(605 ILCS 5/6-121) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-121)
Sec. 6-121.
In counties not under township organization the following
provisions shall be applicable relating to vacancies in road district
offices:
Whenever any district fails to elect the proper number of district
officers to which such district may be entitled by law, or when any person
elected to any district office fails to qualify, or whenever any vacancy
happens in any district, from death, resignation, removal from the district
or other cause, the presiding officer of the county board, with the advice
and consent of the county board, shall fill such vacancy by certificate
under the signature and seal of the county clerk; and the
persons so appointed
shall hold their respective offices until the next regular election, and
until their successors are elected and qualified; and shall have the same
powers and be subject to the same duties and penalties as if they had been
duly elected by the electors.
When any appointment is made, as above stated, the county clerk shall
cause the certificate of appointment to be forthwith filed in the office of
the district clerk, who shall immediately give notice to each person
appointed.
Any judicial officer of the circuit court residing in such district, or
if there be no judicial officer of the circuit court residing in such
district, then any judicial officer of the circuit court in the county,
may, for sufficient cause shown to him, accept the resignation of any
district officer of his district, and whenever he accepts any such
resignation, he shall forthwith give notice thereof to the district clerk
of the district, or in his absence, to the highway commissioner, who shall
make a minute thereof in the district records. He shall also immediately
give notice to the county clerk of any vacancy that may exist in any
district office.
(Source: P.A. 84-550.)
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