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91_SB0009
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1 AN ACT concerning county officers.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 2A-1.2 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
7 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections; offices
8 designated.
9 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
10 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
11 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
12 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
13 United States;
14 (2) United States Senator and United States
15 Representative;
16 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
17 (4) State Senator and State Representative;
18 (5) County elected officers, including State's
19 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
20 elected President or elected Chairman of the County Board
21 or County Chief Executive;
22 (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
23 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
24 counties or educational service regions in which that
25 office has been abolished;
26 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
27 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
28 and newly created judicial offices;
29 (9) (Blank);
30 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
31 of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
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1 Districts;
2 (11) Special District elected officers, not
3 otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
4 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
5 requires an annual election and permits or requires
6 election of candidates of political parties.
7 (b) At the general primary election:
8 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
9 political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
10 be filled at the general election in that year, except
11 where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
12 political parties is made by caucus.
13 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
14 political party offices of State central committeeman,
15 township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
16 committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
17 delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
18 elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
19 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
20 to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
21 primary shall also be on the ballot.
22 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the
23 municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
24 municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
25 of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
26 Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
27 charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
28 filled at an election held on the date of the general
29 primary election, provided that the municipal election
30 shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
31 Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
32 elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
33 candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
34 general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
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1 weeks preceding that election.
2 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
3 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
4 to the members of the board of education whose terms
5 expire in the year in which the general primary is held
6 shall be elected.
7 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
8 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
9 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
10 municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
11 municipal office are not permitted by law to be
12 candidates of political parties, the runoff election
13 where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
14 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
15 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
16 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
17 providing the form of government of the municipality
18 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
19 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
20 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
21 (2) Village and incorporated town library
22 directors;
23 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
24 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
25 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
26 (6) Special District elected officers, not
27 otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
28 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
29 permits or requires election of candidates of political
30 parties;
31 (7) Township officers, including township park
32 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
33 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
34 Assessors;
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1 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
2 (9) Members of school boards in school districts
3 which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
4 (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
5 Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
6 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
7 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
8 District Act;
9 (12) Elected members of school boards, school
10 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
11 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
12 counties or educational service regions having a
13 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
14 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
15 school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School
16 Code;
17 (13) Members of Community College district boards;
18 (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
19 (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
20 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
21 (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
22 Districts;
23 (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
24 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
25 governing those districts does not permit candidates of
26 political parties.
27 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
28 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
29 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
30 election in that year, except where pursuant to law
31 nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
32 caucus, and except those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
33 through (17) of subsection (c).
34 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
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1 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
2 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
3 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
4 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
5 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
6 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
7 a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
8 law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
9 candidates of political parties.
10 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
11 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
12 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
13 by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
14 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
15 Constitution.
16 (e) (Blank).
17 (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1,
18 public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
19 Code and any special election otherwise required or
20 authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
21 to this Code.
22 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
23 officers established in this Article, whenever a referendum
24 is held for the establishment of a political subdivision
25 whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
26 be elected at the election at which such referendum is held
27 if otherwise so provided by law. In such cases, the election
28 of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
29 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
30 officials established in this Article, any community college
31 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
32 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
33 or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
34 members at the next regularly scheduled election following
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1 the effective date of the new district.
2 (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
3 any precinct there are no offices or public questions
4 required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
5 shall be held in the precinct on that date.
6 (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance
7 with the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
9 eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
10 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
11 Section 2-3007 and 2-3009 as follows:
12 (55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
13 Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term.
14 Any county board when providing for the reapportionment of
15 its county under this Division may provide that the chairman
16 of the county board shall be elected by the voters of the
17 county rather than by the members of the board. In the case
18 of a county with a population over 450,000 and under 750,000,
19 the county board shall provide according to subsection (c) of
20 Section 2-3009 that the chairman of the county board shall be
21 elected by the voters of the county rather than by the
22 members of the board.
23 In that event, provision shall be made for the election
24 throughout the county of the chairman of the county board,
25 but in counties over 3,000,000 population no person may be
26 elected to serve as such chairman who has not been elected as
27 a county board member to serve during the same period as the
28 term of office as chairman of the county board to which he or
29 she seeks election. In counties over 450,000 population and
30 under 3,000,000 population, the chairman shall be elected as
31 chairman without having been first elected to the county
32 board. Such chairman shall not vote on any question except to
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1 break a tie vote. In all other counties the chairman may
2 either be elected as a county board member or elected as the
3 chairman without having been first elected to the board.
4 Except in counties where the chairman of the county board
5 is elected by the voters of the county and is not required to
6 be a county board member, whether the chairman of the county
7 board is elected by the voters of the county or by the
8 members of the board, he or she shall be elected to a 2 year
9 term. In counties where the chairman of the county board is
10 elected by the voters of the county and is not required to be
11 a county board member, the chairman shall be elected to a 4
12 year term. In all cases, the term of the chairman of the
13 county board shall commence on the first Monday of the month
14 following the month in which members of the county board are
15 elected.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-926; 86-1429; 86-1475.)
17 (55 ILCS 5/2-3009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009)
18 Sec. 2-3009. Terms of board members; vacancies;
19 elections.
20 (a) County board member elections by county board
21 districts. In those counties subject to this Division which
22 elect county board members by county board districts the
23 members shall, no later than 45 days after December 15, 1982,
24 and thereafter no later than September 1 of the year of the
25 next general election following reapportionment, divide the
26 county board districts publicly by lot as equally as possible
27 into 2 groups. Board members or their successors from one
28 group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4
29 years and 4 years; and members or their successors from the
30 second group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
31 years, 4 years, and 2 years. A county under this subsection
32 may, by ordinance, decide to divide the county board
33 districts into 3 rather than 2 groups. If a county adopts an
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1 ordinance to this effect, the members of the county board
2 shall divide the county board districts publicly by lot as
3 equally as possible into 3 groups no later than September 1
4 of the year of the next general election following
5 reapportionment. Board members or their successors from one
6 group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4
7 years, and 4 years; members or their successors from the
8 second group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
9 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their successors
10 from the third group shall be elected for successive terms of
11 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years. All terms shall commence on
12 the first Monday of the month following the month of
13 election.
14 (b) County board member elections at large. In those
15 counties which elect county board members at large, under
16 Sections 2-3002 and 2-3006, the members elected in the
17 general election following reapportionment shall, no later
18 than 45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly
19 by lot as equally as possible into 2 groups. Board members or
20 their successors from one group shall be elected for
21 successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; and members
22 or their successors from the second group shall be elected
23 for successive terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years. A
24 county under this subsection may, by ordinance, decide to
25 divide the county board members into 3 rather than 2 groups.
26 If a county adopts an ordinance to this effect, the members
27 of the county board elected in the general election following
28 reapportionment shall, no later than 45 days after taking
29 office, divide themselves publicly by lot as equally as
30 possible into 3 groups. Board members or their successors
31 from one group shall be elected for successive terms of 2
32 years, 4 years, and 4 years; members and their successors
33 from the second group shall be elected for successive terms
34 of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
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1 successors from the third group shall be elected for
2 successive terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years. All terms
3 shall commence on the first Monday of the month following the
4 month of election.
5 (c) Vacancies; time for elections. In counties under
6 subsection (a) or (b), if a vacancy occurs in the office of
7 chairman of the county board, the remaining members of the
8 board shall elect one of the members of the board to serve
9 for the balance of the unexpired term of the chairman.
10 In counties under subsection (a) or (b), the time for the
11 election of county board members and, if applicable, the
12 county board chairman shall be as provided by the general
13 election law for the election of such members.
14 For the 2000 election and thereafter, the chairman of the
15 county board in counties with a population over 450,000 and
16 under 750,000 shall be elected by the voters of the county.
17 In these counties, an individual seeking election as chairman
18 of the county board may also seek election as a county board
19 member.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-924.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.