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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4930
Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county having a 3-member board of county commissioners may, by referendum, establish a 5-member board of county commissioners. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4930 |
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LRB095 15444 HLH 41436 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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| 2-4006 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
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| Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
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| (a) In every county not under
township organization having |
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| 3 commissioners elected at large as described in
subsection (b) |
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| or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
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| Section.
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| (b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at |
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| the general
election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and |
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| in which 2 commissioners
will be elected at the general |
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| election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 and |
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| receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term |
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| of 6
years. The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve |
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| for a term of 4
years. At the general election in 1996 and at |
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| each general election
thereafter, one commissioner shall be |
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| elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
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| (c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at |
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| the general
election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and |
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| in which one commissioner
will be elected at the general |
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HB4930 |
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LRB095 15444 HLH 41436 b |
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| election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 shall serve |
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| for a term of 4 years. The commissioner elected in 1996 and
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| receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term |
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| of 6 years. The
other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve |
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| for a term of 4 years. At the
general election in 1998 and at |
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| each general election thereafter, one
commissioner shall be |
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| elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
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| (c-5) The registered voters of any county with a 3-member |
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| board of commissioners elected at large under this Section may, |
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| upon referendum initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution |
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| by the board of county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed |
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| by not less than 10% of the registered voters of the county,
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| determine that the board of county commissioners shall consist |
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| of 5 commissioners elected at large. The commissioners must |
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| certify the question
to
the proper election authority, which |
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| must submit the question at an election in
accordance with the |
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| general election law. |
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| The question must be in substantially the following form: |
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| "Shall the board of county commissioners of (county) |
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| consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?" |
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| Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no". If a majority of |
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| the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, |
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| then a 5-member board of county commissioners shall be |
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| established beginning with the next general election. Two |
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| additional commissioners shall be elected at the next general |
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| election and shall serve for 6-year terms. Thereafter, |