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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2-3001 and 2-3003 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/2-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)
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7 | Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division,
unless | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the context otherwise requires:
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9 | a. "District" means a county board district established as | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | provided in
this Division.
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11 | b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the county
clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General or | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | his designated
representative and the chairmen of the county | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | central committees of the
first leading political party and the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | second leading political party as
defined in Section 1-3 of The | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Election Code.
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17 | c. "Population" means the number of inhabitants as | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | determined by the
last preceding federal decennial census.
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19 | d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | serve on the
county board.
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21 | e. "Racial minorities or language minorities" has the | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | meaning provided to that term in subsection (c) of Section 5-5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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2 | (55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
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3 | Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
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4 | (1) If the county board determines
that members shall be | ||||||
5 | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | ||||||
6 | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | ||||||
7 | board members to be elected from each district and whether | ||||||
8 | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | ||||||
9 | districts. Each such district:
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10 | a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each | ||||||
11 | other district;
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12 | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | ||||||
13 | nearly compact as
practicable; and
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14 | c. May divide townships or municipalities only when | ||||||
15 | necessary to conform
to the population requirement of | ||||||
16 | paragraph a. of this Section ; .
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17 | d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no | ||||||
18 | precinct shall be
divided between 2 or more districts, | ||||||
19 | insofar as is practicable ; .
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20 | e. Shall provide racial minorities or language | ||||||
21 | minorities with equal opportunity to participate in the | ||||||
22 | political process and elect candidates of their choice; | ||||||
23 | f. Shall provide racial minorities or language | ||||||
24 | minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority | ||||||
25 | of a district with an opportunity to substantially |
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1 | influence the outcome of an election; and | ||||||
2 | g. Shall not discriminate against or in favor of any | ||||||
3 | political party or individual. | ||||||
4 | (2) The county board of each county having a population of | ||||||
5 | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | ||||||
6 | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | ||||||
7 | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | ||||||
8 | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | ||||||
9 | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | ||||||
10 | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | ||||||
11 | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | ||||||
12 | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | ||||||
13 | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | ||||||
14 | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | ||||||
15 | any single member district, times the number of members
found | ||||||
16 | within that multi-member district. | ||||||
17 | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | ||||||
18 | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | ||||||
19 | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | ||||||
20 | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | ||||||
21 | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
22 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | ||||||
23 | Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the | ||||||
24 | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | ||||||
25 | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | ||||||
26 | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days |
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1 | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was | ||||||
2 | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | ||||||
3 | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | ||||||
4 | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | ||||||
5 | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | ||||||
6 | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | ||||||
7 | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | ||||||
8 | the Board. | ||||||
9 | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | ||||||
10 | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | ||||||
11 | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | ||||||
12 | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | ||||||
13 | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
14 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | ||||||
15 | Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | ||||||
16 | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | ||||||
17 | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | ||||||
18 | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | ||||||
19 | but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was | ||||||
20 | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | ||||||
21 | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive | ||||||
22 | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | ||||||
23 | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | ||||||
24 | hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive | ||||||
25 | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | ||||||
26 | the Board.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)
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