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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 Park District Code is amended by changing
5		Sections 2-10a and 2-12a as follows:
6		(70 ILCS 1205/2-10a) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10a)
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.
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
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
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.
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.
24		(Source: P.A. 100-351, eff. 8-25-17.)
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.
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.
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
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.
22		(Source: P.A. 101-58, eff. 7-12-19.)
23		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24		becoming law.