Public Act 101-0188
 
SB0072 EnrolledLRB101 07330 RJF 52370 b


  
    AN ACT concerning elections.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing Section 
7-11.1 as follows:
 



    (10 ILCS 5/7-11.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11.1)



    Sec. 7-11.1. 
Whenever a vacancy in any elective county 
office is to be
filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of 
this Code or Section 2-6003 of the Counties Code, nominations 
shall be
made and any vacancy in nomination for a county office 
shall be filled pursuant
to this Section:

    (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date 
provided in
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the 
primary in the next even
numbered year following the 
commencement of the term, nominations for the
election for 
filling such vacancy shall be made pursuant to this Article 7

as provided for other county offices.

    (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if If 
the vacancy in office occurs during the time provided in 
Section
7-12 for filing nomination papers for county offices 
for the primary in the
next even-numbered year following 
commencement of the term of office in
which such vacancy 
occurs, the time for filing nomination papers for such
office 
for the primary shall not be more than 91 days and not less 
than 85
days prior to the date of the primary election.

    (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if If 
the vacancy in office occurs after the last day provided in

Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for any elective 
county office a
vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have 
occurred and the county
central committee or the appropriate 
county board district committee of
each established political 
party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate
to fill such 
vacancy in nomination for election to such office at such

general election.  In the nomination proceedings to fill such 
vacancy in
nomination, each member of the county central 
committee, or the county
board district committee, as the case 
may be, shall have the voting
strength as set forth in Sections 
7-8 and 7-8.01, respectively.  The name
of the candidate so 
nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
primary 
election.  Such vacancy in nomination shall be filled prior to 
the
date of certification of candidates for the general 
election.
    (3.5) If the vacancy in the Office of President of the Cook 
County Board occurs on or after the first day provided in 
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the primary in 
the next even-numbered year following the commencement of the 
term, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have occurred 
and the county central committee of each established political 
party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill such 
vacancy in nomination for the election to such office at such 
general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill such 
vacancy in nomination, each member of the county central 
committee shall have the voting strength as set forth in 
Section 7-8. The office shall not appear on the ballot at the 
general primary election. Any vacancy in nomination occurring 
on or after the primary and prior to certification must be 
filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy in 
nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15 days 
before the general election shall be filled within 8 days after 
the event creating the vacancy in nomination.

    (4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly 
acknowledged before
an officer qualified to take 
acknowledgments of deeds and shall include,
upon its face, the 
following information:

    (a) the name of the original nominee and the office 
vacated;

    (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;

    (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill 
the vacancy and
the date of selection.

    The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be accompanied by 
a Statement of
Candidacy, as prescribed in Section 7-10, 
completed by the selected nominee
and a receipt indicating that 
such nominee has filed a Statement of
Economic Interests as 
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.

    The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to 
objections to
nomination papers, hearings on objections and 
judicial review, shall also
apply to and govern objections to 
nomination papers and resolutions for
filling vacancies in 
nomination filed pursuant to this Section.

    Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and 
election provided
for in this Section shall be governed by this 
Code.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

 
    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
Section 2-6003 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/2-6003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6003)



    Sec. 2-6003. Vacancy in office of president. In case of the 
death,
resignation, removal from office or other inability to 
act of the president
so elected, the board of commissioners 
shall within 30 days appoint, by election, one of their number 
to serve as president. If if more than 28 months of the 
unexpired term remain, a special election shall be held the

vacancy shall be filled at the next general election to elect a 
person , at which election one
of the regularly elected or 
appointed members of the board of commissioners
shall be 
elected to serve the unexpired term of the president. In the 
case of a special election under this Section, the appointed 
officer shall serve until the election results are certified 
and the person elected at the special election is qualified. If 
28 months or less less than
 two years and sixty days of the 
unexpired term remain, the appointed officer shall serve for 
the remainder of the term board of
commissioners shall elect 
one of their number to serve the unexpired term
of the 
president.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.