Bill Text: IL HB6300 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, for vacancies in the office of a county board member or commissioner, the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of the county central committee of the same political party of which the person the appointee succeeds was a member at the time of his or her election or appointment. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB6300 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB6300-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB6300 Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, for vacancies in the office of a county board member or commissioner, the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of the county central committee of the same political party of which the person the appointee succeeds was a member at the time of his or her election or appointment. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
25-11 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
Sec. 25-11. When a vacancy occurs in any elective county
office, or in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in the
office of clerk of the circuit court, in a county which is not
a home rule unit, the county board or board of county
commissioners shall declare that such vacancy exists and
notification thereof shall be given to the county central
committee or the appropriate county board or board of county
commissioners district committee of each established political
party within 3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. For
vacancies in the office of county board member or commissioner,
the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of
the county central committee of the same political party of
which the person the appointee succeeds was a member at the
time of his or her election or appointment. For all other
offices, the The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
appointment of the chairman of the county board or board of
county commissioners with the advice and consent of the county

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board or board of county commissioners. In counties in which
forest preserve district commissioners are elected by
districts and are not also members of the county board,
however, vacancies in the office of forest preserve district
commissioner shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of
the president of the forest preserve district board of
commissioners with the advice and consent of the forest
preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in which
the forest preserve district president is not also a member of
the county board, vacancies in the office of forest preserve
district president shall be filled within 60 days by the forest
preserve district board of commissioners by appointing one of
the commissioners to serve as president. The appointee shall be
a member of the same political party as the person he succeeds
was at the time of his election and shall be otherwise eligible
to serve. The appointee shall serve the remainder of the
unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in the
term, the appointment shall be until the next general election
at which time the vacated office shall be filled by election
for the remainder of the term. In the case of a vacancy in a
seat on a county board or board of county commissioners which
has been divided into districts under Section 2-3003 or
2-4006.5 of the Counties Code, the appointee must also be a
resident of the county board or county commission district. If
a county commissioner ceases to reside in the district that he
or she represents, a vacancy in that office exists.

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Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by law,
in any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in elective
county offices, other than the office of chief executive
officer, and vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit
court in a county of less than 3,000,000 population, shall be
filled by the county board or board of county commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01; 92-583, eff. 6-26-02.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.