Public Act 90-0358 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0358
HB0652 Enrolled LRB9003210MWpc
AN ACT in relation to elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1-3, 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2, 2A-36, 2A-43, 2A-48, 2A-49,
2A-50, 2A-51, 2A-52, 2A-54, 4-11, 10-6, 11-7, 12-1, 16-4.1
and 24-1.2 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
otherwise requires:
1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions
of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
popular vote, and includes primary elections when so
indicated by the context.
2. "Regular election" means the general, general
primary, nonpartisan, consolidated and consolidated primary
elections regularly scheduled in Article 2A. The even
numbered year municipal primary established in Article 2A is
a regular election only with respect to those municipalities
in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
held at the same time and place and by the same election
officers as a regular election.
4. "General election" means the biennial election at
which members of the General Assembly are elected. "General
primary election", "nonpartisan election", "consolidated
election" and "consolidated primary election" mean the
respective elections or the election dates designated and
established in Article 2A of this Code.
5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
village or incorporated town.
6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any
unit of local government, or school district in which
elections are or may be held. "Political or governmental
subdivision" also includes, for election purposes, Regional
Boards of School Trustees, and Township Boards of School
Trustees.
7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
Code, as now or hereafter amended.
8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board
of Election Commissioners.
9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county,
in the case of a county in which no city board of election
commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction
of a county board of election commissioners; (b) the
territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election
commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county outside of
the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined
according to which election authority maintains the permanent
registration records of qualified electors.
10. "Local election official" means the clerk or
secretary of a unit of local government or school district,
as the case may be, the treasurer of a township board of
school trustees, and the regional superintendent of schools
with respect to the various school officer elections and
school referenda for which the regional superintendent is
assigned election duties by The School Code, as now or
hereafter amended.
11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
when used in connection with duties at an election during the
hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after
the closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
holdover judges.
12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures
of qualified primary electors bound together.
13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
unit at the same polling place in any election governed by
this Act.
14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for
the election of any officer, other than the State or a unit
of local government or school district, and includes, but is
not limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial
districts, judicial circuits, county board districts,
municipal and sanitary district wards, school board
districts, and precincts.
15. "Question of public policy" or "public question"
means any question, proposition or measure submitted to the
voters at an election dealing with subject matter other than
the nomination or election of candidates and shall include,
but is not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and
questions relating to the Constitution.
16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
of office of officers of such municipality or county,
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
VII of the Constitution.
17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
or other electronic data processing information containing
voter information.
18. "Accessible" means accessible to handicapped and
elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or
registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
Elections.
19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20. "Handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent
physical disability.
21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
highest or second highest average number of votes. The
political party whose candidates for governor received the
highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
leading political party and the political party whose
candidates for governor received the second highest average
number of votes shall be known as the second leading
political party.
22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of
an election authority, local election official or the State
Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
hours.
23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a
shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
under a bridge.
(Source: P.A. 87-1241; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
election to be known as the general primary election shall be
held on the third Tuesday in March;
(b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.;
(c) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
the nonpartisan election shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November.
(Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections -
Offices Designated.
(a) At the general election in the appropriate
even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
(1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
United States;
(2) United States Senator and United States
Representative;
(3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
(4) State Senator and State Representative;
(5) County elected officers, including State's
Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
elected President of the County Board or County Chief
Executive;
(6) Circuit Court Clerk;
(7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
counties or educational service regions in which that
office has been abolished;
(8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
and newly created judicial offices;
(9) (Blank);
(10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
Districts;
(11) Special District elected officers, not
otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
creating or authorizing the creation of the district
requires an annual election and permits or requires
election of candidates of political parties.
(b) At the general primary election:
(1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
be filled at the general election in that year, except
where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
political parties is made by caucus.
(2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
political party offices of State central committeeman,
township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
primary shall also be on the ballot.
(3) in each even-numbered year, where the
municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
filled at an election held on the date of the general
primary election, provided that the municipal election
shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
weeks preceding that election.
(4) in each school district which has adopted the
provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
to the members of the board of education whose terms
expire in the year in which the general primary is held
shall be elected.
(c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
(1) Municipal officers, provided that in
municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
municipal office are not permitted by law to be
candidates of political parties, the runoff election
where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
required by law, shall be held on the date of the
consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
providing the form of government of the municipality
pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided by such ordinance;
(2) Village and incorporated town library
directors;
(3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
(4) Commissioners of park districts;
(5) Trustees of public library districts;
(6) Special District elected officers, not
otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
creating or authorizing the creation of the district
permits or requires election of candidates of political
parties;
(7) Township officers, including township park
commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
Assessors;
(8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
(9) Members of school boards in school districts
which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
(10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
(11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
District Act;.
(12) Elected members of school boards, school
trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
counties or educational service regions having a
population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School
Code;
(13) Members of Community College district boards;
(14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
(15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
(16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Districts;
(17) Elected Officers of special districts not
otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
governing those districts does not permit candidates of
political parties.
(d) At the consolidated primary election in each
odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
election in that year, except where pursuant to law
nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
caucus, and except those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
through (17) of subsection (c).
At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
candidates of political parties.
At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution.
(e) (Blank). At the nonpartisan election in each
odd-numbered year the following offices shall be filled in
nonpartisan elections:
(1) Elected members of school boards, school
trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
counties or educational service regions having a
population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
school districts which adopt Article 33 of the School
Code;
(2) Member of Community College district boards;
(3) Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
(4) Commissioner of Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
(5) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Districts;
(6) Elected Officers of special districts not
otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
governing such districts does not permit candidates of
political parties.
(f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1,
public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
Code and any special election otherwise required or
authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
to this Code.
Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
officers established in this Article, whenever a referendum
is held for the establishment of a political subdivision
whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
be elected at the election at which such referendum is held
if otherwise so provided by law. In such cases, the election
of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
officials established in this Article, any community college
district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
members at the next regularly scheduled election following
the effective date of the new district.
(g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
any precinct there are no offices or public questions
required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
shall be held in the precinct on that date.
(h) Except at the nonpartisan election in 1981, There
may be conducted a referendum in accordance with the
provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36)
Sec. 2A-36. Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of
Election. A trustee of a Fire Protection District which
elects its trustees shall be elected at each consolidated
nonpartisan election in odd-numbered years to succeed each
incumbent trustee whose term expires before the following
consolidated nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
Sec. 2A-43. Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
Auditorium Authority - Commissioner - Time of Election. A
commissioner of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
Auditorium Authority shall be elected at the consolidated
nonpartisan election of each odd-numbered year to succeed
each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the
following consolidated nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors - Member - Time of
Election. A member of a Board of School Directors or a member
of an elected Board of Education, as the case may be, shall
be elected at each consolidated nonpartisan election to
succeed each incumbent member whose term ends before the
following consolidated nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time
of Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall
be elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election which
immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any
incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent school
inspector whose term ends before the following consolidated
nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
Sec. 2A-50. Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee
- Time of Election. Except in educational service regions
having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a
trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees shall be
elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election to succeed
each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following
consolidated nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 87-969.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
Sec. 2A-51. Schools - Trustee - Time of Election.
Except in a township in which all school districts located
therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of
the trustees of schools under the provisions of subsection
(b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except in townships
in which the office of trustee of schools has been abolished
as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School
Code, a trustee of schools shall be elected in townships at
the consolidated nonpartisan election which immediately
precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee,
to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the
following consolidated nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 86-1441; 87-473.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
Sec. 2A-52. Community College District - Member - Time
of Election. A member of the Board of a Community College
District shall be elected at each consolidated nonpartisan
election to succeed each elected incumbent member of the
Board whose term expires before the following consolidated
nonpartisan election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
(10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
Sec. 2A-54. In those cases in which the election to an
office is changed by the consolidation of elections to an
earlier or later month in the same year or to a different
year, the term of any incumbent serving on December 1, 1980
is extended to the first Monday in the first month following
the election of his successor and until the successor has
qualified, and the term of the successor in office shall
commence on that first Monday.
The term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan
election whose term begins before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997 shall expire on the date that his or
her term would have expired had this amendatory Act of 1997
not been enacted. The term of office of a person elected at
a consolidated election held on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1997 to succeed to a term of office
of a person elected at a nonpartisan election shall begin
upon the termination of the predecessor's term of office. The
term of office of a person elected to succeed to a term of
office of a person elected at a nonpartisan election shall
end after the next consolidated election at which a successor
is elected and at the regularly scheduled time for the ending
of terms of office as provided in the Act or Acts creating or
governing that unit of local government or school district.
However, this general provision for the transition of
terms of office in relation to the adoption of a uniform
schedule of elections shall be subject to the specific
provisions for the transition of terms of office in the
several Acts creating or governing the creation of various
units of local government and school districts, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
Sec. 4-11. At least 2 weeks prior to the general
November election in each even numbered year and the
consolidated nonpartisan election in each odd-numbered year
the county clerk shall cause a list to be made for each
precinct of all names upon the registration record cards not
marked or erased, in alphabetical order, with the address,
provided, that such list may be arranged geographically, by
street and number, in numerical order, with respect to all
precincts in which all, or substantially all residences of
voters therein shall be located upon and numbered along
streets, avenues, courts, or other highways which are either
named or numbered, upon direction either of the county board
or of the circuit court. On the list, the county clerk shall
indicate, by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of
all persons who have registered since the last regularly
scheduled election in the consolidated schedule of elections
established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The county clerk
shall cause such precinct lists to be printed or typed in
sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable demands, and upon
application a copy of the same shall be given to any person
applying therefor. By such time, the county clerk shall give
the precinct lists to the chairman of a county central
committee of an established political party, as such party is
defined in Section 10-2 of this Act, or to the chairman's
duly authorized representative. Within 30 days of the
effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1983, the county
clerk shall give the precinct lists compiled prior to the
general November election of 1982 to the chairman of county
central committee of an established political party or to the
chairman's duly authorized representative.
Prior to the opening of the polls for other elections,
the county clerk shall transmit or deliver to the judges of
election of each polling place a corrected list of registered
voters in the precinct, or the names of persons added to and
erased or withdrawn from the list for such precinct. At
other times such list, currently corrected, shall be kept
available for public inspection in the office of the county
clerk.
Within 60 days after each general election the county
clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
the list of registered voters in each precinct, each
registrant who voted at that general election, and shall
provide a copy of such list to the chairman of the county
central committee of each established political party or to
the chairman's duly authorized representative.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall indicate by
italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered
voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at the
general election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such
coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
each established political party or to the chairman's duly
authorized representative.
The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
(Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
Sec. 10-6. Except as provided in Section 10-3,
certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors
of the entire State, or any district not entirely within a
county, or for congressional, state legislative or judicial
offices, shall be presented to the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor less than 92
days previous to the day of election for which the candidates
are nominated. The State Board of Elections shall endorse
the certificates of nomination or nomination papers, as the
case may be, and the date and hour of presentment to it.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other
certificates for the nomination of candidates shall be filed
with the county clerk of the respective counties not more
than 99 but at least 92 days previous to the day of such
election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers
for the nomination of candidates for the offices of political
subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
general election shall be filed with the local election
official of such subdivision:
(1) (Blank); not more than 78 or less than 71 days prior
to the nonpartisan election; or
(2) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
consolidated election; or
(3) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
at the general primary election; or
(4) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
(5) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
(6) in the case of petitions for the office of
multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed with
the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
before the consolidated election.
However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
such Board.
(Source: P.A. 84-861.)
(10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
Sec. 11-7. For the purpose of the conduct of any
consolidated election, consolidated primary election,
nonpartisan election, special municipal primary election or
emergency referendum, an election authority may cluster up to
four contiguous precincts as provided in this Section, which
shall constitute a clustered voting zone. The common polling
place for the clustered voting zone shall be located within
the territory comprising the clustered precincts. Unless the
election authority specifies a larger number, only one
election judge shall be appointed for each of the precincts
in each clustered voting zone.
The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with
the same political party.
The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone
shall be under the general supervision of all the judges of
election designated to serve in the clustered voting zone.
The designated judges may perform the duties of election
judges for the entire clustered voting zone. However, the
requirements of Section 17-14 shall apply to voter
assistance, the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply to
voter instruction, the requirement of Section 24A-10 shall
apply to examination of absentee ballots, and any disputes as
to entitlement to vote, challenges, counting of ballots or
other matters pertaining directly to voting shall be decided
by those designated judges appointed for the precinct in
which the affected voter resides or the disputed vote is to
be counted.
This Section does not apply to any elections in
municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 83-685.)
(10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
Sec. 12-1. At least 60 days prior to each general and,
consolidated and nonpartisan election, the election
authority shall provide public notice, calculated to reach
elderly and handicapped voters, of the availability of
registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting
Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the
availability of assistance in marking the ballot, and
procedures for voting by absentee ballot.
At least 30 days before any general election, and at
least 20 days before any special congressional election, the
county clerk shall publish a notice of the election in 2 or
more newspapers published in the county, city, village,
incorporated town or town, as the case may be, or if there is
no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give the
place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
held for (give the title of the several offices to be
filled), which election will be open at 6:00 a. m. and
continued open until 7:00 p. m. of that day.
Dated at .... this .... day of ...., 19...
(Source: P.A. 84-808.)
(10 ILCS 5/16-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1)
Sec. 16-4.1. Ballots; Form; Nonpartisan and Consolidated
Elections. This Section shall apply only to the nonpartisan
election, the consolidated primary election, and the
consolidated election, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein.
The ballot for the nomination or election of officers of
each political subdivision shall be considered a separate
ballot, and candidates for such offices shall be grouped
together. Where paper ballots are used, the names of
candidates for nomination or election to more than one
political subdivision may be contained on a common ballot,
provided that such ballot clearly indicates and separates
each political subdivision from which such officers are to be
nominated or elected. In the case of partisan elections of
officers, a separate party circle shall be included at the
head of the portion of the ballot for each political
subdivision for which candidates of political parties have
been nominated. When an electronic voting system is used
which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the party circles for
straight party voting shall be on the same ballot page on
which are listed the candidates for the political subdivision
election for which that party circle applies.
At the consolidated nonpartisan election, the ballot for
school district offices shall precede the ballot for
community college district offices, and thereafter the ballot
order of the political subdivision officers to be elected
shall be as determined by the election authority. In the
case of school districts other than community consolidated
school districts, the ballot for non-high school district
offices shall precede the ballot for high school district
offices.
At the consolidated primary and at the consolidated
election, the ballot for nomination or election of municipal
officers shall precede the ballot for township officers. At
the consolidated election, following the ballot for municipal
and township offices shall be the ballots for park district
and library district offices, following which shall be the
ballots for other political subdivision offices in the order
determined by the election authority.
The election authority, in determining the order of
ballot placement for offices of political subdivisions whose
ballot placement is not specified in this Section, shall give
due regard to the clarity of the ballot presentation to the
voters, cost and administrative ease, and the requirement to
provide separate ballot formats within precincts in which the
electors are not entitled to vote for the same offices or
propositions. At the request of a political subdivision
which extends into more than one election jurisdiction, the
election authority shall endeavor to coordinate placement and
color of the ballot for such subdivision with the other
election authorities responsible for preparing ballots for
such subdivision election. The election authority may
conduct a lottery to determine the order of ballot placement
of political subdivision ballots where such order is not
specified in this Section. Such lottery may be conducted
jointly by two or more election authorities.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
(10 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2)
Sec. 24-1.2. Paper ballots may be used for the conduct
of the non-partisan election and the consolidated election
elections in odd-numbered years, the special municipal
primary in even-numbered years, and emergency referenda held
at any time, except in regular elections in which the only
offices or propositions on the ballot are for political
subdivisions for which offices have heretofore been voted on
using voting machines or electronic voting systems and except
as otherwise provided by regulation of the State Board of
Elections adopted pursuant to this Section.
The State Board of Elections may adopt regulations
requiring the use of voting machines or electronic voting
devices, as are available in the jurisdiction of the election
authority, in such elections. Such regulations shall be
applicable uniformly statewide, and shall require the use of
such voting equipment only in those elections and only in
those precincts where (1) the ballots to be voted are
complex, due to large numbers of offices, candidates, or
public questions required to be on the ballot, (2) the number
of political subdivisions whose officers or public questions
are to be included on the ballot is substantial, and (3) the
use of such voting equipment is efficient, cost effective,
and does not result in unjustified election expenses to be
reimbursed by the political subdivisions that will share such
expenses pursuant to Sections 17-30 through 17-33. Such
regulations may provide reasonable classifications based on
the above factors.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
Section 6. The Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
Auditorium Authority Act is amended by changing Section 17 as
follows:
(70 ILCS 345/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 1267)
Sec. 17. As soon as practicably possible after the
appointment of the initial members and, thereafter, within 15
days of each election of members, the Board shall organize
for the transaction of business, select a chairman,
vice-chairman, and a temporary secretary from its own number,
and adopt by-laws and regulations to govern its proceedings.
The initial chairman and his successors shall be elected by
the Board from time to time for the term of his office as a
member of the Board. Terms of members are subject to
Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 79-529.)
Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
by changing Sections 4.02 and 4a as follows:
(70 ILCS 705/4.02) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02)
Sec. 4.02. In a district governed by an elected or
appointed 5-member board, upon presentation of a petition,
signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the district
governed by the board, requesting that a proposition to
increase the board of trustees to a 7-member board be
submitted to the electors of the 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 number of trustees YES
of ..... Fire Protection District ------------------------
be increased from 5 to 7? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are
in the affirmative, the board of trustees of the district
shall thereafter be increased to a 7-member board and the 2
additional trustees shall be appointed as provided by Section
4.01 in a district governed by an appointed board of
trustees.
In a district governed by an elected 5-member board, if a
majority of the votes cast on such proposition are in the
affirmative, three trustees shall be elected at the next
consolidated nonpartisan election and shall serve one for 2
years, one for 4 years and one for 6 years, the length of the
term of each to be determined by lot at the first board
meeting following the election. Thereafter, one trustee or
two trustees, as necessary to maintain a 7-member board of
trustees, shall be elected at the election provided by the
general election law for a term of 6 years.
Trustees in office on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1987 shall continue to hold office for the
remainder of their terms. The term of each elected trustee
shall commence on the first Monday in the month following his
election and each shall hold office until his term expires
and until a successor is elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 85-535.)
(70 ILCS 705/4a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.1)
Sec. 4a. Any fire protection district organized under
this Act may determine, in either manner provided in the
following items (1) and (2) of this Section, to have an
elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees.
(1) If the district lies wholly within a single
township but does not also lie wholly within a
municipality, the township board of trustees may
determine, by ordinance, to have an elected board of
trustees.
(2) 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
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
Fire Protection District be --------------------
elected, rather than appointed? NO
-------------------------------------------------------------
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.
At the next regular election for trustees as provided by
the general election law, a district that has approved by
ordinance or referendum to have its trustees elected rather
than appointed shall elect 3, 5, or 7 trustees, as previously
determined by the organization of the district or as
increased under Section 4.01 or 4.02. The initial elected
trustees shall be elected for 2, 4, and 6 year terms. In a
district with 3 trustees, one trustee shall be elected for a
term of 2 years, one for a term of 4 years, and one for a
term of 6 years. In a district with 5 trustees, 2 shall be
elected for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one
for a term of 6 years. In a district with 7 trustees, 3
shall be elected for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4
years, and 2 for terms 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 first Monday of
the month following the month of his election and until his
successor is elected and qualified. The length of the terms
of the trustees first elected shall be determined by lot at
their first meeting. Except as otherwise provided in Section
2A-54 of the Election Code, thereafter, each trustee shall be
elected to serve for a term of 6 years commencing on the
first Monday of the month following the month of his election
and until his successor is elected and qualified.
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.
The provisions of Section 4 relating to eligibility,
powers and disabilities of trustees shall apply equally to
elected trustees.
Whenever a fire protection district determines to elect
trustees as provided in this Section, the trustees appointed
pursuant to Section 4 shall continue to constitute the board
of trustees until the first 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 4 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 first 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.
(Source: P.A. 88-440.)
Section 11. The School Code is amended by changing
Sections 6-17, 10-5, and 10-10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17)
Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
Code, on the first Monday in May January, following the first
election, or if such day is a holiday then the next day, the
regional superintendent of schools who shall be the
ex-officio secretary of the board shall convene the newly
elected regional board of school trustees for the purpose of
organization. Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of the
Election Code, at this meeting the members shall elect a
president from among their number who shall serve as
president for a term of 2 years and shall determine by lot
the length of the term of each member so that 2 shall serve
for a term of 2 years, 2 for 4 years and 3 for 6 years from
the first Monday of the month following the date of their
election. Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
Code, thereafter members shall be elected to serve for a term
of 6 years from the first Monday of the month following the
date of their election or until their successors are elected
and qualified.
All succeeding meetings for the purpose of organization
shall be held on the first Monday in May January following
the election; however, in case the first Monday in May
January is a holiday the organization meeting shall be held
on the next day.
If educational service regions are consolidated under
Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 of this Act, however, the expiring terms
of members of each regional board of school trustees in those
regions being consolidated shall be extended so as to
terminate on the first Monday of August of the year that
consolidation takes effect, as defined in Section 3A-5 of
this Act, and, on such day, the Regional Superintendent of
the consolidated region shall convene all the members of each
regional board of school trustees in the consolidated region,
and shall by lot select from among such trustees an interim
regional board of school trustees for the consolidated region
in accord with the specifications as to membership and
residency in Section 6-2. The interim board so selected
shall serve until their successors are elected at the
succeeding regular election of regional school trustees and
have qualified. A single regional board of school trustees
shall be elected at such succeeding regular election to take
office on the first Monday of the month following such
election. The board elected for the consolidated region
shall be convened on such first Monday of the month following
such election for organizational purposes, to elect a
president and determine terms for its members by lot as
provided in this Section. The respective regional boards of
school trustees of educational service regions involved in
consolidations under Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 shall cease to
exist at the time the board elected for the consolidated
region is so organized.
(Source: P.A. 80-231; 80-1469; 80-1494.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)
Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer
and regional superintendent of schools. Within 7 days after
the regular election of directors, the directors shall meet
and organize by appointing one of their number president and
another as clerk. The clerk shall at once report to the
treasurer and regional superintendent of schools the names of
the president and clerk so appointed. Terms of members are
subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-10)
Sec. 10-10. Board of education - Term - Vacancy. All
school districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000
and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, as ascertained by any
special or general census, and not governed by special Acts,
shall be governed by a board of education consisting of 7
members, serving without compensation except as herein
provided. Each member shall be elected for a term of 4
years. If 5 members are elected in 1983 pursuant to the
extension of terms provided by law for transition to the
consolidated election schedule under the general election
law, 2 of those members shall be elected to serve terms of 2
years and 3 shall be elected to serve terms of 4 years; their
successors shall serve for a 4 year term. When the voters of
a district have voted to elect members of the board of
education for 6 year terms, as provided in Section 9-5, the
terms of office of members of the board of education of that
district expire when their successors assume office but not
later than 7 days after such election. If at the regular
school election held in the first odd-numbered year after the
determination to elect members for 6 year terms 2 members are
elected, they shall serve for a 6 year term; and of the
members elected at the next regular school election 3 shall
serve for a term of 6 years and 2 shall serve a term of 2
years. Thereafter members elected in such districts shall be
elected to a 6 year term. If at the regular school election
held in the first odd-numbered year after the determination
to elect members for 6 year terms 3 members are elected, they
shall serve for a 6 year term; and of the members elected at
the next regular school election 2 shall serve for a term of
2 years and 2 shall serve for a term of 6 years. Thereafter
members elected in such districts shall be elected to a 6
year term. If at the regular school election held in the
first odd-numbered year after the determination to elect
members for 6 year terms 4 members are elected, 3 shall serve
for a term of 6 years and one shall serve for a term of 2
years; and of the members elected at the next regular school
election 2 shall serve for terms of 6 years and 2 shall serve
for terms of 2 years. Thereafter members elected in such
districts shall be elected to a 6 year term. If at the
regular school election held in the first odd-numbered year
after the determination to elect members for a 6 year term 5
members are elected, 3 shall serve for a term of 6 years and
2 shall serve for a term of 2 years; and of the members
elected at the next regular school election 2 shall serve for
terms of 6 years and 2 shall serve for terms of 2 years.
Thereafter members elected in such districts shall be elected
to a 6 year term. An Election for board members shall not be
held in school districts which by consolidation, annexation
or otherwise shall cease to exist as a school district within
six months after the election date, and the term of all board
members which would otherwise terminate shall be continued
until such district shall cease to exist. Each member shall,
on the date of his election, be a citizen of the United
States of the age of 18 years or over, a resident of the
state and the territory of the district for at least one year
immediately preceding his election, a registered voter as
provided in the general election law, and shall not be a
school trustee or a school treasurer. When the board of
education is the successor of the school directors, all
rights of property, and all rights regarding causes of action
existing or vested in such directors, shall vest in it as
fully as they were vested in the school directors. Terms of
members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
unless the candidate named therein files with the secretary
of the board of education or with a person designated by the
board to receive nominating petitions a receipt from the
county clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement
of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so filed
either previously during the calendar year in which his
nomination papers were filed or within the period for the
filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
election law.
Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall
notify the regional superintendent of that vacancy within 5
days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill the
vacancy until the next regular school election, at which
election a successor shall be elected to serve the remainder
of the unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with
less than 868 days remaining in the term, or if the vacancy
occurs less than 88 days before the next regularly scheduled
election for this office then the person so appointed shall
serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and no election to
fill the vacancy shall be held. Should they fail so to act,
within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, the regional
superintendent of schools under whose supervision and control
the district is operating, as defined in Section 3-14.2 of
this Act, shall within 30 days after the remaining members
have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as provided
for herein. Upon the regional superintendent's failure to
fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled at the next
regularly scheduled election. Whether elected or appointed
by the remaining members or regional superintendent, the
successor shall be an inhabitant of the particular area from
which his or her predecessor was elected if the residential
requirements contained in Section 11A-8, 11B-7, or 12-2 of
this Act apply.
(Source: P.A. 89-129, eff. 7-14-95; 89-579, eff. 7-30-96.)
Section 15. The Public Community College Act is amended
by changing Sections 2-12.1, 3-7, and 3-8 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/2-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12.1)
Sec. 2-12.1. Experimental district; abolition of
experimental district and establishment of new community
college district.
(a) The State Board shall establish an experimental
community college district, referred to in this Act as the
"experimental district", to be comprised of territory which
includes the City of East St. Louis, Illinois. The State
Board shall determine the area and fix the boundaries of the
territory of the experimental district. Within 30 days of the
establishment of the experimental district, the State Board
shall file with the county clerk of the county, or counties,
concerned a map showing the territory of the experimental
district.
Within the experimental district, the State Board shall
establish, maintain and operate, until the experimental
district is abolished and a new community college district is
established under subsection (c), an experimental community
college to be known as the State Community College of East
St. Louis.
(b) (Blank).
(c) The experimental district shall be abolished and
replaced by a new community college district as follows:
(1) The establishment of the new community college
district shall become effective for all purposes on July
1, 1996, notwithstanding any minimum population,
equalized assessed valuation or other requirements
provided by Section 3-1 or any other provision of this
Act for the establishment of a community college
district.
(2) The experimental district established pursuant
to subsection (a) shall be abolished on July 1, 1996 when
the establishment of the new community college district
becomes effective for all purposes.
(3) The territory of the new community college
district shall be comprised of the territory of, and its
boundaries shall be coterminous with the boundaries of
the experimental district which it will replace, as those
boundaries existed on November 7, 1995.
(4) Notwithstanding the fact that the establishment
of the new community college district does not become
effective for all purposes until July 1, 1996, the
election for the members of the initial board of the new
community college district, to consist of 7 members,
shall be held at the nonpartisan election in November of
1995 in the manner provided by the general election law,
nominating petitions for members of the initial board
shall be filed with the regional superintendent in the
manner provided by Section 3-7.10 with respect to newly
organized districts, and the persons entitled to nominate
and to vote at the election for the members of the board
of the new community college district shall be the
electors in the territory referred to in paragraph (3) of
this subsection. In addition, for purposes of the levy,
extension, and collection of taxes as provided in
paragraph (5.5) of this subsection and for the purposes
of establishing the territory and boundaries of the new
community college district within and for which those
taxes are to be levied, the new community college
district shall be deemed established and effective when
the 7 members of the initial board of the new community
college district are elected and take office as provided
in this subsection (c).
(5) Each member elected to the initial board of the
new community college district must, on the date of his
election, be a citizen of the United States, of the age
of 18 years or over, and a resident of the State and the
territory referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection
for at least one year preceding his election. Election
to the initial board of the new community college
district of a person who on July 1, 1996 is a member of a
common school board constitutes his resignation from, and
creates a vacancy on that common school board effective
July 1, 1996.
(5.5) The members first elected to the board of
trustees shall take office on the first Monday of
December, 1995, for the sole and limited purpose of
levying, at the rates specified in the proposition
submitted to the electors under subsection (b), taxes for
the educational purposes and for the operations and
maintenance of facilities purposes of the new community
college district. The taxes shall be levied in calendar
year 1995 for extension and collection in calendar year
1996, notwithstanding the fact that the new community
college district does not become effective for the
purposes of administration of the community college until
July 1, 1996. The regional superintendent shall convene
the meeting under this paragraph and the members shall
organize for the purpose of that meeting by electing, pro
tempore, a chairperson and a secretary. At that meeting
the board is authorized to levy taxes for educational
purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities
purposes as authorized in this paragraph without adopting
any budget for the new community college district and
shall certify the levy to the appropriate county clerk or
county clerks in accordance with law. The county clerks
shall extend the levy notwithstanding any law that
otherwise requires adoption of a budget before extension
of the levy. The funds produced by the levy made under
this paragraph to the extent received by a county
collector before July 1, 1996 shall immediately be
invested in lawful investments and held by the county
collector for payment and transfer to the new community
college district, along with all accrued interest or
other earnings accrued on the investment, as provided by
law on July 1, 1996. All funds produced by the levy and
received by a county collector on or after July 1, 1996
shall be transferred to the new community college
district as provided by law at such time as they are
received by the county collector.
(5.75) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section or the fact that establishment of the new
community college district as provided in this subsection
does not take effect until July 1, 1996, the members
first elected to the board of trustees of the new
community college district are authorized to meet,
beginning on June 1, 1996 and thereafter for purposes of:
(i) arranging for and approving educational programs,
ancillary services, staffing, and associated expenditures
that relate to the offering by the new community college
district of educational programs beginning on or after
July 1, 1996 and before the fall term of the 1996-97
academic year, and (ii) otherwise facilitating the
orderly transition of operations from the experimental
district known as State Community College of East St.
Louis to the new community college district established
under this subsection. The persons elected to serve, pro
tempore, as chairperson and secretary of the board for
purposes of paragraph (5.5) shall continue to serve in
that capacity for purposes of this paragraph (5.75).
(6) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs
(5.5) and (5.75), each of the members first elected to
the board of the new community college district shall
take office on July 1, 1996, and the Illinois Community
College Board, publicly by lot and not later than July 1,
1996, shall determine the length of term to be served by
each member of the initial board as follows: 2 shall
serve until their successors are elected at the
nonpartisan election in 1997 and have qualified, 2 shall
serve until their successors are elected at the
consolidated nonpartisan election in 1999 and have
qualified, and 3 shall serve until their successors are
elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election in 2001
and have qualified. Their successors shall serve 6 year
terms. Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of
the Election Code.
(7) The regional superintendent shall convene the
initial board of the new community college district on
July 1, 1996, and the non-voting student member initially
selected to that board as provided in Section 3-7.24
shall serve a term beginning on the date of selection and
expiring on the next succeeding April 15. Upon being
convened on July 1, 1996, the board shall proceed to
organize in accordance with Section 3-8, and shall
thereafter continue to exercise the powers and duties of
a board in the manner provided by law for all boards of
community college districts except where obviously
inapplicable or otherwise provided by this Act.
Vacancies shall be filled, and members shall serve
without compensation subject to reimbursement for
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their
service as members, as provided in Section 3-7. The duly
elected and organized board of the new community college
district shall levy taxes at a rate not to exceed .175
percent for educational purposes and at a rate not to
exceed .05 percent for operations and maintenance of
facilities purposes; provided that the board may act to
increase such rates at a regular election in accordance
with Section 3-14 and the general election law.
(d) Upon abolition of the experimental district and
establishment of the new community college district as
provided in this Section, all tangible personal property,
including inventory, equipment, supplies, and library books,
materials, and collections, belonging to the experimental
district and State Community College of East St. Louis at the
time of their abolition under this Section shall be deemed
transferred, by operation of law, to the board of trustees of
the new community college district. In addition, all real
property, and the improvements situated thereon, held by
State Community College of East St. Louis or on its behalf by
its board of trustees shall, upon abolition of the
experimental district and college as provided in this
Section, be conveyed by the Illinois Community College Board,
in the manner prescribed by law, to the board of trustees of
the new community college district established under this
Section for so long as that real property is used for the
conduct and operation of a public community college and the
related purposes of a public community college district of
this State. Neither the new community college district nor
its board of trustees shall have any responsibility to any
vendor or other person making a claim relating to the
property, inventory, or equipment so transferred.
(Source: P.A. 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96.)
(110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)
Sec. 3-7. The election of the members of the board of
trustees shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time
and in the manner provided in the general election law.
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be
elected to serve 6 year terms. The term of members elected
in 1985 and thereafter shall be from the date the member is
officially determined to be elected to the board by a canvass
conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the
winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass
conducted pursuant to the Election Code the next time the
seat on the board is to be filled by election.
A board of trustees of a community college district which
is contiguous or has been contiguous to an experimental
community college district as authorized and defined by
Article IV of this Act may, on its own motion, or shall, upon
the petition of the lesser of 1/10 or 2,000 of the voters
registered in the district, order submitted to the voters of
the district at the next general election the proposition for
the election of board members by trustee district rather than
at large, and such proposition shall thereupon be certified
by the secretary of the board to the proper election
authority in accordance with the general election law for
submission.
If the proposition is approved by a majority of those
voting on the proposition, the State Board of Elections, in
1991, shall reapportion the trustee districts to reflect the
results of the last decennial census, and shall divide the
community college district into 7 trustee districts, each of
which shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in
population to each other district. In 2001, and in the year
following each decennial census thereafter, the board of
trustees of community college District #522 shall reapportion
the trustee districts to reflect the results of the census,
and shall divide the community college district into 7
trustee districts, each of which shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in population to each
other district. The division of the community college
district into trustee districts shall be completed and
formally approved by a majority of the members appointed to
the State Board of Elections with respect to the initial
division of the community college district into 7 trustee
districts in 1991, and by a majority of the members of the
board of trustees of community college District #522 with
respect to the year following each decennial census
thereafter, not less than 60 days before the last date
established by the general election law for the submission of
nominating petitions for the next regularly scheduled
election for community college trustees. At the same meeting
of the board of trustees, the board shall, publicly by lot,
divide the trustee districts as equally as possible into 2
groups. Trustees or their successors from one group shall be
elected for successive terms of 4 years and 6 years; and
members or their successors from the second group shall be
elected for successive terms of 6 years and 4 years. One
member shall be elected from each such trustee district.
Each member must on the date of his election be a citizen
of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and a
resident of the State and the territory which on the date of
the election is included in the community college district
for at least one year immediately preceding his election. In
the event a person who is a member of a common school board
is elected or appointed to a board of trustees of a community
college district, that person shall be permitted to serve the
remainder of his or her term of office as a member of the
common school board. Upon the expiration of the common school
board term, that person shall not be eligible for election or
appointment to a common school board during the term of
office with the community college district board of trustees.
Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall
fill the vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve
until a successor is elected at the next regular election for
board members and is certified in accordance with Sections
22-17 and 22-18 of the Election Code. If the remaining
members fail so to act within 60 days after the vacancy
occurs, the chairman of the State Board shall fill that
vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve until a
successor is elected at the next regular election for board
members and is certified in accordance with Sections 22-17
and 22-18 of the Election Code. The person appointed to fill
the vacancy shall have the same residential qualifications as
his predecessor in office was required to have. In either
instance, if the vacancy occurs with less than 4 months
remaining before the next scheduled consolidated nonpartisan
election, and the term of office of the board member vacating
the position is not scheduled to expire at that election,
then the term of the person so appointed shall extend through
that election and until the succeeding consolidated
nonpartisan election. If the term of office of the board
member vacating the position is scheduled to expire at the
upcoming consolidated nonpartisan election, the appointed
member shall serve only until a successor is elected and
qualified at that election.
Members of the board shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with their service as members. Compensation, for
purposes of this Section, means any salary or other benefits
not expressly authorized by this Act to be provided or paid
to, for or on behalf of members of the board. The board of
each community college district may adopt a policy providing
for the issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board
member who requests the same in writing and agrees to use the
card only for the reasonable expenses which he or she incurs
in connection with his or her service as a board member.
Expenses charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for
separately and shall be submitted to the chief financial
officer of the district for review prior to being reported to
the board at its next regular meeting.
Except in an election of the initial board for a new
community college district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1,
the ballot for the election of members of the board for a
community college district shall indicate the length of term
for each office to be filled. In the election of a board for
any community college district, the ballot shall not contain
any political party designation.
(Source: P.A. 87-707; 87-776; 87-895; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)
(110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new
board shall hold its organizational meeting on or before the
14th day after the election. If the election is the initial
election ordered by the regional superintendent, the
organizational meeting shall be convened by the regional
superintendent, who shall preside over the meeting until the
election for chairman, vice chairman and secretary of board
is completed. At all other organizational meetings, the
chairman of the board, or, in his or her absence, the
president of the community college or acting chief executive
officer of the college shall convene the new board, and
conduct the election for chairman, vice chairman and
secretary. The board shall then proceed with its
organization under the newly elected board officers, and
shall fix a time and place for its regular meetings. It
shall than enter upon the discharge of its duties. The terms
of board office shall be 2 years, except that the board by
resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to
be one year, and provide for the election of officers for the
remaining one year period. Terms of members are subject to
Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
Special meetings of the board may be called by the
chairman or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice
thereof in writing stating the time, place and purpose of the
meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before
the meeting or by personal service 24 hours before the
meeting.
At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
public, members of the public and employees of the community
college district shall be afforded time, subject to
reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the
board.
(Source: P.A. 86-758; 86-1032; 87-707; 87-915.)