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92_HB1008

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning county commissioners.

 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    Section 25-11 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
 7        Sec. 25-11.  When a vacancy occurs in any elective county
 8    office,  or  in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in
 9    the office of clerk of the circuit court, in a  county  which
10    is  not a home rule unit, the county board or board of county
11    commissioners shall declare  that  such  vacancy  exists  and
12    notification  thereof  shall  be  given to the county central
13    committee or the appropriate county board or board of  county
14    commissioners   district   committee   of   each  established
15    political party within  3  days  of  the  occurrence  of  the
16    vacancy.   The  vacancy  shall  be  filled  within 60 days by
17    appointment of the chairman of the county board or  board  of
18    county  commissioners  with  the  advice  and  consent of the
19    county board or board of county commissioners.  The appointee
20    shall be a member of the same political party as  the  person
21    he  succeeds  was  at  the  time of his election and shall be
22    otherwise eligible to serve. The appointee  shall  serve  the
23    remainder  of  the  unexpired term.  However, if more than 28
24    months remain in the term, the appointment shall be until the
25    next general election at which time the vacated office  shall
26    be  filled by election for the remainder of the term.  In the
27    case of a vacancy in a seat on a county  board  or  board  of
28    county  commissioners  which  has been divided into districts
29    under Section 2-3003 or 2-4006.5 of the Counties Code "An Act
30    relating to the composition of an election of  county  boards
31    in  certain  counties", approved October 2, 1969, as amended,
 
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 1    the appointee must also be a resident of the county board  or
 2    county  commission  district. If a county commissioner ceases
 3    to reside in the  district  that  he  or  she  represents,  a
 4    vacancy in that office exists.
 5        Except  as  otherwise  provided by county ordinance or by
 6    law, in any county which is a home rule  unit,  vacancies  in
 7    elective  county  offices,  other  than  the  office of chief
 8    executive officer, and vacancies in the office  of  clerk  of
 9    the  circuit  court  in  a  county  of  less  than  3,000,000
10    population,  shall  be filled by the county board or board of
11    county commissioners.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)

13        Section 10.  The Counties Code  is  amended  by  changing
14    Sections 2-4006 and 2-4006.5 as follows:

15        (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
16        Sec.  2-4006.  Terms  of  commissioners.  In every county
17    not  under  township  organization  having  3   commissioners
18    elected  at  large as described in subsection (b) or (c), the
19    commissioners shall be elected as provided in this Section.
20        (b)  In a county in which one commissioner was elected at
21    the general election in 1992 to serve for a term of  4  years
22    and  in  which 2 commissioners will be elected at the general
23    election in  1994,  the  commissioner  elected  in  1994  and
24    receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term
25    of  6  years.   The  other commissioner elected in 1994 shall
26    serve for a term of 4 years.  At the general election in 1996
27    and at each general  election  thereafter,  one  commissioner
28    shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
29        (c)  In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at
30    the  general  election  in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years
31    and in which one commissioner will be elected at the  general
32    election  in  1994,  the  commissioner  elected in 1994 shall
 
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 1    serve for a term of 4 years.   The  commissioner  elected  in
 2    1996  and  receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve
 3    for a term of 6 years.  The  other  commissioner  elected  in
 4    1996  shall  serve  for  a  term  of 4 years.  At the general
 5    election in 1998 and at each general election thereafter, one
 6    commissioner shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
 7        (d)  The provisions of  this  Section  do  not  apply  to
 8    commissioners elected under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94.)

10        (55 ILCS 5/2-4006.5)
11        Sec. 2-4006.5. Commissioners in certain counties.
12        (a)  If  a  county  elects 3 commissioners at large under
13    Section 2-4006, registered voters of such county  may,  by  a
14    vote  of  a  majority  of  those  voting on such proposition,
15    determine to change the  method  of  electing  the  board  of
16    county  commissioners  by electing either 3 or 5 members from
17    single member districts. In order for  such  question  to  be
18    placed  upon  the  ballot,  such  petition  must  contain the
19    signatures of not fewer than 10% of the registered voters  of
20    such county.
21        Commissioners  may  not  be  elected  from  single member
22    districts until the  question  of  electing  either  3  or  5
23    commissioners from single member districts has been submitted
24    to  the  electors  of  the  county  at a regular election and
25    approved  by  a  majority  of  the  electors  voting  on  the
26    question.  The commissioners must certify the question to the
27    proper election authority, which must submit the question  at
28    an election in accordance with the Election Code.
29        The question must be in substantially the following form:
30             Shall  the board of county commissioners of (name of
31        county) consist of (insert either 3 or  5)  commissioners
32        elected from single member districts?
33    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
 
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 1        If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
 2    in  the  affirmative,  a 3-member or 5-member board of county
 3    commissioners, as the case may be, shall be established to be
 4    elected from single member districts.
 5        (b)  If the voters of the county decide to elect either 3
 6    or 5 commissioners from single member districts, the board of
 7    county commissioners shall on or before August 31 of the year
 8    following the 2000 federal decennial census divide the county
 9    into either 3 or 5 compact and contiguous  county  commission
10    districts  that are substantially equal in population.  On or
11    before May 31 of the year following  each  federal  decennial
12    census  thereafter,  the  board of county commissioners shall
13    reapportion the county commission districts  to  be  compact,
14    contiguous, and substantially equal in population.
15        (c)  The  commissioners elected at large at or before the
16    general election in 2000 shall continue to  serve  until  the
17    expiration  of  their  terms.  Of  those  commissioners,  the
18    commissioner  whose term expires in 2002 shall be assigned to
19    district 1; the commissioner whose term expires in 2004 shall
20    be assigned to district 2; and the  commissioner  whose  term
21    expires in 2006 shall be assigned to district 3.
22        (d)  If  the  voters  of  the  county  decide  to elect 5
23    commissioners from single member districts,  at  the  general
24    election  in 2002, one commissioner from and residing in each
25    of districts 1, 4, and 5 shall be elected.   At  the  general
26    election  in 2004, one commissioner from and residing in each
27    of districts 1, 2, and 5 shall be elected.   At  the  general
28    election  in 2006, one commissioner from and residing in each
29    of districts 2, 3, and 4 shall be elected.   At  the  general
30    election  in 2008, one commissioner from and residing in each
31    of districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected.   At  the  general
32    election  in  2010, one commissioner from each of districts 2
33    and 4 shall be elected.  At the  general  election  in  2012,
34    commissioners  from  and  residing  in each district shall be
 
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 1    elected.  Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at  each
 2    general  election  to  fill  expired terms. Each commissioner
 3    must reside in the district that he or  she  represents  from
 4    the  time  that  he or she files his or her nomination papers
 5    until his or her term expires.
 6        In the year following the decennial census  of  2010  and
 7    every  10  years  thereafter,  the commissioners, publicly by
 8    lot, shall divide the districts into  2  groups.   One  group
 9    shall  serve  terms  of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years and one
10    group shall serve terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-846, eff. 6-22-00.)

12        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
13    becoming law.

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