102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1595

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/2-1003  from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003

    Amends the Counties Code. In a division concerning counties under township organization, provides that the chairman and vice-chairman of the county board shall be elected by a majority of those elected to the board. Provides that, if the position of chairman becomes vacant, the vice-chairman shall serve as chairman until a new chairman is elected to fill the remainder of the departing chairman's 2-year term. Effective January 1, 2022.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 2-1003 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/2-1003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003)
7    Sec. 2-1003. Chairman and vice-chairman of county board.
8The county board shall, unless the chairman is elected by the
9voters of the county, at its first meeting in the month
10following the month in which county board members are elected,
11choose one of its members as chairman for a term of 2 years and
12at the same meeting, choose one of its members as
13vice-chairman for a term of 2 years. The chairman and
14vice-chairman shall be elected by a majority of those elected
15to the board. The vice-chairman shall serve in the place of the
16chairman at any meeting of the county board in which the
17chairman is not present. In case of the absence of the chairman
18and the vice-chairman at any meeting, the members present
19shall choose one of their number as temporary chairman. If the
20position of chairman becomes vacant, the vice-chairman shall
21serve as chairman until a new chairman is elected to fill the
22remainder of the departing chairman's 2-year term.
23    A chairman who is chosen by the county board may be

 

 

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1removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an
2affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon
3adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (i) the chairman
4position becomes vacant and the former chairman's compensation
5shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (ii) the
6vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman
7without chairman compensation; and (iii) a new chairman shall
8be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board
9meeting. A chairman removed under this Section maintains his
10or her status as a member of the county board.
11(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
131, 2022.