Bill Text: IL HB0725 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a commissioner of a park district board shall not be elected to more than 2 terms. Further provides that the 2-term limit does not apply to a term where a commissioner is elected to a 6-year term but only serves a 2-year term as prescribed by statute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0725 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0725-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2-12 and 2-12a as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1205/2-12) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12)
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7 | Sec. 2-12.
Except as may be otherwise determined pursuant | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | to Section 2-12a
the commissioners shall be elected for 6 year | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | terms in all districts now
or hereafter organized with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | exceptions provided in Sections 2-10 and
2-10a as to those | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | first elected.
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12 | In all General Park Districts commissioners shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | elected biennially
to take the place of those whose terms | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | expire. Such elections
shall take place at the election | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | provided by the general election
law.
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16 | Commissioners shall serve until their successors are | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | elected and qualified. A commissioner shall not be elected to | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | more than 2 terms under this Section or Section 2-12a.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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20 | (70 ILCS 1205/2-12a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12a)
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21 | Sec. 2-12a.
Any district may provide, either by resolution | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the board
or by referendum, that the term of commissioners |
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1 | shall be 4 years rather
than 6 years. Any such referendum shall | ||||||
2 | be initiated and held in the same
manner as is provided by the | ||||||
3 | general election law for public questions
authorized by Article | ||||||
4 | VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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5 | If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | ||||||
6 | favor of a 4-year
term for commissioners, or if the Board | ||||||
7 | adopts a resolution stating that
it is acting pursuant to this | ||||||
8 | Section to change the term of office from
6 years to 4 years, | ||||||
9 | commissioners thereafter elected, commencing with the
first | ||||||
10 | regular park district election at least 60 days after the date | ||||||
11 | on
which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at | ||||||
12 | referendum or by
resolution, shall be elected for a term of 4 | ||||||
13 | years. In order to provide
for the transition from 6-year terms | ||||||
14 | to 4-year terms, if 2 commissioners
are to be elected at the | ||||||
15 | first such election and if the term of only one
commissioner is | ||||||
16 | scheduled to expire in the year of the next election at
which | ||||||
17 | commissioners are elected, of the 2 commissioners elected, one | ||||||
18 | shall
serve a 2-year
term and one a 4-year term, to be | ||||||
19 | determined by lot between the 2 persons
elected within 30 days | ||||||
20 | after the election.
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21 | In any district where the board has created 4-year terms | ||||||
22 | pursuant to
this Section, whether by referendum or by | ||||||
23 | resolution, the length of terms
may later be increased to 6 | ||||||
24 | years, but only by a referendum initiated and
held in the same | ||||||
25 | manner as prescribed in this Section for creating 4-year
terms. | ||||||
26 | No proposition to increase the terms of commissioners shall |
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1 | affect
any commissioner holding office at the time of the | ||||||
2 | referendum or to be
elected within 60 days of the referendum.
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3 | A commissioner shall not be elected to more than 2 terms | ||||||
4 | under this Section or Section 2-12, except that a 2-year term | ||||||
5 | of a commissioner as prescribed in this Section shall not count | ||||||
6 | as one of the 2 elected terms. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 84-301.)
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