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90_SB0617
10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11
Amends the Election Code. Provides that when a vacancy
occurs in any elective county office in a county which is not
a home rule unit, the county central committee of the
political party of which the incumbent was a candidate at the
time of his or her election shall submit a list of 3 nominees
to fill the vacancy to the chairman of the county board
within 30 days after the vacancy. Provides that the
appointee shall be one of the 3 nominees on the list
submitted to the chairman of the county board, a member of
the same political party as the person he or she succeds was
at the time of his or her election, and otherwise eligible to
serve (now a member of the same political party and otherwise
eligible to serve).
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 25-11.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 25-11 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
8 Sec. 25-11. County officers. When a vacancy occurs in
9 any elective county office in a county which is not a home
10 rule unit, the county board shall declare that such vacancy
11 exists and notification thereof shall be given to the county
12 central committee or the appropriate county board district
13 committee of each established political party within 3 days
14 of the occurrence of the vacancy. The county central
15 committee of the political party of which the incumbent was a
16 candidate at the time of his or her election shall submit a
17 list of 3 nominees to fill the vacancy to the chairman of the
18 county board within 30 days after the occurrence of the
19 vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
20 appointment of the chairman of the county board with the
21 advice and consent of the county board. The appointee shall
22 be one of the 3 nominees on the list submitted to the
23 chairman of the county board, a member of the same political
24 party as the person he or she succeeds was at the time of
25 his or her election, and shall be otherwise eligible to
26 serve. The appointee shall serve the remainder of the
27 unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in
28 the term, the appointment shall be until the next general
29 election at which time the vacated county office shall be
30 filled by election for the remainder of the term. In the
31 case of a vacancy in a seat on a county board which has been
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1 divided into districts under "An Act relating to the
2 composition of an election of county boards in certain
3 counties", approved October 2, 1969, as amended, the
4 appointee must also be a resident of the county board
5 district.
6 Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by
7 law, in any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in
8 elective county offices, other than the office of chief
9 executive officer, shall be filled by the county board.
10 (Source: P.A. 84-790.)