Full Text of SB0910 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011 is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-15 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 120/5-15 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-15. County apportionment. | 8 | | (a) An apportionment plan pursuant to Section 2-3003 of the | 9 | | Counties Code shall provide racial minorities or language | 10 | | minorities with equal opportunity to participate in the | 11 | | political process and elect candidates of their choice. | 12 | | (b) An apportionment plan pursuant to Section 2-3003 of the | 13 | | Counties Code shall provide racial minorities or language | 14 | | minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority of a | 15 | | district with an opportunity to substantially influence the | 16 | | outcome of an election. | 17 | | (c) To the extent practicable, districts shall be drawn to | 18 | | create crossover districts, coalition districts, or influence | 19 | | districts. | 20 | | (d) The requirements imposed by this Section are in | 21 | | addition and subordinate to any requirements or obligations | 22 | | imposed by the United States Constitution; any federal law, | 23 | | including, but not limited to, the federal Voting Rights Act; |
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| 1 | | and the Illinois Constitution. | 2 | | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 3 | | Section 2-3003 as follows:
| 4 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
| 5 | | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
| 6 | | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | 7 | | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | 8 | | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | 9 | | board members to be elected from each district and whether | 10 | | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | 11 | | districts. Each such district:
| 12 | | a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each | 13 | | other district;
| 14 | | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | 15 | | nearly compact as
practicable; and
| 16 | | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | 17 | | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | 18 | | paragraph a. of this Section ; .
| 19 | | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | 20 | | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | 21 | | insofar as is practicable ; and .
| 22 | | e. Shall comply with Section 5-15 of the Illinois | 23 | | Voting Rights Act of 2011. | 24 | | (2) The county board of each county having a population of |
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| 1 | | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | 2 | | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | 3 | | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | 4 | | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | 5 | | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c , and d , and e of | 6 | | subsection
(1) of this Section shall apply to the apportionment | 7 | | of both single and
multi-member districts within a county to | 8 | | the extent that compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c , and d , and | 9 | | e still permit the establishment of such districts,
except that | 10 | | the population of any multi-member district shall be equal to
| 11 | | the population of any single member district, times the number | 12 | | of members
found within that multi-member district. | 13 | | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | 14 | | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | 15 | | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | 16 | | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | 17 | | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 18 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 19 | | Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the | 20 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 21 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 22 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | 23 | | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was | 24 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 25 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | 26 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is |
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| 1 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 2 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | 3 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 4 | | the Board. | 5 | | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | 6 | | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | 7 | | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | 8 | | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | 9 | | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 10 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 11 | | Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | 12 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 13 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 14 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | 15 | | but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was | 16 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 17 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive | 18 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | 19 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 20 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive | 21 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 22 | | the Board.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)
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