96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0329


 
Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



55 ILCS 5/2-3002
  from Ch. 34, par. 2-3002








    Amends the Counties Code. Provides for binding referenda (instead of advisory referenda) concerning (i) the number of members of the county board to be
elected, (ii) whether the board members should be elected from single-member
districts, multi-member districts, or at-large, (iii)
whether voters will have cumulative voting rights in the election of county
board members, or (iv) any combination of the preceding 3 questions. Effective immediately.
















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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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2-3002 as follows:


 



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    (55 ILCS 5/2-3002)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3002)


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    Sec. 2-3002. Counties with population of less than 
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3,000,000 and
with township form of government.

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    (a) Reapportionment required. By July 1, 1971, and each 10 
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years
thereafter, the county board of
each county having a 
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population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and
the township 
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form of government shall reapportion its county so that
each 
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member of the county board represents the same number of

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inhabitants. In reapportioning its county, the county board 
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shall first
determine the size of the county board to be 
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elected, which may consist
of not less than 5 nor more than 29 
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members and may not exceed the size
of the county board in that 
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county on October 2, 1969.
 The county board shall also 
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determine
whether board members shall be
elected at large from 
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the county or by county board districts.

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    If the chairman of the county board is to be elected by the 
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voters in a
county of less than 450,000 population as provided 
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in Section 2-3007,
such chairman shall not be counted as a 
 


 






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member of the county board
for the purpose of the limitations 
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on the size of a county board provided
in this Section.

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    (b) Binding Advisory referenda.  The voters of a county may 
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advise the county
board,
through a binding an advisory 
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referendum, on questions concerning (i) the number of
members 
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of the
county board
to be elected, (ii) whether the board 
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members should be elected from
single-member
districts, 
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multi-member districts, or at-large, (iii)
whether voters will 
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have cumulative voting rights in the election of county
board 
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members, or (iv) any combination of the preceding 3 questions.

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The binding advisory
referendum may be
initiated either by 
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petition or by ordinance of the county board.  A written

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petition for a binding an
advisory referendum authorized by 
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this Section must contain the signatures of
at least 8% of the

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votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding 
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gubernatorial election
by the registered voters of the county 
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and must be filed with the appropriate
election
authority.  An 
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ordinance
initiating
a binding an advisory referendum 
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authorized by this Section must be approved by a
majority of 
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the
members of the county board and must be filed with the 
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appropriate election
authority.  A binding An advisory

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referendum initiated under this Section shall be placed on the 
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ballot at the
general
election designated in the petition or 
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ordinance.

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(Source: P.A. 93-308, eff. 7-23-03.)




 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.