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HB1965 Engrossed                               LRB9104624DJcb

 1        AN   ACT   to   amend  the  State's  Attorneys  Appellate
 2    Prosecutor's Act by changing Section 3.

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

 5        Section  5.  The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's
 6    Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 14, par. 203)
 8        Sec. 3.  There is  created  the  Office  of  the  State's
 9    Attorneys   Appellate   Prosecutor  as  an  agency  of  state
10    government.
11        (a)  The  Office  of  the  State's  Attorneys   Appellate
12    Prosecutor  shall  be  governed by a board of governors which
13    shall consist of 10 members as follows:
14        (1)  Eight State's Attorneys, 2 to be elected  from  each
15    District containing less than 3,000,000 inhabitants;
16        (2)  The State's Attorney of Cook County; and
17        (3)  One  State's Attorney to be appointed by the other 9
18    members.
19        (b)  Voting for elected members shall be by District with
20    each of the State's Attorneys voting  from  their  respective
21    district.    Each  board  member  must  be  duly  elected  or
22    appointed and serving as State's  Attorney  in  the  district
23    from which he was elected or appointed.
24        (c)  Members  shall  serve for a term of 2 years one year
25    commencing on the first day of July, 1999,  and  until  their
26    successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
27        (d)  An  annual election of members of the board shall be
28    held during the month  of  June,  1999,  and  every  2  years
29    thereafter.  The  board  shall  certify  the  results of each
30    election to the Secretary of State.
31        (e)  The board shall promulgate rules  of  procedure  for
 
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 1    the  election  of its members and the conduct of its meetings
 2    and shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman and such other
 3    officers as it deems appropriate.  The board  shall  meet  at
 4    least  once  every  3  months,  and  in  addition  thereto as
 5    directed by the Chairman, or upon the special call of  any  5
 6    members  of  the  board,  in  writing,  sent to the Chairman,
 7    designating the time and place of the meeting.
 8        (f)  Five members of the board shall constitute a  quorum
 9    for the purpose of transacting business.
10        (g)  Members   of   the   board   shall   serve   without
11    compensation,  but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses
12    incurred in the performance of their duties.
13        (h)  A position shall be vacated  by  either  a  member's
14    resignation,   removal  or  inability  to  serve  as  State's
15    Attorney.
16        (i)  Vacancies on the board of elected members  shall  be
17    filled  within 90 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy by
18    a special election of held by the State's Attorneys of in the
19    district where the vacancy occurred.  A vacancy Vacancies  on
20    the  board  of  an the appointed member of the board shall be
21    filled within 90 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy  by
22    a  special  election  by  the members of the board.  A member
23    elected or appointed to fill a vacancy  such  position  shall
24    serve  for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  member  whom he is
25    succeeding.  Any member may be re-elected or re-appointed for
26    additional terms.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-1062.)

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.

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