Full Text of HB3926 097th General Assembly
HB3926 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3926 Introduced 1/10/2012, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/2-3003 | from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in the first general election after reapportionment, voters in multi-member county board districts shall have cumulative voting rights. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 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 Section | 5 | | 2-3003 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
| 8 | | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | 9 | | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | 10 | | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | 11 | | board members to be elected from each district and whether | 12 | | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | 13 | | districts. Each such district:
| 14 | | a. Shall be equal in population to each other district;
| 15 | | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | 16 | | nearly compact as
practicable; and
| 17 | | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | 18 | | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | 19 | | paragraph a. of this Section.
| 20 | | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | 21 | | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | 22 | | insofar as is practicable.
| 23 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, voters in |
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| 1 | | multi-member districts shall have cumulative voting rights in | 2 | | the first general election after reapportionment. | 3 | | (2) The county board of each county having a population of | 4 | | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | 5 | | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | 6 | | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | 7 | | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | 8 | | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | 9 | | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | 10 | | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | 11 | | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | 12 | | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | 13 | | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | 14 | | any single member district, times the number of members
found | 15 | | within that multi-member district. | 16 | | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | 17 | | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | 18 | | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | 19 | | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | 20 | | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 21 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 22 | | Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the | 23 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 24 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 25 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | 26 | | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was |
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| 1 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 2 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | 3 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | 4 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 5 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | 6 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 7 | | the Board. | 8 | | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | 9 | | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | 10 | | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | 11 | | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | 12 | | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | 13 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | 14 | | Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | 15 | | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | 16 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 17 | | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | 18 | | but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was | 19 | | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | 20 | | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive | 21 | | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | 22 | | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | 23 | | hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive | 24 | | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | 25 | | the Board.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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