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91_HB3617sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3617
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3617 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning local boards"; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
8 Sections 2-3002.5 and 2-3006 as follows:
9 (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
10 Sec. 2-3002.5. Beginning with members elected at the
11 general election in 2002 January 2, 2001, counties having a
12 population between 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000
13 decennial census shall have no more than 18 members on their
14 county board. If the chairman of the county board is elected
15 at-large by the voters of the county as provided in Section
16 2-3007, the chairman shall not be counted as a member of the
17 county board for the purpose of the limitations on the size
18 of the county board provided in this Section. Neither a
19 member nor the chairman of that county board shall serve
20 simultaneously as commissioner or president of the board of
21 commissioners of the forest preserve district. No person
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1 shall seek election to both the county board and the forest
2 preserve commission at the same election.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
4 (55 ILCS 5/2-3006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3006)
5 Sec. 2-3006. Failure to file apportionment plan; election
6 of board members at large. If no apportionment plan is filed
7 with the county clerk as required by this Division, the
8 members of the county board shall be elected at large in the
9 county. If the county board has determined the number of
10 members for the board, that number shall be elected;
11 otherwise, the number of members to be elected shall be the
12 largest number to which the county is entitled under Sections
13 2-3002 and 2-3002.5.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-926.)
15 Section 10. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
16 is amended by changing Sections 3c and 12 as follows:
17 (70 ILCS 805/3c)
18 Sec. 3c. Elected board of commissioners in certain
19 counties. If the boundaries of a district are co-extensive
20 with the boundaries of a county having a population of more
21 than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000, all commissioners of
22 the forest preserve district shall be elected from the same
23 districts as members of the county board beginning with the
24 general election held in 2002 and each succeeding general
25 election. One commissioner shall be elected from each
26 district. At their first meeting after their election in
27 2002 and following each subsequent decennial reapportionment
28 of the county under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code, the
29 elected commissioners shall publicly by lot divide themselves
30 into 3 2 groups, as equal in size as possible. Commissioners
31 from the first group shall serve for terms of 2, 4, and 4
32 years; commissioners from the second group shall serve for
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1 terms of 4, 2, and 4 years and commissioners from the second
2 third group shall serve terms of 4, 4, and 2 years.
3 Commissioners elected under this Section shall take office at
4 the first meeting of commissioners following an election of
5 commissioners. Beginning with the general election in 2002,
6 the president of the board of commissioners of the forest
7 preserve district shall be elected by the voters of the
8 county, rather than by the commissioners. The president
9 shall be elected throughout the county for a 4-year term
10 without having been first elected as commissioner of the
11 forest preserve district. Neither a commissioner nor the
12 president of the board of commissioners of that forest
13 preserve district shall serve simultaneously as member or
14 chairman of the county board. No person shall seek election
15 to both the forest preserve commission and the county board
16 at the same election. At that meeting, the commissioners
17 shall elect from among their number a president of the forest
18 preserve district board of commissioners to serve for a term
19 of 2 years. The board of commissioners shall set The
20 compensation for the president shall be an amount equal to
21 85% of the annual salary of the county board chairman. The
22 president, with the advice and consent of the board of
23 commissioners shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such
24 other officers as deemed necessary by the board of
25 commissioners, which officers need not be members of the
26 board of commissioners. The president shall have the powers
27 and duties as specified in Section 12 of this Act. Actions by
28 the board shall require a majority vote of the commissioners.
29 Candidates for commissioner shall be candidates of
30 established political parties.
31 If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, other
32 than by expiration of a commissioner's term, the president of
33 the board of commissioners shall, with the advice and consent
34 of other commissioners then serving, appoint an individual to
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1 serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The appointee
2 shall be affiliated with the same political party as the
3 commissioner in whose office the vacancy occurred and be a
4 resident of such district. If a vacancy in the office of
5 president occurs, other than by expiration of the president's
6 term, the remaining members of the board of commissioners
7 shall appoint one of the commissioners to serve as president
8 for the remainder of the unexpired term. If, however, more
9 than 28 months remain in the unexpired term of a commissioner
10 or the president, the appointment shall be until the next
11 consolidated election, at which time the vacated office of
12 commissioner or president shall be filled by election for the
13 remainder of the term.
14 The president and commissioners elected under this
15 Section may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses
16 actually incurred in performing their official duties under
17 this Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 3a.
18 The reimbursement paid under this Section shall be paid by
19 the forest preserve district.
20 Compensation for forest preserve commissioners elected
21 under this Section shall be the same as that of county board
22 members of the county with which the forest preserve
23 district's boundaries are co-extensive.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
25 (70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322)
26 Sec. 12. The president of the board of any district
27 organized hereunder, shall preside at all meetings of the
28 board, and be the executive officer of the district, and be a
29 member of the board. He shall sign all ordinances,
30 resolutions and other papers necessary to be signed and shall
31 execute all contracts entered into by the district and
32 perform other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. He
33 may veto any ordinance and any orders, resolutions and
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1 actions, or any items therein contained, of the board which
2 provide for the purchase of real estate, or for the
3 construction of improvements within the preserves of the
4 district. Such veto shall be filed with the secretary of the
5 board within 5 days after the passage of the ordinance,
6 order, resolution or action and when so vetoed the ordinance,
7 order, resolution or action or any item therein contained is
8 not effective unless it is again passed by two-thirds vote of
9 all the members of the board. The president may vote in the
10 same manner as the other members of the board. In the
11 temporary absence or inability of the president, the members
12 of the board may elect from their own number a president, pro
13 tem.
14 The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the
15 journal of the board's proceedings, upon the passage of all
16 ordinances and all proposals to create any liability, or for
17 the expenditure or appropriation of money. The concurrence of
18 a majority of all the members elected or appointed to the
19 board is necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or
20 proposal. In all other cases the "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be
21 taken at the request of any member of the board and shall be
22 entered on the journal of the board's proceedings."
23 (Source: P.A. 85-933.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.".