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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2914
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
county board elections.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2914 |
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LRB095 06301 HLH 26396 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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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| 2-3002.5 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
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| Sec. 2-3002.5. Beginning with members elected at the
the
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| general election
in 2002, counties having a population
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| 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall |
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| have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the |
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| chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters |
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| of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall |
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| not be counted as a
member of the county board for the purpose |
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| of the limitations on the size of
the county board provided in |
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| this Section. Neither a member nor the
chairman of that county |
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| board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner or
president |
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| of the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district. |
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| No
person shall seek election to both the county board and the |
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| forest preserve
commission at the same election. |
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| (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
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