Bill Text: IL HB4556 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4556 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4556-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4556 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Gill SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-7002 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 3-7002 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
Sec. 3-7002. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is
created the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter
called the the Board, consisting of not less than 3 and not
more than 7 members appointed by the Sheriff with the advice
and consent of three-fifths of the county board, except that
the Sheriff may appoint 2 additional members, with the advice
and consent of three-fifths of the county board, at his or her
discretion. Of the members first appointed, one shall serve
until the third Monday in March, 1965 one until the third
Monday in March, 1967, and one until the third Monday in March,
1969. Of the 2 additional members first appointed under
authority of this amendatory Act of 1991, one shall serve
until the third Monday in March, 1995, and one until the third
Monday in March, 1997. Of the 2 additional members first
appointed under the authority of this amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly, one shall serve until the third Monday
in March, 2005 and one shall serve until the third Monday in

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March, 2006.
Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first
appointed (including the 2 additional members first appointed
under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991 and under the
authority of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly), their respective successors shall be appointed to
hold office from the third Monday in March of the year of their
respective appointments for a term of 6 years and until their
successors are appointed and qualified for a like term. As
additional members are appointed under authority of this
amendatory Act of 1997, their terms shall be set to be
staggered consistently with the terms of the existing Board
members.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the
contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board is
abolished on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly. Of the 7 members first appointed after
the effective date of this Act of the 100th General Assembly, 2
shall serve until the third Monday in March 2019, 2 shall serve
until the third Monday in March 2021, and 3 members shall serve
until the third Monday in March 2023. The terms of the 2
additional members first appointed after the effective date of
this Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be staggered
consistently with the terms of the other Board members.
Successors or reappointments shall be appointed to hold office
for a term ending on the third Monday in March 6 years

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