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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 928
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 928, AS AMENDED, in
3 Section 5 by replacing Sec. 5-5 with the following:
4 "(35 ILCS 200/5-5)
5 Sec. 5-5. Election of commissioners of board of review;
6 counties of 3,000,000 or more.
7 (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, on
8 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1994, 2
9 commissioners of the board of appeals shall be elected to
10 hold office from the first Monday in December following their
11 election and until the first Monday in December 1998. In case
12 of any vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court or any
13 judge of that circuit designated by the chief judge shall
14 fill the vacancy by appointment. The commissioners shall be
15 electors in the particular county at the time of their
16 election or appointment and shall hold no other lucrative
17 public office or public employment. Each commissioner shall
18 receive compensation fixed by the county board, which shall
19 be paid out of the county treasury and which shall not be
20 changed during the term for which any commissioner is elected
21 or appointed. Effective the first Monday in December 1998,
22 the board of appeals is abolished.
23 The board of appeals shall maintain sufficient
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1 evidentiary records to support all decisions made by the
2 board of appeals. All records, data, sales/ratio studies,
3 and other information necessary for the board of review
4 elected under subsection (c) to perform its functions and
5 duties shall be transferred by the board of appeals to the
6 board of review on the first Monday in December 1998.
7 (b) (Blank).
8 (c) In each county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
9 there is created a board of review. The board of review shall
10 consist of 3 commissioners members, one elected from each
11 election district in the county at the general election in
12 1998 to hold office for a term beginning on the first Monday
13 in December following their election and until their
14 respective successors are elected and qualified.
15 No later than June 1, 1996, the General Assembly shall
16 establish the boundaries for the 3 election districts in each
17 county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. The election
18 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and have
19 substantially the same population based on the 1990 federal
20 decennial census. One district shall be designated as the
21 first election district, one as the second election district,
22 and one as the third election district. The commissioner
23 member from each district shall be elected to a term of 4
24 years.
25 In the year following each federal decennial census, the
26 General Assembly shall reapportion the election districts to
27 reflect the results of the census. The reapportioned
28 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and contain
29 substantially the same population. The commissioner member
30 from the first district shall be elected to terms of 4 years,
31 4 years, and 2 years. The commissioner member from the
32 second district shall be elected to terms of 4 years, 2
33 years, and 4 years. The commissioner member from the third
34 district shall be elected to terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4
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1 years.
2 In case of vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court
3 or any judge of the circuit court designated by the chief
4 judge shall fill the vacancy by appointment of a person from
5 the same political party. If the vacancy is filled with more
6 than 28 months remaining in the term, the appointed
7 commissioner member shall serve until the next general
8 election, at which time a commissioner member shall be
9 elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If a vacancy
10 is filled with 28 months or less remaining in the term, the
11 appointment shall be for the remainder of the term. The
12 commissioners members shall be electors within their
13 respective election district at the time of their election or
14 appointment and shall hold no other lucrative public office
15 or public employment.
16 Each commissioner member shall receive compensation fixed
17 by the county board, which shall be paid from the county
18 treasury. Compensation for each commissioner member shall be
19 equitable and shall not be changed during the term for which
20 that commissioner member is elected or appointed. The county
21 shall provide suitable office space for the board of review.
22 For the year beginning on the first Monday in December
23 1998 and ending the first Monday in December 1999, and every
24 fourth year thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the
25 commissioner member elected from the first district. For the
26 year beginning the first Monday in December 1999 and ending
27 the first Monday in December 2000, and every fourth year
28 thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the commissioner
29 member elected from the second district. For the year
30 beginning the first Monday in December 2000 and ending the
31 first Monday in December 2001, and every fourth year
32 thereafter, the chair shall be the commissioner member
33 elected from the third district. For the year beginning the
34 first Monday in December 2001 and ending the first Monday in
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1 December 2002, and every fourth year thereafter, the chair of
2 the board shall be determined by lot.
3 On and after the first Monday in December, 1998, any
4 reference in this Code to a board of appeals shall mean the
5 board of review created under this subsection, and any
6 reference to a member of a board of review shall mean a
7 commissioner of a board of review. The board of review
8 succeeds to the powers and duties of the board of appeals and
9 has any powers and duties granted to it under this Code. All
10 action of the board of review shall be by a majority vote of
11 its commissioners members.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-126, eff. 7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
13 8-14-96.)".