Illinois Senate Bill 1358 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that, beginning with the general election in 2012 and each succeeding general election, a forest preserve district shall be divided into 6 districts and one commissioner of the forest preserve district shall be elected from each district that is co-extensive with a county with a population of more than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000 (now, commissioners of the forest preserve district are elected from the same districts as members of the county board). Provides that by July 1, 2011 and each 10 years thereafter, the board of commissioners of a forest preserve district shall develop an apportionment plan for the district. Sets forth the requirements for the apportionment plan. Provides that, if any forest preserve district fails to complete the reapportionment of its district by July 1 in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter, the county clerk of that county shall convene the county apportionment commission to develop the apportionment plan. Sets forth the requirements for filing an apportionment plan. Provides that, if no apportionment plan is filed, then the commissioners of the forest preserve district shall be elected at large in the district. Effective immediately.

FOREST PRESERVE DIST-ELECTIONS

Sen. Carole Pankau [R]

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Sen. Pamela Althoff [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2011-03-18	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2011-03-17	Senate	Postponed - Executive
2011-03-10	Senate	To Executive Subcommittee on Election Law; - 3/16/2011 - Postponed
2011-03-03	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
2011-03-02	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2011-03-02	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
2011-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2011-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
70	805	3c	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1358&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB1358.htm