10 ILCS 106/15

(10 ILCS 106/15)

Sec. 15.

Definitions and exceptions.

(a) All counties, townships, census tracts, block groups, and blocks are
those that
appear on maps published by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2000
census. The
term "tract" means census tract.  Districts created by this Act
for the
purpose of electing members of the board of review in Cook County shall not be
altered by operation of any other statute, ordinance, or
resolution.

(b) Any part of Cook County that has not been described as included in one
of
the
districts described in this Act is included within the district that (i) is
contiguous to
the part and (ii) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to
the part
according to the 2000 decennial census of Illinois.

(c) If any part of Cook County is described in this Act as being in more
than
one
district, the part is included within the district that (i) is one of the
districts in which
that part is listed in this Act, (ii) is contiguous to that part, and (iii)
contains the
least population according to the 2000 decennial census of Illinois.

(d) If any part of Cook County (i) is described in this Act as being in one
district and
(ii) is entirely surrounded by another district, then the part shall be
incorporated into
the district that surrounds the part.

(e) If any part of Cook County (i) is described in this Act as being in one
district and
(ii) is not contiguous to another part of that district, then the part is
included with the
contiguous district that contains the least population according to the 2000
decennial
census of Illinois.

(f) The Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of the House, the
President of the
Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall by joint letter of
transmittal present
to the Secretary of State for deposit into the State Archives an official set
of United
States Bureau of the Census maps and descriptions used for conducting the 2000
census, and
those maps shall serve as the official record of all counties, townships,
census tracts,
block groups, and blocks referred to in this Act.

(g) The State Board of Elections shall prepare and make available to the
public a
metes and bounds description of the districts created under this
Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-462, eff. 8-22-01.)