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35 ILCS 200/2-60

(35 ILCS 200/2-60)

Sec. 2-60.

Vacancies.

(a) When any township or multi-township assessment
district fails to elect an assessor or when an assessor's office becomes vacant
for any reason specified in Section 25-2 of the Election Code, the township or
multi-township board of trustees shall fill the vacancy in townships or
multi-township assessment districts by
appointing a person qualified as required under Section 2-45 or as
revised by the Department under Section 2-52.
A person appointed to fill a vacancy under this Section must be a member of
the same political party as the person vacating the office if the person
vacating the office was a member of an established political party, as defined
in Section 10-2 of the Election Code, that is still in existence at the time
the appointment is made.  The appointee shall establish his or her political
party affiliation by his or her record of voting in party
primary elections or by holding or having held an office in
a political
party organization before the appointment. If the appointee has not voted in
a
party
primary election or is not holding or has not held an office in a political
party
organization before the appointment, then the appointee shall establish his or
her political
party affiliation by his or her record of participating in a political party's
nomination or
election caucus.

(b) In the alternative, a
township or multi-township assessment district shall contract with a person
qualified as required under Section 2-45 or as revised by the Department
under Section 2-52 to do the assessing at a cost no
greater than the maximum salary authorized for that township or multi-township
assessment district under Section 2-70.

(Source: P.A. 89-342, eff. 1-1-96; 89-441, eff. 6-1-96; 90-748, eff.
8-14-98.)