State of Illinois
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92_SB0170

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to schools.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 3A-6 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/3A-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
 7        Sec.  3A-6.  Election  of Superintendent for consolidated
 8    region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
 9        (a)  The regional  superintendent  to  be  elected  under
10    Section  3A-5  shall  be  elected at the time provided in the
11    general election law  and  must  possess  the  qualifications
12    described in Section 3-1 of this Act.
13        (b)  The  bond  required under Section 3-2 shall be filed
14    in the office of the county clerk in  the  county  where  the
15    regional  office  is  situated,  and a certified copy of that
16    bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in each
17    of the other counties in the region.
18        (c)  When a vacancy occurs  in  the  office  of  regional
19    superintendent  of  schools of any educational service region
20    which is not located in a county which is a home  rule  unit,
21    such   vacancy   shall  be  filled  within  60  days  (i)  by
22    appointment of the chairman of the  county  board,  with  the
23    advice  and  consent  of  the county board, when such vacancy
24    occurs in a single county educational service region; or (ii)
25    by appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
26    county boards  of  those  counties  comprising  the  affected
27    educational  service  region  when  such  vacancy occurs in a
28    multicounty educational service region, each committeeman  to
29    be  entitled  to  one vote for each vote that was received in
30    the county represented by such committeeman on the  committee
31    by  the  regional  superintendent  of schools whose office is
 
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 1    vacant  at  the   last   election   at   which   a   regional
 2    superintendent  was  elected  to  such office, and the person
 3    receiving the highest number of affirmative  votes  from  the
 4    committeemen  for  such vacant office to be deemed the person
 5    appointed  by  such  committee  to  fill  the  vacancy.   The
 6    appointee  shall  be  a member of the same political party as
 7    the regional superintendent of schools the appointee succeeds
 8    was at the time such regional superintendent of schools  last
 9    was  elected.  The appointee shall serve for the remainder of
10    the term.  However, if more than 28  months  remain  in  that
11    term,  the  appointment  shall  be  until  the  next  general
12    election, at which time the vacated office shall be filled by
13    election for the remainder of the term.  Nominations shall be
14    made  and  any  vacancy  in  nomination  shall  be  filled as
15    follows:
16             (1)  If the vacancy  in  office  occurs  before  the
17        first  date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code
18        for filing nomination papers for county offices  for  the
19        primary   in   the   next  even-numbered  year  following
20        commencement of the term of office in which  the  vacancy
21        occurs,  nominations  for  the  election  for filling the
22        vacancy shall be  made  pursuant  to  Article  7  of  the
23        Election Code.
24             (2)  If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
25        provided  in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
26        nomination papers for county offices for the  primary  in
27        the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
28        term  of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for
29        filing nomination papers for the  primary  shall  not  be
30        more than 91 days nor less than 85 days prior to the date
31        of the primary.
32             (3)  If  the vacancy in office occurs after the last
33        day provided in Section 7-12 of  the  Election  Code  for
34        filing  nomination  papers  for  county  offices  for the
 
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 1        primary  in  the  next   even-numbered   year   following
 2        commencement  of  the term of office in which the vacancy
 3        occurs, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed  to  have
 4        occurred   and  the  county  central  committee  of  each
 5        established political party (if the vacancy occurs  in  a
 6        single   county   educational   service  region)  or  the
 7        multi-county educational service region committee of each
 8        established political party (if the vacancy occurs  in  a
 9        multi-county  educational service region) shall nominate,
10        by  resolution,  a  candidate  to  fill  the  vacancy  in
11        nomination for election to  the  office  at  the  general
12        election.   In  the  nomination  proceedings  to fill the
13        vacancy in nomination, each member of the county  central
14        committee  or the multi-county educational service region
15        committee,  whichever  applies,  shall  have  the  voting
16        strength as set forth in Section 7-8  or  7-8.02  of  the
17        Election  Code,  respectively.  The name of the candidate
18        so nominated shall  not  appear  on  the  ballot  at  the
19        general  primary  election.   The  vacancy  in nomination
20        shall be filled prior to the  date  of  certification  of
21        candidates for the general election.
22             (4)  The  resolution  to  fill  the vacancy shall be
23        duly acknowledged before an  officer  qualified  to  take
24        acknowledgments  of  deeds  and  shall  include, upon its
25        face, the following information:  (A)  the  name  of  the
26        original  nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on
27        which the vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and  address
28        of  the nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date
29        of selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
30        accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
31        Section 7-10 of  the  Election  Code,  completed  by  the
32        selected  nominee,  a certificate from the State Board of
33        Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and
34        a  receipt  indicating  that  the  nominee  has  filed  a
 
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 1        statement  of  economic  interests  as  required  by  the
 2        Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
 3    The provisions  of  Sections  10-8  through  10-10.1  of  the
 4    Election  Code  relating to objections to nominations papers,
 5    hearings on objections, and judicial review shall also  apply
 6    to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions
 7    for  filling  vacancies  in nomination filed pursuant to this
 8    Section.  Unless otherwise specified  in  this  Section,  the
 9    nomination  and  election  provided  for  in  this Section is
10    governed by the general election law. until the next  general
11    election when a successor shall be elected in accordance with
12    the general election law for the unexpired term or for a full
13    term, as the case may require.
14        Except   as   otherwise  provided  by  applicable  county
15    ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs  in  the  office  of
16    regional  superintendent of schools of an educational service
17    region that is located in a county that is a home  rule  unit
18    and that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
19    that vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home
20    rule county.
21        Until  July 1, 1994, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
22    regional superintendent of schools of an educational  service
23    region  that  is located in a county that is a home rule unit
24    and that has a population of 2,000,000 or  more  inhabitants,
25    that vacancy shall be filled by the county board of that home
26    rule  county  unless  otherwise provided by applicable county
27    ordinance  or  by  law.  On  and  after  July  1,  1994,  the
28    provisions of this Section shall have no application  in  any
29    educational  service  region  that  is located in any county,
30    including a  county  that  is  a  home  rule  unit,  if  that
31    educational  service  region has a population of 2,000,000 or
32    more inhabitants.
33        Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the  office  of
34    regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
 
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 1    region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
 2    to  the  position  of regional superintendent of schools, and
 3    shall obtain a certificate  of  eligibility  from  the  State
 4    Superintendent  of  Education   and file same with the county
 5    clerk of the county in which  the  regional  superintendent's
 6    office is located.
 7        If  the regional superintendent of schools is called into
 8    the active military service of the United States, his  office
 9    shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
10    shall  be  made  as  in the case of a vacancy.  The appointee
11    shall perform all the duties of the  regional  superintendent
12    of  schools  during  the  time the regional superintendent of
13    schools is in the  active  military  service  of  the  United
14    States,  and  shall be paid the same compensation apportioned
15    as to the time of  service,  and  such  appointment  and  all
16    authority  thereunder  shall  cease upon the discharge of the
17    regional superintendent of schools from such active  military
18    service.   The  appointee  shall  give  the  same  bond as is
19    required of a regularly elected  regional  superintendent  of
20    schools.
21    (Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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