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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5124
Introduced 02/05/04, by Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/2-3007 |
from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
election and term of a county board chairman.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5124 |
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LRB093 15647 MKM 41255 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to counties.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 2-3007 as
follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
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| Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term. |
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| Any
county board when providing for the reapportionment of its |
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| county under
this Division may provide that the chairman of the |
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| county board shall be
elected by the voters of the county |
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| rather than by the members of the
county board. In that event, |
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| provision shall be made for the election
throughout
the county |
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| of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over
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| 3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such |
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| chairman who
has not been elected as a county board member to |
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| serve during the same
period as the term of office as chairman |
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| of the county board to which he
seeks election. In counties |
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| over 450,000 population and under 3,000,000
population, the |
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| chairman shall be elected as chairman without having been
first |
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| elected to the county board. Such chairman shall not vote on |
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| any
question except to break a tie vote. In all other counties |
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| the chairman may
either be elected as a county board member or |
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| elected as the chairman
without having been first elected to |
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| the board. Except in counties where
the chairman of the county |
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| board is elected by the voters of the county and
is not |
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| required to be a county board member, whether the chairman of |
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| the
county board is elected by the voters of the county or by |
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| the members of
the board, he shall be elected to a 2 year term. |
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| In counties where the
chairman of the county board is elected |
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| by the voters of the county and is
not required to be a county |
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| board member, the chairman shall be elected to
a 4 year term. |
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| In all cases, the term of the chairman
of the county board |