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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3642
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3642 on page 2,
3 line 10, by deleting "advisory"; and
4 on page 4, line 4, by replacing "The" with "Except as
5 provided in subsection (c), the"; and
6 on page 4, line 16, by deleting "(i)"; and
7 on page 4, lines 17, 18, and 19, by deleting ", (ii) whether
8 the board members should be elected from single-member
9 districts, multi-member districts, or at-large, or (iii)
10 both"; and
11 on page 4, immediately below line 30, by inserting the
12 following:
13 "(c) Method of election of county board. Members of the
14 county board may be elected from single-member districts,
15 multi-member districts, or at-large. The method of election
16 of the county board may be determined by county-wide
17 referendum, initiated either by a petition or by ordinance of
18 the county board. A written petition for an advisory
19 referendum authorized by this subsection must contain the
20 signatures of at least 1% of the registered voters of the
21 county and must be filed with the appropriate election
22 authority. An ordinance initiating a referendum under this
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1 subsection must be approved by a majority of the county board
2 and must be filed with the appropriate election authority. A
3 referendum initiated under this subsection shall be placed on
4 the ballot at the general election designated in the petition
5 or ordinance. If the voters of the county alter the method of
6 election for county board member by referendum from an
7 at-large election to an election by districts, the county
8 board shall, no later that April 1 following the general
9 election at which the referendum was held, develop an
10 apportionment plan under Section 2-3003. If the method of
11 electing county board members is determined by referendum,
12 then the county board may not alter that method by ordinance
13 for a period of 12 years after the date of the referendum.".