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90_HB0652

      10 ILCS 5/1-3             from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
      10 ILCS 5/2A-36           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36
      10 ILCS 5/2A-43           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43
      10 ILCS 5/2A-48           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48
      10 ILCS 5/2A-49           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49
      10 ILCS 5/2A-50           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50
      10 ILCS 5/2A-51           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51
      10 ILCS 5/2A-52           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52
      10 ILCS 5/2A-54
      10 ILCS 5/4-11            from Ch. 46, par. 4-11
      10 ILCS 5/10-6            from Ch. 46, par. 10-6
      10 ILCS 5/11-7            from Ch. 46, par. 11-7
      10 ILCS 5/12-1            from Ch. 46, par. 12-1
      10 ILCS 5/16-4.1          from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1
      10 ILCS 5/24-1.2          from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2
      70 ILCS 705/4.02          from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02
      110 ILCS 805/2-12.1       from Ch. 122, par. 102-12.1
      110 ILCS 805/3-7          from Ch. 122, par. 103-7
          Amends the Election Code, the  Public  Community  College
      Act  and  the  Fire  Protection  District  Act to abolish the
      nonpartisan election held on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the
      first  Monday  in  November of odd-numbered years.  Transfers
      elections of officers held at the nonpartisan election to the
      consolidated election held on the first Tuesday in  April  of
      odd-numbered  years.   Provides  for  the terms of incumbents
      elected before  the  nonpartisan  election  is  abolished  to
      expire  one  month  after  the  election of their successors.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to elections.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Sections 1-3, 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2,  2A-36,  2A-43,  2A-48,  2A-49,
 6    2A-50,  2A-51,  2A-52,  2A-54, 4-11, 10-6, 11-7, 12-1, 16-4.1
 7    and 24-1.2 as follows:
 8        (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
 9        Sec. 1-3.  As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the  context
10    otherwise requires:
11        1.  "Election"  includes  the submission of all questions
12    of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
13    popular  vote,  and  includes  primary  elections   when   so
14    indicated by the context.
15        2.  "Regular   election"   means   the  general,  general
16    primary, nonpartisan, consolidated and  consolidated  primary
17    elections   regularly  scheduled  in  Article  2A.  The  even
18    numbered year municipal primary established in Article 2A  is
19    a  regular election only with respect to those municipalities
20    in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
21        3.  "Special election" means an  election  not  regularly
22    recurring  at  fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
23    held at the same time and place  and  by  the  same  election
24    officers as a regular election.
25        4.  "General  election"  means  the  biennial election at
26    which members of the General Assembly are  elected.  "General
27    primary   election",  "nonpartisan  election",  "consolidated
28    election"  and  "consolidated  primary  election"  mean   the
29    respective  elections  or  the  election dates designated and
30    established in Article 2A of this Code.
31        5.  "Municipal election" means an  election  or  primary,
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 1    either   regular   or   special,  in  cities,  villages,  and
 2    incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any  such  city,
 3    village or incorporated town.
 4        6.  "Political  or  governmental  subdivision"  means any
 5    unit  of  local  government,  or  school  district  in  which
 6    elections are or may  be  held.  "Political  or  governmental
 7    subdivision"  also  includes, for election purposes, Regional
 8    Boards of School Trustees,  and  Township  Boards  of  School
 9    Trustees.
10        7.  The  word  "township" and the word "town" shall apply
11    interchangeably to  the  type  of  governmental  organization
12    established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
13    Code.  The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
14    referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
15    Code, as now or hereafter amended.
16        8.  "Election authority" means a county clerk or a  Board
17    of Election Commissioners.
18        9.  "Election  Jurisdiction"  means (a) an entire county,
19    in the case of a county in which no city  board  of  election
20    commissioners  is  located or which is under the jurisdiction
21    of  a  county  board  of  election  commissioners;  (b)   the
22    territorial   jurisdiction   of  a  city  board  of  election
23    commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county  outside  of
24    the  jurisdiction  of a city board of election commissioners.
25    In each instance election jurisdiction  shall  be  determined
26    according to which election authority maintains the permanent
27    registration records of qualified electors.
28        10.  "Local   election   official"  means  the  clerk  or
29    secretary of a unit of local government or  school  district,
30    as  the  case  may  be,  the treasurer of a township board of
31    school trustees, and the regional superintendent  of  schools
32    with  respect  to  the  various  school officer elections and
33    school referenda for which  the  regional  superintendent  is
34    assigned  election  duties  by  The  School  Code,  as now or
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 1    hereafter amended.
 2        11.  "Judges of election", "primary judges"  and  similar
 3    terms,  as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
 4    when used in connection with duties at an election during the
 5    hours the polls are open, refer to  the  team  of  judges  of
 6    election  on  duty  during  such  hours;  and, when used with
 7    reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer  to
 8    the  team  of tally judges designated to count the vote after
 9    the closing of the polls and the holdover  judges  designated
10    pursuant  to  Section  13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
11    after the closing of the polls, any act  is  required  to  be
12    performed  by  each  of  the  judges of election, it shall be
13    performed by each of the tally judges  and  by  each  of  the
14    holdover judges.
15        12.  "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
16    7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
17    statement  containing  oath, and sheets containing signatures
18    of qualified primary electors bound together.
19        13.  "Election district" and "precinct", when  used  with
20    reference  to  a  30-day  residence  requirement,  means  the
21    smallest  constituent  territory  in which electors vote as a
22    unit at the same polling place in any  election  governed  by
23    this Act.
24        14.  "District"  means any area which votes as a unit for
25    the election of any officer, other than the State or  a  unit
26    of  local government or school district, and includes, but is
27    not  limited  to,  legislative,  congressional  and  judicial
28    districts,  judicial  circuits,   county   board   districts,
29    municipal   and   sanitary   district   wards,  school  board
30    districts, and precincts.
31        15.  "Question of public  policy"  or  "public  question"
32    means  any  question, proposition or measure submitted to the
33    voters at an election dealing with subject matter other  than
34    the  nomination  or election of candidates and shall include,
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 1    but is not limited  to,  any  bond  or  tax  referendum,  and
 2    questions relating to the Constitution.
 3        16.  "Ordinance  providing  the  form  of government of a
 4    municipality  or  county  pursuant  to  Article  VII  of  the
 5    Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and  petitions
 6    adopted   by   referendum  which  provide  for  the  form  of
 7    government, the officers or the manner of selection or  terms
 8    of  office  of  officers  of  such  municipality  or  county,
 9    pursuant  to  the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
10    VII of the Constitution.
11        17.  "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22,  5-14,  5-29,
12    6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
13    or  other  electronic  data processing information containing
14    voter information.
15        18.  "Accessible" means  accessible  to  handicapped  and
16    elderly   individuals   for   the   purpose   of   voting  or
17    registration, as determined by rule of  the  State  Board  of
18    Elections.
19        19.  "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20        20.  "Handicapped"  means having a temporary or permanent
21    physical disability.
22        21.  "Leading political  party"  means  one  of  the  two
23    political  parties  whose candidates for governor at the most
24    recent three  gubernatorial  elections  received  either  the
25    highest  or  second  highest  average  number  of votes.  The
26    political party whose candidates for  governor  received  the
27    highest  average  number of votes shall be known as the first
28    leading  political  party  and  the  political  party   whose
29    candidates  for  governor received the second highest average
30    number  of  votes  shall  be  known  as  the  second  leading
31    political party.
32        22.  "Business day" means any day in which the office  of
33    an  election  authority, local election official or the State
34    Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum  of  7
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 1    hours.
 2        23.  "Homeless  individual"  means  any  person who has a
 3    nontraditional residence, including but  not  limited  to,  a
 4    shelter,  day  shelter,  park  bench, street corner, or space
 5    under a bridge.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-1241; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
 8        Sec. 2A-1.1.  All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.  (a)
 9    In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
10    the  first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
11    election to be known as the general primary election shall be
12    held on the third Tuesday in March;
13        (b)  In odd-numbered years, an election to  be  known  as
14    the  consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
15    in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of  this  Act;
16    and  an  election  to  be  known  as the consolidated primary
17    election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.;
18        (c)  In odd-numbered years, an election to  be  known  as
19    the  nonpartisan  election shall be held on the first Tuesday
20    after the first Monday in November.
21    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
22        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
23        Sec.  2A-1.2.  Consolidated  Schedule  of   Elections   -
24    Offices Designated.
25        (a)  At   the   general   election   in  the  appropriate
26    even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
27    shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
28             (1)  Elector of President and Vice President of  the
29        United States;
30             (2)  United   States   Senator   and  United  States
31        Representative;
32             (3)  State Executive Branch elected officers;
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 1             (4)  State Senator and State Representative;
 2             (5)  County  elected  officers,  including   State's
 3        Attorney,  County Board member, County Commissioners, and
 4        elected President of the County  Board  or  County  Chief
 5        Executive;
 6             (6)  Circuit Court Clerk;
 7             (7)  Regional  Superintendent  of Schools, except in
 8        counties or educational service  regions  in  which  that
 9        office has been abolished;
10             (8)  Judges  of  the  Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
11        Courts, on the question of retention, to  fill  vacancies
12        and newly created judicial offices;
13             (9)  (Blank);
14             (10)  Trustee  of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
15        of  Chicago,  and  elected  Trustee  of  other   Sanitary
16        Districts;
17             (11)  Special   District   elected   officers,   not
18        otherwise  designated  in this Section, where the statute
19        creating or authorizing  the  creation  of  the  district
20        requires  an  annual  election  and  permits  or requires
21        election of candidates of political parties.
22        (b)  At the general primary election:
23             (1)  in  each  even-numbered  year   candidates   of
24        political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
25        be  filled  at  the general election in that year, except
26        where  pursuant  to  law  nomination  of  candidates   of
27        political parties is made by caucus.
28             (2)  in  the  appropriate  even-numbered  years  the
29        political  party  offices  of State central committeeman,
30        township committeeman, ward  committeeman,  and  precinct
31        committeeman  shall be filled and delegates and alternate
32        delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
33        elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.  In the
34        even-numbered years in which a Presidential  election  is
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 1        to  be  held,  candidates  in the Presidential preference
 2        primary shall also be on the ballot.
 3             (3)  in   each   even-numbered   year,   where   the
 4        municipality has provided for annual elections  to  elect
 5        municipal  officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
 6        of Article VII  of  the  Constitution,  pursuant  to  the
 7        Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  pursuant  to the municipal
 8        charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall  be
 9        filled  at  an  election  held on the date of the general
10        primary election, provided that  the  municipal  election
11        shall  be  a  nonpartisan  election where required by the
12        Illinois  Municipal   Code.    For   partisan   municipal
13        elections  in  even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
14        candidates for municipal office  to  be  elected  at  the
15        general  primary  election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
16        weeks preceding that election.
17             (4)  in each school district which has  adopted  the
18        provisions  of  Article 33 of the School Code, successors
19        to the members of the  board  of  education  whose  terms
20        expire  in  the year in which the general primary is held
21        shall be elected.
22        (c)  At the  consolidated  election  in  the  appropriate
23    odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
24             (1)  Municipal    officers,    provided    that   in
25        municipalities in which candidates for alderman or  other
26        municipal   office   are  not  permitted  by  law  to  be
27        candidates of  political  parties,  the  runoff  election
28        where  required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
29        required by law,  shall  be  held  on  the  date  of  the
30        consolidated  election; and provided further, in the case
31        of  municipal  officers  provided  for  by  an  ordinance
32        providing the form  of  government  of  the  municipality
33        pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
34        such  offices  shall  be  filled by election or by runoff
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 1        election as may be provided by such ordinance;
 2             (2)  Village   and   incorporated    town    library
 3        directors;
 4             (3)  City boards of stadium commissioners;
 5             (4)  Commissioners of park districts;
 6             (5)  Trustees of public library districts;
 7             (6)  Special    District   elected   officers,   not
 8        otherwise designated in this section, where  the  statute
 9        creating  or  authorizing  the  creation  of the district
10        permits or requires election of candidates  of  political
11        parties;
12             (7)  Township   officers,  including  township  park
13        commissioners, township library directors, and boards  of
14        managers   of  community  buildings,  and  Multi-Township
15        Assessors;
16             (8)  Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
17             (9)  Members of school boards  in  school  districts
18        which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
19             (10)  The  directors  and  chairman  of  the Chain O
20        Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
21             (11)  Forest preserve district commissioners elected
22        under  Section  3.5  of  the  Downstate  Forest  Preserve
23        District Act.
24             (12)  Elected  members  of  school  boards,   school
25        trustees,   directors  of  boards  of  school  directors,
26        trustees of county boards of school trustees  (except  in
27        counties   or   educational   service  regions  having  a
28        population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and  members
29        of  boards  of school inspectors, except school boards in
30        school districts that adopt  Article  33  of  the  School
31        Code;
32             (13)  Members of Community College district boards;
33             (14)  Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
34             (15)  Commissioners  of the Springfield Metropolitan
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 1        Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
 2             (16)  Elected Trustees  of  Tuberculosis  Sanitarium
 3        Districts;
 4             (17)  Elected  Officers  of  special  districts  not
 5        otherwise  designated  in  this Section for which the law
 6        governing those districts does not permit  candidates  of
 7        political parties.
 8        (d)  At   the   consolidated  primary  election  in  each
 9    odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties  shall  be
10    nominated  for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
11    election  in  that  year,  except  where  pursuant   to   law
12    nomination  of  candidates  of  political  parties is made by
13    caucus, and except those offices listed  in  paragraphs  (12)
14    through (17) of subsection (c).
15        At  the  consolidated primary election in the appropriate
16    odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
17    shall be elected in municipalities in  which  candidates  for
18    mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
19    to  be  candidates  of  political  parties, subject to runoff
20    elections to be held at the consolidated election as  may  be
21    required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
22    a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
23    law  candidates  for  such  office  are  not  permitted to be
24    candidates of political parties.
25        At the consolidated primary election in  the  appropriate
26    odd-numbered  years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
27    elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may  be  provided
28    by  an  ordinance  providing  a  form  of  government  of the
29    municipality pursuant to Section 7  of  Article  VII  of  the
30    Constitution.
31        (e)  (Blank).    At  the  nonpartisan  election  in  each
32    odd-numbered year the following offices shall  be  filled  in
33    nonpartisan elections:
34             (1)  Elected   members   of  school  boards,  school
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 1        trustees,  directors  of  boards  of  school   directors,
 2        trustees  of  county boards of school trustees (except in
 3        counties  or  educational  service   regions   having   a
 4        population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
 5        of  boards  of school inspectors, except school boards in
 6        school districts which adopt Article  33  of  the  School
 7        Code;
 8             (2)  Member of Community College district boards;
 9             (3)  Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
10             (4)  Commissioner    of   Springfield   Metropolitan
11        Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
12             (5)  Elected  Trustees  of  Tuberculosis  Sanitarium
13        Districts;
14             (6)  Elected  Officers  of  special  districts   not
15        otherwise  designated  in  this Section for which the law
16        governing such districts does not  permit  candidates  of
17        political parties.
18        (f)  At  any  election  established  in  Section  2A-1.1,
19    public  questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
20    Code  and  any  special  election   otherwise   required   or
21    authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
22    to this Code.
23        Notwithstanding   the   regular  dates  for  election  of
24    officers established in this Article, whenever  a  referendum
25    is  held  for  the  establishment  of a political subdivision
26    whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers  shall
27    be  elected  at the election at which such referendum is held
28    if otherwise so provided by law.  In such cases, the election
29    of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
30        Notwithstanding  the  regular  dates  for   election   of
31    officials  established in this Article, any community college
32    district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
33    to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as  now
34    or  hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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 1    members at the next regularly  scheduled  election  following
 2    the effective date of the new district.
 3        (g)  At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
 4    any  precinct  there  are  no  offices  or  public  questions
 5    required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
 6    shall be held in the precinct on that date.
 7        (h)  Except  at  the  nonpartisan election in 1981, There
 8    may  be  conducted  a  referendum  in  accordance  with   the
 9    provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
11    1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
12        (10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36)
13        Sec. 2A-36.  Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of
14    Election.  A  trustee  of  a  Fire  Protection District which
15    elects its trustees shall be  elected  at  each  consolidated
16    nonpartisan  election  in  odd-numbered years to succeed each
17    incumbent trustee whose term  expires  before  the  following
18    consolidated nonpartisan election.
19    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
20        (10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
21        Sec.  2A-43.   Springfield  Metropolitan  Exposition  and
22    Auditorium  Authority  -  Commissioner  - Time of Election. A
23    commissioner of the Springfield Metropolitan  Exposition  and
24    Auditorium  Authority  shall  be  elected at the consolidated
25    nonpartisan election of each  odd-numbered  year  to  succeed
26    each  incumbent  commissioner  whose  term expires before the
27    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
28    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
29        (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
30        Sec. 2A-48.  Board of School Directors - Member - Time of
31    Election. A member of a Board of School Directors or a member
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 1    of an elected Board of Education, as the case may  be,  shall
 2    be  elected  at  each  consolidated  nonpartisan  election to
 3    succeed each incumbent member  whose  term  ends  before  the
 4    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
 5    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
 6        (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
 7        Sec.  2A-49.   Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time
 8    of Election. A member of a Board of School  Inspectors  shall
 9    be  elected  at  the  consolidated nonpartisan election which
10    immediately precedes  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  any
11    incumbent  school inspector, to succeed each incumbent school
12    inspector whose term ends before the  following  consolidated
13    nonpartisan election.
14    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
16        Sec.  2A-50.  Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee
17    - Time of Election. Except  in  educational  service  regions
18    having  a  population  of  2,000,000  or  more inhabitants, a
19    trustee of a Regional  Board  of  School  Trustees  shall  be
20    elected  at  the consolidated nonpartisan election to succeed
21    each incumbent trustee whose term ends before  the  following
22    consolidated nonpartisan election.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-969.)
24        (10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
25        Sec.  2A-51.   Schools  -  Trustee  -  Time  of Election.
26    Except in a township in which all  school  districts  located
27    therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of
28    the  trustees  of  schools under the provisions of subsection
29    (b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except in townships
30    in which the office of trustee of schools has been  abolished
31    as  provided  in  subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School
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 1    Code, a trustee of schools shall be elected in  townships  at
 2    the   consolidated  nonpartisan  election  which  immediately
 3    precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee,
 4    to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before  the
 5    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
 6    (Source: P.A. 86-1441; 87-473.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
 8        Sec.  2A-52.   Community College District - Member - Time
 9    of Election. A member of the Board  of  a  Community  College
10    District  shall  be  elected at each consolidated nonpartisan
11    election to succeed each  elected  incumbent  member  of  the
12    Board  whose  term  expires before the following consolidated
13    nonpartisan election.
14    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
16        Sec. 2A-54. In those cases in which the  election  to  an
17    office  is  changed  by  the consolidation of elections to an
18    earlier or later month in the same year  or  to  a  different
19    year,  the  term of any incumbent serving on December 1, 1980
20    is extended to the first Monday in the first month  following
21    the  election  of  his  successor and until the successor has
22    qualified, and the term of  the  successor  in  office  shall
23    commence on that first Monday.
24        The  term  of  an  incumbent  in  a political subdivision
25    conducting a nonpartisan election who was  elected  to  serve
26    until  the  qualification of a successor elected on the first
27    Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered
28    year is shortened to expire upon  the  first  Monday  in  the
29    first month following the election of his or her successor at
30    the  consolidated  and  nonpartisan  election  and  until the
31    successor has qualified.  The term  of  the  successor  shall
32    begin on that first Monday.
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 1        However,  this  general  provision  for the transition of
 2    terms of office in relation to  the  adoption  of  a  uniform
 3    schedule  of  elections  shall  be  subject  to  the specific
 4    provisions for the transition  of  terms  of  office  in  the
 5    several  Acts  creating  or governing the creation of various
 6    units of local government and school districts, as amended.
 7    (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
 8        (10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
 9        Sec. 4-11.   At  least  2  weeks  prior  to  the  general
10    November   election  in  each  even  numbered  year  and  the
11    consolidated nonpartisan election in each  odd-numbered  year
12    the  county  clerk  shall  cause  a  list to be made for each
13    precinct of all names upon the registration record cards  not
14    marked  or  erased,  in alphabetical order, with the address,
15    provided, that such list may be arranged  geographically,  by
16    street  and  number,  in numerical order, with respect to all
17    precincts in which all, or substantially  all  residences  of
18    voters  therein  shall  be  located  upon  and numbered along
19    streets, avenues, courts, or other highways which are  either
20    named  or numbered, upon direction either of the county board
21    or of the circuit court.  On the list, the county clerk shall
22    indicate, by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names  of
23    all  persons  who  have  registered  since the last regularly
24    scheduled election in the consolidated schedule of  elections
25    established  in  Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The county clerk
26    shall cause such precinct lists to be  printed  or  typed  in
27    sufficient  numbers  to meet all reasonable demands, and upon
28    application a copy of the same shall be given to  any  person
29    applying therefor.  By such time, the county clerk shall give
30    the  precinct  lists  to  the  chairman  of  a county central
31    committee of an established political party, as such party is
32    defined in Section 10-2 of this Act,  or  to  the  chairman's
33    duly  authorized  representative.   Within  30  days  of  the
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 1    effective  date  of  this  Amendatory Act of 1983, the county
 2    clerk shall give the precinct lists  compiled  prior  to  the
 3    general  November  election of 1982 to the chairman of county
 4    central committee of an established political party or to the
 5    chairman's duly authorized representative.
 6        Prior to the opening of the polls  for  other  elections,
 7    the  county  clerk shall transmit or deliver to the judges of
 8    election of each polling place a corrected list of registered
 9    voters in the precinct, or the names of persons added to  and
10    erased  or  withdrawn  from  the  list for such precinct.  At
11    other times such list, currently  corrected,  shall  be  kept
12    available  for  public inspection in the office of the county
13    clerk.
14        Within 60 days after each  general  election  the  county
15    clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
16    the   list  of  registered  voters  in  each  precinct,  each
17    registrant who voted at  that  general  election,  and  shall
18    provide  a  copy  of  such list to the chairman of the county
19    central committee of each established political party  or  to
20    the chairman's duly authorized representative.
21        Within   60   days  after  the  effective  date  of  this
22    amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk  shall  indicate  by
23    italics,  asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered
24    voters in each precinct, each registrant  who  voted  at  the
25    general  election  of  1982, and shall provide a copy of such
26    coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
27    each established political party or to  the  chairman's  duly
28    authorized representative.
29        The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
30    cost  of  duplicating    each  copy  of a list provided under
31    either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
32    (Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
33        (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
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 1        Sec.  10-6.   Except  as  provided   in   Section   10-3,
 2    certificates  of  nomination  and  nomination  papers for the
 3    nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors
 4    of the entire State, or any district not  entirely  within  a
 5    county,  or  for congressional, state legislative or judicial
 6    offices, shall be presented to the principal  office  of  the
 7    State  Board  of  Elections not more than 99 nor less than 92
 8    days previous to the day of election for which the candidates
 9    are nominated.  The State Board of  Elections  shall  endorse
10    the  certificates  of nomination or nomination papers, as the
11    case may be, and the date and  hour  of  presentment  to  it.
12    Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section, all other
13    certificates for the nomination of candidates shall be  filed
14    with  the  county  clerk  of the respective counties not more
15    than 99 but at least 92 days previous  to  the  day  of  such
16    election.   Certificates  of nomination and nomination papers
17    for the nomination of candidates for the offices of political
18    subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
19    general election shall  be  filed  with  the  local  election
20    official of such subdivision:
21        (1)  (Blank); not more than 78 or less than 71 days prior
22    to the nonpartisan election; or
23        (2)  not  more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
24    consolidated election; or
25        (3)  not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to  the
26    general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
27    at the general primary election; or
28        (4)  not  more  than  78 nor less than 71 days before the
29    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices  to  be
30    elected  on  a  nonpartisan  basis pursuant to law (including
31    without  limitation,  those  municipal  offices  subject   to
32    Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
33        (5)  not  more  than  78 nor less than 71 days before the
34    municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
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 1    municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
 2        (6)  in  the  case  of  petitions  for  the   office   of
 3    multi-township  assessor,  such petitions shall be filed with
 4    the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
 5    before the consolidated election.
 6        However, where a political subdivision's  boundaries  are
 7    co-extensive  with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
 8    a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
 9    of nomination and nomination papers for candidates  for  such
10    political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
11    such Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
13        (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
14        Sec.  11-7.   For  the  purpose  of  the  conduct  of any
15    consolidated   election,   consolidated   primary   election,
16    nonpartisan election, special municipal primary  election  or
17    emergency referendum, an election authority may cluster up to
18    four  contiguous precincts as provided in this Section, which
19    shall constitute a clustered voting zone.  The common polling
20    place for the clustered voting zone shall be  located  within
21    the territory comprising the clustered precincts.  Unless the
22    election  authority  specifies  a  larger  number,  only  one
23    election  judge  shall be appointed for each of the precincts
24    in each clustered voting zone.
25        The judges so appointed may not all  be  affiliated  with
26    the same political party.
27        The  conduct  of  an  election in a clustered voting zone
28    shall be under the general supervision of all the  judges  of
29    election  designated  to  serve in the clustered voting zone.
30    The designated judges may  perform  the  duties  of  election
31    judges  for  the  entire  clustered voting zone. However, the
32    requirements  of  Section  17-14   shall   apply   to   voter
33    assistance,  the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply to
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 1    voter instruction, the requirement of  Section  24A-10  shall
 2    apply to examination of absentee ballots, and any disputes as
 3    to  entitlement  to  vote, challenges, counting of ballots or
 4    other matters pertaining directly to voting shall be  decided
 5    by  those  designated  judges  appointed  for the precinct in
 6    which the affected voter resides or the disputed vote  is  to
 7    be counted.
 8        This   Section   does  not  apply  to  any  elections  in
 9    municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
10    (Source: P.A. 83-685.)
11        (10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
12        Sec. 12-1.  At least 60 days prior to each  general  and,
13    consolidated   and      nonpartisan  election,  the  election
14    authority shall provide public notice,  calculated  to  reach
15    elderly  and  handicapped  voters,  of  the  availability  of
16    registration   and  voting  aids  under  the  Federal  Voting
17    Accessibility for the Elderly and  Handicapped  Act,  of  the
18    availability   of  assistance  in  marking  the  ballot,  and
19    procedures for voting by absentee ballot.
20        At least 30 days before  any  general  election,  and  at
21    least  20 days before any special congressional election, the
22    county clerk shall publish a notice of the election in  2  or
23    more  newspapers  published  in  the  county,  city, village,
24    incorporated town or town, as the case may be, or if there is
25    no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
26    in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
27    community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
28        Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give  the
29    place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
30    district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
31    held  for  (give  the  title  of  the  several  offices to be
32    filled), which election will  be  open  at  6:00  a.  m.  and
33    continued open until 7:00 p. m. of that day.
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 1        Dated at .... this .... day of ...., 19...
 2    (Source: P.A. 84-808.)
 3        (10 ILCS 5/16-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1)
 4        Sec. 16-4.1.  Ballots; Form; Nonpartisan and Consolidated
 5    Elections.   This Section shall apply only to the nonpartisan
 6    election,  the  consolidated  primary   election,   and   the
 7    consolidated election, except as otherwise expressly provided
 8    herein.
 9        The  ballot for the nomination or election of officers of
10    each political subdivision shall  be  considered  a  separate
11    ballot,  and  candidates  for  such  offices shall be grouped
12    together.   Where  paper  ballots  are  used,  the  names  of
13    candidates for  nomination  or  election  to  more  than  one
14    political  subdivision  may  be contained on a common ballot,
15    provided that such ballot  clearly  indicates  and  separates
16    each political subdivision from which such officers are to be
17    nominated  or  elected.  In the case of partisan elections of
18    officers, a separate party circle shall be  included  at  the
19    head  of  the  portion  of  the  ballot  for  each  political
20    subdivision  for  which  candidates of political parties have
21    been nominated.  When an electronic  voting  system  is  used
22    which  utilizes a ballot label booklet, the party circles for
23    straight party voting shall be on the  same  ballot  page  on
24    which are listed the candidates for the political subdivision
25    election for which that party circle applies.
26        At  the consolidated nonpartisan election, the ballot for
27    school  district  offices  shall  precede  the   ballot   for
28    community college district offices, and thereafter the ballot
29    order  of  the  political  subdivision officers to be elected
30    shall be as determined by the  election  authority.   In  the
31    case  of  school  districts other than community consolidated
32    school districts, the ballot  for  non-high  school  district
33    offices  shall  precede  the  ballot for high school district
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 1    offices.
 2        At the  consolidated  primary  and  at  the  consolidated
 3    election,  the ballot for nomination or election of municipal
 4    officers shall precede the ballot for township officers.   At
 5    the consolidated election, following the ballot for municipal
 6    and  township  offices shall be the ballots for park district
 7    and library district offices, following which  shall  be  the
 8    ballots  for other political subdivision offices in the order
 9    determined by the election authority.
10        The election  authority,  in  determining  the  order  of
11    ballot  placement for offices of political subdivisions whose
12    ballot placement is not specified in this Section, shall give
13    due regard to the clarity of the ballot presentation  to  the
14    voters,  cost and administrative ease, and the requirement to
15    provide separate ballot formats within precincts in which the
16    electors are not entitled to vote for  the  same  offices  or
17    propositions.   At  the  request  of  a political subdivision
18    which extends into more than one election  jurisdiction,  the
19    election authority shall endeavor to coordinate placement and
20    color  of  the  ballot  for  such  subdivision with the other
21    election authorities responsible for  preparing  ballots  for
22    such   subdivision  election.   The  election  authority  may
23    conduct a lottery to determine the order of ballot  placement
24    of  political  subdivision  ballots  where  such order is not
25    specified in this Section.  Such  lottery  may  be  conducted
26    jointly by two or more election authorities.
27    (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
28        (10 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2)
29        Sec.  24-1.2.   Paper ballots may be used for the conduct
30    of the non-partisan election and  the  consolidated  election
31    elections   in  odd-numbered  years,  the  special  municipal
32    primary in even-numbered years, and emergency referenda  held
33    at  any  time,  except in regular elections in which the only
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 1    offices or propositions  on  the  ballot  are  for  political
 2    subdivisions  for which offices have heretofore been voted on
 3    using voting machines or electronic voting systems and except
 4    as otherwise provided by regulation of  the  State  Board  of
 5    Elections adopted pursuant to this Section.
 6        The  State  Board  of  Elections  may  adopt  regulations
 7    requiring  the  use  of  voting machines or electronic voting
 8    devices, as are available in the jurisdiction of the election
 9    authority, in such  elections.   Such  regulations  shall  be
10    applicable  uniformly statewide, and shall require the use of
11    such voting equipment only in those  elections  and  only  in
12    those  precincts  where  (1)  the  ballots  to  be  voted are
13    complex, due to large  numbers  of  offices,  candidates,  or
14    public questions required to be on the ballot, (2) the number
15    of  political subdivisions whose officers or public questions
16    are to be included on the ballot is substantial, and (3)  the
17    use  of  such  voting equipment is efficient, cost effective,
18    and does not result in unjustified election  expenses  to  be
19    reimbursed by the political subdivisions that will share such
20    expenses  pursuant  to  Sections  17-30  through 17-33.  Such
21    regulations may provide reasonable classifications  based  on
22    the above factors.
23    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
24        Section  10.  The Fire Protection District Act is amended
25    by changing Section 4.02 as follows:
26        (70 ILCS 705/4.02) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02)
27        Sec. 4.02.  In a  district  governed  by  an  elected  or
28    appointed  5-member  board,  upon presentation of a petition,
29    signed by not less than 5% of the electors  of  the  district
30    governed  by  the  board,  requesting  that  a proposition to
31    increase the  board  of  trustees  to  a  7-member  board  be
32    submitted  to  the electors of the district, the secretary of
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 1    the board of trustees shall certify the  proposition  to  the
 2    appropriate   election   authorities  who  shall  submit  the
 3    proposition at a regular  election  in  accordance  with  the
 4    general  election  law.  The general election law shall apply
 5    to and govern such election.  The  proposition  shall  be  in
 6    substantially the following form:
 7    -------------------------------------------------------------
 8        Shall the number of trustees           YES
 9      of ..... Fire Protection District  ------------------------
10      be increased from 5 to 7?                NO
11    -------------------------------------------------------------
12        If  a  majority of the votes cast on such proposition are
13    in the affirmative, the board of  trustees  of  the  district
14    shall  thereafter  be increased to a 7-member board and the 2
15    additional trustees shall be appointed as provided by Section
16    4.01  in  a  district  governed  by  an  appointed  board  of
17    trustees.
18        In a district governed by an elected 5-member board, if a
19    majority of the votes cast on such  proposition  are  in  the
20    affirmative,  three  trustees  shall  be  elected at the next
21    consolidated nonpartisan election and shall serve one  for  2
22    years, one for 4 years and one for 6 years, the length of the
23    term  of  each  to  be  determined  by lot at the first board
24    meeting following the election.  Thereafter, one  trustee  or
25    two  trustees,  as  necessary to maintain a 7-member board of
26    trustees, shall be elected at the election  provided  by  the
27    general election law for a term of 6 years.
28        Trustees   in  office  on  the  effective  date  of  this
29    amendatory Act of 1987 shall continue to hold office for  the
30    remainder  of  their terms.  The term of each elected trustee
31    shall commence on the first Monday in the month following his
32    election and each shall hold office until  his  term  expires
33    and until a successor is elected and qualified.
34    (Source: P.A. 85-535.)
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 1        Section  15.  The Public Community College Act is amended
 2    by changing Sections 2-12.1 and 3-7 as follows:
 3        (110 ILCS 805/2-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12.1)
 4        Sec.   2-12.1.  Experimental   district;   abolition   of
 5    experimental district  and  establishment  of  new  community
 6    college district.
 7        (a)  The  State  Board  shall  establish  an experimental
 8    community college district, referred to in this  Act  as  the
 9    "experimental  district",  to be comprised of territory which
10    includes the City of East  St.  Louis,  Illinois.  The  State
11    Board  shall determine the area and fix the boundaries of the
12    territory of the experimental district. Within 30 days of the
13    establishment of the experimental district, the  State  Board
14    shall  file with the county clerk of the county, or counties,
15    concerned a map showing the  territory  of  the  experimental
16    district.
17        Within  the  experimental district, the State Board shall
18    establish,  maintain  and  operate,  until  the  experimental
19    district is abolished and a new community college district is
20    established under subsection (c), an  experimental  community
21    college  to  be  known as the State Community College of East
22    St. Louis.
23        (b)  (Blank).
24        (c)  The experimental district  shall  be  abolished  and
25    replaced by a new community college district as follows:
26             (1)  The  establishment of the new community college
27        district shall become effective for all purposes on  July
28        1,   1996,   notwithstanding   any   minimum  population,
29        equalized  assessed  valuation  or   other   requirements
30        provided  by  Section  3-1 or any other provision of this
31        Act  for  the  establishment  of  a   community   college
32        district.
33             (2)  The  experimental district established pursuant
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 1        to subsection (a) shall be abolished on July 1, 1996 when
 2        the establishment of the new community  college  district
 3        becomes effective for all purposes.
 4             (3)  The  territory  of  the  new  community college
 5        district shall be comprised of the territory of, and  its
 6        boundaries  shall  be  coterminous with the boundaries of
 7        the experimental district which it will replace, as those
 8        boundaries existed on November 7, 1995.
 9             (4)  Notwithstanding the fact that the establishment
10        of the new community college  district  does  not  become
11        effective  for  all  purposes  until  July  1,  1996, the
12        election for the members of the initial board of the  new
13        community  college  district,  to  consist  of 7 members,
14        shall be held at the nonpartisan election in November  of
15        1995  in the manner provided by the general election law,
16        nominating petitions for members  of  the  initial  board
17        shall  be  filed  with the regional superintendent in the
18        manner provided by Section 3-7.10 with respect  to  newly
19        organized districts, and the persons entitled to nominate
20        and  to vote at the election for the members of the board
21        of the  new  community  college  district  shall  be  the
22        electors in the territory referred to in paragraph (3) of
23        this  subsection.  In addition, for purposes of the levy,
24        extension,  and  collection  of  taxes  as  provided   in
25        paragraph  (5.5) of this subsection and for the  purposes
26        of establishing the territory and boundaries of  the  new
27        community  college  district  within  and for which those
28        taxes  are  to  be  levied,  the  new  community  college
29        district shall be deemed established and  effective  when
30        the  7  members of the initial board of the new community
31        college district are elected and take office as  provided
32        in this subsection (c).
33             (5)  Each member elected to the initial board of the
34        new  community  college district must, on the date of his
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 1        election, be a citizen of the United States, of  the  age
 2        of  18 years or over, and a resident of the State and the
 3        territory referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection
 4        for at least one year preceding his  election.   Election
 5        to  the  initial  board  of  the  new  community  college
 6        district of a person who on July 1, 1996 is a member of a
 7        common school board constitutes his resignation from, and
 8        creates  a  vacancy on that common school board effective
 9        July 1, 1996.
10             (5.5)  The members first elected  to  the  board  of
11        trustees  shall  take  office  on  the  first  Monday  of
12        December,  1995,  for  the  sole  and limited  purpose of
13        levying,  at  the  rates  specified  in  the  proposition
14        submitted to the electors under subsection (b), taxes for
15        the educational  purposes  and  for  the  operations  and
16        maintenance  of  facilities purposes of the new community
17        college district.  The taxes shall be levied in  calendar
18        year  1995  for extension and collection in calendar year
19        1996, notwithstanding the fact  that  the  new  community
20        college  district  does  not  become  effective  for  the
21        purposes of administration of the community college until
22        July  1, 1996.  The regional superintendent shall convene
23        the meeting under this paragraph and  the  members  shall
24        organize for the purpose of that meeting by electing, pro
25        tempore,  a chairperson and a secretary.  At that meeting
26        the board is authorized to  levy  taxes  for  educational
27        purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities
28        purposes as authorized in this paragraph without adopting
29        any  budget  for  the  new community college district and
30        shall certify the levy to the appropriate county clerk or
31        county clerks in accordance with law.  The county  clerks
32        shall  extend  the  levy  notwithstanding  any  law  that
33        otherwise  requires adoption of a budget before extension
34        of the levy.  The funds produced by the levy  made  under
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 1        this  paragraph  to  the  extent  received  by  a  county
 2        collector  before  July  1,  1996  shall  immediately  be
 3        invested  in  lawful  investments  and held by the county
 4        collector for payment and transfer to the  new  community
 5        college  district,  along  with  all  accrued interest or
 6        other earnings accrued on the investment, as provided  by
 7        law  on July 1, 1996.  All funds produced by the levy and
 8        received by a county collector on or after July  1,  1996
 9        shall   be  transferred  to  the  new  community  college
10        district as provided by law at  such  time  as  they  are
11        received by the county collector.
12             (5.75)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this
13        Section  or  the  fact  that  establishment  of  the  new
14        community college district as provided in this subsection
15        does not take effect until  July  1,  1996,  the  members
16        first  elected  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  the new
17        community  college  district  are  authorized  to   meet,
18        beginning on June 1, 1996 and thereafter for purposes of:
19        (i)  arranging  for  and  approving educational programs,
20        ancillary services, staffing, and associated expenditures
21        that relate to the offering by the new community  college
22        district  of  educational  programs beginning on or after
23        July 1, 1996 and before the  fall  term  of  the  1996-97
24        academic   year,  and  (ii)  otherwise  facilitating  the
25        orderly transition of operations  from  the  experimental
26        district  known  as  State  Community College of East St.
27        Louis to the new community college  district  established
28        under  this subsection. The persons elected to serve, pro
29        tempore, as chairperson and secretary of  the  board  for
30        purposes  of  paragraph  (5.5) shall continue to serve in
31        that capacity for purposes of this paragraph (5.75).
32             (6)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  paragraphs
33        (5.5) and (5.75), each of the members  first  elected  to
34        the  board  of  the  new community college district shall
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 1        take office on July 1, 1996, and the  Illinois  Community
 2        College Board, publicly by lot and not later than July 1,
 3        1996,  shall determine the length of term to be served by
 4        each member of the initial  board  as  follows:  2  shall
 5        serve   until   their   successors  are  elected  at  the
 6        consolidated  nonpartisan  election  in  1997  and   have
 7        qualified,  2  shall  serve  until  their  successors are
 8        elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election in  1999
 9        and  have  qualified,  and  3  shall  serve  until  their
10        successors  are  elected  at the consolidated nonpartisan
11        election in 2001 and have  qualified.   Their  successors
12        shall serve 6 year terms.
13             (7)  The  regional  superintendent shall convene the
14        initial board of the new community  college  district  on
15        July 1, 1996, and the non-voting student member initially
16        selected  to  that  board  as  provided in Section 3-7.24
17        shall serve a term beginning on the date of selection and
18        expiring on the next succeeding  April  15.   Upon  being
19        convened  on  July  1,  1996,  the board shall proceed to
20        organize  in  accordance  with  Section  3-8,  and  shall
21        thereafter continue to exercise the powers and duties  of
22        a  board  in the manner provided by law for all boards of
23        community  college  districts  except   where   obviously
24        inapplicable   or   otherwise   provided   by  this  Act.
25        Vacancies  shall  be  filled,  and  members  shall  serve
26        without  compensation  subject   to   reimbursement   for
27        reasonable  expenses  incurred  in  connection with their
28        service as members, as provided in Section 3-7.  The duly
29        elected and organized board of the new community  college
30        district  shall  levy  taxes at a rate not to exceed .175
31        percent for educational purposes and at  a  rate  not  to
32        exceed  .05  percent  for  operations  and maintenance of
33        facilities purposes; provided that the board may  act  to
34        increase  such  rates at a regular election in accordance
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 1        with Section 3-14 and the general election law.
 2        (d)  Upon abolition  of  the  experimental  district  and
 3    establishment  of  the  new  community  college  district  as
 4    provided  in  this  Section,  all tangible personal property,
 5    including inventory, equipment, supplies, and library  books,
 6    materials,  and  collections,  belonging  to the experimental
 7    district and State Community College of East St. Louis at the
 8    time of their abolition under this Section  shall  be  deemed
 9    transferred, by operation of law, to the board of trustees of
10    the  new  community  college district.  In addition, all real
11    property, and the  improvements  situated  thereon,  held  by
12    State Community College of East St. Louis or on its behalf by
13    its   board   of   trustees  shall,  upon  abolition  of  the
14    experimental  district  and  college  as  provided  in   this
15    Section, be conveyed by the Illinois Community College Board,
16    in  the manner prescribed by law, to the board of trustees of
17    the new community college  district  established  under  this
18    Section  for  so  long  as that real property is used for the
19    conduct and operation of a public community college  and  the
20    related  purposes  of  a public community college district of
21    this State.  Neither the new community college  district  nor
22    its  board  of  trustees shall have any responsibility to any
23    vendor or  other  person  making  a  claim  relating  to  the
24    property, inventory, or equipment so transferred.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96.)
26        (110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)
27        Sec.  3-7.   The  election of the members of the board of
28    trustees shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at  the  time
29    and in the manner provided in the general election law.
30        Unless  otherwise  provided in this Act, members shall be
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 1    elected to serve 6 year terms.  The term of  members  elected
 2    in  1985  and thereafter shall be from the date the member is
 3    officially determined to be elected to the board by a canvass
 4    conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the
 5    winner of the seat is officially determined  by  the  canvass
 6    conducted  pursuant  to  the  Election Code the next time the
 7    seat on the board is to be filled by election.
 8        A board of trustees of a community college district which
 9    is contiguous or  has  been  contiguous  to  an  experimental
10    community  college  district  as  authorized  and  defined by
11    Article IV of this Act may, on its own motion, or shall, upon
12    the petition of the lesser of 1/10 or  2,000  of  the  voters
13    registered  in the district, order submitted to the voters of
14    the district at the next general election the proposition for
15    the election of board members by trustee district rather than
16    at large, and such proposition shall thereupon  be  certified
17    by  the  secretary  of  the  board  to  the  proper  election
18    authority  in  accordance  with  the general election law for
19    submission.
20        If the proposition is approved by  a  majority  of  those
21    voting  on  the proposition, the State Board of Elections, in
22    1991, shall reapportion the trustee districts to reflect  the
23    results  of  the  last decennial census, and shall divide the
24    community college district into 7 trustee districts, each  of
25    which shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in
26    population  to each other district.  In 2001, and in the year
27    following each decennial  census  thereafter,  the  board  of
28    trustees of community college District #522 shall reapportion
29    the  trustee  districts to reflect the results of the census,
30    and shall  divide  the  community  college  district  into  7
31    trustee   districts,   each   of   which  shall  be  compact,
32    contiguous, and substantially equal  in  population  to  each
33    other  district.   The  division  of  the  community  college
34    district  into  trustee  districts  shall  be  completed  and
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 1    formally  approved  by a majority of the members appointed to
 2    the State Board of Elections  with  respect  to  the  initial
 3    division  of  the  community  college district into 7 trustee
 4    districts in 1991, and by a majority of the  members  of  the
 5    board  of  trustees  of  community college District #522 with
 6    respect  to  the  year  following   each   decennial   census
 7    thereafter,  not  less  than  60  days  before  the last date
 8    established by the general election law for the submission of
 9    nominating  petitions  for  the  next   regularly   scheduled
10    election for community college trustees.  At the same meeting
11    of  the  board of trustees, the board shall, publicly by lot,
12    divide the trustee districts as equally as  possible  into  2
13    groups.  Trustees or their successors from one group shall be
14    elected for successive terms of 4  years  and  6  years;  and
15    members  or  their  successors from the second group shall be
16    elected for successive terms of 6 years  and  4  years.   One
17    member shall be elected from each such trustee district.
18        Each member must on the date of his election be a citizen
19    of  the  United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and a
20    resident of the State and the territory which on the date  of
21    the  election  is  included in the community college district
22    for at least one year immediately preceding his election.  In
23    the  event  a person who is a member of a common school board
24    is elected or appointed to a board of trustees of a community
25    college district, that person shall be permitted to serve the
26    remainder of his or her term of office as  a  member  of  the
27    common school board. Upon the expiration of the common school
28    board term, that person shall not be eligible for election or
29    appointment  to  a  common  school  board  during the term of
30    office with the community college district board of trustees.
31        Whenever a vacancy occurs, the  remaining  members  shall
32    fill  the  vacancy,  and  the person so appointed shall serve
33    until a successor is elected at the next regular election for
34    board members and is certified in  accordance  with  Sections
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 1    22-17  and  22-18  of  the  Election  Code.  If the remaining
 2    members fail so to act  within  60  days  after  the  vacancy
 3    occurs,  the  chairman  of  the  State  Board shall fill that
 4    vacancy, and the person so  appointed  shall  serve  until  a
 5    successor  is  elected at the next regular election for board
 6    members and is certified in accordance  with  Sections  22-17
 7    and 22-18 of the Election Code.  The person appointed to fill
 8    the vacancy shall have the same residential qualifications as
 9    his  predecessor  in  office  was required to have. In either
10    instance, if the vacancy  occurs  with  less  than  4  months
11    remaining  before the next scheduled consolidated nonpartisan
12    election, and the term of office of the board member vacating
13    the position is not scheduled to  expire  at  that  election,
14    then the term of the person so appointed shall extend through
15    that   election   and   until   the  succeeding  consolidated
16    nonpartisan election.  If the term of  office  of  the  board
17    member  vacating  the  position is scheduled to expire at the
18    upcoming consolidated  nonpartisan  election,  the  appointed
19    member  shall  serve  only  until  a successor is elected and
20    qualified at that election.
21        Members of the board shall serve without compensation but
22    shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in
23    connection with their service as members.  Compensation,  for
24    purposes  of this Section, means any salary or other benefits
25    not expressly authorized by this Act to be provided  or  paid
26    to,  for  or on behalf of members of the board.  The board of
27    each community college district may adopt a policy  providing
28    for  the  issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board
29    member who requests the same in writing and agrees to use the
30    card only for the reasonable expenses which he or she  incurs
31    in  connection  with  his  or  her service as a board member.
32    Expenses charged to such credit cards shall be accounted  for
33    separately  and  shall  be  submitted  to the chief financial
34    officer of the district for review prior to being reported to
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 1    the board at its next regular meeting.
 2        Except in an election of the  initial  board  for  a  new
 3    community college district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1,
 4    the  ballot  for  the  election of members of the board for a
 5    community college district shall indicate the length of  term
 6    for each office to be filled.  In the election of a board for
 7    any  community college district, the ballot shall not contain
 8    any political party designation.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-707; 87-776; 87-895; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)
10        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
11    becoming law.

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