Full Text of SB1230 100th General Assembly
SB1230 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1230 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-4 heading | |
55 ILCS 5/2-4006 |
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60 ILCS 1/25-15 |
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60 ILCS 1/25-25 |
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60 ILCS 1/25-20 rep. |
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that counties which discontinue township organization will keep their form of government after the discontinuance. Amends the Counties Code making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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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 the | 5 | | heading of Article Div. 2-4 and Section 2-4006 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-4 heading) | 7 | | Division 2-4. Counties not under Township Organization
| 8 | | Organized as a Commission Form of Government
| 9 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
| 10 | | Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
| 11 | | (a) In every county not under
township organization that is | 12 | | organized as commission form of government having 3 | 13 | | commissioners elected at large as described in
subsection (b) | 14 | | or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
| 15 | | Section.
| 16 | | (b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at | 17 | | the general
election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and | 18 | | in which 2 commissioners
will be elected at the general | 19 | | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 and | 20 | | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term | 21 | | of 6
years. The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve | 22 | | for a term of 4
years. At the general election in 1996 and at |
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| 1 | | each general election
thereafter, one commissioner shall be | 2 | | elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
| 3 | | (c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at | 4 | | the general
election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and | 5 | | in which one commissioner
will be elected at the general | 6 | | election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 shall serve | 7 | | for a term of 4 years. The commissioner elected in 1996 and
| 8 | | receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term | 9 | | of 6 years. The
other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve | 10 | | for a term of 4 years. At the
general election in 1998 and at | 11 | | each general election thereafter, one
commissioner shall be | 12 | | elected to serve for a term of 6 years. | 13 | | (c-5) In Calhoun County, Edwards County, and Union County, | 14 | | the registered voters of the county may, upon referendum
| 15 | | initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution of the
board of | 16 | | county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than | 17 | | 10% of the registered voters in the county, determine that the | 18 | | board of
county commissioners shall consist of 5
commissioners | 19 | | elected at large. The commissioners must certify
the question | 20 | | to the proper election authority, which must
submit the | 21 | | question at an election in accordance with the
general election | 22 | | law. | 23 | | The question shall be submitted in substantially the
| 24 | | following form: | 25 | | "Shall the board of county commissioners of (county) | 26 | | consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?" |
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| 1 | | Votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of | 2 | | the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, | 3 | | then a 5-member board of county commissioners shall be | 4 | | established beginning with the next general election. The | 5 | | County Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the | 6 | | county, shall develop and present to the board of county | 7 | | commissioners, to implement by the adoption of a resolution, | 8 | | the transition of terms for the current 3-member board of | 9 | | commissioners and the addition of 2 commissioners for 6-year | 10 | | terms. Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at each | 11 | | general election to fill expired terms.
| 12 | | (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to | 13 | | commissioners elected
under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 96-175, eff. 8-10-09.)
| 15 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 16 | | Sections 25-15 and 25-25 as follows:
| 17 | | (60 ILCS 1/25-15)
| 18 | | Sec. 25-15. County form Election of county commissioners . | 19 | | When township organization
ceases in any county as provided in | 20 | | this Article, the county's form of government shall not change. | 21 | | an election shall be held in
the county at the next general | 22 | | election in an even-numbered year for 3 county
commissioners | 23 | | who shall hold office for 2, 4, and 6 years, respectively, and
| 24 | | until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms shall |
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| 1 | | be determined by
lot. At each succeeding general election after | 2 | | the first, one commissioner
shall be elected.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
| 4 | | (60 ILCS 1/25-25)
| 5 | | Sec. 25-25. Disposal of township records and property. When | 6 | | township
organization is discontinued in any county, the | 7 | | records of the several
townships shall be deposited in the | 8 | | county clerk's office. The county board or board of county
| 9 | | commissioners of the county may close up all unfinished | 10 | | business of the several
townships and sell and dispose of any | 11 | | of the property belonging to a township
for the benefit of the | 12 | | inhabitants of the township, as fully as might have been
done | 13 | | by the townships themselves. The county board or board of | 14 | | county commissioners may pay all the
indebtedness of any | 15 | | township existing at the time of the discontinuance of
township | 16 | | organization and cause the amount of the indebtedness, or so | 17 | | much as
may be necessary, to be levied upon the property of the | 18 | | township.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
| 20 | | (60 ILCS 1/25-20 rep.)
| 21 | | Section 15. The Township Code is amended by repealing | 22 | | Section 25-20.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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