Bill Text: IL SB1485 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a chairman of a county board who is chosen by the board may be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board. Provides that upon adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (a) the chairman position becomes vacant the and former chairman's compensation shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (b) the vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman without chairman compensation; and (c) a new chairman shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. Further provides that a chairman removed maintains his or her status as a member of the county board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1485 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1485-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1485 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/2-1003 from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a chairman of a county board who is chosen by the board may be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board. Provides that upon adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (a) the chairman position becomes vacant the and former chairman's compensation shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (b) the vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman without chairman compensation; and (c) a new chairman shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. Further provides that a chairman removed maintains his or her status as a member of the county board.
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AN ACT concerning local 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
2-1003 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003)
Sec. 2-1003. Chairman and vice-chairman of county board.
The county board shall, unless the chairman is elected by the
voters of the county, at its first meeting in the month
following the month in which county board members are elected,
choose one of its members as chairman for a term of 2 years and
at the same meeting, choose one of its members as vice-chairman
for a term of 2 years. The vice-chairman shall serve in the
place of the chairman at any meeting of the county board in
which the chairman is not present. In case of the absence of
the chairman and the vice-chairman at any meeting, the members
present shall choose one of their number as temporary chairman.
A chairman who is chosen by the county board may be
removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an
affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon
adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (a) the chairman
position becomes vacant and the former chairman's compensation
shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (b) the

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vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman
without chairman compensation; and (c) a new chairman shall be
elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. A
chairman removed under this Section maintains his or her status
as a member of the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)