10 ILCS 5/8-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 8 - Nominations of Members of the General Assembly

 (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)Sec. 8-5. Legislative committees; representative committees. There shall be constituted one legislative committee for each  political party in each legislative district and one representative committee  for each political party in each representative district. Legislative and  representative committees shall be composed as follows:In legislative or representative districts within or including a portion  of any county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the legislative  or representative committee of a  political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such party  representing each township or ward of such county any portion of which  township or ward is included within such legislative or representative  district and the chair   of each county central committee of such party of any county  containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of which county  is included within such legislative or representative district.In the remainder of the State, the legislative or representative committee  of a political  party shall consist of the chair of each county central committee of  such party, any portion of which county is included within such  legislative or representative district; but if a legislative or representative  district comprises only one  county, or part of a county, its legislative or representative committee  shall consist of  the chair of the county central committee and 2 members of the county  central committee appointed by the chair of the county central committee.Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered year immediately  following the decennial redistricting required by Section 3 of Article IV  of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the ward committeepersons, township committeepersons   or chairmen of county central committees within each of the  redistricted legislative and representative districts shall meet and  proceed to organize by electing from among their own number a chair and,  either from among their own number or otherwise, such other officers as  they may deem necessary or expedient.  The ward committeepersons, township committeepersons   or chairmen of county central committees shall determine the  time and place (which shall be in the limits of such district) of such  meeting.  Immediately upon completion of organization, the chair shall  forward to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair   and secretary of the committee.  A vacancy shall occur when a  member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county, township or ward  which he represented.Within 180 days after the primary of each other even-numbered year, each  legislative committee and representative committee shall meet and proceed  to organize by electing from among its own number a chair, and either  from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee  may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of  organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of  Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary of the  committee. The outgoing chair of such committee shall notify the  members of the time and place (which shall be in the limits of such  district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a member dies,  resigns, or ceases to reside in the county, township or ward, which he  represented.If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct, township or  ward, the committeeperson previously elected therefrom shall continue to  serve, as if no boundary change had occurred, for the purpose of acting  as a member of a legislative or representative committee until his successor  is elected or appointed.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)