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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 3-1001 and 3-1002 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1001)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-1001. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 to | ||||||
| 8 | 3,000,000. In all
counties containing less than 3,000,000 and | ||||||
| 9 | over 70,000 75,000 inhabitants by the
last federal census, | ||||||
| 10 | there is created the office of county auditor, whose
term of | ||||||
| 11 | office shall be 4 years and until his or her successor is | ||||||
| 12 | elected and
qualified. The nomination and election shall be | ||||||
| 13 | subject to the general
election laws of the State. Each county | ||||||
| 14 | auditor shall take office the first
day of the month following | ||||||
| 15 | the month of his or her election on which the office of
the | ||||||
| 16 | county auditor is required, by statute or by action of the | ||||||
| 17 | county
board, to be open. The qualifications and oath of | ||||||
| 18 | office shall be the same
as apply to other county officers. | ||||||
| 19 | Each county auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of | ||||||
| 20 | the office, give bond (or, if the county is
self-insured, the | ||||||
| 21 | county through its self-insurance program may provide
bonding) | ||||||
| 22 | in such penalty and with such security as the county board | ||||||
| 23 | deems
sufficient, which bond shall be substantially in the | ||||||
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| 1 | form required by law to be
given by the county clerk. Such bond | ||||||
| 2 | shall be filed with the county clerk on or
before the day the | ||||||
| 3 | county auditor takes office. In case of a vacancy in the
office | ||||||
| 4 | of county auditor caused by death, resignation, or removal | ||||||
| 5 | from office,
the vacancy shall be filled as provided for | ||||||
| 6 | filling vacancies of other county
offices. If the auditor is | ||||||
| 7 | temporarily unable to perform his or her duties for
any | ||||||
| 8 | reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, shall assume the | ||||||
| 9 | duties of the
auditor until the auditor is able to resume his | ||||||
| 10 | or her duties or until a
replacement for the auditor is chosen.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 87-401; 88-387.)
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| 12 | (55 ILCS 5/3-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1002)
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| 13 | Sec. 3-1002. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 | ||||||
| 14 | population or less. In counties of 70,000 75,000 population or | ||||||
| 15 | less, as determined by the
last federal census preceding the | ||||||
| 16 | date of appointment, the presiding
officer of the county board | ||||||
| 17 | with the advice and consent of the county board
may appoint and | ||||||
| 18 | employ a county auditor whose term of office shall be 4
years | ||||||
| 19 | and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Every county
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| 20 | auditor appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section | ||||||
| 21 | shall hold
office until the first Tuesday of May, 1961, and | ||||||
| 22 | until a successor is
appointed and qualified. A successor | ||||||
| 23 | shall be appointed and take office
on the first Tuesday of May, | ||||||
| 24 | 1961, and every 4 years thereafter, for a term
of 4 years and | ||||||
| 25 | until another successor is appointed and qualified. The
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| 1 | qualifications and oath of office of such county auditor shall | ||||||
| 2 | be the same
as apply to other county officers. Each county | ||||||
| 3 | auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of the office, | ||||||
| 4 | give bond in such penalty and with
such security as the county | ||||||
| 5 | board shall deem sufficient, which bond shall
be substantially | ||||||
| 6 | in the form required by law to be given by the county
clerk. | ||||||
| 7 | Said bond shall be filed with the county clerk on or before the | ||||||
| 8 | date
the county auditor enters into the duties of the office. | ||||||
| 9 | In case of a
vacancy in the office of county auditor caused by | ||||||
| 10 | death, resignation, or
removal from office, the vacancy shall | ||||||
| 11 | be filled by appointment by the
presiding officer of the | ||||||
| 12 | county board with the advice and consent of the
county board. | ||||||
| 13 | If the auditor is temporarily unable to perform his or her
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| 14 | duties for any reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, | ||||||
| 15 | shall assume
the duties of the auditor until the auditor is | ||||||
| 16 | able to resume his or her
duties or until a replacement for the | ||||||
| 17 | auditor is chosen.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-401.)
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