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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 or 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.
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