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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 616

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 616,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning schools."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 8    Section 3A-6 as follows:

 9        (105 ILCS 5/3A-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
10        Sec.  3A-6.  Election  of Superintendent for consolidated
11    region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
12        (a)  The regional  superintendent  to  be  elected  under
13    Section  3A-5  shall  be  elected at the time provided in the
14    general election law  and  must  possess  the  qualifications
15    described in Section 3-1 of this Act.
16        (b)  The  bond  required under Section 3-2 shall be filed
17    in the office of the county clerk in  the  county  where  the
18    regional  office  is  situated,  and a certified copy of that
19    bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in each
20    of the other counties in the region.
21        (c)  When a vacancy occurs  in  the  office  of  regional
 
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 1    superintendent  of  schools of any educational service region
 2    which is not located in a county which is a home  rule  unit,
 3    such   vacancy   shall  be  filled  within  60  days  (i)  by
 4    appointment of the chairman of the  county  board,  with  the
 5    advice  and  consent  of  the county board, when such vacancy
 6    occurs in a single county educational service region; or (ii)
 7    by appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
 8    county boards  of  those  counties  comprising  the  affected
 9    educational  service  region  when  such  vacancy occurs in a
10    multicounty educational service region, each committeeman  to
11    be  entitled  to  one vote for each vote that was received in
12    the county represented by such committeeman on the  committee
13    by  the  regional  superintendent  of schools whose office is
14    vacant  at  the   last   election   at   which   a   regional
15    superintendent  was  elected  to  such office, and the person
16    receiving the highest number of affirmative  votes  from  the
17    committeemen  for  such vacant office to be deemed the person
18    appointed  by  such  committee  to  fill  the  vacancy.   The
19    appointee  shall  be  a member of the same political party as
20    the regional superintendent of schools the appointee succeeds
21    was at the time such regional superintendent of schools  last
22    was  elected.  The appointee shall serve for the remainder of
23    the term.  However, if more than 28  months  remain  in  that
24    term,  the  appointment  shall  be  until  the  next  general
25    election, at which time the vacated office shall be filled by
26    election for the remainder of the term.  Nominations shall be
27    made  and  any  vacancy  in  nomination  shall  be  filled as
28    follows:
29             (1)  If the vacancy  in  office  occurs  before  the
30        first  date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code
31        for filing nomination papers for county offices  for  the
32        primary   in   the   next  even-numbered  year  following
33        commencement of the term of office in which  the  vacancy
34        occurs,  nominations  for  the  election  for filling the
 
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 1        vacancy shall be  made  pursuant  to  Article  7  of  the
 2        Election Code.
 3             (2)  If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
 4        provided  in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
 5        nomination papers for county offices for the  primary  in
 6        the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
 7        term  of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for
 8        filing nomination papers for the  primary  shall  not  be
 9        more than 91 days nor less than 85 days prior to the date
10        of the primary.
11             (3)  If  the vacancy in office occurs after the last
12        day provided in Section 7-12 of  the  Election  Code  for
13        filing  nomination  papers  for  county  offices  for the
14        primary  in  the  next   even-numbered   year   following
15        commencement  of  the term of office in which the vacancy
16        occurs, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed  to  have
17        occurred   and  the  county  central  committee  of  each
18        established political party (if the vacancy occurs  in  a
19        single   county   educational   service  region)  or  the
20        multi-county educational service region committee of each
21        established political party (if the vacancy occurs  in  a
22        multi-county  educational service region) shall nominate,
23        by  resolution,  a  candidate  to  fill  the  vacancy  in
24        nomination for election to  the  office  at  the  general
25        election.   In  the  nomination  proceedings  to fill the
26        vacancy in nomination, each member of the county  central
27        committee  or the multi-county educational service region
28        committee,  whichever  applies,  shall  have  the  voting
29        strength as set forth in Section 7-8  or  7-8.02  of  the
30        Election  Code,  respectively.  The name of the candidate
31        so nominated shall  not  appear  on  the  ballot  at  the
32        general  primary  election.   The  vacancy  in nomination
33        shall be filled prior to the  date  of  certification  of
34        candidates for the general election.
 
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 1             (4)  The  resolution  to  fill  the vacancy shall be
 2        duly acknowledged before an  officer  qualified  to  take
 3        acknowledgments  of  deeds  and  shall  include, upon its
 4        face, the following information:  (A)  the  name  of  the
 5        original  nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on
 6        which the vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and  address
 7        of  the nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date
 8        of selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
 9        accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
10        Section 7-10 of  the  Election  Code,  completed  by  the
11        selected  nominee,  a certificate from the State Board of
12        Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and
13        a  receipt  indicating  that  the  nominee  has  filed  a
14        statement  of  economic  interests  as  required  by  the
15        Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
16    The provisions  of  Sections  10-8  through  10-10.1  of  the
17    Election  Code  relating  to objections to nomination papers,
18    hearings on objections, and judicial review shall also  apply
19    to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions
20    for  filling  vacancies  in nomination filed pursuant to this
21    Section.  Unless otherwise specified  in  this  Section,  the
22    nomination  and  election  provided  for  in  this Section is
23    governed by the general election law.
24        Except  as  otherwise  provided  by   applicable   county
25    ordinance  or  by  law,  if a vacancy occurs in the office of
26    regional superintendent of schools of an educational  service
27    region  that  is located in a county that is a home rule unit
28    and that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
29    that vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home
30    rule county.
31        Until July 1, 2003 or until the  regional  superintendent
32    of  schools  elected  in  2002 takes office, whichever occurs
33    first,  if  a  vacancy  exists  in  the  office  of  regional
34    superintendent of schools of an  educational  service  region
 
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 1    that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and that
 2    has  a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, then that
 3    vacancy   shall   be   filled   by   the   first    assistant
 4    superintendent/deputy  superintendent  until  the  end of the
 5    term to which the regional superintendent was elected.  Until
 6    July  1,  1994, if a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
 7    superintendent of schools of an  educational  service  region
 8    that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and that
 9    has  a  population  of  2,000,000  or  more inhabitants, that
10    vacancy shall be filled by the county board of that home rule
11    county  unless  otherwise  provided  by   applicable   county
12    ordinance  or  by  law.  On  and  after  July  1,  1994,  the
13    provisions  of  this Section shall have no application in any
14    educational service region that is  located  in  any  county,
15    including  a  county  that  is  a  home  rule  unit,  if that
16    educational service region has a population of  2,000,000  or
17    more inhabitants.
18        Any  person  appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
19    regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
20    region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
21    to the position of regional superintendent  of  schools,  and
22    shall  obtain  a  certificate  of  eligibility from the State
23    Superintendent of Education  and file same  with  the  county
24    clerk  of  the  county in which the regional superintendent's
25    office is located.
26        If the regional superintendent of schools is called  into
27    the  active military service of the United States, his office
28    shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
29    shall be made as in the case  of  a  vacancy.  The  appointee
30    shall  perform  all the duties of the regional superintendent
31    of schools during the time  the  regional  superintendent  of
32    schools  is  in  the  active  military  service of the United
33    States, and shall be paid the same  compensation  apportioned
34    as  to  the  time  of  service,  and such appointment and all
 
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 1    authority thereunder shall cease upon the  discharge  of  the
 2    regional  superintendent of schools from such active military
 3    service.  The appointee  shall  give  the  same  bond  as  is
 4    required  of  a  regularly elected regional superintendent of
 5    schools.
 6    (Source: P.A. 92-277, eff. 8-7-01.)

 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.".

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