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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by
5adding Section 6.5 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/6.5 new)
7    Sec. 6.5. Change to elected board of trustees; petition;
8election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. Any
9rescue squad district organized under this Act may have an
10elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees if
11approved by referendum. Upon presentation to the board of
12trustees of a petition, signed by not less than 10% of the
13electors of the district, requesting that a proposition for the
14election of trustees be submitted to the electors of the
15district, the secretary of the board of trustees shall certify
16the proposition to the appropriate election authorities who
17shall submit the proposition at a regular election in
18accordance with the general election law. The general election
19law shall apply to and govern such election. The proposition
20shall be in substantially the following form:
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22    Shall the trustees of......           YES
23    Rescue Squad District be        -------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

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1    elected, rather than appointed?         NO
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3        If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are
4    in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall
5    thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.
6    At the next regular election for trustees as provided by
7the general election law, a district that has approved by
8referendum to have its trustees elected rather than appointed
9shall elect 5 initial trustees. The initial elected trustees
10shall be elected as follows: 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
11years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years.
12Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
13Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the
14third Monday of the month following the month of his or her
15election and until his or her successor is elected and
16qualified. The length of the terms of the trustees first
17elected shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
18Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of
19the Election Code, each trustee shall be elected to serve for a
20term of 4 years commencing on the third Monday of the month
21following the month of his or her election and until his or her
22successor is elected and qualified.
23    No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
24election of trustees. The provisions of the general election
25law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of
26trustees.

 

 

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1    Nominations for members of the board of trustees shall be
2made by a petition signed by at least 25 voters or 5% of the
3voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and
4shall be filed with the secretary of the board. In addition to
5the requirements of general election law, the form of the
6petition shall be as follows:
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NOMINATING PETITIONS
8    To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of (name of
9rescue squad district):
10    We, the undersigned, being (number of signatories or 5% or
11more) of the voters residing within the district, hereby
12petition that (name of candidate) who resides at (address of
13candidate) in this district shall be a candidate for the office
14of (office) of the Board of Trustees (full-term or vacancy) to
15be voted for at the election to be held (date of election).
16    The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate for
17whom a petition for nomination has been filed of their
18obligations under the Campaign Financing Act, as required by
19the general election law. The notice shall be given on a form
20prescribed by the State Board of Elections and in accordance
21with the requirements of the general election law.
22    The secretary shall, within 7 days of filing or on the last
23day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
24petitioner in writing his acceptance of the petition.
25    The provisions of Section 6 relating to eligibility and
26compensation of trustees shall apply equally to elected

 

 

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1trustees.
2    Whenever a rescue squad district determines to elect
3trustees as provided in this Section, the trustees appointed
4pursuant to Section 6 shall continue to constitute the board of
5trustees until the third Monday of the month following the
6month of the first election of trustees. If the term of office
7of any appointed trustees expires before the first election of
8trustees, the authority which appointed that trustee under
9Section 6 of this Act shall appoint a successor to serve until
10a successor is elected and has qualified. The terms of all
11appointed trustees in such district shall expire on the third
12Monday of the month following the month of the first election
13of trustees under this Section or when successors have been
14elected and have qualified, whichever occurs later.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.