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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3179 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning commissioners in certain counties.
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| | HB3179 | | LRB099 06838 AWJ 26912 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2-4006.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-4006.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-4006.5. Commissioners in certain counties.
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| 8 | | (a) If a county elects 3
commissioners at large under |
| 9 | | Section 2-4006, registered voters of such
county may, by a vote |
| 10 | | of a majority of those voting on such proposition,
determine to |
| 11 | | change the method of electing the board of county commissioners
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| 12 | | by electing either 3 or 5 members from single
member districts.
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| 13 | | In order for such question to be placed upon the ballot, such |
| 14 | | petition must
contain the signatures of not fewer than 10% of |
| 15 | | the the registered voters of such
county.
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| 16 | | Commissioners may not be elected from single member |
| 17 | | districts until the
question of electing either 3 or 5 |
| 18 | | commissioners from single
member districts has been submitted |
| 19 | | to the
electors of the county at a regular election and |
| 20 | | approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question. |
| 21 | | The commissioners must certify the question
to
the proper |
| 22 | | election authority, which must submit the question at an |
| 23 | | election in
accordance with the Election Code.
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| 1 | | The question must be in substantially the following form:
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| 2 | | Shall the board of county commissioners of (name of
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| 3 | | county) consist of (insert either 3 or 5) commissioners |
| 4 | | elected from
single member districts?
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| 5 | | The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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| 6 | | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
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| 7 | | in the affirmative, a 3-member or 5-member board of county |
| 8 | | commissioners,
as the case may be,
shall be established to be |
| 9 | | elected
from single member
districts.
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| 10 | | (b) If the voters of the county decide to elect either 3 or |
| 11 | | 5 commissioners
from single member districts, the
board of |
| 12 | | county commissioners shall on or before
August 31 of the year |
| 13 | | following the 2000 federal decennial census divide the
county |
| 14 | | into either 3 or 5 compact and contiguous county
commission |
| 15 | | districts that are substantially equal in population. On or |
| 16 | | before
May 31 of the year following each federal decennial |
| 17 | | census thereafter, the
board of county commissioners
shall |
| 18 | | reapportion the county commission districts to be compact, |
| 19 | | contiguous,
and substantially equal in population.
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| 20 | | (c) The commissioners elected at large at or before
the |
| 21 | | general election in 2000 shall continue to serve until the |
| 22 | | expiration
of their terms. Of those commissioners, the |
| 23 | | commissioner whose term expires in
2002 shall be assigned to |
| 24 | | district 1; the commissioner whose term expires in
2004 shall |
| 25 | | be assigned to district 2; and the commissioner whose term |
| 26 | | expires
in 2006 shall be assigned to district 3.
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| 1 | | (d) If the voters of the county decide to elect 5 |
| 2 | | commissioners from single
member districts, at the general |
| 3 | | election in 2002, one commissioner from and
residing in each of |
| 4 | | districts 1, 4, and 5 shall be elected. At the general
election |
| 5 | | in 2004, one commissioner from and residing in each of |
| 6 | | districts
1, 2, and 5 shall be elected. At the general election |
| 7 | | in
2006, one commissioner from and residing in each of |
| 8 | | districts 2, 3, and 4
shall be elected. At
the general election |
| 9 | | in 2008, one commissioner from and residing in each of
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| 10 | | districts 1, 3, and
5 shall be elected. At the general election |
| 11 | | in 2010, one commissioner from
each of districts 2 and 4 shall |
| 12 | | be elected. At the general election in 2012,
commissioners from |
| 13 | | and residing in each district shall be elected.
Thereafter, |
| 14 | | commissioners
shall be elected at each general election to fill |
| 15 | | expired terms.
Each commissioner must reside in the district |
| 16 | | that he or she represents from
the time that he or she files |
| 17 | | his or her nomination papers until his or her
term expires.
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| 18 | | In the year following the decennial census of 2010 and |
| 19 | | every 10 years
thereafter, the commissioners, publicly by
lot, |
| 20 | | shall divide the districts into 2 groups. One group
shall serve |
| 21 | | terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years and one group shall |
| 22 | | serve
terms of 2
years, 4 years, and 4
years.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 91-846, eff. 6-22-00; 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)
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