(55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term. Any
county board when providing for the reapportionment of its county under
this Division may provide that the chairman of the county board shall be
elected by the voters of the county rather than by the members of the
board. In that event, provision shall be made for the election throughout
the county of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over
3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such chairman who
has not been elected as a county board member to serve during the same
period as the term of office as chairman of the county board to which he
seeks election. In counties over 300,000 population and under 3,000,000
population, the chairman shall be elected as chairman without having been
first elected to the county board. Such chairman shall not vote on any
question except to break a tie vote. In all other counties the chairman may
either be elected as a county board member or elected as the chairman
without having been first elected to the board. Except in counties where
the chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of the county and
is not required to be a county board member, whether the chairman of the
county board is elected by the voters of the county or by the members of
the board, he shall be elected to a 2 year term. In counties where the
chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of the county and is
not required to be a county board member, the chairman shall be elected to
a 4 year term. In all cases: (i) the term of the chairman
of the county board shall commence on the first Monday of the month
following the month in which members of the county board are elected, and (ii) no person may simultaneously serve as a member of a county board and the chairman of the same board if the office of chairman is elected by the voters of the county rather than by the members of the board.
(Source: P.A. 99-924, eff. 1-20-17.)
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