Full Text of SB0489 94th General Assembly
SB0489 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0489
Introduced 2/16/2005, by Sen. Carole Pankau SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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55 ILCS 5/2-3009 |
from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009 |
55 ILCS 5/2-5007 |
from Ch. 34, par. 2-5007 |
55 ILCS 5/3-5004 |
from Ch. 34, par. 3-5004 |
55 ILCS 5/3-6002 |
from Ch. 34, par. 3-6002 |
605 ILCS 5/6-116 |
from Ch. 121, par. 6-116 |
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Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Highway Code. Changes obsolete references to the date that various local government officers take office to conform to current law.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 2-3009, 2-5007, 3-5004, and 3-6002 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-3009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009)
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| Sec. 2-3009. Terms of board members; vacancies; elections.
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| (a) County board member elections by county board | 9 |
| districts. In
those counties subject to this Division which | 10 |
| elect county board
members by county board districts the | 11 |
| members shall, no later than 45 days
after December 15, 1982, | 12 |
| and thereafter no later than September 1 of the
year of the | 13 |
| next general election following reapportionment, divide the
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| county board districts publicly by lot as equally as possible | 15 |
| into 2
groups. Board members or their successors from one group | 16 |
| shall be elected
for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 | 17 |
| years; and members
or their successors from the second group | 18 |
| shall be elected for successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years, and | 19 |
| 2 years. A county under this subsection may, by
ordinance, | 20 |
| decide to divide the county board districts into 3 rather than | 21 |
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groups. If a county adopts an ordinance to this effect, the | 22 |
| members of the
county board shall divide the county board | 23 |
| districts publicly by lot as equally
as possible into 3 groups | 24 |
| no later than September 1 of the year of the next
general | 25 |
| election following reapportionment. Board members or their | 26 |
| successors
from one group shall be elected for successive terms | 27 |
| of 2 years, 4 years, and 4
years; members or their successors | 28 |
| from the second group shall be elected for
successive terms of | 29 |
| 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors | 30 |
| from the third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
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| years, 4 years, and 2 years. All terms shall commence on the | 32 |
| third
first Monday of
the month following the month of |
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| election.
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| (b) County board member elections at large. In those | 3 |
| counties which
elect county board members at large, under | 4 |
| Sections 2-3002 and
2-3006, the members elected in the general | 5 |
| election following
reapportionment shall, no later than 45 days | 6 |
| after taking office, divide
themselves publicly by lot as | 7 |
| equally as possible into 2 groups.
Board members or their | 8 |
| successors from one group shall be elected
for successive terms | 9 |
| of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; and members
or their | 10 |
| successors from the second group shall be elected for | 11 |
| successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years. A county | 12 |
| under this subsection may, by
ordinance, decide to divide the | 13 |
| county board members into 3 rather than 2
groups. If a county | 14 |
| adopts an ordinance to this effect, the members of the
county | 15 |
| board elected in the general election following | 16 |
| reapportionment shall,
no later than 45 days after taking | 17 |
| office, divide themselves publicly by lot as
equally as | 18 |
| possible into 3 groups. Board members or their successors from | 19 |
| one
group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4 | 20 |
| years, and 4 years;
members and their successors from the | 21 |
| second group shall be elected for
successive terms of 4 years, | 22 |
| 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors from the | 23 |
| third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
years, 4 | 24 |
| years, and 2 years. All terms shall commence on the third
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| Monday of
the month following the month of election.
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| (c) Vacancies; time for elections. In counties under | 27 |
| subsection (a)
or (b), if a vacancy occurs in the office of | 28 |
| chairman of the county board, the
remaining members of the | 29 |
| board shall elect one of the members of the board
to serve for | 30 |
| the balance of the unexpired term of the chairman.
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| In counties under subsection (a) or (b), the time for the | 32 |
| election of
county board members shall be as provided by the | 33 |
| general election law for the
election of such members.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-924.)
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| (55 ILCS 5/2-5007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5007)
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| Sec. 2-5007. Term of county executive. The county executive | 2 |
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serve a term of 4 years, commencing on the third
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| Monday in the month
following the month of his election and | 4 |
| until his successor is elected
and qualified.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-5004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5004)
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| Sec. 3-5004. Commencement of duties. The recorder shall | 8 |
| enter upon
the duties of his office on the 15th
first day in | 9 |
| the month of December
following his election on which the | 10 |
| office of the recorder is required, by
statute or by action of | 11 |
| the county board, to be open. He shall be
commissioned by the | 12 |
| Governor.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6002)
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| Sec. 3-6002. Commencement of duties. The sheriff shall | 16 |
| enter upon
the duties of his or her office on the 15th
first | 17 |
| day in the month of December
following his or her election on | 18 |
| which the office of the sheriff is
required, by statute or by | 19 |
| action of the county board, to be open.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 22 |
| changing Section 6-116 as follows:
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| (605 ILCS 5/6-116) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-116)
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| Sec. 6-116. Except as otherwise provided in this Section | 25 |
| with respect
to highway commissioners of township and | 26 |
| consolidated township road districts,
at the election provided | 27 |
| by the general election law in 1985 and every 4
years | 28 |
| thereafter in all counties, other than counties in which a | 29 |
| county
unit road district has been established and other than | 30 |
| in Cook County, the
highway commissioner of each road district | 31 |
| and the district clerk of each
road district having an elected | 32 |
| clerk, shall be elected to hold office for
a term of 4 years, |
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| and until his successor is elected and qualified. The
highway | 2 |
| commissioner of each road district and the district clerk of | 3 |
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road district elected in 1979 shall hold office for an | 4 |
| additional 2 years
and until his successor is elected and has | 5 |
| qualified.
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| In each township and consolidated township road district | 7 |
| outside Cook County,
highway commissioners shall be elected at | 8 |
| the election provided for such commissioners
by the general | 9 |
| election law in 1981 and
every 4 years thereafter to hold | 10 |
| office for a term of 4 years and until
his successor is elected | 11 |
| and qualified. The highway commissioner of each
road district | 12 |
| in Cook County shall be elected at the election provided for
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| said commissioner by the general election law in 1981 and every | 14 |
| 4 years
thereafter for a term of 4 years, and until his | 15 |
| successor is elected and qualified.
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| Each highway commissioner
shall enter upon the duties of | 17 |
| his office on the third
first Monday in May
after his election.
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| In road districts comprised of a single township, the | 19 |
| highway commissioner
shall be elected at the election provided | 20 |
| for said commissioner by the general
election law. All | 21 |
| elections as are provided in this Section shall be conducted
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| accordance with the general election law.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-108.)
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