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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 2-10a and 2-12a as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 1205/2-10a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10a)
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| 7 | Sec. 2-10a.
Any district may provide by referendum, or by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | resolution of
the board, that the board shall be comprised of 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | commissioners. Any such
referendum shall be initiated and held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | in the same manner as is provided
by the general election law.
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| 11 | If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | favor of the 7-member
board, or if the board adopts a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | resolution stating that it is acting pursuant
to this Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | in order to create a 7-member board, then whichever of the
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| 15 | following transition schedules are appropriate shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | applied: At the
election of commissioners next following by at | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | least 197 60 days after the date on
which the proposition to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | create a 7-member board was approved at referendum
or by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | resolution, the number of commissioners to be elected shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 2 more
than the number that would otherwise have been elected. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | If this results
in the election, pursuant to Section 2-12 of | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | this Act, of 4 commissioners
at that election, one of the 4, to | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | be determined by lot within 30 days after
the election, shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | serve for a term of 4 years or 2 years as the case
may be, | ||||||
| 2 | instead of 6 years, so that his term will expire in the same | ||||||
| 3 | year
in which the term of only one of the incumbent | ||||||
| 4 | commissioners expires.
Thereafter
all commissioners shall be | ||||||
| 5 | elected for 6-year terms as provided in Section
2-12. If the | ||||||
| 6 | creation of a 7-member board results in the election of either
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| 7 | 3 or 4 commissioners, pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, at | ||||||
| 8 | that election,
2 of them, to
be determined by lot within 30 | ||||||
| 9 | days after the election, shall serve for
terms of 2 years | ||||||
| 10 | instead of 4 years. Thereafter all commissioners shall
be | ||||||
| 11 | elected for 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a of this | ||||||
| 12 | Act.
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| 13 | In any district where a 7-member board has been created | ||||||
| 14 | pursuant to this
Section whether by referendum or by | ||||||
| 15 | resolution, the number of commissioners
may later be reduced | ||||||
| 16 | to 5, but only by a referendum initiated and held in
the same | ||||||
| 17 | manner as prescribed in this Section for creating a 7-member | ||||||
| 18 | board.
No proposition to reduce the number of commissioners | ||||||
| 19 | shall affect the terms
of any commissioners holding office at | ||||||
| 20 | the time of the referendum or to
be elected within 197 60 days | ||||||
| 21 | after of the referendum. If a majority of the votes cast on the | ||||||
| 22 | proposition is in favor of reducing a 7-member board to a | ||||||
| 23 | 5-member board, then, at the election of commissioners next | ||||||
| 24 | following by at least 197 60 days after the date on which the | ||||||
| 25 | proposition was approved at referendum, the number of | ||||||
| 26 | commissioners to be elected shall be 2 less than the number | ||||||
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| 1 | that would otherwise have been elected and whichever of the | ||||||
| 2 | following transition schedules are appropriate shall be | ||||||
| 3 | applied: (i) if this results in the election of no | ||||||
| 4 | commissioners for a 6-year term pursuant to Section 2-12 of | ||||||
| 5 | this Act, then at the next election in which 3 commissioners | ||||||
| 6 | are scheduled to be elected to 6-year terms as provided in | ||||||
| 7 | Section 2-12, one of the 3, to be determined by lot within 30 | ||||||
| 8 | days after the election, shall serve for a term of 4 years or 2 | ||||||
| 9 | years, as the case may be, instead of 6 years, so that his or | ||||||
| 10 | her term will expire in the same year in which the term of no | ||||||
| 11 | incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter, all | ||||||
| 12 | commissioners shall be elected for 6-year terms as provided in | ||||||
| 13 | Section 2-12; or (ii) if the reduction to a 5-member board | ||||||
| 14 | results in the election of one commissioner to a 4-year term, | ||||||
| 15 | pursuant to Section 2-12a of this Act, then at the next | ||||||
| 16 | election in which 4 commissioners are scheduled to be elected | ||||||
| 17 | to 4-year terms as provided in Section 2-12a, one of the 4, to | ||||||
| 18 | be determined by lot within 30 days after the election, shall | ||||||
| 19 | serve for a term of 2 years, instead of 4 years, so that his or | ||||||
| 20 | her term will expire in the same year in which the term of only | ||||||
| 21 | one incumbent commissioner is scheduled to expire; thereafter, | ||||||
| 22 | all commissioners shall be elected for 4-year terms as | ||||||
| 23 | provided in Section 2-12a.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 100-351, eff. 8-25-17.)
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| 25 | (70 ILCS 1205/2-12a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12a)
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| 1 | Sec. 2-12a.
Any district may provide, either by resolution | ||||||
| 2 | of the board
or by referendum, that the term of commissioners | ||||||
| 3 | shall be 4 years rather
than 6 years. Any such referendum shall | ||||||
| 4 | be initiated and held in the same
manner as is provided by the | ||||||
| 5 | general election law for public questions
authorized by | ||||||
| 6 | Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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| 7 | If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | ||||||
| 8 | favor of a 4-year
term for commissioners, or if the Board | ||||||
| 9 | adopts a resolution stating that
it is acting pursuant to this | ||||||
| 10 | Section to change the term of office from
6 years to 4 years, | ||||||
| 11 | commissioners thereafter elected, commencing with the
first | ||||||
| 12 | regular park district election at least 197 60 days after the | ||||||
| 13 | date on
which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at | ||||||
| 14 | referendum or by
resolution, shall be elected for a term of 4 | ||||||
| 15 | years. In order to provide
for the transition from 6-year | ||||||
| 16 | terms to 4-year terms: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) If 2 commissioners on a 5-member board
are to be | ||||||
| 18 | elected at the first such election and if the term of only | ||||||
| 19 | one
commissioner is scheduled to expire in the year of the | ||||||
| 20 | next election at
which commissioners are elected, of the 2 | ||||||
| 21 | commissioners elected, one shall
serve a 2-year
term and | ||||||
| 22 | one a 4-year term, to be determined by lot between the 2 | ||||||
| 23 | persons
elected within 30 days after the election. | ||||||
| 24 | (2) On a 7-member board under Section 2-10a, if the | ||||||
| 25 | terms of only 2 commissioners are scheduled to expire in | ||||||
| 26 | the year of the second election at which commissioners are | ||||||
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| 1 | elected after the first regular park district election at | ||||||
| 2 | least 197 60 days after the date on which the proposition | ||||||
| 3 | for 4-year terms was approved at referendum or by | ||||||
| 4 | resolution, then: | ||||||
| 5 | (A) if 3 commissioners are elected at the first | ||||||
| 6 | regular election, 2 of the commissioners elected shall | ||||||
| 7 | serve a 2-year term and one shall serve a 4-year term | ||||||
| 8 | to be determined by lot between persons elected within | ||||||
| 9 | 30 days after the first election; or | ||||||
| 10 | (B) if 2 commissioners are elected at the first | ||||||
| 11 | regular election, those 2 commissioners elected shall | ||||||
| 12 | serve a 2-year term.
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| 13 | In any district where the board has created 4-year terms | ||||||
| 14 | pursuant to
this Section, whether by referendum or by | ||||||
| 15 | resolution, the length of terms
may later be increased to 6 | ||||||
| 16 | years, but only by a referendum initiated and
held in the same | ||||||
| 17 | manner as prescribed in this Section for creating 4-year
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| 18 | terms. No proposition to increase the terms of commissioners | ||||||
| 19 | shall affect
any commissioner holding office at the time of | ||||||
| 20 | the referendum or to be
elected within 197 60 days after of the | ||||||
| 21 | referendum.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 101-58, eff. 7-12-19.)
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.
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