ||||||
5 | elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
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6 | (c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at | ||||||
7 | the general
election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and | ||||||
8 | in which one commissioner
will be elected at the general | ||||||
9 | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 shall serve | ||||||
10 | for a term of 4 years. The commissioner elected in 1996 and
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11 | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term | ||||||
12 | of 6 years. The
other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve | ||||||
13 | for a term of 4 years. At the
general election in 1998 and at | ||||||
14 | each general election thereafter, one
commissioner shall be | ||||||
15 | elected to serve for a term of 6 years. | ||||||
16 | (c-5) The registered voters of a county with a population | ||||||
17 | of 50,000 or less with a 3-member board of commissioners | ||||||
18 | elected at large under this Section may, upon referendum
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19 | initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution of the
board of | ||||||
20 | county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than | ||||||
21 | 10% of the registered voters in the county, determine that the | ||||||
22 | board of
county commissioners shall consist of 5
commissioners | ||||||
23 | elected at large. The commissioners must certify
the question | ||||||
24 | to the proper election authority, which must
submit the | ||||||
25 | question at an election in accordance with the
general election | ||||||
26 | law. |
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1 | The question shall be submitted in substantially the
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2 | following form: | ||||||
3 | "Shall the board of county commissioners of (county) | ||||||
4 | consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?" | ||||||
5 | Votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of | ||||||
6 | the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, | ||||||
7 | then a 5-member board of county commissioners shall be | ||||||
8 | established beginning with the next general election. The | ||||||
9 | County Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the | ||||||
10 | county, shall develop and present to the board of county | ||||||
11 | commissioners, to implement by the adoption of a resolution, | ||||||
12 | the transition of terms for the current 3-member board of | ||||||
13 | commissioners and the addition of 2 commissioners for 6-year | ||||||
14 | terms. Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at each | ||||||
15 | general election to fill expired terms.
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16 | (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to | ||||||
17 | commissioners elected
under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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