Rep. Dave Winters
Filed: 4/17/2012
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3182
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3182 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 25-11 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
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| 7 | Sec. 25-11.
When a vacancy occurs in any elective county | ||||||
| 8 | office, or in a
county of less than 3,000,000 population in the | ||||||
| 9 | office of clerk of the circuit
court, in a county which is not | ||||||
| 10 | a home rule unit, the county board or board
of county | ||||||
| 11 | commissioners shall at their next meeting declare that such | ||||||
| 12 | vacancy exists and
notification thereof
shall be given to the | ||||||
| 13 | county central committee or the appropriate county board
or | ||||||
| 14 | board of county commissioners district committee of each | ||||||
| 15 | established
political party within 3 days of the
occurrence of | ||||||
| 16 | the county board meeting where a vacancy was declared. The | ||||||
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| 1 | vacancy shall be filled
within 60 days of the notification by | ||||||
| 2 | appointment of the chairman of the county board
or board of | ||||||
| 3 | county commissioners with the advice and consent of the county
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| 4 | board or board of county commissioners.
In counties in which | ||||||
| 5 | forest preserve district commissioners are
elected by | ||||||
| 6 | districts and are not also members of the county board, | ||||||
| 7 | however,
vacancies in the office of forest preserve district | ||||||
| 8 | commissioner shall be
filled within 60 days by appointment of | ||||||
| 9 | the president of the forest preserve
district board of | ||||||
| 10 | commissioners with the advice and consent of the forest
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| 11 | preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in which | ||||||
| 12 | the forest
preserve district president is not also a member of | ||||||
| 13 | the county board, vacancies
in
the office of forest preserve | ||||||
| 14 | district president shall be filled within 60 days
by the forest | ||||||
| 15 | preserve district board of commissioners by appointing one of | ||||||
| 16 | the
commissioners to serve as president.
The appointee
shall be | ||||||
| 17 | a member of the same political party as the person he
succeeds | ||||||
| 18 | was at the time of his election and shall be otherwise
eligible | ||||||
| 19 | to serve.
The appointee shall serve the remainder of the | ||||||
| 20 | unexpired term. However, if
more than 28 months remain in the | ||||||
| 21 | term, the appointment shall be until the
next general election | ||||||
| 22 | at which time the vacated office shall be
filled by election | ||||||
| 23 | for the remainder of the term. In the
case of a vacancy in a | ||||||
| 24 | seat on a county board or board of county
commissioners which
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| 25 | has been divided into districts under Section 2-3003 or | ||||||
| 26 | 2-4006.5 of
the Counties Code, the appointee must also be a | ||||||
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| 1 | resident of the
county board or county commission district.
If | ||||||
| 2 | a county commissioner ceases to reside in the district that he | ||||||
| 3 | or
she represents, a vacancy in that office exists.
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| 4 | Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by law, | ||||||
| 5 | in
any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in elective
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| 6 | county offices, other than the office of chief executive | ||||||
| 7 | officer,
and vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit | ||||||
| 8 | court in a county of
less than 3,000,000 population, shall be | ||||||
| 9 | filled
by the county board or board of county commissioners.
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| 10 | (Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01; 92-583, eff. 6-26-02.)
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| 11 | Section 10. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is | ||||||
| 12 | amended by changing Section 1.2 as follows:
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| 13 | (50 ILCS 105/1.2)
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| 14 | Sec. 1.2. County board member; education office. A member | ||||||
| 15 | of the county
board
in any a county having fewer than 40,000 | ||||||
| 16 | inhabitants, during the term of
office for which he or she is | ||||||
| 17 | elected, may also hold the office of member of
the board of | ||||||
| 18 | education, regional board of school trustees, board of school
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| 19 | directors, board of a community college district, or board of | ||||||
| 20 | school inspectors.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 97-460, eff. 8-19-11.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.".
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