Full Text of HB0557 99th General Assembly
HB0557ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Robert F. Martwick Filed: 2/16/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 557
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 557 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2A-1.2 and 2A-48 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;
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| 1 | | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
| 2 | | (5) County elected officers, including State's | 3 | | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | 4 | | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | 5 | | Executive;
| 6 | | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
| 7 | | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | 8 | | counties or
educational service regions in which that | 9 | | office has been abolished;
| 10 | | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | 11 | | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | 12 | | newly created judicial offices;
| 13 | | (9) (Blank);
| 14 | | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | 15 | | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
| 16 | | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 17 | | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | 18 | | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | 19 | | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | 20 | | political parties.
| 21 | | (b) At the general primary election:
| 22 | | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | 23 | | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | 24 | | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | 25 | | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | 26 | | made by caucus.
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| 1 | | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | 2 | | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | 3 | | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | 4 | | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | 5 | | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | 6 | | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | 7 | | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | 8 | | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
| 9 | | shall also be on the ballot.
| 10 | | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | 11 | | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | 12 | | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | 13 | | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | 14 | | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | 15 | | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | 16 | | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | 17 | | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | 18 | | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | 19 | | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | 20 | | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | 21 | | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | 22 | | weeks preceding that election.
| 23 | | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | 24 | | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | 25 | | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | 26 | | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be |
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| 1 | | elected.
| 2 | | (5) in 2018, the members of the Chicago Board of | 3 | | Education shall be elected to serve a term of 5 years; | 4 | | successors shall be elected at the consolidated election | 5 | | under subsection (c) of this Section as provided under | 6 | | Section 2A-48 of this Code. | 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 candidates | 12 | | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | 13 | | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | 14 | | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | 15 | | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | 16 | | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
| 17 | | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | 18 | | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | 19 | | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | 20 | | by such ordinance;
| 21 | | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
| 22 | | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
| 23 | | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
| 24 | | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
| 25 | | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 26 | | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or |
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| 1 | | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | 2 | | requires election of candidates of political parties;
| 3 | | (7) Township officers, including township park | 4 | | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | 5 | | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | 6 | | Assessors;
| 7 | | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
| 8 | | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | 9 | | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
| 10 | | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | 11 | | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
| 12 | | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | 13 | | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | 14 | | Act;
| 15 | | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | 16 | | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | 17 | | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | 18 | | counties or educational service regions having a | 19 | | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | 20 | | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
| 21 | | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code and | 22 | | except as otherwise provided in paragraph (5) of subsection | 23 | | (b) of this Section ;
| 24 | | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
| 25 | | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
| 26 | | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan |
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| 1 | | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
| 2 | | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | 3 | | Districts;
| 4 | | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | 5 | | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | 6 | | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | 7 | | political parties.
| 8 | | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | 9 | | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | 10 | | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | 11 | | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | 12 | | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
| 13 | | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | 14 | | subsection
(c).
| 15 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 16 | | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | 17 | | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | 18 | | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | 19 | | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | 20 | | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | 21 | | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | 22 | | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | 23 | | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | 24 | | of political parties.
| 25 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 26 | | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or |
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| 1 | | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | 2 | | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | 3 | | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
| 4 | | (e) (Blank).
| 5 | | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | 6 | | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | 7 | | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | 8 | | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
| 9 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | 10 | | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | 11 | | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | 12 | | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | 13 | | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | 14 | | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | 15 | | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
| 16 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | 17 | | officials established
in this Article, any community college | 18 | | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | 19 | | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | 20 | | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
| 21 | | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | 22 | | effective
date of the new district.
| 23 | | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | 24 | | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | 25 | | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | 26 | | held in the precinct on that date.
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| 1 | | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | 2 | | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | 4 | | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
| 6 | | Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors and Board of | 7 | | Education - Member - Time of Election. A
member of a Board of | 8 | | School Directors or a member of an elected Board of
Education, | 9 | | as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated
| 10 | | election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends | 11 | | before the
following consolidated election. However, a member | 12 | | of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at each | 13 | | consolidated election beginning with the April 2023 election to | 14 | | succeed each incumbent member whose term ends before the | 15 | | following consolidated election.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 18 | | 34-3, 34-4, and 34-13.1 and by adding Section 34-21.9 as | 19 | | follows:
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
| 21 | | Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new | 22 | | Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies.
| 23 | | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this |
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| 1 | | amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago | 2 | | Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished | 3 | | and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval of | 4 | | the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of | 5 | | Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the | 6 | | fifth member. The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and | 7 | | its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of | 8 | | the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, | 9 | | June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of | 10 | | Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later. | 11 | | Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled | 12 | | through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or | 13 | | approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of | 14 | | the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be | 15 | | designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. | 16 | | The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief | 17 | | executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief | 18 | | executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, | 19 | | at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve | 20 | | simultaneously as the chief executive
officer.
| 21 | | (b) This subsection (b) applies until March 20, 2018. | 22 | | Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of the | 23 | | members of
the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in | 24 | | subsection (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting of | 25 | | 7 members shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on the | 26 | | later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh member. |
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| 1 | | Three of the members initially so appointed under this
| 2 | | subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the | 3 | | members
initially so appointed under this subsection shall | 4 | | serve for terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially | 5 | | so appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her | 6 | | successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at
the | 7 | | expiration of the term of any member a successor
shall be | 8 | | appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4 | 9 | | years,
from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and | 10 | | until a successor
is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in | 11 | | the membership of the Chicago Board
of Education shall be | 12 | | filled through appointment by the Mayor for the
unexpired term. | 13 | | No appointment to membership on the
Chicago Board of Education | 14 | | that is made by the Mayor under
this subsection shall require | 15 | | the approval of the City
Council, whether the appointment is | 16 | | made for a full term or to fill a vacancy
for an unexpired term | 17 | | on the Board. | 18 | | (b-5) On March 20, 2018, the terms of all members of the | 19 | | Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) of | 20 | | this Section are abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 | 21 | | members, is elected by the electors of the school district as | 22 | | provided in this subsection (b-5) and takes office. | 23 | | Each member shall be elected for a term of 4 years, | 24 | | commencing on the second Tuesday in May of the year in which | 25 | | the member is elected, and until the member's successor is | 26 | | elected and has qualified, except that members of the board |
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| 1 | | elected to terms commencing on March 20, 2018 shall organize on | 2 | | the date their terms commence to serve for terms of 5 years and | 3 | | until the member's successor is elected and has qualified. For | 4 | | purposes of elections conducted pursuant to this subsection | 5 | | (b-5), the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 | 6 | | electoral districts by the General Assembly for seats on the | 7 | | Chicago Board of Education, as provided under Section 34-21.9 | 8 | | of this Code. Each district shall be represented by a member, | 9 | | and one member shall be elected at large and serve as the | 10 | | president of the board. | 11 | | On March 20, 2018 and within 28 days after each election | 12 | | thereafter, the board shall organize by electing its vice | 13 | | president and fixing a time and place for the regular meetings. | 14 | | At least 50% of the board's regular meetings shall take place | 15 | | after regular business hours in order to maximize community | 16 | | participation. Upon organizing itself as provided in this | 17 | | subsection (b-5), the board shall enter upon the discharge of | 18 | | its duties. | 19 | | Whenever a vacancy in the board occurs, the remaining | 20 | | members of the board shall notify the Mayor of that vacancy | 21 | | within 5 days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill | 22 | | the vacancy until the next board election, at which election a | 23 | | successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the | 24 | | unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less than | 25 | | 28 months remaining in the term or if the vacancy occurs less | 26 | | than 88 days before the next board election, then the person so |
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| 1 | | appointed shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and | 2 | | no election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor | 3 | | shall have the same residential and other qualifications as his | 4 | | or her predecessor. Should the remaining board members fail to | 5 | | act within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall, | 6 | | within 30 days after the remaining members have failed to fill | 7 | | the vacancy, fill the vacancy as provided for in this Section. | 8 | | Upon the Mayor's failure to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall | 9 | | be filled at the next board election. The successor shall have | 10 | | the same residential and other qualifications as his or her | 11 | | predecessor. | 12 | | (b-10) The board shall elect annually from its
number a | 13 | | president and vice-president, in such
manner and at such
time | 14 | | as the board determines by its rules. The president elected by | 15 | | the voters and vice-president elected by the board officers so | 16 | | elected shall each
perform the duties imposed upon his or her | 17 | | their respective office by the rules of the
board, provided | 18 | | that (i) the president shall preside at meetings of the board
| 19 | | and vote as any other member but have no power of veto, and | 20 | | (ii) the vice
president shall perform the duties of the | 21 | | president if that office is vacant or
the president is absent | 22 | | or unable to act.
The secretary of the board Board shall be | 23 | | selected by the board Board and shall be an
employee of the | 24 | | board Board rather than a member of the board Board , | 25 | | notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties of | 26 | | the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the board Board .
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| 1 | | (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve | 2 | | in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a | 3 | | term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the | 4 | | student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the | 5 | | student member as an advisor. The student member may not | 6 | | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
| 9 | | Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. | 10 | | (a) To be eligible for election appointment to the board, a
| 11 | | person shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be a | 12 | | registered voter
as provided in the Election Code, shall have | 13 | | been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at
| 14 | | least one year 3 years immediately
preceding his or her | 15 | | election appointment , and shall not be a child sex offender
as | 16 | | defined in Section 11-9.3 of the
Criminal Code of 2012. A | 17 | | person is ineligible to run for office if that person is an | 18 | | employee of the school district. All persons eligible for | 19 | | election to the board shall obtain no less than 250 signatures | 20 | | on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot. Petitions | 21 | | must be prepared and certified on the same schedule as the | 22 | | petition schedule for candidates for the General Assembly. | 23 | | Nomination papers are not valid unless the candidate named | 24 | | therein files with the board of election commissioners a | 25 | | receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has |
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| 1 | | filed a statement of economic interests as required by the | 2 | | Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so | 3 | | filed either previously during the calendar year in which his | 4 | | or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for | 5 | | the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general | 6 | | election law. Permanent removal from the city by any member of
| 7 | | the board during his or her term of office constitutes a | 8 | | resignation therefrom and
creates a vacancy in the board. Board | 9 | | members shall receive reasonable compensation. Board Except | 10 | | for the President of the Chicago
School Reform Board of | 11 | | Trustees who may be paid compensation for his or her
services | 12 | | as chief executive officer as determined by the Mayor as | 13 | | provided in
subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members shall | 14 | | serve without any
compensation; provided, that board members | 15 | | shall be reimbursed for expenses
incurred while in the | 16 | | performance of their duties upon submission of proper
receipts | 17 | | or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an | 18 | | expense
allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement | 19 | | or allowance to the
president of the board for verification and | 20 | | approval. Board members The board of
education may continue to | 21 | | provide health care insurance coverage, employer
pension | 22 | | contributions, employee pension contributions, and life | 23 | | insurance
premium payments for an employee required to resign | 24 | | from
an administrative, teaching, or career service position in | 25 | | order to qualify
as a member of the board of education. They | 26 | | shall not hold other public
office under the Federal, State or |
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| 1 | | any local government other than that of
Director of the | 2 | | Regional Transportation Authority, member of the economic
| 3 | | development commission of a city having a population exceeding | 4 | | 500,000,
notary public or member of the National Guard, and by | 5 | | accepting any such
office while members of the board, or by not | 6 | | resigning any such office held
at the time of being elected | 7 | | appointed to the board within 30 days after such election
| 8 | | appointment , shall be deemed to have vacated their membership | 9 | | in the board.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
| 11 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-13.1)
| 12 | | Sec. 34-13.1. Inspector General.
| 13 | | (a) The Inspector General and his office in existence on | 14 | | the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be | 15 | | transferred to the jurisdiction of the
board upon appointment | 16 | | of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. The
Inspector | 17 | | General shall have the authority
to conduct investigations into | 18 | | allegations of or incidents of waste, fraud, and
financial | 19 | | mismanagement in public education within the jurisdiction of | 20 | | the
board by a local school council
member or an
employee, | 21 | | contractor, or member of the board or involving
school projects
| 22 | | managed or handled by the Public Building Commission. The | 23 | | Inspector General
shall make recommendations to the board about | 24 | | the
investigations.
The Inspector General in office on the | 25 | | effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1996 shall serve for a |
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| 1 | | term expiring on June 30, 1998. His or her
successors in office | 2 | | shall each be appointed by the Mayor, without the consent
or | 3 | | approval of the City Council, for 4 year terms expiring on June | 4 | | 30th of an
even numbered year ; however, beginning on March 20, | 5 | | 2018, successors shall be appointed by the board instead of the | 6 | | Mayor .
If the Inspector General leaves office or if a vacancy | 7 | | in that office otherwise occurs, the
Mayor shall appoint, | 8 | | without the consent or
approval of the City Council, a | 9 | | successor to serve under this Section for the
remainder of the | 10 | | unexpired term ; however, beginning on March 20, 2018, | 11 | | successors shall be appointed by the board instead of the | 12 | | Mayor . The
Inspector General shall be independent of the | 13 | | operations of the board and
the School Finance Authority, and | 14 | | shall perform other duties requested by the
board.
| 15 | | (b) The Inspector General shall have access to all
| 16 | | information and personnel necessary to perform the duties of | 17 | | the
office. If the Inspector General determines that a possible
| 18 | | criminal act has been committed or that special expertise is
| 19 | | required in the investigation, he or she shall immediately | 20 | | notify
the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County | 21 | | State's
Attorney. All investigations conducted by the | 22 | | Inspector General
shall be conducted in a manner that ensures | 23 | | the preservation of
evidence for use in criminal prosecutions.
| 24 | | (c) At all times the Inspector General shall be granted
| 25 | | access to any building or facility that is owned, operated, or
| 26 | | leased by the board, the Public Building Commission, or the
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| 1 | | city in trust
and for the use and benefit of the schools of the | 2 | | district.
| 3 | | (d) The Inspector General shall have the power to subpoena
| 4 | | witnesses and compel the production of books and papers | 5 | | pertinent
to an investigation authorized by this Code. Any | 6 | | person who (1)
fails to appear in response to a subpoena; (2) | 7 | | fails to answer
any question; (3) fails to produce any books or | 8 | | papers pertinent
to an investigation under this Code; or (4) | 9 | | knowingly gives
false testimony during an investigation under | 10 | | this Code, is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
| 11 | | (e) The Inspector General shall provide to the board and
| 12 | | the Illinois General Assembly a summary of reports and
| 13 | | investigations made under this Section for the previous fiscal
| 14 | | year no later than January 1 of each year, except that the | 15 | | Inspector General
shall provide the summary of reports and | 16 | | investigations made under this Section
for the period | 17 | | commencing July 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999 no later than
| 18 | | May 1, 1999. The summaries shall detail the final disposition | 19 | | of those
recommendations. The summaries shall not contain any | 20 | | confidential or
identifying information concerning the | 21 | | subjects of the reports and
investigations. The summaries shall | 22 | | also include detailed recommended
administrative actions and | 23 | | matters for consideration by the General Assembly.
| 24 | | (f) (Blank).
| 25 | | (g) (Blank).
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new) | 2 | | Sec. 34-21.9. Creation of electoral districts; | 3 | | reapportionment of districts. | 4 | | (a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to | 5 | | subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3 of this Code, the City of | 6 | | Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts after | 7 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 8 | | Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board | 9 | | of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on or | 10 | | before January 1, 2017. Each district must be compact, | 11 | | contiguous, and substantially equal in population and | 12 | | consistent with the U.S. Constitution, the Illinois | 13 | | Constitution, and the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. In | 14 | | addition, each of the districts must be drawn to reflect the | 15 | | following principles: the preservation of communities of | 16 | | interests, respect for wards and other political subdivision | 17 | | boundaries, proposals or other input submitted by members of | 18 | | the public and stakeholder groups, respect for geographic | 19 | | features and natural or logical boundaries, and other | 20 | | redistricting principles recognized by State and federal court | 21 | | decisions. | 22 | | (b) In the year following each decennial census, the | 23 | | General Assembly shall reapportion the electoral districts to | 24 | | reflect the results of the decennial census. The electoral | 25 | | districts shall be reapportioned consistent with the |
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| 1 | | requirements in subsection (a) of this Section. The | 2 | | reapportionment plan shall be completed and formally approved | 3 | | by the General Assembly not less than 90 days before the last | 4 | | date established by law for the filing of nominating petitions | 5 | | for the second school board election after the decennial census | 6 | | year. If by reapportionment a board member no longer resides | 7 | | within the electoral district from which the member was | 8 | | elected, the member shall continue to serve in office until the | 9 | | expiration of the member's regular term. All new members shall | 10 | | be elected from the electoral districts as reapportioned.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.".
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