99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1609

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section

concerning
county board elections.

LRB099 06521 AWJ 26593 b

A BILL FOR

HB1609

LRB099 06521 AWJ 26593 b

1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section

5 2-3002.5 as follows:

6 (55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)

7 Sec. 2-3002.5. Beginning with members elected at the~~the~~

8 general election in 2002, counties having a population between

9 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall

10 have no more than 18 members on their county board. If the

11 chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters

12 of the county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall

13 not be counted as a member of the county board for the purpose

14 of the limitations on the size of the county board provided in

15 this Section. Neither a member nor the chairman of that county

16 board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner or president

17 of the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.

18 No person shall seek election to both the county board and the

19 forest preserve commission at the same election.

20 (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)