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HB4930ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 5/15/2008

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4930
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4930, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:

5     "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6 Section 2-4006 as follows:

7     (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
8     Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
9     (a) In every county not under township organization having
10 3 commissioners elected at large as described in subsection (b)
11 or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
12 Section.
13     (b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at
14 the general election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and
15 in which 2 commissioners will be elected at the general
16 election in 1994, the commissioner elected in 1994 and

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1 receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term
2 of 6 years. The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve
3 for a term of 4 years. At the general election in 1996 and at
4 each general election thereafter, one commissioner shall be
5 elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
6     (c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at
7 the general election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and
8 in which one commissioner will be elected at the general
9 election in 1994, the commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve
10 for a term of 4 years. The commissioner elected in 1996 and
11 receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term
12 of 6 years. The other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve
13 for a term of 4 years. At the general election in 1998 and at
14 each general election thereafter, one commissioner shall be
15 elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
16     (c-5) The registered voters of a county with a population
17 of 50,000 or less with a 3-member board of commissioners
18 elected at large under this Section may, upon referendum
19 initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution of the board of
20 county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than
21 10% of the registered voters in the county, determine that the
22 board of county commissioners shall consist of 5 commissioners
23 elected at large. The commissioners must certify the question
24 to the proper election authority, which must submit the
25 question at an election in accordance with the general election
26 law.

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1     The question shall be submitted in substantially the
2 following form:
3         "Shall the board of county commissioners of (county)
4     consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?"
5     Votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of
6 the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative,
7 then a 5-member board of county commissioners shall be
8 established beginning with the next general election. The
9 County Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the
10 county, shall develop and present to the board of county
11 commissioners, to implement by the adoption of a resolution,
12 the transition of terms for the current 3-member board of
13 commissioners and the addition of 2 commissioners for 6-year
14 terms. Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at each
15 general election to fill expired terms.
16     (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to
17 commissioners elected under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
18 (Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)

19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.".

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