Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 5/15/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4930




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4930, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 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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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 a county with a population 
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of 50,000 or less with a 3-member board of commissioners 
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elected at large under this Section may, upon referendum

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initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution of the
board of 
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county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than 
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10% of the registered voters in the county, determine that the 
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board of
county commissioners shall consist of 5
commissioners 
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elected at large. The commissioners must certify
the question 
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to the proper election authority, which must
submit the 
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question at an election in accordance with the
general election 
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law.
 


 






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    The question shall be submitted in substantially the

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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. The 
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County Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the 
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county, shall develop and present to the board of county 
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commissioners, to implement by the adoption of a  resolution, 
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the transition of terms for the current 3-member board of 
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commissioners and the addition of 2 commissioners for 6-year 
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terms. Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at each 
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general election to fill expired terms. 

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    (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to 
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commissioners elected
under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.

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(Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)

 

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