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Public Act 094-0273


 

Public Act 0273 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 094-0273
 
SB0489 Enrolled LRB094 09022 JAM 39243 b

    AN ACT concerning 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 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, the term of the chairman of the county board
shall commence on the first third Monday of the month following
the month in which members of the county board are elected.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
changing Section 6-116 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-116)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-116)
    Sec. 6-116. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
with respect to highway commissioners of township and
consolidated township road districts, at the election provided
by the general election law in 1985 and every 4 years
thereafter in all counties, other than counties in which a
county unit road district has been established and other than
in Cook County, the highway commissioner of each road district
and the district clerk of each road district having an elected
clerk, shall be elected to hold office for a term of 4 years,
and until his successor is elected and qualified. The highway
commissioner of each road district and the district clerk of
each road district elected in 1979 shall hold office for an
additional 2 years and until his successor is elected and has
qualified.
    In each township and consolidated township road district
outside Cook County, highway commissioners shall be elected at
the election provided for such commissioners by the general
election law in 1981 and every 4 years thereafter to hold
office for a term of 4 years and until his successor is elected
and qualified. The highway commissioner of each road district
in Cook County shall be elected at the election provided for
said commissioner by the general election law in 1981 and every
4 years thereafter for a term of 4 years, and until his
successor is elected and qualified.
    Each highway commissioner shall enter upon the duties of
his office on the third first Monday in May after his election.
    In road districts comprised of a single township, the
highway commissioner shall be elected at the election provided
for said commissioner by the general election law. All
elections as are provided in this Section shall be conducted in
accordance with the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 83-108.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2006