Full Text of HB4312 99th General Assembly
HB4312 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4312 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 805/3-7 | from Ch. 122, par. 103-7 | 110 ILCS 805/7-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 107-1 | 110 ILCS 805/7-2 | from Ch. 122, par. 107-2 | 110 ILCS 805/7-3 | from Ch. 122, par. 107-3 |
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (instead of appointment) of members of the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 (City Colleges of Chicago). Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3-7, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-7. (a) The election of the members of the board of | 8 | | trustees
shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time and | 9 | | in the manner provided
in the general election law.
| 10 | | (b) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be | 11 | | elected to
serve 6
year terms. The term of members elected in | 12 | | 1985 and thereafter shall be from
the date the member is | 13 | | officially determined to be elected to the board by
a canvass | 14 | | conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the
| 15 | | winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass | 16 | | conducted
pursuant to the Election Code the next time the seat | 17 | | on the board is to be
filled by election.
| 18 | | (c) Each member must on the date of his election be a | 19 | | citizen of the
United
States, of the age of 18 years or over, | 20 | | and a resident of the State and
the territory which on the date | 21 | | of the election is included in the
community college district | 22 | | for at least one year immediately preceding
his election.
In | 23 | | Community College District No. 526,
each member elected at the |
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| 1 | | consolidated election in 2005 or thereafter must
also be a | 2 | | resident of the trustee
district he or she represents for at | 3 | | least one year immediately preceding
his or her election, | 4 | | except that in the first consolidated election for each
trustee | 5 | | district following reapportionment, a candidate for the board
| 6 | | may be elected from any trustee district that contains a part | 7 | | of the
trustee district in which he or she resided at the time | 8 | | of the
reapportionment and may be reelected if a resident of | 9 | | the new trustee district
he
or she represents for one year | 10 | | prior to reelection.
In the event a person who is a member of a | 11 | | common school
board is elected or appointed to a board of | 12 | | trustees of a community college
district, that person shall be | 13 | | permitted to serve the remainder of his or
her term of office | 14 | | as a member of the common school board. Upon the
expiration of | 15 | | the common school board term, that person shall not be
eligible | 16 | | for election or appointment to a common school board during the
| 17 | | term of office with the community college district board of | 18 | | trustees.
| 19 | | (d) Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall | 20 | | fill the
vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve until | 21 | | a successor is
elected at the next regular election for board | 22 | | members and is certified in
accordance with Sections 22-17 and | 23 | | 22-18 of the Election Code. If the
remaining members fail so to | 24 | | act within 60 days after the vacancy occurs,
the chairman of | 25 | | the State Board shall fill that vacancy, and the person so
| 26 | | appointed shall serve until a successor is elected at the next |
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| 1 | | regular
election for board members and is certified in | 2 | | accordance with Sections
22-17 and 22-18 of the Election Code. | 3 | | The person appointed to fill the
vacancy shall have the same | 4 | | residential qualifications as his predecessor
in office was | 5 | | required to have. In either instance, if the vacancy occurs
| 6 | | with less than 4 months remaining before the next scheduled | 7 | | consolidated
election, and the term of office of the board | 8 | | member vacating the position
is not scheduled to expire at that | 9 | | election, then the term of the person so
appointed shall extend | 10 | | through that election and until the succeeding
consolidated | 11 | | election. If the term of office of the board
member vacating | 12 | | the position is scheduled to expire at the upcoming
| 13 | | consolidated election, the appointed member shall serve
only | 14 | | until a successor is elected and qualified at that election.
| 15 | | (e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation | 16 | | but shall be
reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred | 17 | | in connection with
their service as members. Compensation, for | 18 | | purposes of this Section, means
any salary or other benefits | 19 | | not expressly authorized by this Act to be
provided or paid to, | 20 | | for or on behalf of members of the board. The board
of each | 21 | | community college district may adopt a policy providing for the
| 22 | | issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board member who | 23 | | requests the
same in writing and agrees to use the card only | 24 | | for the reasonable expenses
which he or she incurs in | 25 | | connection with his or her service as a board
member. Expenses | 26 | | charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for
separately |
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| 1 | | and shall be submitted to the chief financial officer of the
| 2 | | district for review prior to being reported to the board at its | 3 | | next
regular meeting.
| 4 | | (f) Except in an election of the initial board for a new | 5 | | community
college
district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1 of | 6 | | this Act or the election on April 4, 2017 of a new board under | 7 | | Section 7-2 of this Act , the ballot for the election of
members | 8 | | of the board for a community college district shall indicate | 9 | | the
length of term for each office to be filled. In the | 10 | | election of a board
for any community college district, the | 11 | | ballot shall not contain any
political party designation.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-539, eff. 8-23-11.)
| 13 | | (110 ILCS 805/7-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-1)
| 14 | | Sec. 7-1.
This Article applies only to community college | 15 | | districts in cities
having a population of 500,000 or more | 16 | | inhabitants. Each such community
college district shall | 17 | | maintain a system of community colleges under the
charge of a | 18 | | board , which is appointed as provided in Section 7-2. Except as
| 19 | | otherwise provided in this Article, such a community college | 20 | | district and
its board have all the rights, duties, powers and | 21 | | responsibilities and are
subject to the same limitations as are | 22 | | provided for other community college
districts in this Act, as | 23 | | now or hereafter amended.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 78-669.)
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 805/7-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-2)
| 2 | | Sec. 7-2.
(a) This subsection (a) applies until April 4, | 3 | | 2017. The board shall consist of 7 members, appointed by the | 4 | | mayor with the
approval of the city council. Prior to the | 5 | | expiration of the term of any
member his successor shall be | 6 | | appointed in like manner and shall hold
office for a term of 3 | 7 | | years from July 1 of the year in which he is
appointed and | 8 | | until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy
in | 9 | | the membership of the board shall be filled through appointment | 10 | | by the
mayor, with the approval of the city council, for the | 11 | | unexpired term. If
any appointee fails to qualify within 30 | 12 | | days after his appointment, the
office shall be filled by a new | 13 | | appointment for the unexpired term. To be
eligible for | 14 | | appointment to a board under this Section, a person must
| 15 | | possess the same qualifications and meet the same requirements | 16 | | as are
prescribed by this Act for members of an elected board | 17 | | of a community
college district.
| 18 | | (b) On April 4, 2017, the terms of all members of the
board | 19 | | appointed under subsection (a) of this Section are abolished | 20 | | when the new board, consisting of 7 members, is elected at | 21 | | large by the electors of the community college district as | 22 | | provided in this subsection (b) and takes office. | 23 | | Beginning on April 4, 2017, the community college district | 24 | | shall be
governed by a board consisting of 7 members. An | 25 | | election
shall be held at the consolidated election in April of | 26 | | 2017 and
every second year thereafter under Article III of this |
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| 1 | | Act. Each member shall be elected for
a term of 6 years as | 2 | | provided under Section 3-7 of this Act, except that members of
| 3 | | the board elected to terms commencing on April 4, 2017 shall
| 4 | | organize on the date their terms commence and on that date
| 5 | | shall determine by lot 4 to serve for terms of 6 years and 3 to
| 6 | | serve for terms of 4 years. | 7 | | Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled | 8 | | as provided under Section 3-7 of this Act. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 78-669.)
| 10 | | (110 ILCS 805/7-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-3)
| 11 | | Sec. 7-3.
The organization of the board and election of | 12 | | officers for the
a board appointed under Section 7-2 shall be | 13 | | conducted in accordance with
the general election law and this | 14 | | Act.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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