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90_HB2245

      55 ILCS 5/3-7002          from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002
      55 ILCS 5/3-7005          from Ch. 34, par. 3-7005
          Amends the Counties Code.  Provides that on and after the
      effective date of this amendatory Act, the  Sheriff  of  Cook
      County  may, in his or her discretion and with the advice and
      consent of the county board, appoint  additional  members  to
      the  Cook  County  Sheriff's  Merit  Board  (now limited to 5
      members).  Provides that as additional members are appointed,
      the political affiliation of the Board shall be such that  no
      more  than one-half of the members plus one additional member
      may be affiliated with the same  political  party.   Provides
      that as additional members are appointed, at least 40% of the
      members  must  be  present to constitute a quorum.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Counties Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    3-7002 and 3-7005.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 3-7002 and 3-7005 as follows:
 7        (55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
 8        Sec. 3-7002.  Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is
 9    created  the  Cook  County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter
10    called the Board, consisting of 5 members  appointed  by  the
11    Sheriff  with  the  advice  and  consent of the county board,
12    except  that  on  and  after  the  effective  date  of   this
13    amendatory  Act  of  1997, the Sheriff may appoint additional
14    members, with the advice and consent of the county board,  at
15    his  or  her discretion.  Of the members first appointed, one
16    shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1965  one  until
17    the  third  Monday  in  March,  1967, and one until the third
18    Monday in March, 1969. Of  the  2  additional  members  first
19    appointed under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991, one
20    shall  serve  until  the third Monday in March, 1995, and one
21    until the third Monday in March, 1997.
22        Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first
23    appointed (including the 2 additional members first appointed
24    under authority  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1991),  their
25    respective  successors shall be appointed to hold office from
26    the third Monday in March of the  year  of  their  respective
27    appointments for a term of 6 years and until their successors
28    are  appointed  and qualified for a like term.  As additional
29    members are appointed under authority of this amendatory  Act
30    of   1997,   their   terms  shall  be  set  to  be  staggered
31    consistently with the terms of the existing Board members. No
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 1    more than 3 members of the Board shall be affiliated with the
 2    same political party, except that as additional  members  are
 3    appointed  by  the sheriff under authority of this amendatory
 4    Act of 1997, the political affiliation of the Board shall  be
 5    such  that  the no more than one-half of the members plus one
 6    additional member may be affiliated with the  same  political
 7    party.   No  ,  nor  shall any member shall have held or have
 8    been a candidate for an elective  public  office  within  one
 9    year preceding his or her appointment.
10        The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028; 87-534.)
12        (55 ILCS 5/3-7005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7005)
13        Sec.  3-7005.  Meetings. As soon as practicable after the
14    members of the Board have been appointed,  they  shall  meet,
15    upon the call of the Sheriff, and shall organize by selecting
16    a   chairman  and  a  secretary.  The  initial  chairman  and
17    secretary, and their successors, shall  be  selected  by  the
18    Board from among its members for a term of 2 years or for the
19    remainder  of  their term of office as a member of the Board,
20    whichever is the shorter. Two  members  of  the  Board  shall
21    constitute  a  quorum for the transaction of business, except
22    that as additional members are appointed under  authority  of
23    this  amendatory Act of 1997, the number of members that must
24    be present to constitute a quorum  shall  be  the  number  of
25    members that constitute at least 40% of the Board.  The Board
26    shall hold regular quarterly meetings and such other meetings
27    as may be called by the chairman.
28    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.

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