(70 ILCS 2205/5) (from Ch. 42, par. 251)
Sec. 5.
There shall be 5 trustees, elected as provided in this Section,
who shall constitute a board of trustees for the sanitary district. The
trustees shall hold office for 4 years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
At all regular elections held after August 20, 1965, 3 trustees shall be
elected from the territory of the district in the county having the greater
assessed valuation of the district and 2 trustees shall be elected from the territory
of the district in the county having the lesser assessed valuation of the
district. However, all trustees shall be elected from the district as a
whole if the equalized assessed valuation of the district for taxation purposes
is less than $100,000,000. The election of trustees to succeed the first
board of trustees shall be held at the election provided by the general
election law in
the year their term expires, and every 4 years thereafter. The trustees
shall choose one of
their number as president and one as
vice-president. In case of the death, resignation, absence from the
state, or other disability of the president, the powers, duties and
emoluments of the office of president shall devolve upon the
vice-president, until such disability is removed or until a successor to
the president is elected or appointed and chosen in the manner provided
in this Act. All elections for trustees of such sanitary districts shall
be held under the provisions of the general
election laws of this State.
In the event there is to be a division of trustees between the counties
having a territory within the district, only those voters residing within
the limits of the territory of such sanitary district within a county shall
be allowed to vote for trustees of the sanitary district, elected from such
county. If all trustees are elected at large in the district, any voter
residing within the limits of the district may vote for the trustees of
his choice irrespective of his county of residence.
In case of a vacancy in the office of trustee of any sanitary district
the county clerk of the county in which the trustee whose office is vacant
resided shall notify the Governor of any such vacancy, whereupon the Governor
shall issue a writ of election to the county clerk of the county in which
such vacancy exists, who shall conduct an election to fill such vacancy
at the next regular election provided in the general election law for the
election of such trustees. If such vacancy occurs within 28
months before the expiration of the term of the office made
vacant, the Governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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