SB3644 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3644

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Chris Lauzen

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-5001

from Ch. 34, par. 3-5001

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the county clerk as the recorder.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 3-5001 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5001)

Sec. 3-5001. County clerk as recorder; election of recorder. The county clerk in in counties having a population of less than 60,000 inhabitants shall be the recorder in his county.

In counties having a population of 60,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be elected a recorder, as provided by law, who shall hold his office until his successor is qualified.

If the population of any county in which a recorder has been elected decreases to less than 60,000, the voters of that county shall continue to elect a recorder if the county board adopts a resolution to continue the office of an elected recorder.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)