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 Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2-3001 and 2-3003 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division,
unless | 8 | | the context otherwise requires:
| 9 | | a. "District" means a county board district established as | 10 | | provided in
this Division.
| 11 | | b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means | 12 | | the county
clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General or | 13 | | his designated
representative and the chairmen of the county | 14 | | central committees of the
first leading political party and the | 15 | | second leading political party as
defined in Section 1-3 of The | 16 | | Election Code.
| 17 | | c. "Population" means the number of inhabitants as | 18 | | determined by the
last preceding federal decennial census.
| 19 | | d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to | 20 | | serve on the
county board.
| 21 | | e. "Racial minorities or language minorities" has the | 22 | | meaning provided to that term in subsection (c) of Section 5-5 | 23 | | of the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
| 2 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
| 3 | | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
| 4 | | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | 5 | | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | 6 | | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | 7 | | board members to be elected from each district and whether | 8 | | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | 9 | | districts. Each such district:
| 10 | | a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each | 11 | | other district;
| 12 | | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | 13 | | nearly compact as
practicable; and
| 14 | | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | 15 | | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | 16 | | paragraph a. of this Section ; .
| 17 | | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | 18 | | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | 19 | | insofar as is practicable ; .
| 20 | | e. Shall provide racial minorities or language | 21 | | minorities with equal opportunity to participate in the | 22 | | political process and elect candidates of their choice; | 23 | | f. Shall provide racial minorities or language | 24 | | minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority | 25 | | of a district with an opportunity to substantially |
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| 1 | | influence the outcome of an election; and | 2 | | g. Shall not discriminate against or in favor of any | 3 | | political party or individual. | 4 | | (2) The county board of each county having a population of | 5 | | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | 6 | | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | 7 | | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | 8 | | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | 9 | | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | 10 | | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | 11 | | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | 12 | | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | 13 | | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | 14 | | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | 15 | | any single member district, times the number of members
found | 16 | | within that multi-member district. | 17 | | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | 18 | | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | 19 | | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | 20 | | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | 21 | | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 22 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 23 | | Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the | 24 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 25 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 26 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days |
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| 1 | | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was | 2 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 3 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | 4 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | 5 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 6 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | 7 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 8 | | the Board. | 9 | | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | 10 | | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | 11 | | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | 12 | | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | 13 | | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 14 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 15 | | Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | 16 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 17 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 18 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | 19 | | but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was | 20 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 21 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive | 22 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | 23 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 24 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive | 25 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 26 | | the Board.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)
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