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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-4006.5 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-4006.5)
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7 | Sec. 2-4006.5. Commissioners in certain counties.
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8 | (a) If a county elects 3
commissioners at large under | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 2-4006, registered voters of such
county may, by a vote | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of a majority of those voting on such proposition,
determine to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | change the method of electing the board of county commissioners
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12 | by electing either 3 or 5 members from single
member districts.
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13 | In order for such question to be placed upon the ballot, such | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | petition must
contain the signatures of not fewer than 10% of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the the registered voters of such
county.
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16 | Commissioners may not be elected from single member | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | districts until the
question of electing either 3 or 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | commissioners from single
member districts has been submitted | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | to the
electors of the county at a regular election and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | The commissioners must certify the question
to
the proper | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | election authority, which must submit the question at an | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | election in
accordance with the Election Code.
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1 | The question must be in substantially the following form:
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2 | Shall the board of county commissioners of (name of
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3 | county) consist of (insert either 3 or 5) commissioners | ||||||
4 | elected from
single member districts?
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5 | The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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6 | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
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7 | in the affirmative, a 3-member or 5-member board of county | ||||||
8 | commissioners,
as the case may be,
shall be established to be | ||||||
9 | elected
from single member
districts.
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10 | (b) If the voters of the county decide to elect either 3 or | ||||||
11 | 5 commissioners
from single member districts, the
board of | ||||||
12 | county commissioners shall on or before
August 31 of the year | ||||||
13 | following the 2000 federal decennial census divide the
county | ||||||
14 | into either 3 or 5 compact and contiguous county
commission | ||||||
15 | districts that are substantially equal in population. On or | ||||||
16 | before
May 31 of the year following each federal decennial | ||||||
17 | census thereafter, the
board of county commissioners
shall | ||||||
18 | reapportion the county commission districts to be compact, | ||||||
19 | contiguous,
and substantially equal in population.
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20 | (c) The commissioners elected at large at or before
the | ||||||
21 | general election in 2000 shall continue to serve until the | ||||||
22 | expiration
of their terms. Of those commissioners, the | ||||||
23 | commissioner whose term expires in
2002 shall be assigned to | ||||||
24 | district 1; the commissioner whose term expires in
2004 shall | ||||||
25 | be assigned to district 2; and the commissioner whose term | ||||||
26 | expires
in 2006 shall be assigned to district 3.
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1 | (d) If the voters of the county decide to elect 5 | ||||||
2 | commissioners from single
member districts, at the general | ||||||
3 | election in 2002, one commissioner from and
residing in each of | ||||||
4 | districts 1, 4, and 5 shall be elected. At the general
election | ||||||
5 | in 2004, one commissioner from and residing in each of | ||||||
6 | districts
1, 2, and 5 shall be elected. At the general election | ||||||
7 | in
2006, one commissioner from and residing in each of | ||||||
8 | districts 2, 3, and 4
shall be elected. At
the general election | ||||||
9 | in 2008, one commissioner from and residing in each of
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10 | districts 1, 3, and
5 shall be elected. At the general election | ||||||
11 | in 2010, one commissioner from
each of districts 2 and 4 shall | ||||||
12 | be elected. At the general election in 2012,
commissioners from | ||||||
13 | and residing in each district shall be elected.
Thereafter, | ||||||
14 | commissioners
shall be elected at each general election to fill | ||||||
15 | expired terms.
Each commissioner must reside in the district | ||||||
16 | that he or she represents from
the time that he or she files | ||||||
17 | his or her nomination papers until his or her
term expires.
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18 | In the year following the decennial census of 2010 and | ||||||
19 | every 10 years
thereafter, the commissioners, publicly by
lot, | ||||||
20 | shall divide the districts into 2 groups. One group
shall serve | ||||||
21 | terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years and one group shall | ||||||
22 | serve
terms of 2
years, 4 years, and 4
years.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 91-846, eff. 6-22-00; 92-189, eff. 8-1-01.)
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