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70 ILCS 1205/2-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-9)Sec. 2-9.         Candidates for park commissioner elected at the election to  determine whether or not a General Park District shall be formed shall be  nominated in the same manner and form as prescribed in the general election  law, except that the petition for nomination shall be filed with the clerk  of the circuit court and shall have the signatures of no less than 25  qualified voters.  Candidates for the initial board of commissioners shall  file nomination petitions within the time prescribed by the general election law.In the event that such park district is organized, then the five persons  who shall have received the highest number of votes for commissioners each  at such election shall be declared the commissioners of said district.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-10)Sec. 2-10.         Except as otherwise provided herein, within 30 days after declaration  of the result of the election to organize a district, the five persons elected  as commissioners shall meet and decide by lot, the term for which each shall  hold office. Two shall serve for six years; two shall serve for four years;  and one shall serve for two years, respectively and until their successors  shall be duly elected and qualified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-11)Sec. 2-11.   No person shall be eligible to serve as park commissioner  unless that person is a qualified elector of the park district and has  resided therein at least one year prior to election or appointment.A person is not eligible to serve as park commissioner if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.Nominations of candidates for the office of park commissioners  in any General Park District at all succeeding elections shall be made by  petition signed in the aggregate for each candidate by qualified voters  of such district, equal in number to not less than 2% of the number who  voted at the last preceding election for commissioners in such district,  but in no case by less than 25 of such voters. The petition shall be filed  with the secretary of the district.In all General Park Districts the secretary of the district shall, in  the manner and at the time prescribed by the general election law certify  to the proper election authorities the name or names of the candidate  or candidates so nominated.  The ballot shall have no political party name,  platform or principle thereon designated, nor shall any party circle be  printed upon the ballot. Where voting machines or electronic voting systems  are used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as required or  authorized by the general election law.  (Source: P.A. 96-458, eff. 8-14-09.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12)Sec. 2-12.         Except as may be otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2-12a  the commissioners shall be elected for 6 year terms in all districts now  or hereafter organized with the exceptions provided in Sections 2-10 and  2-10a as to those first elected.In all General Park Districts commissioners shall be elected biennially  to take the place of those whose terms expire. Such elections  shall take place at the election provided by the general election  law.Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-12a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-12a)Sec. 2-12a.   Any district may provide, either by resolution of the board  or by referendum, that the term of commissioners shall be 4 years rather  than 6 years. Any such referendum shall be initiated and held in the same  manner as is provided by the general election law for public questions  authorized by Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of a 4-year  term for commissioners, or if the Board adopts a resolution stating that  it is acting pursuant to this Section to change the term of office from  6 years to 4 years, commissioners thereafter elected, commencing with the  first regular park district election at least 60 days after the date on  which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at referendum or by  resolution, shall be elected for a term of 4 years.  In order to provide  for the transition from 6-year terms to 4-year terms:(1) If 2 commissioners on a 5-member board are to be     elected at the first such election and if the term of only one commissioner is scheduled to expire in the year of the next election at which commissioners are elected, of the 2 commissioners elected, one shall serve a 2-year term and one a 4-year term, to be determined by lot between the 2 persons elected within 30 days after the election.(2) On a 7-member board under Section 2-10a, if the     terms of only 2 commissioners are scheduled to expire in the year of the second election at which commissioners are elected after the first regular park district election at least 60 days after the date on which the proposition for 4-year terms was approved at referendum or by resolution, then:(A) if 3 commissioners are elected at the first         regular election, 2 of the commissioners elected shall serve a 2-year term and one shall serve a 4-year term to be determined by lot between persons elected within 30 days after the first election; or(B) if 2 commissioners are elected at the first         regular election, those 2 commissioners elected shall serve a 2-year term.In any district where the board has created 4-year terms pursuant to  this Section, whether by referendum or by resolution, the length of terms  may later be increased to 6 years, but only by a referendum initiated and  held in the same manner as prescribed in this Section for creating 4-year  terms.  No proposition to increase the terms of commissioners shall affect  any commissioner holding office at the time of the referendum or to be  elected within 60 days of the referendum.  (Source: P.A. 101-58, eff. 7-12-19.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-14)Sec. 2-14.         When the boundaries of any General Park District are coterminous  with the boundaries of a village having 50,000 or more inhabitants, and  the commissioners are being elected for the same  term of office as village trustees, within 30 days after the declaration  of the result of the first election held to elect commissioners, the five  persons elected as commissioners shall meet  and decide by lot the term for which each shall hold office. Two shall serve  for six years, two shall serve for four years, and one shall serve for two  years, respectively, from the date of their election as commissioners, or  until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified.When the boundaries of any General Park District are coterminous with the  boundaries of a village having 50,000 or more inhabitants, and the commissioners  are being elected for the same term of office as  village trustees, the provisions of Section 2-12 concerning the term of  office of commissioners in General Park Districts  shall apply to elections subsequent to the first election held to elect commissioners.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-15)Sec. 2-15.         In each Pleasure Driveway and Park District there shall be elected  a president and six trustees who shall be legal voters of and reside within  said district, who shall hold their respective offices for a term of four  years, from the date of said election and until their successors are elected  and qualified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-17)Sec. 2-17.         In existing Pleasure Driveway and Park Districts nominations  of candidates for the office of president and trustee shall be made only by petition  in the manner as provided for independent candidates  in the general election  law. The petition shall be  signed by qualified voters in the district equal in number to not less than  2% of the number who voted at the last preceding election for trustees in  the district, but in no case by fewer than 25 voters. The secretary of  such board shall certify the names of the candidates to the appropriate  election authorities, who shall conduct such election at the time and in  the manner provided by the general election law.     (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-19)Sec. 2-19.         The board of Township Park Districts shall consist of three  commissioners, each of whom must be a legal voter of and reside within the  district. Each shall hold office for a term of six years from the date of  his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.An election shall be held at the time provided by  the general election law,  to elect the commissioner whose term then expires.  Nominations  shall be made in the manner as provided for General Park Districts under Sections  2-11, 2-12 and 2-13 of this Code.  The election shall be conducted  as provided by the general election law.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-20)Sec. 2-20.         Whenever the legal voters of any Township Park District or Pleasure  Driveway and Park District, equal in number to ten per cent of the number  of electors voting at the last preceding election held in the district,  petition the board thereof to submit the question whether the park district  shall reorganize as a General Park District under this Code, the secretary  of the board shall certify this question to the appropriate election authorities  who shall conduct a referendum on said question in accordance with the general  election law. Such petition shall be filed with the secretary of said board  in accordance with provisions of general election law.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-21)Sec. 2-21.         The proposition to be submitted at such election shall be in  substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the.... Park District            YESreorganize as a General Park District ------------------------under the Park District Code?              NO--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-22)Sec. 2-22.         If a majority of the legal voters of such district voting on  such proposition vote in favor thereof, the park district shall become a  General Park District under this Code. Thereupon, the Park District  officers then in office or elected at such election shall exercise the  powers conferred upon like officers under this Code until their successors  are elected and have qualified.    (Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-23)Sec. 2-23.         The first election for commissioners where a Pleasure Driveway  and Park District has become a General Park District shall be held at  the next regular election for park district commissioners at which time  two commissioners  shall be elected for a term of six years to succeed the former president  and two trustees whose terms have expired.  In the succeeding  biennial election three commissioners shall be elected to succeed the remaining  former trustees, whose terms shall have then expired.  These three  newly elected commissioners shall decide by lot the term for which each  shall hold office. The two drawing the longest term shall serve for six  years; and the other shall serve for two years, and until their successors  shall be duly elected and qualified. Thereafter commissioners shall be elected  biennially for a term of six years to succeed the commissioners whose terms  expire. Provided, in former Pleasure Driveway and Park Districts, where  the trustees are appointed in the manner provided in Section 2-18 hereof,  the first election for commissioners shall be held at the next  regular election for park district commissioners after  the expiration of the terms of the three or four former trustees (as the  case may be) whose terms first expire. Said election shall be held at  the time provided by the general election law  at which two commissioners shall be elected for a term of six years  to succeed said former trustees whose terms have expired.  Two  years thereafter an election shall be held at the time provided by the  general election law, at which three commissioners  shall be elected to succeed the remaining former trustees whose terms shall  have expired.  These three newly elected commissioners shall  decide by lot the term for which each shall hold office, in the same manner  as above provided for Pleasure Driveway and Park Districts in which the  former trustees were elected by the voters.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-24
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-24)Sec. 2-24.         The first election for commissioners where a Township Park District  has been incorporated as a General Park District shall be held at  the next regular election of such commissioners as provided in the general  election law at which time three commissioners shall be elected to succeed  the commissioner whose term has expired.These newly elected three commissioners shall decide by lot the term for  which each shall hold office; the two drawing the longest term shall serve  for six years, and the other shall serve for four years, and until their  successors shall be duly elected and qualified. In the succeeding biennial  election one commissioner shall be elected for a term of six years to succeed  the commissioner whose term has expired. Thereafter commissioners shall  be elected biennially for a term of six years to succeed the commissioners  whose terms expire.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-25)Sec. 2-25. Vacancies. Whenever any member of the governing board of any park  district (i) dies, (ii) resigns, (iii) becomes under legal disability, (iv)  ceases to be a legal voter in the district, (v) is convicted in any court located in the United States of any  infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony, (vi) refuses or neglects to take his or her oath of office,  (vii) neglects to perform the duties of his or her office or attend  meetings of the board for the length of time as the board fixes by  ordinance, or (viii) for any other reason specified by law, that office may  be declared vacant. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by a majority  of the remaining members of the board. Any person so appointed shall hold  his or her office until the next regular election for this office, at which  a member shall be elected to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term,  subject to the following conditions:(1) If the vacancy occurs with less than 28 months     remaining in the term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold his or her office until the expiration of the term for which he or she has been appointed, and no election to fill the vacancy shall be held.(2) If the vacancy occurs with more than 28 months     left in the term, but less than 123 days before the next regularly scheduled election for this office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold his or her office until the second regularly scheduled election for the office following the appointment, at which a member shall be elected to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (Source: P.A. 101-257, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-26
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

 (from Ch. 105, par. 2-26)Sec. 2-26.         The election of a park commissioner may be contested in the  Circuit Court.  Such contests shall be initiated and conducted pursuant  to the provisions of Article 23 of The Election Code, as amended, applicable  to contests of election of officers elected from districts.    (Source: P.A. 80-638.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-27
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

Sec. 2-27. (Repealed).  (Source: P.A. 98-928, eff. 8-15-14. Repealed internally, eff. 6-1-17.)
70 ILCS 1205/2-28
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 2 - Organization--Elections

(70 ILCS 1205/2-28)Sec. 2-28. Plainfield Park District board. On and after April 4, 2017, the Plainfield Park District shall have a board of 7 commissioners to be elected as provided under Section 2-10a of this Code.  (Source: P.A. 98-928, eff. 8-15-14.)
70 ILCS 1205/Art. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 3 - Annexation--Disconnection

 ARTICLE THREE.      ANNEXATION--DISCONNECTION
70 ILCS 1205/3-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 3 - Annexation--Disconnection

 (from Ch. 105, par. 3-1)Sec. 3-1.     Annexation by petition.     Any territory adjoining a park  district, or separated therefrom only by  a river, stream or other body of water, street, alley, roadway, highway,  toll road, or railroad, may become a part of the district  if a majority of the legal voters residing in and a majority of the  property owners of record within the territory proposed to be annexed to  the district petition the board of the  district to be annexed.  The board may, in its  discretion, by ordinance, annex the  territory to the district, and the territory  shall then become and be a  part of the district the same as though originally included in  the  district.  No tract of land, however, exceeding  20 acres in area  shall be included in an annexation petition without the written consent  of the owner of record unless the tract is (1) subdivided into lots or  blocks or (2) bounded on at least 3 sides by lands subdivided into  lots or blocks. A certified copy of the annexing ordinance shall be filed  in the offices of the county clerk and Recorder of each county in which  the annexation takes place.  The new boundary shall  extend to the far  side of any adjacent highway and shall include all of every highway within  the area annexed.  These highways shall be considered to be annexed even  though not included in the legal description set forth in the annexation  ordinance.    (Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96; 89-536, eff. 7-19-96.)
70 ILCS 1205/3-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 3 - Annexation--Disconnection

 (from Ch. 105, par. 3-3)Sec. 3-3.         Whenever the annexation of other districts or additional  territory to any park district requires a referendum under the provisions of  this Article, the referendum shall be conducted in the manner provided by the  general election law in the territory or district proposed to be annexed and in  the park district to which annexation is proposed, (provided, that if there are  no legal voters residing within the territory proposed to be annexed no  election need be held in such territory; but the election shall be ordered to  be held only in the park district to which annexation is proposed) the court  shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit  the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The  proposition shall be in substantially the following form:Shall (name of park district) annex (description of     the territory or name of the district) for park purposes?The circuit judge shall cause a statement of the result of the election to be  entered of record in the circuit court, a certified copy of which statement  shall be filed by the board of the district in the records of the district, and  recorded in the offices of the county clerk and recorder of each county in  which the district lies.If a majority of the votes cast upon that question at such election  in the territory proposed to be annexed shall be for annexation, or if  no votes whatever are cast for or against the question at such election  in the territory proposed to be annexed, or if no election is held in  such territory because there are no legal voters residing therein, and,  also, if a majority of the votes cast upon the question in the annexing  district shall be for annexation, then the adjoining territory shall  thenceforth be a part of such district.Upon annexation, whether by petition or referendum, all the taxable  property in the territory or in the district annexed shall be subject to  all of the tax rates of the annexing district.    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
70 ILCS 1205/3-3a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1205/ - Park District Code.|Article 3 - Annexation--Disconnection

 (from Ch. 105, par. 3-3a)Sec. 3-3a.     Annexation; municipal territory.     Where territory to  be annexed includes any part of a municipality not currently  a part of any park district, that territory must include the  municipality in its  entirety.  The board of any park district may initiate the proceedings by  enacting an ordinance expressing its desire to annex the territory, or any  100 or more legal voters residing within the municipality proposed to be  annexed may petition to initiate annexation proceedings.  The  ordinance or petition shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court  where the park district or a greater or greatest  portion lies.  The ordinance or petition shall  set forth the name of the park district  to which annexation is proposed and define the limits of the territory  proposed to be annexed.  Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall  determine its validity and, if it is in conformity with law, shall order  the proposition submitted to referendum as provided in Section  3-3.  The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act  of 1991 clarify the language and make no substantive changes.    (Source: P.A. 87-847.)