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Public Act 91-0933
HB3617 Enrolled LRB9112379MWpc
AN ACT concerning local boards.
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
Sections 2-3002.5 and 2-3006 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
Sec. 2-3002.5. Beginning with members elected at the
general election in 2002 January 2, 2001, counties having a
population between 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000
decennial census shall have no more than 18 members on their
county board. If the chairman of the county board is elected
at-large by the voters of the county as provided in Section
2-3007, the chairman shall not be counted as a member of the
county board for the purpose of the limitations on the size
of the county board provided in this Section. Neither a
member nor the chairman of that county board shall serve
simultaneously as commissioner or president of the board of
commissioners of the forest preserve district. No person
shall seek election to both the county board and the forest
preserve commission at the same election.
(Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3006)
Sec. 2-3006. Failure to file apportionment plan; election
of board members at large. If no apportionment plan is filed
with the county clerk as required by this Division, the
members of the county board shall be elected at large in the
county. If the county board has determined the number of
members for the board, that number shall be elected;
otherwise, the number of members to be elected shall be the
largest number to which the county is entitled under Sections
2-3002 and 2-3002.5.
(Source: P.A. 86-926.)
Section 10. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
is amended by changing Sections 3c and 12 as follows:
(70 ILCS 805/3c)
Sec. 3c. Elected board of commissioners in certain
counties. If the boundaries of a district are co-extensive
with the boundaries of a county having a population of more
than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000, all commissioners of
the forest preserve district shall be elected from the same
districts as members of the county board beginning with the
general election held in 2002 and each succeeding general
election. One commissioner shall be elected from each
district. At their first meeting after their election in
2002 and following each subsequent decennial reapportionment
of the county under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code, the
elected commissioners shall publicly by lot divide themselves
into 3 2 groups, as equal in size as possible. Commissioners
from the first group shall serve for terms of 2, 4, and 4
years; commissioners from the second group shall serve for
terms of 4, 2, and 4 years and commissioners from the second
third group shall serve terms of 4, 4, and 2 years.
Commissioners elected under this Section shall take office at
the first meeting of commissioners following an election of
commissioners. Beginning with the general election in 2002,
the president of the board of commissioners of the forest
preserve district shall be elected by the voters of the
county, rather than by the commissioners. The president
shall be elected throughout the county for a 4-year term
without having been first elected as commissioner of the
forest preserve district. Neither a commissioner nor the
president of the board of commissioners of that forest
preserve district shall serve simultaneously as member or
chairman of the county board. No person shall seek election
to both the forest preserve commission and the county board
at the same election. At that meeting, the commissioners
shall elect from among their number a president of the forest
preserve district board of commissioners to serve for a term
of 2 years. The board of commissioners shall set The
compensation for the president shall be an amount equal to
85% of the annual salary of the county board chairman. The
president, with the advice and consent of the board of
commissioners shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such
other officers as deemed necessary by the board of
commissioners, which officers need not be members of the
board of commissioners. The president shall have the powers
and duties as specified in Section 12 of this Act. Actions by
the board shall require a majority vote of the commissioners.
Candidates for commissioner shall be candidates of
established political parties.
If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, other
than by expiration of a commissioner's term, the president of
the board of commissioners shall, with the advice and consent
of other commissioners then serving, appoint an individual to
serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The appointee
shall be affiliated with the same political party as the
commissioner in whose office the vacancy occurred and be a
resident of such district. If a vacancy in the office of
president occurs, other than by expiration of the president's
term, the remaining members of the board of commissioners
shall appoint one of the commissioners to serve as president
for the remainder of the unexpired term. If, however, more
than 28 months remain in the unexpired term of a commissioner
or the president, the appointment shall be until the next
consolidated election, at which time the vacated office of
commissioner or president shall be filled by election for the
remainder of the term.
The president and commissioners elected under this
Section may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses
actually incurred in performing their official duties under
this Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 3a.
The reimbursement paid under this Section shall be paid by
the forest preserve district.
Compensation for forest preserve commissioners elected
under this Section shall be the same as that of county board
members of the county with which the forest preserve
district's boundaries are co-extensive.
(Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
(70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322)
Sec. 12. The president of the board of any district
organized hereunder, shall preside at all meetings of the
board, and be the executive officer of the district, and be a
member of the board. He shall sign all ordinances,
resolutions and other papers necessary to be signed and shall
execute all contracts entered into by the district and
perform other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. He
may veto any ordinance and any orders, resolutions and
actions, or any items therein contained, of the board which
provide for the purchase of real estate, or for the
construction of improvements within the preserves of the
district. Such veto shall be filed with the secretary of the
board within 5 days after the passage of the ordinance,
order, resolution or action and when so vetoed the ordinance,
order, resolution or action or any item therein contained is
not effective unless it is again passed by two-thirds vote of
all the members of the board. The president may vote in the
same manner as the other members of the board. In the
temporary absence or inability of the president, the members
of the board may elect from their own number a president, pro
tem.
The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the
journal of the board's proceedings, upon the passage of all
ordinances and all proposals to create any liability, or for
the expenditure or appropriation of money. The concurrence of
a majority of all the members elected or appointed to the
board is necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or
proposal. In all other cases the "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be
taken at the request of any member of the board and shall be
entered on the journal of the board's proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 85-933.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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