Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
Filed: 3/10/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2008




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2008 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 2-3002.5 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)



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    Sec. 2-3002.5. 
Beginning with members elected at the the 
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general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between 
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800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall 
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have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the 
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chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters 
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of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall 
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not be counted as a
member of the county board for the purpose 
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of the limitations on the size of
the county board provided in 
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this Section.  Neither a member nor the
chairman of that county 
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board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner or
president 
 


 






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of the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.  
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No
person shall seek election to both the county board and the 
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forest preserve
commission at the same election.

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(Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)".