Bill Text: IL SB3182 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes technical changes concerning the vacancies in a forest preserve district office and notifications of vacancies in county and forest preserve district offices. Provides that notification shall be given of each established political party within 3 days of the county board meeting where the vacancy was declared, rather than within 3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Authorizes a county board member in any county (now, in a county having fewer than 40,000 inhabitants), during his or her term of office, to concurrently hold the office of member of the board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, board of a community college district, or board of school inspectors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3182 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3182-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes technical changes concerning the vacancies in a forest preserve district office and notifications of vacancies in county and forest preserve district offices. Provides that notification shall be given of each established political party within 3 days of the county board meeting where the vacancy was declared, rather than within 3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Authorizes a county board member in any county (now, in a county having fewer than 40,000 inhabitants), during his or her term of office, to concurrently hold the office of member of the board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, board of a community college district, or board of school inspectors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3182 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3182-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 Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 25-11 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
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7 | Sec. 25-11.
When a vacancy occurs in any elective county | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | office, forest preserve district office, or in a
county of less | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | than 3,000,000 population in the office of clerk of the circuit
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10 | court, in a county which is not a home rule unit, the county | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | board , forest preserve district board of commissioners, or | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | board
of county commissioners shall at their next meeting | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | declare that such vacancy exists and
notification thereof
shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | be given to the county central committee or the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | county board
or board of county commissioners district | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | committee of each established
political party within 3 days of | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the
occurrence of the county board meeting where a vacancy was | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | declared . The vacancy shall be filled
within 60 days of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | notification by appointment of the chairman of the county board
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20 | or board of county commissioners with the advice and consent of | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the county
board or board of county commissioners.
In counties | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in which forest preserve district commissioners are
elected by | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | districts and are not also members of the county board, |
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1 | however,
vacancies in the office of forest preserve district | ||||||
2 | commissioner shall be
filled within 60 days of the notification | ||||||
3 | by appointment of the president of the forest preserve
district | ||||||
4 | board of commissioners with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
5 | forest
preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in | ||||||
6 | which the forest
preserve district president is not also a | ||||||
7 | member of the county board, vacancies
in
the office of forest | ||||||
8 | preserve district president shall be filled within 60 days
of | ||||||
9 | the notification by the forest preserve district board of | ||||||
10 | commissioners by appointing one of the
commissioners to serve | ||||||
11 | as president.
The appointee
shall be a member of the same | ||||||
12 | political party as the person he
succeeds was at the time of | ||||||
13 | his election and shall be otherwise
eligible to serve.
The | ||||||
14 | appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. | ||||||
15 | However, if
more than 28 months remain in the term, the | ||||||
16 | appointment shall be until the
next general election at which | ||||||
17 | time the vacated office shall be
filled by election for the | ||||||
18 | remainder of the term. In the
case of a vacancy in a seat on a | ||||||
19 | county board or board of county
commissioners which
has been | ||||||
20 | divided into districts under Section 2-3003 or 2-4006.5 of
the | ||||||
21 | Counties Code, the appointee must also be a resident of the
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22 | county board or county commission district.
If a county | ||||||
23 | commissioner ceases to reside in the district that he or
she | ||||||
24 | represents, a vacancy in that office exists.
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25 | Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by law, | ||||||
26 | in
any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in elective
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1 | county offices, other than the office of chief executive | ||||||
2 | officer,
and vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit | ||||||
3 | court in a county of
less than 3,000,000 population, shall be | ||||||
4 | filled
by the county board or board of county commissioners.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01; 92-583, eff. 6-26-02.)
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6 | Section 10. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | ||||||
7 | amended by changing Section 1.2 as follows:
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8 | (50 ILCS 105/1.2)
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9 | Sec. 1.2. County board member; education office. A member | ||||||
10 | of the county
board
in any a county having fewer than 40,000 | ||||||
11 | inhabitants , during the term of
office for which he or she is | ||||||
12 | elected, may also hold the office of member of
the board of | ||||||
13 | education, regional board of school trustees, board of school
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14 | directors, board of a community college district, or board of | ||||||
15 | school inspectors.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 97-460, eff. 8-19-11.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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