Bill Text: IL SB3622 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. In a division concerning counties under township organization, provides that the chairman and vice-chairman of the county board shall be elected by a majority of those elected to the board. Provides that if the position of chairman becomes vacant, the vice-chairman shall serve as chairman until a new chairman is elected to fill the remainder of the departing chairman's 2-year term. Effective January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3622 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3622-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3622 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/2-1003 from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003
Amends the Counties Code. In a division concerning counties under township organization, provides that the chairman and vice-chairman of the county board shall be elected by a majority of those elected to the board. Provides that if the position of chairman becomes vacant, the vice-chairman shall serve as chairman until a new chairman is elected to fill the remainder of the departing chairman's 2-year term. Effective January 1, 2021.
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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
2-1003 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003)
Sec. 2-1003. Chairman and vice-chairman of county board.
The county board shall, unless the chairman is elected by the
voters of the county, at its first meeting in the month
following the month in which county board members are elected,
choose one of its members as chairman for a term of 2 years and
at the same meeting, choose one of its members as vice-chairman
for a term of 2 years. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be
elected by a majority of those elected to the board. The
vice-chairman shall serve in the place of the chairman at any
meeting of the county board in which the chairman is not
present. In case of the absence of the chairman and the
vice-chairman at any meeting, the members present shall choose
one of their number as temporary chairman. If the position of
chairman becomes vacant, the vice-chairman shall serve as
chairman until a new chairman is elected to fill the remainder
of the departing chairman's 2-year term.
A chairman who is chosen by the county board may be

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removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an
affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon
adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (i) the chairman
position becomes vacant and the former chairman's compensation
shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (ii) the
vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman
without chairman compensation; and (iii) a new chairman shall
be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board
meeting. A chairman removed under this Section maintains his or
her status as a member of the county board.
(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2021.