Bill Text: IL SB3649 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the County Executive Form of Government Division of the Counties Code. Provides that the appointment authority of the county executive also applies to fill a vacancy to a position that the county executive originally appointed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Referred to Assignments [SB3649 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3649-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3649 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/2-5009 from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009
Amends the County Executive Form of Government Division of the Counties Code. Provides that the appointment authority of the county executive also applies to fill a vacancy to a position that the county executive originally appointed.
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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 2-5009 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-5009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5009)
Sec. 2-5009. Duties and powers of county executive. Any
county executive elected under this Division shall:
(a) see that all of the orders, resolutions and
regulations of the board are faithfully executed;
(b) coordinate and direct by executive order or
otherwise all administrative and management functions of
the county government except the offices of elected county
officers;
(c) prepare and submit to the board for its approval
the annual budget for the county required by Division 6-1
of this Code;
(d) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
persons to serve on the various boards and commissions to
which appointments are provided by law to be made by the
board;
(e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
persons to serve on various special districts within the

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county except where appointment to serve on such districts
is otherwise provided by law;
(f) make an annual report to the board on the affairs
of the county, on such date and at such time as the board
shall designate, and keep the board fully advised as to
the financial condition of the county and its future
financial needs;
(f-5) for a county executive of a county that has
adopted the executive form of government on or before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly, appoint, with the advice and consent of the
board, all department heads for any county departments;
(g) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board,
such subordinate deputies, employees and appointees for
the general administration of county affairs as considered
necessary, except those deputies, employees and appointees
in the office of an elected county officer; however, the
advice and consent requirement set forth in this paragraph
shall not apply to persons employed as a member of the
immediate personal staff of a county executive of a county
that has adopted the executive form of government on or
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly;
(h) remove or suspend in his discretion, after due
notice and hearing, anyone whom he has the power to
appoint;

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(i) require reports and examine accounts, records and
operations of all county administrative units;
(j) supervise the care and custody of all county
property including institutions and agencies;
(k) approve or veto ordinances or resolutions pursuant
to Section 2-5010;
(l) preside over board meetings; however, the county
executive is not entitled to vote except to break a tie
vote;
(l-5) for a county executive of a county that has
adopted the executive form of government on or before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly, if the County Executive is temporarily not
available to preside over a board meeting, the County
Executive shall designate a board member to preside over
the board meeting;
(m) call a special meeting of the county board, by a
written executive order signed by him and upon 24 hours
notice by delivery of a copy of such order to the residence
of each board member;
(n) with the advice and consent of the county board,
enter into intergovernmental agreements with other
governmental units;
(o) with the advice and consent of the county board,
negotiate on behalf of the county with governmental units
and the private sector for the purpose of promoting

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economic growth and development;
(p) at his discretion, appoint a person to serve as
legal counsel at an annual salary established by the
county board at an amount no greater than the annual
salary of the state's attorney of the county;
(q) perform such other duties as shall be required of
him by the board.
The appointment authority of the county executive provided
for in this Section also applies to fill a vacancy in any such
position.
(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)