Full Text of HB3621 94th General Assembly
HB3621 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB3621
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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55 ILCS 5/2-3009 |
from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that when a county board member enters into active military service of the United States and is unable to continue to discharge the member's powers and duties, there shall be a temporary vacancy declared. The county board shall appoint a temporary replacement county board member to serve until the member delivers a written notice to the chairperson that he or she is no longer unable to serve as a member due to his or her active military service or the term of office to which the member was elected ends. When the county board member returns, he or she shall resume the position of county board member for the balance of the term of office to which he or she was elected. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3009 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-3009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009)
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| Sec. 2-3009. Terms of board members; vacancies; elections.
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| (a) County board member elections by county board | 9 |
| districts. In
those counties subject to this Division which | 10 |
| elect county board
members by county board districts the | 11 |
| members shall, no later than 45 days
after December 15, 1982, | 12 |
| and thereafter no later than September 1 of the
year of the | 13 |
| next general election following reapportionment, divide the
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| county board districts publicly by lot as equally as possible | 15 |
| into 2
groups. Board members or their successors from one group | 16 |
| shall be elected
for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 | 17 |
| years; and members
or their successors from the second group | 18 |
| shall be elected for successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years, and | 19 |
| 2 years. A county under this subsection may, by
ordinance, | 20 |
| decide to divide the county board districts into 3 rather than | 21 |
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groups. If a county adopts an ordinance to this effect, the | 22 |
| members of the
county board shall divide the county board | 23 |
| districts publicly by lot as equally
as possible into 3 groups | 24 |
| no later than September 1 of the year of the next
general | 25 |
| election following reapportionment. Board members or their | 26 |
| successors
from one group shall be elected for successive terms | 27 |
| of 2 years, 4 years, and 4
years; members or their successors | 28 |
| from the second group shall be elected for
successive terms of | 29 |
| 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors | 30 |
| from the third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
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| years, 4 years, and 2 years. All terms shall commence on the | 32 |
| first Monday of
the month following the month of election.
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| (b) County board member elections at large. In those | 2 |
| counties which
elect county board members at large, under | 3 |
| Sections 2-3002 and
2-3006, the members elected in the general | 4 |
| election following
reapportionment shall, no later than 45 days | 5 |
| after taking office, divide
themselves publicly by lot as | 6 |
| equally as possible into 2 groups.
Board members or their | 7 |
| successors from one group shall be elected
for successive terms | 8 |
| of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; and members
or their | 9 |
| successors from the second group shall be elected for | 10 |
| successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years. A county | 11 |
| under this subsection may, by
ordinance, decide to divide the | 12 |
| county board members into 3 rather than 2
groups. If a county | 13 |
| adopts an ordinance to this effect, the members of the
county | 14 |
| board elected in the general election following | 15 |
| reapportionment shall,
no later than 45 days after taking | 16 |
| office, divide themselves publicly by lot as
equally as | 17 |
| possible into 3 groups. Board members or their successors from | 18 |
| one
group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4 | 19 |
| years, and 4 years;
members and their successors from the | 20 |
| second group shall be elected for
successive terms of 4 years, | 21 |
| 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors from the | 22 |
| third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
years, 4 | 23 |
| years, and 2 years. All terms shall commence on the first | 24 |
| Monday of
the month following the month of election.
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| (c) Vacancies; time for elections. In counties under | 26 |
| subsection (a)
or (b), if a vacancy occurs in the office of | 27 |
| chairperson
chairman of the county board, the
remaining members | 28 |
| of the board shall elect one of the members of the board
to | 29 |
| serve for the balance of the unexpired term of the chairperson
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| chairman .
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| (d) County board member in active military service. If any | 32 |
| county board member enters into the active military service of | 33 |
| the United States and is therefore unable to continue to | 34 |
| discharge the member's powers and duties, the member shall send | 35 |
| a written notice of the member's temporary inability to serve | 36 |
| to the chairperson of the county board. When the notice is |
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| received, the office of that county board member shall be | 2 |
| deemed to be temporarily vacant and the county board shall | 3 |
| appoint a temporary replacement county board member who shall | 4 |
| perform and discharge all of the powers and duties of the | 5 |
| county board member during the time that the member is in | 6 |
| active military service and unable to discharge the member's | 7 |
| powers and duties. However, all powers and duties of the | 8 |
| temporary replacement county board member shall cease upon the | 9 |
| expiration of the term of office for which the county board | 10 |
| member was elected or upon the delivery of a written notice to | 11 |
| the chairperson from the county board member that states that | 12 |
| he or she is no longer unable to discharge the member's powers | 13 |
| and duties due to his or her active military service. Upon the | 14 |
| chairperson's receipt of the written notice from the county | 15 |
| board member, he or she shall resume the office of county board | 16 |
| member for the balance of the term of office for which he or | 17 |
| she was elected.
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| (e) In counties under subsection (a) or (b), the time for | 19 |
| the election of
county board members shall be as provided by | 20 |
| the general election law for the
election of such members.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-924.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 |
| becoming law.
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