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Public Act 100-0351
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| HB0776 Enrolled | LRB100 05662 AWJ 15679 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing |
Section 2-10a as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1205/2-10a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10a)
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Sec. 2-10a.
Any district may provide by referendum, or by |
resolution of
the board, that the board shall be comprised of 7 |
commissioners. Any such
referendum shall be initiated and held |
in the same manner as is provided
by the general election law.
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in |
favor of the 7-member
board, or if the board adopts a |
resolution stating that it is acting pursuant
to this Section |
in order to create a 7-member board, then whichever of the
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following transition schedules are appropriate shall be |
applied: At the
election of commissioners next following by at |
least 60 days the date on
which the proposition to create a |
7-member board was approved at referendum
or by resolution, the |
number of commissioners to be elected shall be 2 more
than the |
number that would otherwise have been elected. If this results
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in the election, pursuant to Section 2-12 of this Act, of 4 |
commissioners
at that election, one of the 4, to be determined |
by lot within 30 days after
the election, shall serve for a |
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term of 4 years or 2 years as the case
may be, instead of 6 |
years, so that his term will expire in the same year
in which |
the term of only one of the incumbent commissioners expires.
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Thereafter
all commissioners shall be elected for 6-year terms |
as provided in Section
2-12. If the creation of a 7-member |
board results in the election of either
3 or 4 commissioners, |
pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, at that election,
2 of |
them, to
be determined by lot within 30 days after the |
election, shall serve for
terms of 2 years instead of 4 years. |
Thereafter all commissioners shall
be elected for 4-year terms |
as provided in Section 2-12a of this Act.
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In any district where a 7-member board has been created |
pursuant to this
Section whether by referendum or by |
resolution, the number of commissioners
may later be reduced to |
5, but only by a referendum initiated and held in
the same |
manner as prescribed in this Section for creating a 7-member |
board.
No proposition to reduce the number of commissioners |
shall affect the terms
of any commissioners holding office at |
the time of the referendum or to
be elected within 60 days of |
the referendum. If a majority of the votes cast on the |
proposition is in favor of reducing a 7-member board to a |
5-member board, then, at the election of commissioners next |
following by at least 60 days the date on which the proposition |
was approved at referendum, the number of commissioners to be |
elected shall be 2 less than the number that would otherwise |
have been elected and whichever of the following transition |
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schedules are appropriate shall be applied: (i) if this results |
in the election of no commissioners for a 6-year term pursuant |
to Section 2-12 of this Act, then at the next election in which |
3 commissioners are scheduled to be elected to 6-year terms as |
provided in Section 2-12, one of the 3, to be determined by lot |
within 30 days after the election, shall serve for a term of 4 |
years or 2 years, as the case may be, instead of 6 years, so |
that his or her term will expire in the same year in which the |
term of no incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; |
thereafter, all commissioners shall be elected for 6-year terms |
as provided in Section 2-12; or (ii) if the reduction to a |
5-member board results in the election of one commissioner to a |
4-year term, pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, then at the |
next election in which 4 commissioners are scheduled to be |
elected to 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a, one of |
the 4, to be determined by lot within 30 days after the |
election, shall serve for a term of 2 years, instead of 4 |
years, so that his or her term will expire in the same year in |
which the term of only one incumbent commissioner is scheduled |
to expire; thereafter, all commissioners shall be elected for |
4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a.
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(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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