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Public Act 099-0295
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| HB3334 Enrolled | LRB099 08723 AWJ 28891 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by |
adding Section 6.5 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 2005/6.5 new) |
Sec. 6.5. Change to elected board of trustees; petition; |
election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. Any |
rescue squad district organized under this Act may
have an |
elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees if |
approved by referendum. Upon presentation to the board of |
trustees of a petition, signed
by not less than 10% of the |
electors of the district, requesting that a
proposition for the |
election of trustees be submitted to the electors of the
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district, the secretary of the board of trustees shall certify |
the proposition
to the appropriate election authorities who |
shall submit the proposition at
a regular election in |
accordance with the general election law.
The general election |
law shall apply to and govern such election. The
proposition |
shall be in substantially the following form: |
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Shall the trustees of...... YES
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Rescue Squad District be -------------------------------------------------------------
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elected, rather than appointed? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are |
in the affirmative,
the trustees of the district shall |
thereafter be elected as provided by this
Section.
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At the next regular election for trustees as provided by |
the general election
law, a district that has approved by |
referendum to have its
trustees elected rather than appointed |
shall elect 5 initial trustees. The initial elected trustees |
shall be elected as follows: 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
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years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. |
Except as otherwise provided in Section
2A-54 of the Election |
Code, the term of each elected trustee shall
commence on the |
third Monday of the month following the month of his or her |
election
and until his or her successor is elected and |
qualified. The length of the terms of
the trustees first |
elected shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
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Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of |
the Election Code,
each trustee shall be elected to serve for a |
term of 4 years
commencing on the third Monday of the month |
following the month of his or her election
and until his or her |
successor is elected and qualified.
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No party designation shall appear on the ballot for |
election of trustees.
The provisions of the general election |
law shall apply to and govern
the nomination and election of |
trustees.
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Nominations for members of the board of trustees shall be |
made by a petition signed by at least 25 voters or 5% of the |
voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and |
shall be filed with the secretary of the board. In addition to |
the requirements of general election law, the form of the |
petition shall be as follows: |
NOMINATING PETITIONS
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To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of (name of |
rescue squad district): |
We, the undersigned, being (number of signatories or 5% or |
more) of the voters residing within the district, hereby |
petition that (name of candidate) who resides at (address of |
candidate) in this district shall be a candidate for the office |
of (office) of the Board of Trustees (full-term or vacancy) to |
be voted for at the election to be held (date of election). |
The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate for |
whom a petition for nomination has been filed of their |
obligations under the Campaign Financing Act, as required by |
the general election law. The notice shall be given on a form |
prescribed by the State Board of Elections and in accordance |
with the requirements of the general election law.
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The secretary shall, within 7 days of filing or on the
last |
day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the |
petitioner
in writing his acceptance of the petition.
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The provisions of Section 6 relating to eligibility and |
compensation
of trustees shall apply equally to elected |
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trustees.
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Whenever a rescue squad district determines to elect |
trustees as provided
in this Section, the trustees appointed |
pursuant to Section 6 shall continue
to constitute the board of |
trustees until the third Monday of the month
following the |
month of the first election of trustees.
If the term of office |
of any appointed trustees expires before the first
election of |
trustees, the authority which appointed that trustee under |
Section
6 of this Act shall appoint a successor to serve until |
a successor is
elected and has qualified. The terms of all |
appointed trustees in such
district shall expire on the third |
Monday of the month following the
month of the first election |
of trustees under this Section or when
successors have been |
elected and have qualified, whichever occurs later.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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