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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 509
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 509, AS AMENDED,
3 in Section 5, in the introductory clause, by replacing
4 "Section 3-15012" with "Sections 3-7002, 3-7005, and
5 3-15012"; and
6 in Section 5, by inserting immediately below Sec. 3-6001.5
7 the following:
8 "(55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
9 Sec. 3-7002. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is
10 created the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter
11 called the Board, consisting of 5 members appointed by the
12 Sheriff with the advice and consent of the county board,
13 except that on and after the effective date of this
14 amendatory Act of 1997, the Sheriff may appoint 2 additional
15 members, with the advice and consent of the county board, at
16 his or her discretion. Of the members first appointed, one
17 shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1965 one until
18 the third Monday in March, 1967, and one until the third
19 Monday in March, 1969. Of the 2 additional members first
20 appointed under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991, one
21 shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1995, and one
22 until the third Monday in March, 1997.
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1 Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first
2 appointed (including the 2 additional members first appointed
3 under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991), their
4 respective successors shall be appointed to hold office from
5 the third Monday in March of the year of their respective
6 appointments for a term of 6 years and until their successors
7 are appointed and qualified for a like term. As additional
8 members are appointed under authority of this amendatory Act
9 of 1997, their terms shall be set to be staggered
10 consistently with the terms of the existing Board members. No
11 more than 3 members of the Board shall be affiliated with the
12 same political party, except that as additional members are
13 appointed by the sheriff under authority of this amendatory
14 Act of 1997, the political affiliation of the Board shall be
15 such that no more than one-half of the members plus one
16 additional member may be affiliated with the same political
17 party. No , nor shall any member shall have held or have
18 been a candidate for an elective public office within one
19 year preceding his or her appointment.
20 The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028; 87-534.)
22 (55 ILCS 5/3-7005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7005)
23 Sec. 3-7005. Meetings. As soon as practicable after the
24 members of the Board have been appointed, they shall meet,
25 upon the call of the Sheriff, and shall organize by selecting
26 a chairman and a secretary. The initial chairman and
27 secretary, and their successors, shall be selected by the
28 Board from among its members for a term of 2 years or for the
29 remainder of their term of office as a member of the Board,
30 whichever is the shorter. Forty percent Two members of the
31 Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
32 business. The Board shall hold regular quarterly meetings
33 and such other meetings as may be called by the chairman.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".