Full Text of HB2928 97th General Assembly
HB2928ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Renée Kosel Filed: 3/2/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2928
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2928 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 5727 of the 96th | 5 | | General Assembly becomes law, then the Counties Code is amended | 6 | | by changing Section 2-3003 as follows:
| 7 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
| 8 | | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
| 9 | | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | 10 | | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | 11 | | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | 12 | | board members to be elected from each district and whether | 13 | | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | 14 | | districts. Each such district:
| 15 | | a. Shall be equal in population to each other district;
| 16 | | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as |
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| 1 | | nearly compact as
practicable; and
| 2 | | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | 3 | | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | 4 | | paragraph a. of this Section.
| 5 | | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | 6 | | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | 7 | | insofar as is practicable.
| 8 | | (2) The county board of each county having a population of | 9 | | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | 10 | | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | 11 | | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | 12 | | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | 13 | | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | 14 | | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | 15 | | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | 16 | | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | 17 | | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | 18 | | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | 19 | | any single member district, times the number of members
found | 20 | | within that multi-member district. | 21 | | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | 22 | | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | 23 | | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | 24 | | present to the Board by the second third Wednesday in April May | 25 | | in the year after a federal decennial census year an | 26 | | apportionment plan in accordance with the provisions of |
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| 1 | | subsection (1) of this Section. If the Chairman presents a plan | 2 | | to the Board by the second third Wednesday in April May , the | 3 | | Board shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive | 4 | | comments and to discuss the apportionment plan, the hearing | 5 | | shall be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days after | 6 | | the Chairman's plan was presented to the Board, and the public | 7 | | shall be given notice of the hearing at least 6 days in | 8 | | advance. If the Chairman presents a plan by the second third | 9 | | Wednesday in April May , the Board is prohibited from enacting | 10 | | an apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan | 11 | | presented by the Chairman. The Chairman shall have access to | 12 | | the federal decennial census available to the Board. | 13 | | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | 14 | | voters of the county as provided in 2-5007 of the Counties | 15 | | Code, the County Executive may develop and present to the Board | 16 | | by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a federal | 17 | | decennial census year an apportionment plan in accordance with | 18 | | the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section. If the | 19 | | Executive presents a plan to the Board by the third Wednesday | 20 | | in May, the Board shall conduct at least one public hearing to | 21 | | receive comments and to discuss the apportionment plan, the | 22 | | hearing shall be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days | 23 | | after the Executive's plan was presented to the Board, and the | 24 | | public shall be given notice of the hearing at least 6 days in | 25 | | advance. If the Executive presents a plan by the third | 26 | | Wednesday in May, the Board is prohibited from enacting an |
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| 1 | | apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan presented | 2 | | by the Executive. The Executive shall have access to the | 3 | | federal decennial census available to the Board.
| 4 | | (Source: 09600HB5727enr.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law, or upon House Bill 5727 becoming law, whichever | 7 | | is later.".
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