97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3926

 

Introduced 1/10/2012, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/2-3003  from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in the first general election after reapportionment, voters in multi-member county board districts shall have cumulative voting rights. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
52-3003 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
7    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
8    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
9elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
10and specify the number of districts and the number of county
11board members to be elected from each district and whether
12voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
13districts. Each such district:
14        a. Shall be equal in population to each other district;
15        b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as
16    nearly compact as practicable; and
17        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
18    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
19    paragraph a. of this Section.
20        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
21    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
22    insofar as is practicable.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, voters in

 

 

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1multi-member districts shall have cumulative voting rights in
2the first general election after reapportionment.
3    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
4less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
5provide within that county for single member districts outside
6the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
7corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
8excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
9this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
10and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
11compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
12establishment of such districts, except that the population of
13any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
14any single member district, times the number of members found
15within that multi-member district.
16    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
17elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
182-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
19present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
20after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
21accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
22Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the
23third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
24public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
25apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
26but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was

 

 

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1presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
2the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman
3presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
4prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
5hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman
6shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
7the Board.
8    (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the
9voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the
10Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to
11the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a
12federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
13accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
14Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the
15third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
16public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
17apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
18but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was
19presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
20the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive
21presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
22prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
23hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive
24shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
25the Board.
26(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.