Public Act 099-0924
 
HB6418 EnrolledLRB099 20949 AWJ 45864 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
2-3007 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/2-3007)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
    Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term.
Any county board when providing for the reapportionment of its
county under this Division may provide that the chairman of the
county board shall be elected by the voters of the county
rather than by the members of the board. In that event,
provision shall be made for the election throughout the county
of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over
3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such
chairman who has not been elected as a county board member to
serve during the same period as the term of office as chairman
of the county board to which he seeks election. In counties
over 300,000 450,000 population and under 3,000,000
population, the chairman shall be elected as chairman without
having been first elected to the county board. Such chairman
shall not vote on any question except to break a tie vote. In
all other counties the chairman may either be elected as a
county board member or elected as the chairman without having
been first elected to the board. Except in counties where the
chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of the
county and is not required to be a county board member, whether
the chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of
the county or by the members of the board, he shall be elected
to a 2 year term. In counties where the chairman of the county
board is elected by the voters of the county and is not
required to be a county board member, the chairman shall be
elected to a 4 year term. In all cases: (i) , the term of the
chairman of the county board shall commence on the first Monday
of the month following the month in which members of the county
board are elected, and (ii) no person may simultaneously serve
as a member of a county board and the chairman of the same
board if the office of chairman is elected by the voters of the
county rather than by the members of the board.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-273, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.