HB2173 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2173

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross - John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/2-1005

from Ch. 34, par. 2-1005

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding quorum.

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 2-1005 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/2-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1005)

Sec. 2-1005. Quorum; approval of ordinances. A majority of the the members of any county board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and all questions which shall arise at meetings shall be determined by the votes of the majority of the members present, except in such cases as is otherwise provided.

A county board in a county where the chairman is elected at large may upon passage, adoption or enactment of a specific ordinance apply the following provisions: Any ordinance passed, adopted or otherwise enacted by the board in a county where the chairman is elected at large shall be presented to the chairman before it becomes effective. If the chairman approves such ordinance, resolution or motion, he shall sign it and it shall become law on the date prescribed; if not, he shall return it to the board within 10 business days with his objections and the board shall proceed to reconsider the matter at its next meeting, to be held within 30 business days of the board's receipt of the chairman's objections. If after such reconsideration a majority of the members of the board pass such ordinance, it shall become effective on the date prescribed but not earlier than the date of passage following reconsideration. If any ordinance is not returned by the chairman to the board within 10 business days after it has been presented to him, it shall become effective at the end of the 10th day.

(Source: P.A. 86-926.)