Full Text of HB1542 95th General Assembly
HB1542sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Filed: 5/17/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1542
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1542 immediately | 3 |
| below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 3. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 2-5009, 2-5011, and 2-5015 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-5009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
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| Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any | 8 |
| county executive elected under this Division shall:
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| (a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and regulations | 10 |
| of the board
are faithfully executed;
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| (b) coordinate and direct by executive order or otherwise | 12 |
| all
administrative and management functions of the county | 13 |
| government except the
offices of elected county officers;
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| (c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval the | 15 |
| annual budget
for the county required by Division 6-1 of this | 16 |
| Code;
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| (d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, | 2 |
| persons to serve
on the various boards and commissions to which | 3 |
| appointments are provided by
law to be made by the board;
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| (e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, | 5 |
| persons to serve
on various special districts within the county | 6 |
| except where appointment to
serve on such districts is | 7 |
| otherwise provided by law;
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| (f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs of | 9 |
| the county, on
such date and at such time as the board shall | 10 |
| designate, and keep the board
fully advised as to the financial | 11 |
| condition of the county and its future
financial needs;
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| (g) appoint , with the advice and consent of the board, such | 13 |
| subordinate
deputies, employees and appointees for the general | 14 |
| administration of county
affairs as considered necessary, | 15 |
| except those deputies, employees and
appointees in the office | 16 |
| of an elected county officer;
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| (h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due notice | 18 |
| and hearing,
anyone whom he has the power to appoint;
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| (i) require reports and examine accounts, records and | 20 |
| operations of all
county administrative units;
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| (j) supervise the care and custody of all county property | 22 |
| including
institutions and agencies;
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| (k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant to | 24 |
| Section
2-5010;
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| (l) preside over board meetings; however, the county | 26 |
| executive
is not entitled to vote except to break a tie vote;
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| (m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a | 2 |
| written
executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours notice | 3 |
| by delivery of a
copy of such order to the residence of each | 4 |
| board member;
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| (n) with the advice and consent of the county board, enter | 6 |
| into
intergovernmental agreements with other governmental | 7 |
| units;
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| (o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
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| negotiate on
behalf of the county with governmental units and | 10 |
| the private sector for the
purpose of promoting economic growth | 11 |
| and development;
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| (p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as legal | 13 |
| counsel at
an annual salary established by the county board at | 14 |
| an amount no greater
than the annual salary of the state's | 15 |
| attorney of the county;
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| (q) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all | 17 |
| department heads for any county departments;
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(q) perform such other duties as shall be required of | 19 |
| him by the board.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-5011) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)
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| Sec. 2-5011. Death, resignation or inability of county | 23 |
| executive. In
case of the death, resignation or other inability | 24 |
| of the county executive
to act, the board shall select a | 25 |
| person , from the same political party as the county executive, |
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| who is qualified under Section 2-5008 to
serve as the interim | 2 |
| county executive until the next general election.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5015)
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| Sec. 2-5015. Superseding plan for election of county board | 6 |
| chairman. The adoption of the county executive form of | 7 |
| government by any county
pursuant to this Division shall | 8 |
| supersede any plan adopted by
the county board of that county | 9 |
| pursuant to Section 2-3007, as now or
hereafter amended, for | 10 |
| the election of the chairman of the county board by
the voters | 11 |
| of the county. No officer of the county board may identify | 12 |
| himself or herself as a county chairman or any other title that | 13 |
| could conflict with the duties of the County Executive as | 14 |
| defined in this Division.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".
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