2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 55 - COUNTIES › 55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code. › Article 2 - Governing Bodies

(55 ILCS 5/Art. 2 heading)
ARTICLE 2.  
		GOVERNING BODIES
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-1 heading)
Division 2-1.  
		Counties under Township Organization
(55 ILCS 5/2-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1001)
Sec. 2-1001. 
		Regular meetings. 
		Regular and special meetings
of the county board may be held in any public
building located within the county that such county board is elected to
serve. Prior notice of the building selected for the meeting shall be
provided by the board chairman to each member of the county board in the
manner provided pursuant to the rules of the county board.  Regular
meetings of the board shall be held in June and September, and at such
other times as may be determined by the board.
At each regular and special meeting which is open to the public, members
of the public and employees of the county shall be afforded time, subject
to reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1002)
Sec. 2-1002. Special meetings. Special meetings
of the board shall be held only when requested by at least one-third of the
members of the board, or when requested by the chairman of the board, which
request shall be in writing, addressed to the clerk of the board, and
specifying the time and place of such meeting, upon reception of which
the clerk shall immediately transmit notice, in writing, of such
meeting, to each of the members of the board.  The clerk shall also
cause notice of such meeting to be published in some newspaper printed
in the county, if any there be.  In case a vacancy arises in the office
of clerk, because of death or other reason, then the request shall be
addressed to the circuit clerk who shall perform the duties of the clerk
pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-434, eff. 8-20-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1003)
Sec. 2-1003. Chairman and vice-chairman of county board. The county board shall, unless the chairman is elected by the voters of
the county, at its first meeting in the month following the month in which
county board members are elected, choose one of its members as chairman for
a term of 2 years and at the same meeting, choose one of its members as
vice-chairman for a term of 2 years.  The vice-chairman shall serve in the
place of the chairman at any meeting of the county board in which
the chairman is not present.  In case of the absence of the chairman and
the vice-chairman at any meeting, the members present shall choose one of
their number as temporary chairman.
A chairman who is chosen by the county board may be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon adoption of a motion to remove the chairman: (i) the chairman position becomes vacant and the former chairman's compensation shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; (ii) the vice-chairman immediately assumes the duties of chairman without chairman compensation; and (iii) a new chairman shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. A chairman removed under this Section maintains his or her status as a member of the county board.
(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1004)
Sec. 2-1004. 
		Certificate of election. 
		The supervisors shall severally
lay before the board, at the first meeting after the election, their
several certificates of election, which shall be examined by the board, and
if found regular, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1005)
Sec. 2-1005. Quorum; approval of ordinances. A majority of the
members of any county board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business; and all questions, ordinances, resolutions, or motions which shall arise at meetings shall be
determined by the votes of the majority of the members present, except in
such cases as is otherwise provided.
A county board in a county where the chairman is elected at large may
upon passage, adoption or enactment of a specific ordinance, resolution, or motion apply the
following provisions: Any ordinance, resolution, or motion passed, adopted or otherwise enacted by
the board in a county where the chairman is elected at large shall be
presented to the chairman before it becomes effective.  If the chairman
approves such ordinance, resolution or motion, he shall sign it and it shall
become law on the date prescribed; if not, he shall return it to the board
within 10 business days with his objections and the board shall proceed
to reconsider the matter at its next meeting, to be held within 30 business
days of the board's receipt of the chairman's objections.  If after such
reconsideration a majority of the members of the board pass such ordinance, resolution, or motion,
it shall become effective on the date prescribed but not earlier than the
date of passage following reconsideration.  If any ordinance, resolution, or motion is not returned
by the chairman to the board within 10 business days after it has been
presented to him, it shall become effective at the end of the 10th day.
The county board at any properly noticed public meeting may by unanimous consent take a single vote by yeas and nays on the several questions of the passage of any 2 or more of the designated
ordinances, orders, resolutions, or motions placed together for voting purposes in a single group. The single vote shall be entered
separately in the minutes under the designation "omnibus vote", and in that event the clerk may enter the words "omnibus vote" or "consent agenda" in the minutes in each case instead of entering the names of the members of the county board voting "yea" and those voting "nay" on the passage of each of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions, and motions included in the omnibus group or consent agenda. The taking of a single or omnibus vote and the entries of the words "omnibus vote"
or "consent agenda" in the minutes shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this Section to all intents and purposes and with like effect as if the vote in each case had been taken separately  by yeas and nays on the question of the passage of each ordinance, order, resolution, and motion included in the omnibus group and separately recorded in the minutes. Likewise, the yeas and nays shall
be taken upon the question of the passage  of any other ordinance, resolution, or motion at the request of any county board member  and shall be recorded in the minutes. The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly are declarative of existing law and do not change the substantive operation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-774, eff. 8-12-16.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1006)
Sec. 2-1006. 
		Open meetings. 
		The county board shall sit with
open doors, and all persons may attend their meetings. The vote on all
propositions to appropriate money from the county treasury shall be taken
by "ayes" and "nays" and entered on the record of the meeting.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-1007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-1007)
Sec. 2-1007. 
		Administering oaths. 
		The chairman of the board may
administer an oath to any person concerning any matters submitted to the
board, or connected with its powers and duties, and any member of the board
may administer the oath required by law to any claimant presenting a claim
against the county to be passed by the board. A member so administering an
oath to a claimant may not charge a fee therefor.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-2 heading)
Division 2-2.  
		New Towns - Names
(55 ILCS 5/2-2001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-2001)
Sec. 2-2001. 
		Boundaries of towns. 
		The county board shall also have
power to change the boundaries of towns, and to create new towns in their
respective counties, in manner provided by law; to designate and give names
thereto, and to fix the place of holding the first town meeting therein.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-2002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-2002)
Sec. 2-2002. 
		Naming of towns. 
		Whenever the county board shall create
a new town, or change the name of an existing town, the proceedings in
giving a name to such town, or changing the name of an existing town, shall
be as follows: The proposed name to be given to such new town, or existing
town, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, there to be
retained for at least one year; and the Secretary of State, at any time
after the filing of such proposed name, shall, upon application of said
board, grant his certificate stating that such proposed name, from
information appearing in his office, has not been adopted by any city,
town, village or municipal corporation in this State; which certificate
must be obtained by said board before any action whatever shall be taken by
said board toward making such change of name; and all proceedings
instituted in any court or other place, under a name changed, without
complying with the provisions of this section, shall be held to be void and
of no effect. If such name has been adopted elsewhere in this State, the
Secretary of State shall so notify the board, whereupon another name shall
be filed in his office, which shall there remain in like manner as
hereinbefore provided, and the certificate shall be issued by the Secretary
of State immediately after such filing, stating that such name has not been
elsewhere adopted; whereupon said board may proceed to make such change of
name, and not before; and all proceedings pending, and all rights and
privileges acquired in the name of such town, by such town, or by any
person residing therein, shall be secured to such town or person, and such
proceedings continued to final consummation in such name, the same as
though the same had not been changed.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-3 heading)
Division 2-3.  
		Reapportionment of County for
Election of County Board
(55 ILCS 5/2-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)
Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division,
unless the context otherwise requires:
a.  "District" means a county board district established as provided in
this Division.
b.  "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means the county
clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General or his designated
representative and the chairmen of the county central committees of the
first leading political party and the second leading political party as
defined in Section 1-3 of The Election Code.
c.  "Population" means the number of inhabitants as determined by the
last preceding federal decennial census. For the reapportionment of 2021, "population" means the number of inhabitants as determined by the county board by any reasonable method, including, but not limited to, the most recent American Community Survey 5-year data.
d.  "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to serve on the
county board.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3002)
Sec. 2-3002. 
Counties with population of less than 3,000,000 and
with township form of government.
(a) Reapportionment required. By July 1, 1971, and each 10 years
thereafter, the county board of
each county having a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and
the township form of government shall reapportion its county so that
each member of the county board represents the same number of
inhabitants, except that, for the reapportionment of 2021, the county board shall reapportion its county by December 31, 2021. In reapportioning its county, the county board shall first
determine the size of the county board to be elected, which may consist
of not less than 5 nor more than 29 members and may not exceed the size
of the county board in that county on October 2, 1969.
The county board shall also determine
whether board members shall be
elected at large from the county or by county board districts.
If the chairman of the county board is to be elected by the voters in a
county of less than 450,000 population as provided in Section 2-3007,
such chairman shall not be counted as a member of the county board
for the purpose of the limitations on the size of a county board provided
in this Section.
(b) Advisory referenda.  The voters of a county may advise the county
board,
through an advisory referendum, on questions concerning (i) the number of
members of the
county board
to be elected, (ii) whether the board members should be elected from
single-member
districts, multi-member districts, or at-large, (iii)
whether voters will have cumulative voting rights in the election of county
board members, or (iv) any combination of the preceding 3 questions.
The advisory
referendum may be
initiated either by petition or by ordinance of the county board.  A written
petition for an
advisory referendum authorized by this Section must contain the signatures of
at least 8% of the
votes cast for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election
by the registered voters of the county and must be filed with the appropriate
election
authority.  An ordinance
initiating
an advisory referendum authorized by this Section must be approved by a
majority of the
members of the county board and must be filed with the appropriate election
authority.  An advisory
referendum initiated under this Section shall be placed on the ballot at the
general
election designated in the petition or ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
Sec. 2-3002.5. 
		
		Beginning with members elected at the general election
in 2002, counties having a population
between 800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall have no
more than 18 members on their county board.
If the chairman of the county board is elected at-large by the voters of the
county as provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall not be counted as a
member of the county board for the purpose of the limitations on the size of
the county board provided in this Section.  Neither a member nor the
chairman of that county board shall serve simultaneously as commissioner or
president of the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.  No
person shall seek election to both the county board and the forest preserve
commission at the same election.
(Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
(1) If the county board determines
that members shall be elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan and specify the number of districts and the number of
county board members to be elected from each district and whether voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member districts. Each such district:
a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each     other district;
b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as     nearly compact as practicable;
c. May divide townships or municipalities only when     necessary to conform to the population requirement of paragraph a. of this Section; and
d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no     precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts, insofar as is practicable.
(2) The county board of each county having a population of less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, provide within that
county for single-member districts outside the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in excess of 75,000.  Paragraphs a, b, c, and d of subsection
(1) of this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single-member and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c, and d still permit the establishment of such districts,
except that the population of any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of any single-member district, times the number of members
found within that multi-member district.
(3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of the hearing at least 6 days in advance.  If the Chairman presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman.  The Chairman shall have access to the federal decennial census available to the Board.
(4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of this Code, the County Executive may develop and present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of the hearing at least 6 days in advance.  If the Executive presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a hearing on the plan presented by the Executive.  The Executive shall have access to the federal decennial census available to the Board.
(5) For the reapportionment of 2021, the Chairman of the County Board or County Executive may develop and present (or redevelop and represent) to the Board by the third Wednesday in November in the year after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan and the Board shall conduct its public hearing as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) following receipt of the apportionment plan.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3004)
Sec. 2-3004. Failure to complete reapportionment. If any county board fails to complete the reapportionment of its county
by July 1 in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter or by the day after the county board's regularly scheduled July meeting in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter, or for the reapportionment of 2021, by December 31 in the year after a federal decennial census year, whichever is later, the county clerk of that
county shall convene the county apportionment commission. Three members of
the commission shall constitute a quorum, but a majority of all the members
must vote affirmatively on any determination made by the commission. The
commission shall adopt rules for its procedure.
The commission shall develop an apportionment plan for the county in the
manner provided by Section 2-3003, dividing the county into the same number of
districts as determined by the county board. If the county board has failed
to determine the size of the county board to be elected, then the number of
districts and the number of members to be elected shall be the largest
number to which the county is entitled under Section 2-3002.
The commission shall submit its apportionment plan by October 1 in the
year that it is convened, or for the reapportionment of 2021, by February 1, 2022, except that the circuit court, for good cause
shown, may grant an extension of time, not exceeding a total of 60 days,
within which such a plan may be submitted.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3005)
Sec. 2-3005. 
		Filing of apportionment plan. 
		The apportionment plan developed by the county board or the county
apportionment commission, as the case may be, must be filed in the office
of the county clerk by the time required by this Division. The county clerk
shall promptly forward copies of that plan to the chairman of the county
board and shall keep other copies of the plan available for distribution
free of charge to any registered voter of the county requesting a copy.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3006)
Sec. 2-3006. 
		
		Failure to file apportionment plan; election of board
members at large. If no apportionment plan is filed with the county clerk
as required by this Division, the members of the county board shall be
elected at large in the county. If the county board has determined the
number of members for the board, that number shall be elected; otherwise,
the number of members to be elected shall be the largest number to which
the county is entitled under Sections 2-3002 and 2-3002.5.
(Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term. Any
county board when providing for the reapportionment of its county under
this Division may provide that the chairman of the county board shall be
elected by the voters of the county rather than by the members of the
board. In that event, provision shall be made for the election throughout
the county of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over
3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such chairman who
has not been elected as a county board member to serve during the same
period as the term of office as chairman of the county board to which he
seeks election.  In counties over 300,000 population and under 3,000,000
population, the chairman shall be elected as chairman without having been
first elected to the county board. Such chairman shall not vote on any
question except to break a tie vote. In all other counties the chairman may
either be elected as a county board member or elected as the chairman
without having been first elected to the board.  Except in counties where
the chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of the county and
is not required to be a county board member, whether the chairman of the
county board is elected by the voters of the county or by the members of
the board, he shall be elected to a  2 year term. In counties where the
chairman of the county board is elected by the voters of the county and is
not required to be a county board member, the chairman shall be elected to
a 4 year term.  In all cases: (i) the term of the chairman
of the county board shall commence on the first Monday of the month
following the month in which members of the county board are elected, and (ii) no person may simultaneously serve as a member of a county board and the chairman of the same board if the office of chairman is elected by the voters of the county rather than by the members of the board.
(Source: P.A. 99-924, eff. 1-20-17.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3008) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3008)
Sec. 2-3008. 
		
		Determination of method of compensation of members of
county board. At the time it reapportions its county under this Division,
the county board shall determine whether the salary to be paid the members
to be elected shall be computed on a per diem basis, on an annual basis or
on a combined per diem and annual basis, and shall fix the amount of that
salary.  If the county board desires before the next reapportionment to
change the basis of payment or amount of compensation after fixing those
items, it may do so by ordinance or by resolution.  Those changes shall not
however, take effect during the term for which an incumbent county board
member has been elected.  In addition, the county board shall determine the
amount of any additional compensation for the chairman of the county board.
 The county board may adjust that additional compensation at any time
adjustments in the salary of board members may be made. Those adjustments
shall not however, take effect during the term for which the incumbent
chairman of the county board has been elected.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3009)
Sec. 2-3009. 
		Terms of board members; vacancies; elections.
(a) County board member elections by county board districts. In
those counties subject to this Division which elect county board
members by county board districts the members shall, no later than 45 days
after December 15, 1982, and thereafter no later than September 1 of the
year of the next general election following reapportionment, divide the
county board districts publicly by lot as equally as possible into 2
groups. Board members or their successors from one group shall be elected
for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; and members
or their successors from the second group shall be elected for successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years.  A county under this subsection may, by
ordinance, decide to divide the county board districts into 3 rather than 2
groups.  If a county adopts an ordinance to this effect, the members of the
county board shall divide the county board districts publicly by lot as equally
as possible into 3 groups no later than September 1 of the year of the next
general election following reapportionment.  Board members or their successors
from one group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4
years; members or their successors from the second group shall be elected for
successive terms of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors from the third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
years, 4 years, and 2 years.  All terms shall commence on the first Monday of
the month following the month of election.
(b) County board member elections at large. In those counties which
elect county board members at large, under Sections 2-3002 and
2-3006, the members elected in the general election following
reapportionment shall, no later than 45 days after taking office, divide
themselves publicly by lot as equally as possible into 2 groups.
Board members or their successors from one group shall be elected
for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4 years; and members
or their successors from the second group shall be elected for successive
terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years.   A county under this subsection may, by
ordinance, decide to divide the county board members into 3 rather than 2
groups.  If a county adopts an ordinance to this effect, the members of the
county board elected in the general election following reapportionment shall,
no later than 45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly by lot as
equally as possible into 3 groups. Board members or their successors from one
group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years;
members and their successors from the second group shall be elected for
successive terms of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; and members or their
successors from the third group shall be elected for successive terms of 4
years, 4 years, and 2 years.  All terms shall commence on the first Monday of
the month following the month of election.
(c) Vacancies; time for elections.  In counties under subsection (a)
or (b), if a vacancy occurs in the office of chairman of the county board, the
remaining members of the board shall elect one of the members of the board
to serve for the balance of the unexpired term of the chairman.
In counties under subsection (a) or (b), the time for the election of
county board members shall be as provided by the general election law for the
election of such members.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-924.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3010) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3010)
Sec. 2-3010. 
		Multi-member districts. 
		In making the determination by lot, pursuant to Section 2-3009, as to which
members shall serve for 2 years and which for 4 years, the county board of
a county having multi-member districts may provide for the drawing of lots
in such manner as to insure that in each district the number of members
drawing 2 year and 4 year terms, respectively, shall be equal, or as nearly
equal as possible.
Any such determination by lot made before October 1, 1973 is validated.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3015)
Sec. 2-3015. 
		Qualifications of County Board Members and Commissioners. 
		In
counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less, no
person is eligible to hold the office of county board member or commissioner
unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the county for at
least one year next preceding the election.
(Source: P.A. 90-173, eff. 1-1-98.)
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-4 heading)
Division 2-4.  Counties not under Township Organization
Organized as a Commission  Form of Government
(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-4001)
Sec. 2-4001. 
		Oath of county commissioners. 
		Each member of the board
of county commissioners shall be commissioned by the governor, and shall,
before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the
following oath, which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will support
the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of
Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of
county commissioner of .... county, according to the best of my ability.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-4002)
Sec. 2-4002. 
		Time of meetings. 
		The board of county commissioners shall hold
regular sessions for the transaction of the business of the county on the call
of the chairman, or any two members of said board, whenever the business of the
county requires it.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-1208.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-4003)
Sec. 2-4003. 
		Chairman. 
		At the session of said commissioners in
December of each year, they shall elect one of their number chairman for
the ensuing year, who shall preside at their sessions and perform such
duties as are or may be prescribed by law or by the order of said board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-4004)
Sec. 2-4004. 
		Conduct of meetings. 
		A majority of the members of said
board shall constitute a quorum to do business, and, in the absence of the
chairman, a chairman pro tem may be appointed. The board shall sit with
open doors, and all persons may attend their meetings. The vote on all
propositions to appropriate money from the county treasury shall be taken
by "ayes" and "nays" and entered on the record of the meeting.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-4005)
Sec. 2-4005. 
		Administering oaths. 
		The chairman or any member of the
board of county commissioners may administer oaths to persons, concerning
any matter submitted to the board, or connected with their powers or duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4006)
Sec. 2-4006. Terms of commissioners.
(a) In every county not under
township organization that is organized as a commission form of government having 3 commissioners elected at large as described in
subsection (b) or (c), the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
Section.
(b) In a county in which one commissioner was elected at the general
election in 1992 to serve for a term of 4 years and in which 2 commissioners
will be elected at the general election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 and receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term of 6
years.  The other commissioner elected in 1994 shall serve for a term of 4
years.  At the general election in 1996 and at each general election
thereafter, one commissioner shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
(c) In a county in which 2 commissioners were elected at the general
election in 1992 to serve for terms of 4 years and in which one commissioner
will be elected at the general election in 1994, the commissioner elected in
1994 shall serve for a term of 4 years.  The commissioner elected in 1996 and
receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve for a term of 6 years.  The
other commissioner elected in 1996 shall serve for a term of 4 years.  At the
general election in 1998 and at each general election thereafter, one
commissioner shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years.
(c-5) In Calhoun County, Edwards County, and Union County, the registered voters of the county may, upon referendum
initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution of the
board of county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters in the county, determine that the board of
county commissioners shall consist of 5
commissioners elected at large. The commissioners must certify
the question to the proper election authority, which must
submit the question at an election in accordance with the
general election law.
The question shall be submitted in substantially the
following form:
"Shall the board of county commissioners of (county)     consist of 5 commissioners elected at large?"
Votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, then a 5-member board of county commissioners shall be established beginning with the next general election. The County Clerk, in consultation with the State's Attorney for the county, shall develop and present to the board of county commissioners, to implement by the adoption of a  resolution, the transition of terms for the current 3-member board of commissioners and the addition of 2 commissioners for 6-year terms. Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected at each general election to fill expired terms.
(d) The provisions of this Section do not apply to commissioners elected
under Section 2-4006.5 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4006.5)
Sec. 2-4006.5. Commissioners in certain counties.
(a) If a county elects 3
commissioners at large under Section 2-4006, registered voters of such
county may, by a vote of a majority of those voting on such proposition,
determine to change the method of electing the board of county commissioners
by electing either 3 or 5 members from single-member districts.
In order for such question to be placed upon the ballot, such petition must
contain the signatures of not fewer than 10% of the registered voters of such
county.
Commissioners may not be elected from single-member districts until the
question of electing either 3 or 5 commissioners from single-member districts has been submitted to the
electors of the county at a regular election and approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question.  The commissioners must certify the question
to
the proper election authority, which must submit the question at an election in
accordance with the Election Code.
The question must be in substantially the following form:
Shall the board of county commissioners of (name of     county) consist of (insert either 3 or 5) commissioners elected from single-member  districts?
The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
in the affirmative, a 3-member or 5-member board of county commissioners,
as the case may be,
shall be established to be elected
from single-member 
districts.
(b) If the voters of the county decide to elect either 3 or 5 commissioners
from single-member districts, the
board of county commissioners shall on or before
August 31 of the year following the 2000 federal decennial census divide the
county into either 3 or 5 compact and contiguous county
commission districts that are substantially equal in population.  On or before
May 31 of the year following each federal decennial census thereafter, the
board of county commissioners
shall reapportion the county commission districts to be compact, contiguous,
and substantially equal in population.
(c) The commissioners elected at large at or before
the general election in 2000 shall continue to serve until the expiration
of their terms. Of those commissioners, the commissioner whose term expires in
2002 shall be assigned to district 1; the commissioner whose term expires in
2004 shall be assigned to district 2; and the commissioner whose term expires
in 2006 shall be assigned to district 3.
(d) If the voters of the county decide to elect 5 commissioners from single-member districts, at the general election in 2002, one commissioner from and
residing in each of districts 1, 4, and 5 shall be elected.  At the general
election in 2004, one commissioner from and residing in each of districts
1, 2, and 5 shall be elected.  At the general election in
2006, one commissioner from and residing in each of districts 2, 3, and 4
shall be elected.  At
the general election in 2008, one commissioner from and residing in each of
districts 1, 3, and
5 shall be elected.  At the general election in 2010, one commissioner from
each of districts 2 and 4 shall be elected.  At the general election in 2012,
commissioners from and residing in each district shall be elected.
Thereafter, commissioners
shall be elected at each general election to fill expired terms.
Each commissioner must reside in the district that he or she represents from
the time that he or she files his or her nomination papers until his or her
term expires.
In the year following the decennial census of 2010 and every 10 years
thereafter, the commissioners, publicly by
lot, shall divide the districts into 2 groups.  One group
shall serve terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years and one group shall serve
terms of 2
years, 4 years, and 4
years.
(Source: P.A. 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-4010)
Sec. 2-4010. 
		Qualifications of County Board Members and Commissioners. 
		In
counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less, no
person is eligible to hold the office of county board member or commissioner
unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the county for at
least one year next preceding the election.
(Source: P.A. 90-173, eff. 1-1-98.)
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-5 heading)
Division 2-5.  
		County Executive Form of Government
(55 ILCS 5/2-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5001)
Sec. 2-5001. 
		Subtitle. 
		This Division shall be subtitled the
"County Executive Law".
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5002)
Sec. 2-5002. 
		Legislative determination. 
		It is declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to
promote the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public it is
necessary in the public interest to provide for an elected county executive
form of county government in accordance with Sections 4(a) and 6(a) of
Article VII of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, and to permit counties
which become home rule units by adopting an elected form of county
executive government to simultaneously, pursuant to Section 6(b) of Article
VII of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, elect not to be home rule units by
referendum.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5003)
Sec. 2-5003. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the
context requires otherwise:
"County board" or "board" means the legislative governing body of any county
other than Cook County which has adopted the county executive form of
government under this Division.
"County board speaker" or "speaker" means the county board member elected by the county board to serve as the lead representative for the county board, and may be referred to as the "county board speaker", "speaker", "county board chair", or "chair".
"County executive" means the county official elected by the voters
of any county other than Cook County to be the chief executive officer to
administer the county executive form of government under this Division.
"County executive form of government" means that form of government
in which the departments of county government are administered by a single
county official called the county executive elected at large by the
qualified voters of the county. The board shall act as the legislative body
of the county under this form of county government.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5004)
Sec. 2-5004. 
		Establishment of county executive form of government. 
		Any county other than Cook County may establish the county executive
form of government for that county by submission to and approval by the
electors of the county of the proposition at a referendum as provided in
Section 2-5005. A referendum to adopt the county executive form of
government may be called by a resolution adopted by the county board of the
county or by the filing of a petition as provided in Section 2-5005.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5005)
Sec. 2-5005. 
		Referendum on resolution of county board. 
		(a)
If the county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum
on the proposal to adopt the county executive form of government and home
rule for the county, within the time provided in the general election law,
the county clerk and the county board shall provide for the submission of
such proposition to the electors of the county in accordance with this Section
at the next general election held in an even-numbered year.
Upon filing of a petition with the clerk of the circuit court of the county
within the time provided in the general election law signed by at least 2%
of the registered voters in the county or 500 individuals, whichever is
less, requesting that the county executive form of government be established
in the county, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit the petition
to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine the sufficiency
of the petition or shall assign the determination of the sufficiency of
the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the determination. If the
judge determines that the petition is sufficient, he shall certify the
sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order directing the county
clerk and the county board to provide for the submission of such
proposition to the electors of the county at the next general
election held in an even-numbered year.
The referendum shall be conducted in such a manner as is prescribed
in the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shall the County of
.......... become a Home             YES
Rule County and establish the   ------------------------------
county executive form of             NO
government?
--------------------------------------------------------------
(b) If the county board adopts a resolution calling for a referendum
on the proposal to adopt the county executive form of government and elect
not to be a home rule unit within the time provided in the general
election law, the county clerk and the county board shall provide for the
submission of such proposition to the electors of the county in accordance
with this Section at the next general election held in an
even-numbered year.
Upon filing of a petition with the clerk of the circuit court of the
county within the time provided in the general election law signed by at
least 2% of the registered voters in the county or 500 individuals,
whichever is less, requesting that the county executive form of government
be established in the county and that the county elect not to be a home
rule unit, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit
the petition to the chief judge of the circuit court who shall determine
the sufficiency of the petition or shall assign the determination of the
sufficiency of the petition to a circuit judge who shall make the
determination.  If the judge determines that the petition is sufficient, he
shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and shall issue an order
directing the county clerk and the county board to provide
for the submission of such proposition to the electors of the county
at the next general election held in an even-numbered year.
The referendum shall be conducted in such a manner as is prescribed in
the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shall the County of .......                 YES
adopt the county executive          --------------------------
form of government and elect                    NO
not to become a home rule unit?
--------------------------------------------------------------
(c) If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition described in
subsection (a) or (b) vote in favor of it, the board shall proceed to
establish the county executive form of government in accordance with this
Division.  A referendum under this Section may be held in a county only
once within any 23-month period.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5006)
Sec. 2-5006. 
		Election of chief executive officer. 
		The
electors of a county which has adopted the county executive
form of government under this Division shall, at the next
general election, and at the general election every 4 years
subsequent, elect a chief executive officer. Nominations for
the office of chief executive officer shall be made in the
manner provided for other county officers in the general
election law. The election of the chief executive officer
shall be governed by the provisions of the general election
law applicable to the election of county officers.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5007)
Sec. 2-5007. Term of county executive. The county executive shall
serve a term of 4 years, commencing on the first Monday in the month
following the month of the election in which the county executive was elected and until a successor is elected
and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5008) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5008)
Sec. 2-5008. 
		Qualifications of county executive. 
		The qualifications
for the office of county executive are the same as those for membership on
the board. However, the county executive shall not be an elected member of
the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(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;
(b-5) control the internal operations of the county executive's office and procure the necessary equipment, materials, and services to perform the duties of that office;
(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;
(d-5) make appointments to fill vacancies occurring in the office of an elected county officer other than the office of an elected member of the county board in accordance with Section 25-11 of the Election Code in counties, other than Champaign County, operating under the county executive form of government under this Division;
(e) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, persons to serve
on various special districts within the county except where appointment to
serve on such districts is otherwise provided by law;
(e-5) except as otherwise provided by law, remove or suspend, in the county executive's discretion and after notice and hearing, anyone whom the county executive has the power to appoint under subsection (d) or (e);
(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) appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, all department heads for any county departments;
(g) hire 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 or county board member;
(h) except as otherwise provided by law, remove or suspend, in the discretion of the county executive, department heads for a county department and 
anyone whom the county executive has the power to hire under subsection (g);
(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 the county executive 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 economic growth and development;
(p) at the discretion of the county executive, appoint a person to serve as legal counsel at
an annual salary no greater
than the annual salary of the state's attorney of the county;
(q) perform such other duties as shall be required of the county executive by the board.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5010) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5010)
Sec. 2-5010. Approval of ordinances. Any ordinance passed, adopted or
otherwise enacted by the board shall before it becomes effective be
presented to the county executive. If the county executive approves such
ordinance, resolution or motion, the county executive shall sign it; if not, the county executive shall return
it to the board with the objections, which shall be entered and spread upon
the journal, and the board shall proceed to reconsider the matter. If after
such reconsideration 3/5 of the members of the board pass such ordinance,
it shall become effective on the date prescribed but not earlier than the
date of passage following reconsideration. In all such cases the votes of
the members of the board shall be determined by yeas and nays and the names
of the members voting for or against such ordinance objected to by the
county executive shall be entered and spread upon the journal. If any
ordinance is not returned by the county executive to the board at its first
meeting occurring not less than 6 days, Sundays excepted, after it has been
presented to the county executive, it shall become effective unless the board has recessed
or adjourned for a period in excess of 60 days, in which case it shall not
become effective without the approval of the county executive. Items of appropriation may be
approved or vetoed by the county executive. Any item approved by the county
executive and all items not vetoed shall become law, and any item vetoed
shall be returned to and reconsidered by the board in the same manner as
provided in this Section for other ordinances returned to the board without
approval.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5011) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5011)
Sec. 2-5011. Death, resignation or inability of county executive. In
case of the death, resignation or other inability of the county executive
to act, the board shall select a person qualified under Section 2-5008 and Section 25-11 of the Election Code to
serve as the interim county executive until the next general election.
(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5012) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5012)
Sec. 2-5012. 
		Salary of county executive. 
		The salary of the county
executive shall be fixed by the board and shall be not less than 1 1/2
times the amount of the compensation to which a member of the board is
entitled.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5013) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5013)
Sec. 2-5013. 
		Discontinuance of county executive form of government. 
		Any county which has adopted the county executive form of government may
discontinue that form of government only as provided in this Section. The
board upon receipt of a petition, not less than 78 days before a general
election, calling for discontinuance of the county executive form of
government and signed by a number of registered voters of the county equal
to or greater than 5% of the number who voted in the last regular election
held in the county at which county officers were elected shall provide by
resolution for submission of the proposition for discontinuance to the
electors of the county at the next general election. The board shall
certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials
who shall submit the proposition at the next general election in accordance
with the general election law.  The proposition shall be in substantially
the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shall the County of ..........
discontinue the county executive             YES
form of government and (if a home    -------------------------
rule county) become a nonhome rule           NO
county?
--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of
discontinuance of the county executive form of government, the office of
county executive shall be abolished as of the first Monday in December
following the holding of the election and the board elected in the county
shall meet, organize and resume the conduct of the affairs of the county
wholly as the county board. A referendum under this Section may be held in
any county only once within any 47-month period.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5014) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5014)
Sec. 2-5014. Certified statements by county clerk. At least 20 days
prior to any referendum under Section 2-5005 or Section 2-5013, the county
clerk shall file with the Secretary of State a certified statement
indicating when such a referendum will be held. Within 30 days after any
such referendum the county clerk shall file with the Secretary of State a
certified statement showing the results of the referendum and the resulting
status of the county as a home rule county or a non-home rule county. The
Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in the office of the Secretary of State
as a public record.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5015)
Sec. 2-5015. County board chair; superseding plan for election of county board chairman.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in a county that has adopted the county executive form of government under this Division, the county board chairman, county board chairperson, or county board chair shall only have those powers and duties set forth in this Division.  Any powers and duties vested in a county board chairman, county board chairperson, or county board chair in any Illinois statute, other than this Division, Section 11 of the Public Health District Act, and Section 25-11 of the Election Code, shall instead be vested in the county executive in those counties that have adopted the county executive form of government.
(b) The adoption of the county executive form of government by any county
pursuant to this Division shall supersede any plan adopted by
the county board of that county pursuant to Section 2-3007, as now or
hereafter amended, for the election of the chairman of the county board by
the voters of the county.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5016) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-5016)
Sec. 2-5016. 
		Policy concerning exercise of powers by counties. 
		It is the policy of this State that any county with a chief
executive officer elected by the electors of the county may (1) exercise
any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs,
or (2) exercise those powers within traditional areas
of county activity, except as limited by the Illinois Constitution or a
proper limiting statute, notwithstanding effects on competition.
It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption"
to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to counties
to the extent their activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5017)
Sec. 2-5017. Regular meetings of the county board. Regular and special meetings of the county board may be held in any public building located within the county that such county board is elected to serve. Prior notice of the building selected for the meeting shall be provided by the board speaker to each member of the county board in the manner provided pursuant to the rules of the county board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held in June and September, and at such other times as may be determined by the board.
At each regular and special meeting which is open to the public, members of the public and employees of the county shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5018)
Sec. 2-5018. Special meetings. Special meetings of the board shall be held only when requested by at least one-third of the members of the board, or when requested by the county executive, which request shall be in writing, addressed to the clerk of the board, and specifying the time and place of such meeting, upon reception of which the clerk shall immediately transmit notice, in writing, of such meeting, to each of the members of the board. The clerk shall also cause notice of such meeting to be published in a newspaper printed in the county, if any. If a vacancy arises in the office of clerk, because of death or other reason, then the request shall be addressed to the circuit clerk who shall perform the duties of the clerk pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5019)
Sec. 2-5019. Speaker of the county board. The county board shall, at its first meeting in the month following the month in which county board members are elected, choose one of its members as speaker for a term of 2 years.
A speaker may be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the county board. Upon adoption of a motion to remove the speaker: (i) the speaker position becomes vacant and the former speaker's compensation shall be prorated to the date the motion was approved; and (ii) a new speaker shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled county board meeting. A speaker removed under this Section maintains his or her status as a member of the county board.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5020)
Sec. 2-5020. Quorum; omnibus votes. A majority of the members of any county board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and all questions, ordinances, resolutions, or motions which shall arise at meetings shall be determined by the votes of the majority of the members present, except in such cases as is otherwise provided.
The county board at any properly noticed public meeting may by unanimous consent take a single vote by yeas and nays on the several questions of the passage of any 2 or more of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions, or motions placed together for voting purposes in a single group. The single vote shall be entered separately in the minutes under the designation "omnibus vote", and the clerk may enter the words "omnibus vote" or "consent agenda" in the minutes in each case instead of entering the names of the members of the county board voting "yea" and those voting "nay" on the passage of each of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions, and motions included in the omnibus group or consent agenda. The taking of a single or omnibus vote and the entries of the words "omnibus vote" or "consent agenda" in the minutes shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this Section to all intents and purposes and with like effect as if the vote in each case had been taken separately by yeas and nays on the question of the passage of each ordinance, order, resolution, and motion included in the omnibus group and separately recorded in the minutes. Likewise, the yeas and nays shall be taken upon the question of the passage of any other ordinance, resolution, or motion at the request of any county board member and shall be recorded in the minutes.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5021)
Sec. 2-5021. Open meetings. County board meetings are open to the public, and all persons may attend the meetings. The vote on all propositions to appropriate money from the county treasury shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered on the record of the meeting.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-5022)
Sec. 2-5022. Administering oaths. The county executive, or designee, may administer an oath to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board, or connected with its powers and duties, and a member of the board may administer the oath required by law to a claimant presenting a claim against the county to be passed by the board. A member so administering an oath to a claimant may not charge a fee for administering the oath.
(Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 2-6 heading)
Division 2-6.  
		Commissioners in Cook County
(55 ILCS 5/2-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6001)
Sec. 2-6001. 
		Election of Cook County commissioners. 
		There shall
be elected every 4 years by the legal voters of Cook County 17
county commissioners who shall hold their office respectively for the term
of 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified.  Elections
shall be held at the time provided by the general election law.
Their term of office shall commence on the first Monday of the month
following the month of their election. Ten of the commissioners shall be
elected from the city of Chicago by the legal voters of that city, and 7
of the commissioners shall be elected from the towns outside of the city
by the legal voters of those towns. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a
commissioner from the city of Chicago, the remaining commissioners from the
city of Chicago shall appoint a suitable person from the city of Chicago to
fill the vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a commissioner from
the towns outside the city of Chicago, the remaining commissioners from
those towns shall appoint a suitable person from those towns to fill the
vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-570.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6002)
Sec. 2-6002. 
		Election of president of board. 
		Every
legal voter in said county may vote for and designate (upon
his ballot cast for county commissioners) one of the candidates for
commissioner to be president of the county board, and the person who shall
receive the highest number of such votes shall be declared elected
president of said board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6003)
Sec. 2-6003. Vacancy in office of president. In case of the death,
resignation, removal from office or other inability to act of the president
so elected, the board of commissioners shall within 30 days appoint, by election, one of their number to serve as president. If more than 28 months of the unexpired term remain, a special election shall be held at the next general election to elect a person to serve the unexpired term of the president. In the case of a special election under this Section, the appointed officer shall serve until the election results are certified and the person elected at the special election is qualified. If 28 months or less of the unexpired term remain, the appointed officer shall serve for the remainder of the term.
(Source: P.A. 101-188, eff. 8-2-19.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6004)
Sec. 2-6004. 
		Terms of office of commissioners. 
		The terms of office of
such commissioners shall begin on the first Monday of the month following
the month of their election, and they shall hold their office respectively
until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6005) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6005)
Sec. 2-6005. 
		Oath of commissioners. 
		The said commissioners shall
severally, before they enter upon the discharge of their duties, take the
oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, and they shall be known as
the board of commissioners of Cook County, and as such board shall possess
the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the rules, regulations and
restrictions hereinafter specified.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6006)
Sec. 2-6006. 
		Meetings of board of commissioners. 
		The board of
commissioners shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of December,
January, February, March, June and September in each year, except that when
such a regularly scheduled meeting would fall on a legal holiday under
Section 17 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to promissory notes,
bonds, due bills and other instruments in writing", approved March 18,
1874, as amended, the board shall hold the meeting on the day immediately
following such a holiday. It shall be the duty of the president of the
board of commissioners to call special meetings of the board whenever, in
his opinion, the same may be necessary; and he shall preside at all the
meetings of the board, and generally perform the duties usually performed
by a presiding officer; provided, that in the absence of the president, or
of his inability to act, a president pro tempore may be elected, who shall,
during such absence or inability possess all the powers and perform all the
duties by law vested in and required of the president.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6007)
Sec. 2-6007. 
		Voting by president. 
		The president of the board of
commissioners shall have the same privilege of voting as any other
commissioner; but he shall not have a casting vote upon any question upon
which he has voted as commissioner.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6008) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6008)
Sec. 2-6008. Approval of ordinances. All ordinances, resolutions or
motions shall be submitted to
said board of commissioners in writing, or reduced to writing before any
vote shall be taken thereon; and if adopted by the board, the same shall
not take effect until after the same shall have been approved in writing by
the president of said board, except as hereinafter provided. It shall be
the duty of the clerk of said board to deliver to the president thereof,
upon his request, the original (or a copy) of each ordinance, resolution or
motion, so passed or adopted by said board as aforesaid, within one day
after its passage or adoption; and in case the president approves thereof,
he shall sign the same, and it shall thereupon be in full force and effect.
In case the president shall not approve any such ordinance, resolution or
motion, he shall, within five days after the receipt of the same as
aforesaid, return it to the clerk of said board, with his objections
thereto in writing. Such veto by the president may extend to any one or
more items or appropriations contained in any resolution making an
appropriation, or to the entire resolution; and in case the veto only
extends to a part of such resolution making an appropriation, the residue
thereof not embraced within the veto shall take effect and be in force from
the time of the receipt by said clerk of such veto of such part. Upon the
return of any such ordinance, resolution or motion by the president, with
his objections thereto as aforesaid, the vote by which the same was passed
shall be reconsidered by the board of commissioners as to so much thereof
as may have been vetoed; and if, after such reconsideration, three-fifths
 of
all the members elected to the board shall agree to pass the same by yeas
and nays, to be entered on the journal, the same shall take effect,
notwithstanding the president may have refused to approve thereof. In case
the president shall fail or omit to either sign and approve or return, with
his objections as aforesaid, any such ordinance, motion or resolution which
shall have been passed or adopted by the board within six days after it
shall have been so passed or adopted, the same shall take effect without
the approval of the president.
(Source: P.A. 96-816, eff. 11-9-09.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6009) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6009)
Sec. 2-6009. 
		Powers and duties of commissioners. 
		Said board of
commissioners shall have the management of the affairs of said Cook County,
in the manner provided by law, and may exercise the same powers, perform
the same duties, and shall be subject to the same rules, regulations and
penalties prescribed by law for the county board in other counties, except
as herein otherwise provided; and shall also be subject to the rules,
regulations and restrictions herein provided.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-6010) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6010)
Sec. 2-6010. 
		Delegation of powers; appropriations; indebtedness. 
		The
said board of commissioners shall have no power or authority to delegate to
any committee or other person or persons the "power to act", when such
"power to act" shall involve the letting of any contract or the expenditure
of public money exceeding the sum of $2,500; and any action of said board,
or of any committee thereof, or of any other person or persons in violation
of this Section shall be null and void. No money shall be appropriated or
ordered paid by said county commissioners beyond the sum of $2,500, unless
such appropriation shall have been authorized by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the members elected to the said county board. And no officer
of Cook County, or other person, shall incur any indebtedness on behalf of
the county, unless first authorized by said board of commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)