Public Act 101-0257
 
HB2499 EnrolledLRB101 04904 AWJ 49913 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Park District Code is amended  by changing 
Section 2-25 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 1205/2-25)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-25)



    Sec. 2-25. Vacancies. Whenever any member of the governing 
board of any park
district (i) dies, (ii) resigns, (iii) 
becomes under legal disability, (iv)
ceases to be a legal voter 
in the district, (v) is convicted in any court located in the 
United States of any
infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other 
felony (vi) refuses or neglects to take his or her oath of 
office,
(vii) neglects to perform the duties of his or her 
office or attend
meetings of the board for the length of time 
as the board fixes by
ordinance, or (viii) for any other reason 
specified by law, that office may
be declared vacant. Vacancies 
shall be filled by appointment by a majority
of the remaining 
members of the board. Any person so appointed shall hold
his or 
her office until the next regular election for this office, at 
which
a member shall be elected to fill the vacancy for the 
unexpired term,
subject to the following conditions:


        (1) If the vacancy occurs with less than 28 months 
    remaining in the
term, the person appointed to fill the 
    vacancy shall hold his or her office
until the expiration 
    of the term for which he or she has been appointed,
and no 
    election to fill the vacancy shall be held.


        (2) If the vacancy occurs with more than 28 months left 
    in the term,
but less than 123 days before the next 
    regularly scheduled election for this
office, the person 
    appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold his or her
office 
    until the second regularly scheduled election for the 
    office
following the appointment, at which a member shall 
    be elected to fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term.

(Source: P.A. 97-131, eff. 7-14-11.)

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