102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3649

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/2-5009  from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009

    Amends the County Executive Form of Government Division of the Counties Code. Provides that the appointment authority of the county executive also applies to fill a vacancy to a position that the county executive originally appointed.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 2-5009 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/2-5009)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
7    Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any
8county executive elected under this Division shall:
9        (a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and
10    regulations of the board are faithfully executed;
11        (b) coordinate and direct by executive order or
12    otherwise all administrative and management functions of
13    the county government except the offices of elected county
14    officers;
15        (c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval
16    the annual budget for the county required by Division 6-1
17    of this Code;
18        (d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
19    persons to serve on the various boards and commissions to
20    which appointments are provided by law to be made by the
21    board;
22        (e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
23    persons to serve on various special districts within the

 

 

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1    county except where appointment to serve on such districts
2    is otherwise provided by law;
3        (f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs
4    of the county, on such date and at such time as the board
5    shall designate, and keep the board fully advised as to
6    the financial condition of the county and its future
7    financial needs;
8        (f-5) for a county executive of a county that has
9    adopted the executive form of government on or before the
10    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
11    Assembly, appoint, with the advice and consent of the
12    board, all department heads for any county departments;
13        (g) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
14    such subordinate deputies, employees and appointees for
15    the general administration of county affairs as considered
16    necessary, except those deputies, employees and appointees
17    in the office of an elected county officer; however, the
18    advice and consent requirement set forth in this paragraph
19    shall not apply to persons employed as a member of the
20    immediate personal staff of a county executive of a county
21    that has adopted the executive form of government on or
22    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23    96th General Assembly;
24        (h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due
25    notice and hearing, anyone whom he has the power to
26    appoint;

 

 

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1        (i) require reports and examine accounts, records and
2    operations of all county administrative units;
3        (j) supervise the care and custody of all county
4    property including institutions and agencies;
5        (k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant
6    to Section 2-5010;
7        (l) preside over board meetings; however, the county
8    executive is not entitled to vote except to break a tie
9    vote;
10        (l-5) for a county executive of a county that has
11    adopted the executive form of government on or before the
12    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
13    Assembly, if the County Executive is temporarily not
14    available to preside over a board meeting, the County
15    Executive shall designate a board member to preside over
16    the board meeting;
17        (m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a
18    written executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours
19    notice by delivery of a copy of such order to the residence
20    of each board member;
21        (n) with the advice and consent of the county board,
22    enter into intergovernmental agreements with other
23    governmental units;
24        (o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
25    negotiate on behalf of the county with governmental units
26    and the private sector for the purpose of promoting

 

 

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1    economic growth and development;
2        (p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as
3    legal counsel at an annual salary established by the
4    county board at an amount no greater than the annual
5    salary of the state's attorney of the county;
6        (q) perform such other duties as shall be required of
7    him by the board.
8    The appointment authority of the county executive provided
9for in this Section also applies to fill a vacancy in any such
10position.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)