Full Text of SB0695 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 3-7002 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-7002. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is | 8 | | created the
Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter | 9 | | called the Board, consisting
of 7 members appointed by the | 10 | | Sheriff with the advice and consent of
three-fifths of the | 11 | | county
board, except that on and after the effective date of | 12 | | this amendatory Act of
1997, the Sheriff may appoint 2 | 13 | | additional members, with the advice and
consent of three-fifths | 14 | | of the county board, at his or her discretion. Of the members | 15 | | first
appointed, one shall serve until the third Monday in | 16 | | March, 1965 one until the
third Monday in March, 1967, and one | 17 | | until the third Monday in March, 1969. Of
the 2 additional | 18 | | members first appointed under authority of this amendatory Act
| 19 | | of 1991, one shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1995, | 20 | | and one until
the third Monday in March, 1997.
Of the 2 | 21 | | additional members first appointed under the authority of this
| 22 | | amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, one shall serve | 23 | | until the third Monday in March,
2005 and
one shall serve until |
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| 1 | | the third Monday in March, 2006.
| 2 | | Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first | 3 | | appointed
(including the 2 additional members first appointed | 4 | | under authority of
this amendatory Act of 1991 and under the | 5 | | authority of this amendatory Act of
the
91st General Assembly), | 6 | | their respective successors shall be
appointed to hold office | 7 | | from the third Monday in March of the year of
their respective | 8 | | appointments for a term of 6 years and until their
successors | 9 | | are appointed and qualified for a like term. As additional
| 10 | | members are appointed under authority of this amendatory Act of | 11 | | 1997, their
terms shall be set to be staggered consistently | 12 | | with the terms of the existing
Board members. | 13 | | Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the | 14 | | contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board is | 15 | | abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 16 | | 100th General Assembly. Of the 7 members first appointed after | 17 | | the effective date of this Act of the 100th General Assembly, 2 | 18 | | shall serve until the third Monday in March 2019, 2 shall serve | 19 | | until the third Monday in March 2021, and 3 members shall serve | 20 | | until the third Monday in March 2023. The terms of the 2 | 21 | | additional members first appointed after the effective date of | 22 | | this Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be staggered | 23 | | consistently with the terms of the other Board members. | 24 | | Successors shall be appointed to hold office from the third | 25 | | Monday in March of the year of their respective appointments | 26 | | for a term of 6 years. Each member of the Board shall hold |
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| 1 | | office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. | 2 | | In the case of a vacancy in the office of a member prior to | 3 | | the conclusion of the member's term, the Sheriff shall, with | 4 | | the advice and consent of three-fifths of the county board, | 5 | | appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired | 6 | | term. | 7 | | No more than 3
members of the Board shall be affiliated | 8 | | with the same political party,
except that as additional | 9 | | members are appointed by the Sheriff under authority
of this | 10 | | amendatory Act of 1997 and under the authority of this | 11 | | amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly , the political | 12 | | affiliation of the Board shall be
such that no more than | 13 | | one-half of the members plus one additional member may
be | 14 | | affiliated with the same political party. No member shall have | 15 | | held or have
been a candidate for an elective public office | 16 | | within one year preceding his or
her appointment.
| 17 | | The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 90-447, eff. 8-16-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97; | 19 | | 90-655, eff.
7-30-98; 91-722, eff. 6-2-00.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law.
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