(620 ILCS 50/45) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 149)
Sec. 45.
The county board shall consider for election to the Commission,
only those persons whose names are presented by the county clerk. The
county clerk shall present to the county board as candidates the names of
all persons who have been nominated in the following manner: For whom a
petition signed by 2% of the voters of such county or by
10% of
the membership of the county board, or both, has been filed 48
hours prior to the convening of the county board meeting, provided such
petition states that the person nominated is a candidate for election as a
county board member, an Aviation member or a Non-Aviation member.
The county board shall proceed by roll call vote to elect the members of
the Commission. Voting on county board members of the Commission shall not
be joined with the voting for non-county board members of the Commission,
nor Aviation with Non-Aviation members. No person shall be
eligible to
serve as a member of the Commission unless he has individually been elected
by a majority of the members of the county board present at said meeting,
whether voting or not voting.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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