96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2008


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5









    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that beginning with the general election in 2012, counties having a population between 800,000 and 3,000,000 shall have no more than 12 members on their county board.  Provides that the members of the county board shall be elected from single-member districts. Effective immediately.
















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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 Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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2-3002.5 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)



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    Sec. 2-3002.5. 
Beginning with members elected at the 
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general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between 
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800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall 
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have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the 
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chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters 
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of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall 
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not be counted as a
member of the county board for the purpose 
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of the limitations on the size of
the county board provided in 
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this Section.  Neither a member nor the
chairman of that county 
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board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner or
president 
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of the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.  
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No
person shall seek election to both the county board and the 
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forest preserve
commission at the same election.
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    Beginning with members elected at the general election
in 
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2012, counties having a population
between 800,000 and 
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3,000,000 according to 2010 decennial census shall have no
more 
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than 12 members on their county board. Each member of the 
 


 






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county board shall be elected from single-member districts.
If 
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the chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the 
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voters of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the 
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chairman shall not be counted as a
member of the county board 
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for the purpose of the limitations on the size of
the county 
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board provided in this Section.  Neither a member nor the

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chairman of that county board shall serve simultaneously as 
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commissioner or
president of the board of commissioners of the 
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forest preserve district.  No
person shall seek election to both 
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the county board and the forest preserve
commission at the same 
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election. 

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(Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)

 

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