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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3106 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Sandy Cole SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that beginning with members elected at the general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to the most recent federal (previously, 2000) decennial census shall have no
more than 18 members on their county board. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3106 | | LRB097 10809 KMW 51261 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2-3002.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-3002.5.
Beginning with members elected at the |
| 8 | | general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between |
| 9 | | 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to the most recent federal 2000 |
| 10 | | decennial census shall have no
more than 18 members on their |
| 11 | | county board.
If the chairman of the county board is elected |
| 12 | | at-large by the voters of the
county as provided in Section |
| 13 | | 2-3007, the chairman shall not be counted as a
member of the |
| 14 | | county board for the purpose of the limitations on the size of
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| 15 | | the county board provided in this Section. Neither a member nor |
| 16 | | the
chairman of that county board shall serve simultaneously as |
| 17 | | commissioner or
president of the board of commissioners of the |
| 18 | | forest preserve district. No
person shall seek election to both |
| 19 | | the county board and the forest preserve
commission at the same |
| 20 | | election.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |