96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4616


 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/2-6008
  from Ch. 34, par. 2-6008







    Amends the Counties Code.  Provides that the Cook County Board of Commissioners may override a veto by the County Board President  by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of its members (instead of four-fifths).  Effective immediately.
















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HB4616

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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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2-6008 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/2-6008)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6008)



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    Sec. 2-6008. Approval of ordinances. All ordinances, 
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resolutions or
motions shall be submitted to
said board of 
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commissioners in writing, or reduced to writing before any
vote 
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shall be taken thereon; and if adopted by the board, the same 
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shall
not take effect until after the same shall have been 
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approved in writing by
the president of said board, except as 
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hereinafter provided. It shall be
the duty of the clerk of said 
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board to deliver to the president thereof,
upon his or her 
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request, the original (or a copy) of each ordinance, resolution 
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or
motion, so passed or adopted by said board as aforesaid, 
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within one day
after its passage or adoption; and in case the 
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president approves thereof,
he or she shall sign the same, and 
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it shall thereupon be in full force and effect.
In case the 
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president shall not approve any such ordinance, resolution or

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motion, he or she shall, within five days after the receipt of 
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the same as
aforesaid, return it to the clerk of said board, 
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with his or her objections
thereto in writing. Such veto by the 
 


 






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president may extend to any one or
more items or appropriations 
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contained in any resolution making an
appropriation, or to the 
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entire resolution; and in case the veto only
extends to a part 
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of such resolution making an appropriation, the residue
thereof 
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not embraced within the veto shall take effect and be in force 
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from
the time of the receipt by said clerk of such veto of such 
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part. Upon the
return of any such ordinance, resolution or 
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motion by the president, with
his or her objections thereto as 
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aforesaid, the vote by which the same was passed
shall be 
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reconsidered by the board of commissioners as to so much 
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thereof
as may have been vetoed; and if, after such 
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reconsideration, three-fifths
four-fifths of
all the members 
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elected to the board shall agree to pass the same by yeas
and 
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nays, to be entered on the journal, the same shall take effect,

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notwithstanding the president may have refused to approve 
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thereof. In case
the president shall fail or omit to either 
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sign and approve or return, with
his or her objections as 
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aforesaid, any such ordinance, motion or resolution which
shall 
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have been passed or adopted by the board within six days after 
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it
shall have been so passed or adopted, the same shall take 
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effect without
the approval of the president.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)


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