Executive Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Nov 19, 2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2085




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2085 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is 
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amended  by changing Section 21-22 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 20/21-22)  (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)



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    Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies. 

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    (a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the 
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year 1943 and every
4 years thereafter, at which one alderman 
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shall be elected from each of the 50
wards provided for by this 
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Article.  The aldermen elected shall serve for a
term of 4 years 
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beginning at noon on the third Monday in May following
the 
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election of city officers, and until their successors are 
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elected and have
qualified. All elections for aldermen shall be 
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in accordance with the
provisions of law in force and operative 
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in the City of Chicago for such
elections at the time the 
 


 






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elections are held. 

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    (b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall be 
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filled in the
manner prescribed for filling vacancies in 
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Section 3.1-10-51 Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois
Municipal 
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Code. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 
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days
after the vacancy occurs.  The requirement that an 
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appointment be made within
60 days is an exclusive power and 
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function of the State and is a denial and
limitation under 
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Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois

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Constitution of the power of a home rule municipality to 
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require that an
appointment be made within a different period 
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after the vacancy occurs.

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(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

 

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