Bill Text: IL HB2056 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county board elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2056 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2056-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2-3002.5 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
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7 | Sec. 2-3002.5.
Beginning with members elected at the
the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall not be counted as a
member of the county board for the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | purpose of the limitations on the size of
the county board | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | provided in this Section. Neither a member nor the
chairman of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | that county board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | or
president of the board of commissioners of the forest | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | preserve district. No
person shall seek election to both the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | county board and the forest preserve
commission at the same | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | election. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
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