Full Text of SB2431 093rd General Assembly
SB2431 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2431
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Vince Demuzio, George P. Shadid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/1A-1 |
from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Terminates the terms of current members of the State Board of Education on July 1, 2004, and provides for new members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 1A-1 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
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| Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
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| (a) The term of each member of the State Board of Education | 9 |
| who is in
office on June 30, 2004
the effective date of this | 10 |
| amendatory Act of
1996 shall terminate
on July 1, 2004
January | 11 |
| 1, 1997
or when all of the new members initially to be
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| appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 13 |
| Assembly
of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as
provided in | 14 |
| subsection (b), whichever last occurs.
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| (b) As soon as possible after the effective date of this | 16 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Governor, with | 17 |
| the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint new members | 18 |
| to the State Board of Education as provided in this subsection | 19 |
| (b). Beginning
on July 1, 2004
January 1, 1997 or when all of | 20 |
| the new members initially to be appointed
under this subsection | 21 |
| are appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs,
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| thereafter, the State Board of
Education shall consist of 9 | 23 |
| members, who shall be appointed by the
Governor with the advice | 24 |
| and consent
of the Senate from a pattern of regional | 25 |
| representation as follows: 2
appointees shall be selected from | 26 |
| among those counties of the State other
than Cook County and | 27 |
| the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees shall be | 28 |
| selected from
Cook County, one of whom shall be a resident of | 29 |
| the City of
Chicago and one of whom shall be a resident of that
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| part of Cook County
which lies outside the city limits of | 31 |
| Chicago; 2
appointees shall be
selected from among the 5 | 32 |
| counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
County; and 3 |
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| members
shall be selected as members-at-large. At no time
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| more than 5
members of the Board be from one political party. | 3 |
| Party membership is
defined as having voted in the primary of | 4 |
| the party in the last primary
before appointment. The 9 members | 5 |
| initially appointed pursuant to
this
amendatory Act of the 93rd | 6 |
| General Assembly
1996 shall draw lots to determine
3 of their | 7 |
| number who shall serve a term to expire on
until the fourth | 8 |
| Monday of January, 2007 and until their respective successors | 9 |
| are appointed and qualified
second Wednesday of January,
2003, | 10 |
| 3 of their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of | 11 |
| January,
2001, and 3 of their number who shall serve until the | 12 |
| second Wednesday of
January,
1999 . Upon expiration of the terms | 13 |
| of the members initially appointed
under this amendatory Act of
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| 1996 , their respective successors shall be
appointed for terms | 15 |
| of 4
6 years, from the fourth Monday
second Wednesday in | 16 |
| January ,
of each
odd
numbered year and shall serve until their | 17 |
| respective successors are appointed and
qualified. Vacancies | 18 |
| in terms shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor with | 19 |
| the advice and consent of the Senate for the extent of the
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| unexpired term.
If a vacancy in membership occurs at a time | 21 |
| when the Senate is not in
session, the Governor shall make a | 22 |
| temporary appointment until the next meeting
of the Senate, | 23 |
| when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that | 24 |
| membership
for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not | 25 |
| in session when
appointments for a full term are made, the | 26 |
| appointments shall be made as in the
case of vacancies.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 29 |
| becoming law.
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