(70 ILCS 705/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 25)
Sec. 5.
Whenever a member of an elected board of trustees of a fire
protection district ceases to be an inhabitant of the district, his or
her office shall become immediately vacant. Whenever a vacancy in the
board of trustees occurs, either by death, resignation, refusal to qualify,
ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district, or for any other reason, the
vacancy shall be filled as follows: (i) if the vacancy is in a 3-member,
5-member, or 7-member appointed board, by the appropriate appointing authority,
and (ii) if the vacancy is in an elected board, by the elected board within 60
days after the vacancy occurs. The person appointed shall qualify for office
as provided in this Act and shall thereupon assume the duties of the office for
the unexpired term to which the person was appointed, except that in a district
in which trustees are elected, the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall
serve only until the first Monday of the month following the month of the next
regular election, and at that election a trustee shall be elected to fill the
vacancy for any balance of the unexpired term and until the elected trustee has
qualified.
(Source: P.A. 87-712; 88-440.)
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