SB3110eng 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3110 Engrossed LRB103 37048 RJT 67164 b

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 6-19 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/6-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-19)

Sec. 6-19. Vacancy on regional board. Any Subject to the residency provisions in Section 6-2 of this Code, any vacancy on the regional board of school trustees shall be filled from the same territory by the remaining members until the next regular election for members of the regional board of school trustees, when the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired time. A vacancy shall be subject to the residency provisions in Section 6-2 of this Code unless the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region. If a vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region, then the vacancy may be filled by a person who is a resident of a congressional township not represented on the board. Removal of a member from the township from which such member was elected into a township which has its quota of members on the board shall constitute a vacancy.

(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)

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