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HB4708 Engrossed |
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LRB096 16008 RLJ 31253 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 2-1002 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1002)
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| Sec. 2-1002. Special meetings. Special meetings
of the |
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| board shall be held only when requested by at least one-third |
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| of the
members of the board, or when requested by the chairman |
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| of the board in
counties where such chairman is elected by the |
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| voters of the county, which
request shall be in writing, |
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| addressed to the clerk of the board, and
specifying the time |
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| and place of such meeting, upon reception of which
the clerk |
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| shall immediately transmit notice, in writing, of such
meeting, |
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| to each of the members of the board. Public notice of special |
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| meetings must be given as prescribed in Section 2.02 of the |
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| Open Meetings Act. The clerk shall also
cause notice of such |
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| meeting to be published in some newspaper printed
in the |
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| county, if any there be. In case a vacancy arises in the office
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| of clerk, because of death or other reason, then the request |
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| shall be
addressed to the circuit clerk who shall perform the |
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| duties of the clerk
pursuant to this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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