110 ILCS 805/3-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 110 - HIGHER EDUCATION|110 ILCS 805/ - Public Community College Act.|Article III - Community College Districts; Organization; Powers And Duties; Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)Sec. 3-7. (a) The election of the members of the board of trustees  shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time and in the manner provided  in the general election law.(b) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be elected to  serve 6  year terms.  The term of members elected in 1985 and thereafter shall be from  the date the member is officially determined to be elected to the board by  a canvass conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the  winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass conducted  pursuant to the Election Code the next time the seat on the board is to be  filled by election.(c) Each member must on the date of his election be a citizen of the  United  States, of the age of 18 years or over, and a resident of the State and  the territory which on the date of the election is included in the  community college district for at least one year immediately preceding  his election.  In Community College District No. 526,  each member elected at the consolidated election in 2005 or thereafter must  also be a resident of the trustee  district he or she represents for at least one year immediately preceding  his or her election, except that in the first consolidated election for each  trustee district following reapportionment, a candidate for the board  may be elected from any trustee district that contains a part of the  trustee district in which he or she resided at the time of the  reapportionment and may be reelected if a resident of the new trustee district  he  or she represents for one year prior to reelection.   In the event a person who is a member of a common school  board is elected or appointed to a board of trustees of a community college  district, that person shall be permitted to serve the remainder of his or  her term of office as a member of the common school board. Upon the  expiration of the common school board term, that person shall not be  eligible for election or appointment to a common school board during the  term of office with the community college district board of trustees.(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall fill the  vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve until a successor is  elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term at the next regular election for board members and is certified in  accordance with Sections 22-17 and 22-18 of the Election Code.  If the  remaining members fail so to act within 60 days after the vacancy occurs,  the chairman of the State Board shall fill that vacancy, and the person so  appointed shall serve until a successor is elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term at the next regular  election for board members and is certified in accordance with Sections  22-17 and 22-18 of the Election Code.  The person appointed to fill the  vacancy shall have the same residential qualifications as his predecessor  in office was required to have. In either instance, if the vacancy occurs  with less than 4 months remaining before the next scheduled consolidated  election, and the term of office of the board member vacating the position  is not scheduled to expire at that election, then the term of the person so  appointed shall extend through that election and until the succeeding  consolidated election.  If the term of office of the board  member vacating the position is scheduled to expire at the upcoming  consolidated election, the appointed member shall serve  only until a successor is elected and qualified at that election.(e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be  reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection with  their service as members. Compensation, for purposes of this Section, means  any salary or other benefits not expressly authorized by this Act to be  provided or paid to, for or on behalf of members of the board.  The board  of each community college district may adopt a policy providing for the  issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board member who requests the  same in writing and agrees to use the card only for the reasonable expenses  which he or she incurs in connection with his or her service as a board  member.  Expenses charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for  separately and shall be submitted to the chief financial officer of the  district for review prior to being reported to the board at its next  regular meeting.(f) The ballot for the election of  members of the board for a community college district shall indicate the  length of term for each office to be filled.  In the election of a board  for any community college district, the ballot shall not contain any  political party designation.  (Source: P.A. 100-273, eff. 8-22-17; 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)