SB1431eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 25-11 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)

Sec. 25-11. When a vacancy occurs in any elective county office, forest preserve district office, or in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in the office of clerk of the circuit court, in a county which is not a home rule unit, the county board, forest preserve district board of commissioners, or board of county commissioners shall at their next meeting declare that such vacancy exists and notification thereof shall be given to the county central committee or the appropriate county board or board of county commissioners district committee of each established political party within 3 days of the occurrence of the county board meeting where a vacancy was declared. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days of the notification by appointment of the chairman of the county board or board of county commissioners with the advice and consent of the county board or board of county commissioners. In counties in which forest preserve district commissioners are elected by districts and are not also members of the county board, however, vacancies in the office of forest preserve district commissioner shall be filled within 60 days of the notification by appointment of the president of the forest preserve district board of commissioners with the advice and consent of the forest preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in which the forest preserve district president is not also a member of the county board, vacancies in the office of forest preserve district president shall be filled within 60 days of the notification by the forest preserve district board of commissioners by appointing one of the commissioners to serve as president. The appointee shall be a member of the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the time of his election and shall be otherwise eligible to serve. The appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in the term, the appointment shall be until the next general election at which time the vacated office shall be filled by election for the remainder of the term. In the case of a vacancy in a seat on a county board or board of county commissioners which has been divided into districts under Section 2-3003 or 2-4006.5 of the Counties Code, the appointee must also be a resident of the county board or county commission district. If a county commissioner ceases to reside in the district that he or she represents, a vacancy in that office exists.

Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by law, in any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in elective county offices, other than the office of chief executive officer, and vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit court in a county of less than 3,000,000 population, shall be filled by the county board or board of county commissioners.

(Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01; 92-583, eff. 6-26-02.)

Section 10. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is amended by changing Section 1.2 as follows:

(50 ILCS 105/1.2)

Sec. 1.2. County board member; education office. A member of the county board in any a county having fewer than 40,000 inhabitants, during the term of office for which he or she is elected, may also hold the office of member of the board of education, regional board of school trustees, board of school directors, board of a community college district, board of a fire protection district, or board of school inspectors.

(Source: P.A. 97-460, eff. 8-19-11.)

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