Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

Filed: 5/13/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2175

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2175, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
4 1, on page 1, by replacing line 5 with the following:
5 "changing Section 5-2-12 and by adding Section 7-3-6.2 as
6 follows:
 
7     (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12)  (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
8     Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large;
9 vacancies; mayor or president to preside.
10     (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial form of
11 municipal government but does not elect to choose aldermen or
12 trustees from wards or districts, then the following provisions
13 of this Section shall be applicable.
14     (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities
15 of less than 50,000 population, the council shall consist of
16 (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6
17 councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under
18 subsection (k). In cities of at least 50,000 but less than
19 100,000 population, the council shall consist of the mayor and
20 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than
21 500,000 population, the council shall consist of the mayor and
22 8 councilmen.
23     (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
24 immediately before the adoption of the managerial form of
25 municipal government, the village board shall be elected at

 

 

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1 large and shall consist of a president and the number of
2 trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17, whichever is
3 applicable.
4     (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be
5 4 years, provided that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2
6 councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the first election
7 shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at least 50,000 but
8 less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote
9 at the first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in
10 cities of at least 100,000 but not more than 500,000, the 4
11 councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the first election
12 shall serve for 2 years only.
13     (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years.
14 After the first election, only 2 councilmen in cities of less
15 than 50,000, 3 councilmen in cities of at least 50,000 but less
16 than 100,000, or 4 councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
17 not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at
18 the primary elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the
19 case may be, shall be voted for by each elector at each
20 biennial general municipal election, to serve for 4 years.
21     (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election
22 law, the ballots shall be in the form set out in Section
23 5-2-13. In cities with less than 50,000, the form of ballot
24 prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further modified by
25 printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
26 for Two", or "Vote for Three" if the size of the city council
27 is increased under subsection (k), instead of the words "Vote
28 for Four". In cities of at least 50,000 but less than 100,000,
29 the ballot shall be modified in that place by printing the
30 words "Vote for Three" instead of the words "Vote for Four".
31 Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be
32 applicable, shall govern the election of a mayor and councilmen
33 under this Section.
34     (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or

 

 

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1 councilman, the remaining members of the council, within 60
2 days after the vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by
3 appointment of some person to the office for the balance of the
4 unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
5 election under Section 3.1-10-50, and until the successor is
6 elected and has qualified.
7     (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
8 immediately before the adoption of the managerial form of
9 municipal government, in villages that have adopted this
10 Article 5 the term of office of the president, the number of
11 trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner
12 of filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections 5-2-14
13 through 5-2-17.
14     (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
15 municipal government under this Article 5 and that, immediately
16 before that adoption, was governed by the provisions of Article
17 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and 4 commissioners in
18 accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they
19 may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners receiving
20 the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
21 this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for
22 2 years only. After that first election, the election of
23 commissioners shall be every 2 years, and 2 commissioners shall
24 be elected at each election to serve for 4 years.
25     (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of
26 the council or board and on all ceremonial occasions.
27     (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city
28 council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall,
29 after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of
30 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is
31 increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general
32 municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2
33 councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election,
34 the one receiving the lowest vote at that election shall serve

 

 

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1 a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)".