Full Text of HB1725 102nd General Assembly
HB1725sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Steven M. Landek Filed: 5/26/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1725
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1725 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, line 4, after "by", by inserting "changing Sections | 4 | | 5-2 and 5-4 and by"; and | 5 | | on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | 6 | | following:
| 7 | | "(105 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-2. Governing board.
| 9 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the | 10 | | The school business of all school townships having school | 11 | | trustees shall
be transacted by three trustees, to be elected | 12 | | by the qualified voters of
the township, as hereinafter | 13 | | provided in subsection (c) . | 14 | | (b) The school business of Lyons Township shall be | 15 | | transacted, as provided in subsection (c), by 4 trustees, to |
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| 1 | | be elected by the qualified voters of the township, and 3 | 2 | | trustees who shall be appointed by the school boards of the | 3 | | school districts that comprise the majority of land within | 4 | | Lyons Township, as follows: | 5 | | (1) one trustee who is appointed by the school boards | 6 | | of Argo Community High School District 217, Summit School | 7 | | District 104, Willow Springs School District 108, and | 8 | | Indian Springs School District 109; | 9 | | (2) one trustee who is appointed by the school boards | 10 | | of Lyons School District 103, La Grange School District | 11 | | 102, and La Grange School District 105 South; and | 12 | | (3) one trustee who is appointed by the school boards | 13 | | of Pleasantdale School District 107, LaGrange Highlands | 14 | | School District 106, and Western Springs School District | 15 | | 101. | 16 | | (c) The trustees shall be a body politic
and corporate, by | 17 | | the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ....,
range | 18 | | No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school | 19 | | townships
created from two or more congressional townships, | 20 | | such name shall be
"trustees of .... township .... county, | 21 | | Illinois." Such corporation shall
have perpetual existence, | 22 | | with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and
be impleaded, | 23 | | in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had.
| 24 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
| 25 | | (105 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-4)
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| 1 | | Sec. 5-4. Election of trustees. The election of trustees | 2 | | of schools shall be held in odd-numbered years
at the election | 3 | | specified in the general election law. In townships in which
| 4 | | no election for school
trustees has been held, or in townships | 5 | | in which from any cause there are
no trustees of schools and | 6 | | the law requires that there be school trustees,
the election | 7 | | of trustees of schools shall be held at the same
time.
| 8 | | No person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of | 9 | | schools, in townships
containing 20,000 inhabitants or over, | 10 | | except by petition signed by at least
5% of the total amount of | 11 | | twenty-five voters of the school township in which the person | 12 | | he is seeking nomination
and election who last cast votes in | 13 | | the most recent election, filed with the township
treasurer, | 14 | | or, in case of a first election, with the county clerk.
| 15 | | A candidate for election as a school trustee, who has | 16 | | petitioned for nomination
to fill a full term and to fill a | 17 | | vacant term to be voted upon at the same
election, must | 18 | | withdraw his or her petition for nomination from either the
| 19 | | full term or the vacant term by written declaration, which | 20 | | shall be signed
and acknowledged by an officer authorized to | 21 | | take such acknowledgments and
which is filed with the township | 22 | | treasurer in the township in which he or
she is a candidate | 23 | | within the time provided by the general election law.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)".
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