Rep. Renée Kosel

Filed: 3/2/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2928

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2928 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 5727 of the 96th
5General Assembly becomes law, then the Counties Code is amended
6by changing Section 2-3003 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
8    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
9    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
10elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
11and specify the number of districts and the number of county
12board members to be elected from each district and whether
13voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
14districts. Each such district:
15        a. Shall be equal in population to each other district;
16        b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as

 

 

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1    nearly compact as practicable; and
2        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
3    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
4    paragraph a. of this Section.
5        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
6    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
7    insofar as is practicable.
8    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
9less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
10provide within that county for single member districts outside
11the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
12corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
13excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
14this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
15and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
16compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
17establishment of such districts, except that the population of
18any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
19any single member district, times the number of members found
20within that multi-member district.
21    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
22elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
232-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
24present to the Board by the second third Wednesday in April May
25in the year after a federal decennial census year an
26apportionment plan in accordance with the provisions of

 

 

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

 

 

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1apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan presented
2by the Executive. The Executive shall have access to the
3federal decennial census available to the Board.
4(Source: 09600HB5727enr.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law, or upon House Bill 5727 becoming law, whichever
7is later.".