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SB0910ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 5/18/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 910

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 910 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011 is
5amended by adding Section 5-15 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 120/5-15 new)
7    Sec. 5-15. County apportionment.
8    (a) An apportionment plan pursuant to Section 2-3003 of the
9Counties Code shall provide racial minorities or language
10minorities with equal opportunity to participate in the
11political process and elect candidates of their choice.
12    (b) An apportionment plan pursuant to Section 2-3003 of the
13Counties Code shall provide racial minorities or language
14minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority of a
15district with an opportunity to substantially influence the
16outcome of an election.

 

 

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1    (c) To the extent practicable, districts shall be drawn to
2create crossover districts, coalition districts, or influence
3districts.
4    (d) The requirements imposed by this Section are in
5addition and subordinate to any requirements or obligations
6imposed by the United States Constitution; any federal law,
7including, but not limited to, the federal Voting Rights Act;
8and the Illinois Constitution.
 
9    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
10Section 2-3003 as follows:
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
12    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
13    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
14elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
15and specify the number of districts and the number of county
16board members to be elected from each district and whether
17voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
18districts. Each such district:
19        a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each
20    other district;
21        b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as
22    nearly compact as practicable; and
23        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
24    necessary to conform to the population requirement of

 

 

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1    paragraph a. of this Section; .
2        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
3    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
4    insofar as is practicable; and .
5        e. Shall comply with Section 5-15 of the Illinois
6    Voting Rights Act of 2011.
7    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
8less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
9provide within that county for single member districts outside
10the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
11corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
12excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c, and d, and e of
13subsection (1) of this Section shall apply to the apportionment
14of both single and multi-member districts within a county to
15the extent that compliance with paragraphs a, b, c, and d, and
16e still permit the establishment of such districts, except that
17the population of any multi-member district shall be equal to
18the population of any single member district, times the number
19of members found within that multi-member district.
20    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
21elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
222-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
23present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
24after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
25accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
26Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the

 

 

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

 

 

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1hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive
2shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
3the Board.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)".