Bill Text: IL HB4815 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that an elected or appointed 7-member board of trustees of a fire protection district may be decreased to an elected or appointed 5-member or 3-member board by referendum. Sets forth the procedure for decreasing the size of a 7-member board. Specifies the terms of the board members. Provides that the terms of the 7 persons serving on the board at the time of the reduction of the number of members to 5 or 3 shall terminate upon certification of the election results, except that they shall continue to serve until the 5-member or 3-member board is appointed and qualified or elected and qualified. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b). [HB4815 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4815-Engrossed.html
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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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 4.04 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 705/4.04 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 4.04. Change from a 7-member board to a 5-member or | ||||||
8 | 3-member board. In a district governed by an elected or | ||||||
9 | appointed 7-member board, upon presentation of a petition, | ||||||
10 | signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the district | ||||||
11 | governed by the board, requesting that a proposition to | ||||||
12 | decrease the board of trustees to a 5-member or 3-member board | ||||||
13 | be submitted to the electors of the district, the secretary of | ||||||
14 | the board of trustees shall certify the proposition to the | ||||||
15 | appropriate election authorities who shall submit the | ||||||
16 | proposition at a regular election in accordance with the | ||||||
17 | general election law. The general election law shall apply to | ||||||
18 | and govern the election. | ||||||
19 | The election authority must submit the question in | ||||||
20 | substantially the following form: | ||||||
21 | Shall the number of trustees of the fire protection | ||||||
22 | district be decreased from 7 to (5 or 3) members? | ||||||
23 | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No". |
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1 | If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in | ||||||
2 | the affirmative, the board of trustees of the district shall be | ||||||
3 | decreased to a 5-member or 3-member board, as applicable. The | ||||||
4 | terms of the 7 persons serving on the board at the time of the | ||||||
5 | reduction of the number of members to 5 or 3 shall terminate | ||||||
6 | upon certification of the election results, except that they | ||||||
7 | shall continue to serve until the 5-member or 3-member board is | ||||||
8 | appointed and qualified or elected and qualified. | ||||||
9 | In the case of an appointed board, the appointing authority | ||||||
10 | shall within 60 days after the certification of the election | ||||||
11 | results, appoint 3 or 5 trustees, as the case may be, to the | ||||||
12 | board of trustees with terms starting the first Monday in May | ||||||
13 | next following the election where the decrease in the board's | ||||||
14 | size is approved. The terms of the appointed trustees shall be | ||||||
15 | determined by lot at the first board meeting following the | ||||||
16 | election. In the case of a 5-member board, 2 trustees shall | ||||||
17 | have a 3-year term, 2 trustees shall have a 2-year term, and | ||||||
18 | one trustee shall have a one-year term. In the case of a | ||||||
19 | 3-member board, one trustee shall have a 3-year term, one | ||||||
20 | trustee shall have a 2-year term, and one trustee shall have a | ||||||
21 | one-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. | ||||||
22 | In the case of an elected board, 3 or 5 trustees shall be | ||||||
23 | elected at the next election at which fire protection district | ||||||
24 | trustees are to be elected under the general election law. The | ||||||
25 | terms of the trustees shall be determined by lot at the first | ||||||
26 | board meeting following the election. In the case of a 5-member |
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1 | board, 2 elected trustees shall have a 2-year term, 2 trustees | ||||||
2 | shall have a 4-year term, and one trustee shall have a 6-year | ||||||
3 | term. In the case of a 3-member board, one elected trustee | ||||||
4 | shall have a 6-year term, one trustee shall have a 4-year term, | ||||||
5 | and one trustee shall have a 2-year term. Thereafter, the terms | ||||||
6 | of all elected trustees shall be 6 years.
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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