96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4815


 
Introduced 1/12/2010, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an elected or appointed 7-member board of trustees of a fire protection district may be decreased to an elected or appointed 5-member or 3-member board by referendum. Sets forth the procedure for decreasing the size of a 7-member board. Specifies the terms of the board members. Provides that the terms of the 7 persons serving on the board at the time of the reduction of the number of members to 5 or 3 shall terminate upon certification of the election results, except that they shall continue to serve until the 5-member or 3-member board is appointed and qualified or elected and qualified. Effective immediately.
  















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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 Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 4.04 as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 705/4.04 new)
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    Sec. 4.04. Change from a 7-member board to a 5-member or 
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3-member board. In a district governed by an elected or 
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appointed 7-member board, upon presentation of a petition, 
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signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the district 
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governed by the board, requesting that a proposition to 
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decrease the board of trustees to a 5-member or 3-member board 
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be submitted to the electors of the district, the secretary of 
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the board of trustees shall certify the proposition to the 
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appropriate election authorities who shall submit the 
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proposition at a regular election in accordance with the 
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general election law. The general election law shall apply to 
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and govern the election.
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    The election authority must submit the question in 
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substantially the following form:
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        Shall the number of trustees of the fire protection 
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    district be decreased from 7 to (5 or 3) members?
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The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
 


 






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    If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in 
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the affirmative, the board of trustees of the district shall be 
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decreased to a 5-member of 3-member board, as applicable. The 
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terms of the 7 persons serving on the board at the time of the 
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reduction of the number of members to 5 or 3 shall terminate 
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upon certification of the election results, except that they 
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shall continue to serve until the 5-member or 3-member board is 
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appointed and qualified or elected and qualified.
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    In the case of an appointed board, the appointing authority 
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shall within 60 days after the certification of the election 
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results, appoint 3 or 5 trustees, as the case may be, to the 
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board of trustees with terms starting the first Monday in May 
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next following the election where the decrease in the board's 
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size is approved. The terms of the appointed trustees shall be 
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determined by lot at the first board meeting following the 
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election. In the case of a 5-member board, 2 trustees shall 
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have a 3-year term, 2 trustees shall have a 2-year term, and 
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one trustee shall have a one-year term. In the case of a 
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3-member board, one trustee shall have a 3-year term, one 
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trustee shall have a 2-year term, and one trustee shall have a 
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one-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years.
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    In the case of an elected board, 3 or 5 trustees shall be 
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elected at the next election at which fire protection district 
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trustees are to be elected under the general election law. The 
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terms of the trustees shall be determined by lot at the first 
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board meeting following the election. In the case of a 5-member 
 


 






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board, 2 elected trustees shall have a 2-year term, 2 trustees 
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shall have a 4-year term, and one trustee shall have a 6-year 
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term. In the case of a 3-member board, one elected trustee 
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shall have a 6-year term, one trustee shall have a 4-year term, 
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and one trustee shall have a 2-year term. Thereafter, the terms 
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of all elected trustees shall be 6 years. 
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.