Bill Text: IL SB1666 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county where the chairman of the county board or county executive is elected by the voters of the county, should there be a delay in the availability of the census data, the chairman of the county board or county executive may develop and present the decennial apportionment plan to the board within 6 months following availability of the data. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-26 - Referred to Assignments [SB1666 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1666-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2-3003 and 2-3004 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
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7 | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
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8 | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | board members to be elected from each district and whether | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | districts. Each such district:
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14 | a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | other district;
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16 | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | nearly compact as
practicable; and
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18 | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | paragraph a. of this Section.
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21 | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | insofar as is practicable.
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1 | (2) The county board of each county having a population of | ||||||
2 | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | ||||||
3 | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | ||||||
4 | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | ||||||
5 | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | ||||||
6 | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | ||||||
7 | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | ||||||
8 | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | ||||||
9 | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | ||||||
10 | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | ||||||
11 | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | ||||||
12 | any single member district, times the number of members
found | ||||||
13 | within that multi-member district. | ||||||
14 | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | ||||||
15 | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | ||||||
16 | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | ||||||
17 | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | ||||||
18 | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
19 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | ||||||
20 | Section. Should there be a delay in the availability of the | ||||||
21 | census data, the Chairman of County Board may develop and | ||||||
22 | present the plan to the Board within 6 months following | ||||||
23 | availability of the data. If the Chairman presents a plan to | ||||||
24 | the Board by the third Wednesday in May , or within 6 months | ||||||
25 | after the data becomes available from the federal government | ||||||
26 | should the data be delayed , the Board shall conduct at least |
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1 | one public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | ||||||
2 | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | ||||||
3 | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was | ||||||
4 | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | ||||||
5 | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | ||||||
6 | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | ||||||
7 | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | ||||||
8 | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | ||||||
9 | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | ||||||
10 | the Board. | ||||||
11 | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | ||||||
12 | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | ||||||
13 | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | ||||||
14 | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | ||||||
15 | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
16 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | ||||||
17 | Section. Should there be a delay in the availability of the | ||||||
18 | census data, the County Executive may develop and present the | ||||||
19 | plan to the Board within 6 months following availability of | ||||||
20 | the data. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | ||||||
21 | third Wednesday in May , or within 6 months after the data | ||||||
22 | becomes available from the federal government should the data | ||||||
23 | be delayed , the Board shall conduct at least one public | ||||||
24 | hearing to receive comments and to discuss the apportionment | ||||||
25 | plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days but not more | ||||||
26 | than 21 days after the Executive's plan was presented to the |
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1 | Board, and the public shall be given notice of the hearing at | ||||||
2 | least 6 days in advance. If the Executive presents a plan by | ||||||
3 | the third Wednesday in May, the Board is prohibited from | ||||||
4 | enacting an apportionment plan until after a hearing on the | ||||||
5 | plan presented by the Executive. The Executive shall have | ||||||
6 | access to the federal decennial census available to the Board.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)
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8 | (55 ILCS 5/2-3004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3004)
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9 | Sec. 2-3004. Failure to complete reapportionment. If any | ||||||
10 | county board fails to complete the reapportionment of its | ||||||
11 | county
by July 1 in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter , or by the | ||||||
12 | day after the county board's regularly scheduled July meeting | ||||||
13 | in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter , or within 6 months | ||||||
14 | following the availability of the data from the federal | ||||||
15 | government should the data be delayed , whichever is later, the | ||||||
16 | county clerk of that
county shall convene the county | ||||||
17 | apportionment commission. Three members of
the commission | ||||||
18 | shall constitute a quorum, but a majority of all the members
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19 | must vote affirmatively on any determination made by the | ||||||
20 | commission. The
commission shall adopt rules for its | ||||||
21 | procedure.
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22 | The commission shall develop an apportionment plan for the | ||||||
23 | county in the
manner provided by Section 2-3003, dividing the | ||||||
24 | county into the same number of
districts as determined by the | ||||||
25 | county board. If the county board has failed
to determine the |
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1 | size of the county board to be elected, then the number of
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2 | districts and the number of members to be elected shall be the | ||||||
3 | largest
number to which the county is entitled under Section | ||||||
4 | 2-3002.
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5 | The commission shall submit its apportionment plan by | ||||||
6 | October 1 in the
year that it is convened, except that the | ||||||
7 | circuit court, for good cause
shown, may grant an extension of | ||||||
8 | time, not exceeding a total of 60 days,
within which such a | ||||||
9 | plan may be submitted.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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