Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 1/5/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5727

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5727 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
2    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
3    paragraph a. of this Section.
4        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
5    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
6    insofar as is practicable.
7    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
8less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
9provide within that county for single member districts outside
10the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
11corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
12excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
13this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
14and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
15compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
16establishment of such districts, except that the population of
17any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
18any single member district, times the number of members found
19within that multi-member district.
20    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
21elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
222-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
23present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
24after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
25accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
26Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the

 

 

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1third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
2public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
3apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
4but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was
5presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
6the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman
7presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
8prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
9hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman
10shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
11the Board.
12    (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the
13voters of the county as provided in 2-5007 of the Counties
14Code, the County Executive may develop and present to the Board
15by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a federal
16decennial census year an apportionment plan in accordance with
17the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section. If the
18Executive presents a plan to the Board by the third Wednesday
19in May, the Board shall conduct at least one public hearing to
20receive comments and to discuss the apportionment plan, the
21hearing shall be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days
22after the Executive's plan was presented to the Board, and the
23public shall be given notice of the hearing at least 6 days in
24advance. If the Executive presents a plan by the third
25Wednesday in May, the Board is prohibited from enacting an
26apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan presented

 

 

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1by the Executive. The Executive shall have access to the
2federal decennial census available to the Board.
3(Source: P.A. 93-308, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
4    (55 ILCS 5/2-3004)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3004)
5    Sec. 2-3004. Failure to complete reapportionment. If any
6county board fails to complete the reapportionment of its
7county by July 1 in 2011 1971 or any 10 years thereafter or by
8the day after the county board's regularly scheduled July
9meeting in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter, whichever is later,
10the county clerk of that county shall convene the county
11apportionment commission. Three members of the commission
12shall constitute a quorum, but a majority of all the members
13must vote affirmatively on any determination made by the
14commission. The commission shall adopt rules for its procedure.
15    The commission shall develop an apportionment plan for the
16county in the manner provided by Section 2-3003, dividing the
17county into the same number of districts as determined by the
18county board. If the county board has failed to determine the
19size of the county board to be elected, then the number of
20districts and the number of members to be elected shall be the
21largest number to which the county is entitled under Section
222-3002.
23    The commission shall submit its apportionment plan by
24October 1 in the year that it is convened, except that the
25circuit court, for good cause shown, may grant an extension of

 

 

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1time, not exceeding a total of 60 days, within which such a
2plan may be submitted.
3(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
4    (55 ILCS 5/2-5009)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
5    Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any
6county executive elected under this Division shall:
7    (a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and regulations
8of the board are faithfully executed;
9    (b) coordinate and direct by executive order or otherwise
10all administrative and management functions of the county
11government except the offices of elected county officers;
12    (c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval the
13annual budget for the county required by Division 6-1 of this
14Code;
15    (d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
16persons to serve on the various boards and commissions to which
17appointments are provided by law to be made by the board;
18    (e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
19persons to serve on various special districts within the county
20except where appointment to serve on such districts is
21otherwise provided by law;
22    (f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs of
23the county, on such date and at such time as the board shall
24designate, and keep the board fully advised as to the financial
25condition of the county and its future financial needs;

 

 

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

 

 

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1the executive form of government on or before the effective
2date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, if
3the County Executive is temporarily not available to preside
4over a board meeting, the County Executive shall designate a
5board member to preside over the board meeting;
6    (m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a
7written executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours notice
8by delivery of a copy of such order to the residence of each
9board member;
10    (n) with the advice and consent of the county board, enter
11into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental
12units;
13    (o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
14negotiate on behalf of the county with governmental units and
15the private sector for the purpose of promoting economic growth
16and development;
17    (p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as legal
18counsel at an annual salary established by the county board at
19an amount no greater than the annual salary of the state's
20attorney of the county;
21    (q) perform such other duties as shall be required of him
22by the board.
23(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
24    (55 ILCS 5/2-5011)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)
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1executive. In case of the death, resignation or other inability
2of the county executive to act, the board shall select a person
3qualified under Section 2-5008 and Section 25-11 of the
4Election Code to serve as the interim county executive until
5the next general election.
6(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.".