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90_HB2827sam003

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2827
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2827,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Election Code."; and
 5    in the introductory paragraph of Section 5, by replacing "and
 6    17-30" with "17-30, and 25-11"; and
 7    by  inserting  after the last line of Sec. 17-30 of Section 5
 8    the following:
 9        "(10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
10        Sec. 25-11.  When a vacancy occurs in any elective county
11    office, or the office of clerk of the  circuit  court,  in  a
12    county  which is not a home rule unit, the county board shall
13    declare that such vacancy  exists  and  notification  thereof
14    shall  be  given  to  the  county  central  committee  or the
15    appropriate  county  board   district   committee   of   each
16    established  political  party within 3 days of the occurrence
17    of the vacancy.  The vacancy shall be filled within  60  days
18    by  appointment  of the chairman of the county board with the
19    advice and consent of the county board.  The appointee  shall
20    be  a  member  of  the  same political party as the person he
21    succeeds was at  the  time  of  his  election  and  shall  be
22    otherwise  eligible  to  serve. The appointee shall serve the
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 1    remainder of the unexpired term.  However, if  more  than  28
 2    months remain in the term, the appointment shall be until the
 3    next general election at which time the vacated county office
 4    shall  be  filled  by election for the remainder of the term.
 5    In the case of a vacancy in a seat on a  county  board  which
 6    has been divided into districts under "An Act relating to the
 7    composition  of  an  election  of  county  boards  in certain
 8    counties",  approved  October  2,  1969,  as   amended,   the
 9    appointee  must  also  be  a  resident  of  the  county board
10    district.
11        Except as otherwise provided by county  ordinance  or  by
12    law,  in  any  county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in
13    elective county offices,  other  than  the  office  of  chief
14    executive  officer,  and  vacancies in the office of clerk of
15    the circuit court, shall be filled by the county board.
16    (Source: P.A. 84-790.)
17        (10 ILCS 5/25-10 rep.)
18        Section 10.  The Election Code is  amended  by  repealing
19    Section 25-10.".

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