Full Text of SB1951 94th General Assembly
SB1951 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1951
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. John O. Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 |
from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2 |
10 ILCS 5/2A-35.5 new |
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70 ILCS 2105/4a |
from Ch. 42, par. 386a |
70 ILCS 2105/4b |
from Ch. 42, par. 386b |
70 ILCS 2105/5 |
from Ch. 42, par. 387 |
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Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act and the Election Code.
Provides for election, rather than appointment, of 7 trustees in
certain districts that encompass 2 counties and have at least 3 municipalities
each with a population of 5,000 or more.
Provides for their nonpartisan election at the election in 2006 and at each subsequent consolidated election. Effective
immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT in relation to river conservancy districts.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2A-1.2 and
adding Section 2A-35.5 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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| Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | 8 |
| Designated.
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| (a) At the general election in the appropriate | 10 |
| even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | 11 |
| shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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| (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | 13 |
| United States;
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| (2) United States Senator and United States | 15 |
| Representative;
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| (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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| (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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| (5) County elected officers, including State's | 19 |
| Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | 20 |
| elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | 21 |
| Executive;
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| (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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| (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | 24 |
| counties or
educational service regions in which that | 25 |
| office has been abolished;
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| (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | 27 |
| Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | 28 |
| newly created judicial offices;
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| (9) (Blank);
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| (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | 31 |
| Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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| (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise |
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| designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | 2 |
| authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | 3 |
| election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | 4 |
| political parties.
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| (b) At the general primary election:
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| (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | 7 |
| parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | 8 |
| at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | 9 |
| to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | 10 |
| made by caucus.
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| (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | 12 |
| political party offices of
State central committeeman, | 13 |
| township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | 14 |
| committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | 15 |
| delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | 16 |
| elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | 17 |
| even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | 18 |
| be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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| shall also be on the ballot.
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| (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | 21 |
| has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | 22 |
| officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | 23 |
| VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | 24 |
| Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | 25 |
| such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | 26 |
| on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | 27 |
| the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | 28 |
| where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | 29 |
| municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | 30 |
| nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | 31 |
| the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | 32 |
| weeks preceding that election.
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| (4) in each school district which has adopted the | 34 |
| provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | 35 |
| the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | 36 |
| the year in which the general primary is
held shall be |
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| elected.
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| (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | 3 |
| odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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| (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | 5 |
| municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | 6 |
| municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | 7 |
| of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | 8 |
| law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | 9 |
| shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | 10 |
| provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | 11 |
| provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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| government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | 13 |
| Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | 14 |
| filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | 15 |
| by such ordinance;
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| (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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| (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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| (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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| (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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| (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 21 |
| designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | 22 |
| authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | 23 |
| requires election of candidates of political parties;
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| (7) Township officers, including township park | 25 |
| commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | 26 |
| managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | 27 |
| Assessors;
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| (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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| (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | 30 |
| adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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| (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | 32 |
| Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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| (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | 34 |
| under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | 35 |
| Act;
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| (12) Elected members of school boards, school |
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| trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | 2 |
| trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | 3 |
| counties or educational service regions having a | 4 |
| population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | 5 |
| boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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| districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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| (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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| (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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| (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | 10 |
| Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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| (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | 12 |
| Districts;
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| (16.5) Elected Trustees of River Conservancy | 14 |
| Districts;
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| (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | 16 |
| otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | 17 |
| governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | 18 |
| political parties.
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| (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | 20 |
| odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | 21 |
| nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | 22 |
| election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | 23 |
| of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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| except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | 25 |
| subsection
(c).
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| At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 27 |
| odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | 28 |
| shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | 29 |
| mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | 30 |
| to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | 31 |
| elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | 32 |
| required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | 33 |
| nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | 34 |
| candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | 35 |
| of political parties.
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| At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate |
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| odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | 2 |
| elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | 3 |
| an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | 4 |
| pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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| (e) (Blank).
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| (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | 7 |
| questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | 8 |
| any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | 9 |
| by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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| Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | 11 |
| established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | 12 |
| the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | 13 |
| to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | 14 |
| election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | 15 |
| provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | 16 |
| officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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| Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | 18 |
| officials established
in this Article, any community college | 19 |
| district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | 20 |
| to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | 21 |
| hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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| members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | 23 |
| effective
date of the new district.
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| (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | 25 |
| any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | 26 |
| to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | 27 |
| held in the precinct on that date.
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| (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | 29 |
| the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | 31 |
| eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/2A-35.5 new)
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| Sec. 2A-35.5. River conservancy district; trustees; time | 34 |
| of election.
Trustees of a river conservancy district that | 35 |
| elects its trustees shall
be elected at the election in 2006 |
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| and at each consolidated
election
thereafter.
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| Section 10. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended | 3 |
| by changing
Sections 4a, 4b, and 5 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 2105/4a) (from Ch. 42, par. 386a)
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| Sec. 4a. Every conservancy district so established shall be
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| governed by a board of trustees. In the statement finding the | 7 |
| results
of the election to be favorable to the establishment of | 8 |
| the district,
the circuit court shall determine and name each | 9 |
| municipality within the
district having 5,000 or more | 10 |
| population according to the last preceding
federal census.
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| (1) If in any district, on or after the effective date of | 12 |
| this amendatory
Act of the 94th General Assembly, there is | 13 |
| wholly contained within it 2
counties, in which district
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| are at least 3 municipalities each having a population of 5,000 | 15 |
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more within the district, the board shall consist of | 16 |
| trustees elected
from the district as follows:
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| (a) The number of trustees elected in any district | 18 |
| described in subsection
(1) shall be 7. Of the trustees | 19 |
| elected in any district described
in subsection (1), 4 | 20 |
| trustees shall be residents of and elected by the voters
of | 21 |
| Franklin County and 3 trustees shall be
residents of and | 22 |
| elected by the voters of Jefferson County.
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| (b) Should any trustee become a resident of any county | 24 |
| other than the
county
in which he or she was elected, then | 25 |
| the office of that
trustee shall be deemed vacated and | 26 |
| shall be filled by appointment for the
remainder of the | 27 |
| term as provided in this Act.
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| (c) Candidates for trustee in any district described in | 29 |
| subsection (1)
shall
be nominated in the same manner and | 30 |
| form as prescribed by the general election
law, except that | 31 |
| (i) no party name or affiliation may appear on any | 32 |
| nominating
petition, (ii) each nominating petition shall | 33 |
| contain the candidate's residence
address which must | 34 |
| include the candidate's county of residence,
and (iii) |
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| nomination of
candidates for the election of trustees in | 2 |
| any district described in subsection
(1) shall be made by | 3 |
| petition signed for each candidate by not less than 100
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| qualified voters who shall reside within the county in | 5 |
| which the candidate
seeks election. Candidates for | 6 |
| election as trustees shall, unless otherwise
provided in | 7 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, file | 8 |
| nomination
petitions in the
manner and at the time | 9 |
| prescribed by the general election law.
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| At all elections for trustee or trustees held under | 11 |
| this Section
the ballot shall disclose the number of | 12 |
| candidates
to be elected. The candidates names shall appear | 13 |
| on the ballot in the order in
which the nomination | 14 |
| petitions are filed beginning with the first petition to
be | 15 |
| filed. The candidates receiving the highest and second | 16 |
| highest number of
votes within each county at each election | 17 |
| shall be declared elected, except
that the candidates | 18 |
| receiving the 4 highest numbers of votes within each county
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| at the initial election after this amendatory Act of the | 20 |
| 94th General Assembly
shall be declared
elected.
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| (d) Trustees from any district described in subsection | 22 |
| (1) shall be
elected
initially on the date of the election | 23 |
| in 2006, and the trustees
initially elected from any such | 24 |
| district shall meet within 21 days after the
election and | 25 |
| determine by lot the terms for which they each shall serve. | 26 |
| Of the
trustees initially elected in any such district, 2 | 27 |
| from each county shall each
serve for 4 years and the | 28 |
| remainder from each county shall each serve for 2 years.
At | 29 |
| each election thereafter each trustee elected to succeed a
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| trustee whose term expires shall hold office for a term of | 31 |
| 4 years. The term of
office of each trustee elected under | 32 |
| this Section shall commence on the 1st
Monday of the month | 33 |
| following the month of that trustee's election, and each
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| trustee shall serve until her or his successor is elected | 35 |
| and has qualified.
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| Appointed trustees incumbent in any district described |
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| in subsection (1) on
the effective date of this amendatory | 2 |
| Act of the 94th General Assembly shall
continue to | 3 |
| constitute
the board of trustees in that district until the | 4 |
| 1st Monday in May
following the initial election of | 5 |
| trustees in that district, at which time the
terms of all | 6 |
| those appointed trustees shall terminate; provided that if | 7 |
| the
term of any appointed incumbent trustee expires, or if | 8 |
| a vacancy in the office
of any appointed trustee occurs | 9 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 94th | 10 |
| General Assembly but before the date of the initial | 11 |
| election of
trustees in that
district, the authority which | 12 |
| originally appointed that trustee under any
succeeding | 13 |
| subsection of this Section shall appoint a successor | 14 |
| trustee to
serve until the 1st Monday in May following the | 15 |
| initial election of
trustees in that district, at which | 16 |
| time the term of that appointed successor
trustee shall | 17 |
| terminate.
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| (e) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of subsection | 19 |
| (1) of this Section
relative to filling a vacancy in the | 20 |
| office of an appointed trustee if the
vacancy occurs before | 21 |
| the date of the initial election of trustees in the
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| district, whenever a vacancy in the board of trustees in | 23 |
| any district
occurs, either by death, resignation, failure | 24 |
| to qualify, change of residence
as provided in paragraph | 25 |
| (b) of subsection (1) of this Section or for any
other | 26 |
| reason, a majority of the remaining members of the board | 27 |
| shall fill
the vacancy by appointment. The person so | 28 |
| appointed shall qualify for
office in the manner provided | 29 |
| in this Section and shall thereupon assume the
duties of | 30 |
| the office for the unexpired term to which the person was
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| appointed.
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| (2) Except in those river conservancy districts in which | 33 |
| trustees are
required to be elected as provided in subsection | 34 |
| (1) of this Section, if
(1) In case there is one or more | 35 |
| municipalities having a population
of 5,000 or more within a | 36 |
| river conservancy
the district, the trustees
shall be appointed |
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| (a) In districts organized prior to July 1, 1961, where | 3 |
| there is
only one such municipality, 3 trustees shall be | 4 |
| appointed from such
municipality, and one trustee shall be | 5 |
| appointed from the area within
the district outside of such | 6 |
| municipality, and one trustee shall be
appointed at large. | 7 |
| In districts organized on and after July 1, 1961,
where | 8 |
| there is only one such municipality one trustee shall be | 9 |
| appointed
from such municipality, and one trustee shall be | 10 |
| appointed from each
county in the district, except that | 11 |
| where
the district is wholly contained within a single | 12 |
| county, one trustee shall
be appointed from that county and | 13 |
| one additional trustee shall be appointed
from the | 14 |
| municipality, and, in any case, 2 trustees shall be
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| appointed at large. A trustee appointed from a county in | 16 |
| the district
shall be appointed from the area outside any | 17 |
| such
municipality. If the district is located wholly within | 18 |
| the corporate
limits of such municipality, 3 of the | 19 |
| trustees of the district shall be
appointed from such | 20 |
| municipality, and 2 trustees shall be appointed at
large. | 21 |
| In a district wholly contained within a single county of | 22 |
| between
60,500 and 70,000 population and having no more | 23 |
| than one municipality of 5,000
or more population, | 24 |
| regardless of the date of organization, 3 trustees shall be
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| appointed from that municipality, 2 trustees shall be | 26 |
| appointed from the
district outside that municipality, and | 27 |
| 2 trustees shall be appointed at
large. No more than 2 | 28 |
| appointments by each appointing authority may be from the
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| same political party.
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| (b) Where there are 2 or more such municipalities, one | 31 |
| trustee shall
be appointed from each such municipality, one | 32 |
| trustee shall be appointed
from each county in the district | 33 |
| for each 50,000 population or part
thereof within the | 34 |
| district in such county according to the last
preceding | 35 |
| federal census, and 2 trustees shall be appointed at large. | 36 |
| A
trustee appointed from a county in the district shall be |
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| appointed from
the area outside any such municipality. If | 2 |
| the district is located
wholly within the corporate limits | 3 |
| of such municipalities, 2 trustees
shall be appointed from | 4 |
| the one of such municipalities having the
largest | 5 |
| population, and one trustee shall be appointed from each of | 6 |
| the
other such municipalities, and 2 trustees shall be | 7 |
| appointed at large.
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| (c) Trustees representing the area within the district | 9 |
| located
outside of any municipality having 5,000 or more | 10 |
| population and trustees
appointed at large when the | 11 |
| district is wholly contained within a single
county shall | 12 |
| be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board
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| with the advice and consent of the county board and any | 14 |
| trustee
representing the area within any such municipality | 15 |
| shall be appointed by
its presiding officer. If however the | 16 |
| district is located in more than
one county, any trustee | 17 |
| representing the area within a district located
outside of | 18 |
| any municipality having 5,000 or more population and any
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| trustee at large shall be appointed by a majority vote of | 20 |
| the presiding
officers of the county boards of the counties | 21 |
| which encompass any part
of the district, except that no | 22 |
| such appointment shall affect the term
of any trustee in | 23 |
| office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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| 1977. Any trustee representing the area within any such | 25 |
| municipality
shall be appointed by its presiding officer.
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| (d) A trustee representing the area within any such | 27 |
| municipality
shall reside within its corporate limits. A | 28 |
| trustee representing the
area within the district and | 29 |
| located outside of any such municipality
shall reside | 30 |
| within such area. A trustee appointed at large may reside
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| either within or without any such municipality but must | 32 |
| reside within
the territory of the district. Should any | 33 |
| trustee cease to reside
within that part of the territory | 34 |
| he represents, then his office shall
be deemed vacated, and | 35 |
| shall be filled by appointment for the remainder
of the | 36 |
| term as hereinafter provided.
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| (3) Except in those river conservancy districts in which | 2 |
| trustees are
required to be elected as provided in subsection | 3 |
| (1) of this Section, if
(2) In case there are no municipalities | 4 |
| having a population of 5,000
or more within a river conservancy
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| such district located wholly within
a single county, the
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| statement required by Section 1 shall include such finding, and | 7 |
| in such
case the Board shall consist of 5 trustees who shall be | 8 |
| appointed at
large by the presiding officer of the county board | 9 |
| with the advice and
consent of the county board. If however the | 10 |
| district is located in more
than one county, the trustees at | 11 |
| large shall be appointed by a majority
vote of the presiding | 12 |
| officers of the county boards of the counties
which encompass | 13 |
| any portion of the district, but any trustee in office
on the | 14 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977 shall be | 15 |
| permitted
to serve out the remainder of his term. Each such | 16 |
| trustee shall reside
within the district and shall continue to | 17 |
| reside therein.
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| (4) Except in those river conservancy districts in which | 19 |
| trustees are
required to be elected as provided in subsection | 20 |
| (1) of this Section, all
(3) All initial appointments of | 21 |
| trustees shall be made within 60
days after the determination | 22 |
| of the result of the organizational election.
Each
appointment | 23 |
| shall be in writing and shall be filed and made a matter of
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| record in the office of the county clerk wherein the | 25 |
| organization
proceedings were filed. A trustee shall qualify | 26 |
| within 10 days after
appointment by acceptance and the taking | 27 |
| of the constitutional oath of
office, both to be in writing and | 28 |
| similarly filed for record in the
office of such county clerk. | 29 |
| Members initially appointed to the board
of trustees of such | 30 |
| district shall serve from date of appointment for 1,
2, 3, 4 | 31 |
| and 5 years and shall draw lots to determine the periods for
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| which they each shall serve. In case there are more than 5 | 33 |
| trustees,
lots shall be drawn so that 5 trustees shall serve | 34 |
| initial terms of 1,
2, 3, 4 and 5 years and the other trustees | 35 |
| shall serve terms of 1, 2, 3,
4 or 5 years as the number of | 36 |
| trustees shall require and the drawing of
lots shall determine. |
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| The successors of all such initial members of the
board of | 2 |
| trustees of a river conservancy district shall serve for terms
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| of 5 years, all such appointments and appointments to fill | 4 |
| vacancies
shall be made in like manner as in the case of the | 5 |
| initial trustees. A
trustee having been duly appointed shall | 6 |
| continue to serve after the
expiration of his term until his | 7 |
| successor has been appointed.
Each trustee initially appointed | 8 |
| in accordance with this amendatory Act of
1995 shall serve a | 9 |
| term of 3 or 5 years as determined by lot.
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| (5) Except in those river conservancy districts in which | 11 |
| trustees are
required to be elected as provided in subsection | 12 |
| (1) of this Section,
(4) should a municipality which is wholly | 13 |
| within a district attain,
or should such a municipality be | 14 |
| established, having a population of
5,000 or more after the | 15 |
| entry of the statement by the circuit court, the
presiding | 16 |
| officer of such municipality may petition the circuit court of
| 17 |
| the county in which such municipality lies for an order finding | 18 |
| and
determining the population of such municipality and, if it | 19 |
| is found and
determined upon the hearing of such petition that | 20 |
| the population of such
municipality is 5,000 or more, the board | 21 |
| of trustees of such district as
previously established shall be | 22 |
| increased by one trustee who shall
reside within the corporate | 23 |
| limits of such municipality and shall be
appointed by its | 24 |
| presiding officer. The initial trustee so appointed
shall serve | 25 |
| for a term of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years, as may be determined by
| 26 |
| lot, and his successors shall be similarly appointed and shall | 27 |
| serve for
terms of 5 years. All provisions of this Section | 28 |
| applicable to trustees
representing municipal areas shall | 29 |
| apply to any such trustee, including
paragraph (6)
5 .
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| (6) Except in those river conservancy districts in which | 31 |
| trustees are
required to be elected as provided in subsection | 32 |
| (1) of this Section,
(5) should the foregoing provisions | 33 |
| respecting the appointment of
trustees representing the area | 34 |
| within any municipality of 5,000 or more
population be invalid | 35 |
| when applied to any situation, then as to such
situation any | 36 |
| such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this
Act, and |
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| the trustee whose appointment is thus affected shall be
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| appointed at large by the presiding officer of the county board | 3 |
| with the
advice and consent of the county board except if the | 4 |
| district embraces
more than one county in which case the | 5 |
| trustees shall be appointed at
large by a majority vote of the | 6 |
| presiding officers of the county boards
of the counties which | 7 |
| encompass any portion of the district.
| 8 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-148, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (70 ILCS 2105/4b) (from Ch. 42, par. 386b)
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| Sec. 4b. Each trustee of the river conservancy district | 11 |
| required to
be elected as provided in subsection (1) of Section | 12 |
| 4a of this Act shall
enter into bond to be approved by the | 13 |
| resident circuit judge of the county
that contains all or the | 14 |
| largest portion in area of the district, in the
sum as the | 15 |
| circuit judge may determine.
Each of the trustees of a river | 16 |
| conservancy district which has an appointed
board of trustees | 17 |
| shall enter into bond with security to be approved
by the | 18 |
| appointing authority in such sum as the appointing authority | 19 |
| may
determine.
The bond shall be held in a bank or trust | 20 |
| company, qualified to do business
in the State of Illinois, | 21 |
| located in the district.
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| A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a | 23 |
| quorum , but a
smaller number may adjourn from day to day . No | 24 |
| trustee or employee of such
district shall be directly or | 25 |
| indirectly interested financially in any
contract work or | 26 |
| business or the sale of any article, the expense, price or
| 27 |
| consideration of which is paid by said district; nor in the | 28 |
| purchase of any
real estate or other property belonging to the | 29 |
| district, or which shall be
sold for taxes or assessments or by | 30 |
| virtue of legal process at the suit of
said district: Provided | 31 |
| that nothing herein shall be construed as
prohibiting the | 32 |
| appointment or selection of any person as trustee or
employee | 33 |
| whose only interest in said district is as an owner of real | 34 |
| estate
in said conservancy district or of contributing to the | 35 |
| payment of taxes
levied by said district.
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| (Source: P.A. 77-681.)
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| (70 ILCS 2105/5) (from Ch. 42, par. 387)
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| Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (d) and | 4 |
| (f) of
subsection (1) of Section 4a of this Act,
whenever a | 5 |
| vacancy in said board of trustees occurs, either by death,
| 6 |
| resignation, refusal to qualify or for any other reason, the | 7 |
| appropriate
appointing authority may fill such vacancy by | 8 |
| appointment; and such person,
so appointed shall qualify for | 9 |
| office in the manner hereinbefore stated and
shall thereupon | 10 |
| assume the duties of the office for the unexpired term to
which | 11 |
| such person was appointed.
| 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 77-681.)
| 13 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law. |
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