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 1                        90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 2                     CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
 3                         ON HOUSE BILL 2827
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 5    -------------------------------------------------------------
 6        To the President of the Senate and  the  Speaker  of  the
 7    House of Representatives:
 8        We,  the  conference  committee appointed to consider the
 9    differences  between  the  houses  in  relation   to   Senate
10    Amendments  No.  1, 2, 3, and 5 to House Bill 2827, recommend
11    the following:
12        (1)  that the House concur in Senate Amendments No. 1, 2,
13    3, and 5; and
14        (2)  that House Bill 2827, AS AMENDED, be further amended
15    as follows:
16    in the introductory paragraph  of  Section  5,  by  inserting
17    "25-10," after "17-30,"; and
18    in  Section  5,  by  replacing  all  of  Sec.  25-11 with the
19    following:
20        "(10 ILCS 5/25-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-10)
21        Sec. 25-10.  This Section applies  only  to  counties  of
22    3,000,000  or  more population.  When a vacancy occurs in the
23    office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of any of  the  counties
24    in  this State, it shall be the duty of the Circuit Judges of
25    the respective judicial circuit in  which  such  vacancy  may
26    occur,  to  make  an  appointment to fill the vacancy for the
27    remainder of the unexpired term.  However, if  more  than  28
28    months remain in the term, the appointment shall be until the
29    next  general  election, at which time a clerk of the circuit
30    court shall be elected for the balance of the unexpired term.
31    The appointee shall be a member of the same  political  party
32    as the person he succeeds was at the time of his election and
33    shall  be otherwise eligible to serve as Clerk of the Circuit
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 1    Court. The Circuit Judges may appoint a Clerk Pro Tempore for
 2    whatever   period   is   necessary   while   reviewing    the
 3    qualifications of candidates for appointment to the office.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-875; 86-1348.)
 5        (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
 6        Sec. 25-11.  When a vacancy occurs in any elective county
 7    office,  or  in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in
 8    the office of clerk of the circuit court, in a  county  which
 9    is  not a home rule unit, the county board shall declare that
10    such vacancy exists and notification thereof shall  be  given
11    to  the  county  central  committee or the appropriate county
12    board district committee of each established political  party
13    within  3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.  The vacancy
14    shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of the chairman
15    of the county board with the advice and consent of the county
16    board.  The appointee shall be a member of the same political
17    party as the person he  succeeds  was  at  the  time  of  his
18    election  and  shall  be  otherwise  eligible  to  serve. The
19    appointee shall serve the remainder of  the  unexpired  term.
20    However,  if  more  than  28  months  remain in the term, the
21    appointment shall be until the next general election at which
22    time the vacated county office shall be  filled  by  election
23    for the remainder of the term.  In the case of a vacancy in a
24    seat  on a county board which has been divided into districts
25    under "An Act relating to the composition of an  election  of
26    county boards in certain counties", approved October 2, 1969,
27    as  amended,  the  appointee  must  also be a resident of the
28    county board district.
29        Except as otherwise provided by county  ordinance  or  by
30    law,  in  any  county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in
31    elective county offices,  other  than  the  office  of  chief
32    executive  officer,  and  vacancies in the office of clerk of
33    the  circuit  court  in  a  county  of  less  than  3,000,000
34    population, shall be filled by the county board.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 84-790.)"; and
 2    by deleting all of Section 10.
 3        Submitted on                     , 1998.
 4    ______________________________  _____________________________
 5    Senator                         Representative
 6    ______________________________  _____________________________
 7    Senator                         Representative
 8    ______________________________  _____________________________
 9    Senator                         Representative
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11    Senator                         Representative
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13    Senator                         Representative
14    Committee for the Senate        Committee for the House

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