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91_HB1965
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1 AN ACT to amend the State's Attorneys Appellate
2 Prosecutor's Act by changing Section 3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's
6 Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 14, par. 203)
8 Sec. 3. There is created the Office of the State's
9 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor as an agency of state
10 government.
11 (a) The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
12 Prosecutor shall be governed by a board of governors which
13 shall consist of 10 members as follows:
14 (1) Eight State's Attorneys, 2 to be elected from each
15 District containing less than 3,000,000 inhabitants;
16 (2) The State's Attorney of Cook County; and
17 (3) One State's Attorney to be appointed by the other 9
18 members.
19 (b) Voting for elected members shall be by District with
20 each of the State's Attorneys voting from their respective
21 district. Each board member must be duly elected or
22 appointed and serving as State's Attorney in the district
23 from which he was elected or appointed.
24 (c) Members shall serve for a term of 2 years one year
25 commencing on the first day of July, 1999, and until their
26 successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
27 (d) An annual election of members of the board shall be
28 held during the month of June, 1999, and every 2 years
29 thereafter. The board shall certify the results of each
30 election to the Secretary of State.
31 (e) The board shall promulgate rules of procedure for
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1 the election of its members and the conduct of its meetings
2 and shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman and such other
3 officers as it deems appropriate. The board shall meet at
4 least once every 3 months, and in addition thereto as
5 directed by the Chairman, or upon the special call of any 5
6 members of the board, in writing, sent to the Chairman,
7 designating the time and place of the meeting.
8 (f) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum
9 for the purpose of transacting business.
10 (g) Members of the board shall serve without
11 compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses
12 incurred in the performance of their duties.
13 (h) A position shall be vacated by either a member's
14 resignation, removal or inability to serve as State's
15 Attorney.
16 (i) Vacancies on the board of elected members shall be
17 filled within 90 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy by
18 a special election of held by the State's Attorneys of in the
19 district where the vacancy occurred. A vacancy Vacancies on
20 the board of an the appointed member of the board shall be
21 filled within 90 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy by
22 a special election by the members of the board. A member
23 elected or appointed to fill a vacancy such position shall
24 serve for the unexpired term of the member whom he is
25 succeeding. Any member may be re-elected or re-appointed for
26 additional terms.
27 (Source: P.A. 84-1062.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.