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| Public Act 101-0126 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local 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 Illinois Local Library Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 4-2.5 as follows: | ||||
(75 ILCS 5/4-2.5 new) | ||||
Sec. 4-2.5. Aurora Public Library; change to elected board | ||||
of library trustees. | ||||
(a) The Aurora Public Library may change to an elected | ||||
board of trustees if approved by referendum following either | ||||
item (1) or (2): | ||||
(1) The Aurora City Council, by ordinance, requests | ||||
that a proposition to have an elected board of library | ||||
trustees be submitted to the voters. Upon adoption of the | ||||
ordinance, the Aurora City Council shall submit the | ||||
ordinance to the Aurora City Clerk. | ||||
(2) Upon filing with the Aurora City Clerk of a | ||||
petition, subject to the requirements of Section 28-3 of | ||||
the Election Code, signed by registered voters of the City | ||||
of Aurora equaling not less than 10% of the number of | ||||
persons who voted at the last regular election in the City | ||||
of Aurora in which the City of Aurora voted as a unit for | ||||
the election of officers to serve its respective | ||||
territorial area.
A petition may be filed at any time. | ||
Upon the Aurora City Clerk's receipt of an ordinance | ||
adopted under item (1) or a petition filed under item (2), the | ||
Clerk shall certify the proposition to the appropriate election | ||
authorities who shall submit the proposition at the next | ||
general primary election in accordance with the general | ||
election law. | ||
(b) The proposition shall be in substantially the following | ||
form: | ||
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Shall the trustees of the YES
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Aurora Public Library be ---------------
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elected, rather than appointed? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in | ||
the affirmative, the trustees of the Aurora Public Library | ||
shall thereafter be elected as provided by this Section. The | ||
Aurora Public Library shall continue to function as a municipal | ||
library in all ways except that the trustees are elected. | ||
(c) After approval of a proposition under subsection (b), | ||
nominations for members of the board of trustees shall be made | ||
by a petition signed by 250 registered voters of the City of | ||
Aurora and shall be filed with the Aurora City Clerk. The | ||
requirements of general election law shall determine the form | ||
of the nominating petition and any other requirements for | ||
nomination. | ||
(d) After approval of a proposition under subsection (b) | ||
and nomination of candidates under subsection (c), one trustee | ||
from each of the City of Aurora's Wards and one at-large | ||
trustee shall be elected at the consolidated election next | ||
following the approval of the proposition under subsection (b). | ||
Except as provided under subsection (e), the length of the | ||
terms of the trustees elected shall be determined by lot at | ||
their first meeting as follows: one-third of the trustees for a | ||
2-year term, a 4-year term, and then a 4-year term; one-third | ||
of the trustees (including the at-large trustee) for a 4-year | ||
term, a 2-year term, and then a 4-year term; and the remaining | ||
trustees for a 4-year term, a 4-year term, and then a 2-year | ||
term. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the | ||
Election Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence | ||
on the third Monday of the month following the month of the | ||
trustee's election and continue until the trustee's successor | ||
is elected and qualified. | ||
No party designation shall appear on the ballot for | ||
election of trustees. The provisions of the general election | ||
law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of | ||
trustees. | ||
The Aurora City Clerk shall, within 7 days of filing or on | ||
the last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to | ||
the petitioner in writing of the Clerk's acceptance of the | ||
petition. | ||
(e) After each redistricting following each federal | ||
decennial census, the terms of the elected trustees on the | ||
Aurora Public Library's board shall terminate upon the | ||
nomination, election (at the consolidated election next | ||
following redistricting), and qualification of successor | ||
trustees in the manner provided for in subsections (c) and (d). | ||
The terms of the successor trustees shall be determined by lot | ||
at the board's first meeting following redistricting with | ||
trustee terms as provided for in subsection (d). | ||
(f) The provisions of this Act relating to eligibility, | ||
powers, and disabilities of appointed trustees shall apply to | ||
elected trustees. The Aurora Public Library shall continue to | ||
function the same except that the trustees are elected. | ||
(g) After the election of trustees under subsection (d), | ||
the appointed trustees shall continue to constitute the board | ||
of trustees until the third Monday of the month following the | ||
month of the first election of trustees. The terms of all | ||
appointed trustees shall expire on the third Monday of the | ||
month following the month of the first election of trustees | ||
under this Section or when all successors have been elected and | ||
have qualified, whichever occurs later. | ||
If the term of an appointed trustee expires or an appointed | ||
trustee's office is vacated before the first election of | ||
trustees, the authority which appointed that trustee shall | ||
appoint a successor to serve until a successor is elected and | ||
has qualified. | ||
(h) If the Aurora Public Library has changed to an elected | ||
rather than an appointed board of trustees under this Section, | ||
then it may, in the manner provided in this subsection, revert | ||
back to an appointed board of trustees. | ||
Upon filing with the Aurora City Clerk of a petition, | ||
subject to the requirements of Section 28-3 of the Election | ||
Code, signed by registered voters of the City of Aurora | ||
equaling not less than 10% of the number of persons who voted | ||
at the election approving the election of trustees under | ||
subsection (b), the Aurora City Clerk shall certify the | ||
proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit | ||
the proposition to the voters of the municipality at an | ||
election in accordance with the general election law. The | ||
proposition shall be in substantially the following form: | ||
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Shall the trustees of the YES
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Aurora Public Library be ---------------
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appointed, rather than elected? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in | ||
the affirmative, the trustees of the Aurora Public Library | ||
shall thereafter be appointed as provided by this Act. Once an | ||
elected trustee's successor is appointed and qualified, the | ||
elected trustee's term expires. Vacancies shall be filled as | ||
provided in Section 4-4.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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