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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
5Sections 2-3003, 2-3004, 2-5009, and 2-5011 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
7    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
8    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
9elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
10and specify the number of districts and the number of county
11board members to be elected from each district and whether
12voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
13districts. Each such district:
14        a. Shall be equal in population to each other district;
15        b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as
16    nearly compact as practicable; and
17        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
18    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
19    paragraph a. of this Section.
20        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
21    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
22    insofar as is practicable.
23    (2) The county board of each county having a population of

 

 

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1less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
2provide within that county for single member districts outside
3the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
4corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
5excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
6this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
7and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
8compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
9establishment of such districts, except that the population of
10any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
11any single member district, times the number of members found
12within that multi-member district.
13    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
14elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
152-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
16present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
17after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
18accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
19Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the
20third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
21public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
22apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
23but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was
24presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
25the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman
26presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is

 

 

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1prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
2hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman
3shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
4the Board.
5    (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the
6voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the
7Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to
8the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a
9federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
10accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
11Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the
12third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
13public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
14apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
15but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was
16presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
17the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive
18presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
19prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
20hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive
21shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
22the Board.
23(Source: P.A. 93-308, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
24    (55 ILCS 5/2-3004)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3004)
25    Sec. 2-3004. Failure to complete reapportionment. If any

 

 

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1county board fails to complete the reapportionment of its
2county by July 1 in 2011 1971 or any 10 years thereafter or by
3the day after the county board's regularly scheduled July
4meeting in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter, whichever is later,
5the county clerk of that county shall convene the county
6apportionment commission. Three members of the commission
7shall constitute a quorum, but a majority of all the members
8must vote affirmatively on any determination made by the
9commission. The commission shall adopt rules for its procedure.
10    The commission shall develop an apportionment plan for the
11county in the manner provided by Section 2-3003, dividing the
12county into the same number of districts as determined by the
13county board. If the county board has failed to determine the
14size of the county board to be elected, then the number of
15districts and the number of members to be elected shall be the
16largest number to which the county is entitled under Section
172-3002.
18    The commission shall submit its apportionment plan by
19October 1 in the year that it is convened, except that the
20circuit court, for good cause shown, may grant an extension of
21time, not exceeding a total of 60 days, within which such a
22plan may be submitted.
23(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
24    (55 ILCS 5/2-5009)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
25    Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any

 

 

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1county executive elected under this Division shall:
2    (a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and regulations
3of the board are faithfully executed;
4    (b) coordinate and direct by executive order or otherwise
5all administrative and management functions of the county
6government except the offices of elected county officers;
7    (c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval the
8annual budget for the county required by Division 6-1 of this
9Code;
10    (d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
11persons to serve on the various boards and commissions to which
12appointments are provided by law to be made by the board;
13    (e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
14persons to serve on various special districts within the county
15except where appointment to serve on such districts is
16otherwise provided by law;
17    (f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs of
18the county, on such date and at such time as the board shall
19designate, and keep the board fully advised as to the financial
20condition of the county and its future financial needs;
21    (f-5) for a county executive of a county that has adopted
22the executive form of government on or before the effective
23date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly,
24appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all
25department heads for any county departments;
26    (g) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, such

 

 

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1subordinate deputies, employees and appointees for the general
2administration of county affairs as considered necessary,
3except those deputies, employees and appointees in the office
4of an elected county officer; however, the advice and consent
5requirement set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to
6persons employed as a member of the immediate personal staff of
7a county executive of a county that has adopted the executive
8form of government on or before the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly;
10    (h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due notice
11and hearing, anyone whom he has the power to appoint;
12    (i) require reports and examine accounts, records and
13operations of all county administrative units;
14    (j) supervise the care and custody of all county property
15including institutions and agencies;
16    (k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant to
17Section 2-5010;
18    (l) preside over board meetings; however, the county
19executive is not entitled to vote except to break a tie vote;
20    (l-5) for a county executive of a county that has adopted
21the executive form of government on or before the effective
22date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, if
23the County Executive is temporarily not available to preside
24over a board meeting, the County Executive shall designate a
25board member to preside over the board meeting;
26    (m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a

 

 

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1written executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours notice
2by delivery of a copy of such order to the residence of each
3board member;
4    (n) with the advice and consent of the county board, enter
5into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental
6units;
7    (o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
8negotiate on behalf of the county with governmental units and
9the private sector for the purpose of promoting economic growth
10and development;
11    (p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as legal
12counsel at an annual salary established by the county board at
13an amount no greater than the annual salary of the state's
14attorney of the county;
15    (q) perform such other duties as shall be required of him
16by the board.
17(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
18    (55 ILCS 5/2-5011)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)
19    Sec. 2-5011. Death, resignation or inability of county
20executive. In case of the death, resignation or other inability
21of the county executive to act, the board shall select a person
22qualified under Section 2-5008 and Section 25-11 of the
23Election Code to serve as the interim county executive until
24the next general election.
25(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.