Rep. Dave Winters

Filed: 4/17/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3182

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3182 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 25-11 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/25-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
7    Sec. 25-11. When a vacancy occurs in any elective county
8office, or in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in the
9office of clerk of the circuit court, in a county which is not
10a home rule unit, the county board or board of county
11commissioners shall at their next meeting declare that such
12vacancy exists and notification thereof shall be given to the
13county central committee or the appropriate county board or
14board of county commissioners district committee of each
15established political party within 3 days of the occurrence of
16the county board meeting where a vacancy was declared. The

 

 

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1vacancy shall be filled within 60 days of the notification by
2appointment of the chairman of the county board or board of
3county commissioners with the advice and consent of the county
4board or board of county commissioners. In counties in which
5forest preserve district commissioners are elected by
6districts and are not also members of the county board,
7however, vacancies in the office of forest preserve district
8commissioner shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of
9the president of the forest preserve district board of
10commissioners with the advice and consent of the forest
11preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in which
12the forest preserve district president is not also a member of
13the county board, vacancies in the office of forest preserve
14district president shall be filled within 60 days by the forest
15preserve district board of commissioners by appointing one of
16the commissioners to serve as president. The appointee shall be
17a member of the same political party as the person he succeeds
18was at the time of his election and shall be otherwise eligible
19to serve. The appointee shall serve the remainder of the
20unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in the
21term, the appointment shall be until the next general election
22at which time the vacated office shall be filled by election
23for the remainder of the term. In the case of a vacancy in a
24seat on a county board or board of county commissioners which
25has been divided into districts under Section 2-3003 or
262-4006.5 of the Counties Code, the appointee must also be a

 

 

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1resident of the county board or county commission district. If
2a county commissioner ceases to reside in the district that he
3or she represents, a vacancy in that office exists.
4    Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by law,
5in any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in elective
6county offices, other than the office of chief executive
7officer, and vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit
8court in a county of less than 3,000,000 population, shall be
9filled by the county board or board of county commissioners.
10(Source: P.A. 92-189, eff. 8-1-01; 92-583, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
11    Section 10. The Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act is
12amended by changing Section 1.2 as follows:
 
13    (50 ILCS 105/1.2)
14    Sec. 1.2. County board member; education office. A member
15of the county board in any a county having fewer than 40,000
16inhabitants, during the term of office for which he or she is
17elected, may also hold the office of member of the board of
18education, regional board of school trustees, board of school
19directors, board of a community college district, or board of
20school inspectors.
21(Source: P.A. 97-460, eff. 8-19-11.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".