99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4312
 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



        
110 ILCS 805/3-7 from Ch. 122, par. 103-7
110 ILCS 805/7-1 from Ch. 122, par. 107-1
110 ILCS 805/7-2 from Ch. 122, par. 107-2
110 ILCS 805/7-3 from Ch. 122, par. 107-3

 Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (instead of appointment) of members of the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 (City Colleges of Chicago). Effective immediately.



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1 AN ACT concerning education.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by 
5changing Sections 3-7, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3 as follows:




6 (110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)



7 Sec. 3-7. (a) The election of the members of the board of 
8trustees
shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time and 
9in the manner provided
in the general election law.

10 (b) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be 
11elected to
serve 6
year terms. The term of members elected in 
121985 and thereafter shall be from
the date the member is 
13officially determined to be elected to the board by
a canvass 
14conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the

15winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass 
16conducted
pursuant to the Election Code the next time the seat 
17on the board is to be
filled by election.

18 (c) Each member must on the date of his election be a 
19citizen of the
United
States, of the age of 18 years or over, 
20and a resident of the State and
the territory which on the date 
21of the election is included in the
community college district 
22for at least one year immediately preceding
his election.
In 
23Community College District No. 526,
each member elected at the 
 
 
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1consolidated election in 2005 or thereafter must
also be a 
2resident of the trustee
district he or she represents for at 
3least one year immediately preceding
his or her election, 
4except that in the first consolidated election for each
trustee 
5district following reapportionment, a candidate for the board

6may be elected from any trustee district that contains a part 
7of the
trustee district in which he or she resided at the time 
8of the
reapportionment and may be reelected if a resident of 
9the new trustee district
he
or she represents for one year 
10prior to reelection.
In the event a person who is a member of a 
11common school
board is elected or appointed to a board of 
12trustees of a community college
district, that person shall be 
13permitted to serve the remainder of his or
her term of office 
14as a member of the common school board. Upon the
expiration of 
15the common school board term, that person shall not be
eligible 
16for election or appointment to a common school board during the

17term of office with the community college district board of 
18trustees.

19 (d) Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall 
20fill the
vacancy, and the person so appointed shall serve until 
21a successor is
elected at the next regular election for board 
22members and is certified in
accordance with Sections 22-17 and 
2322-18 of the Election Code. If the
remaining members fail so to 
24act within 60 days after the vacancy occurs,
the chairman of 
25the State Board shall fill that vacancy, and the person so

26appointed shall serve until a successor is elected at the next 
 
 
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1regular
election for board members and is certified in 
2accordance with Sections
22-17 and 22-18 of the Election Code. 
3The person appointed to fill the
vacancy shall have the same 
4residential qualifications as his predecessor
in office was 
5required to have. In either instance, if the vacancy occurs

6with less than 4 months remaining before the next scheduled 
7consolidated
election, and the term of office of the board 
8member vacating the position
is not scheduled to expire at that 
9election, then the term of the person so
appointed shall extend 
10through that election and until the succeeding
consolidated 
11election. If the term of office of the board
member vacating 
12the position is scheduled to expire at the upcoming

13consolidated election, the appointed member shall serve
only 
14until a successor is elected and qualified at that election.

15 (e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation 
16but shall be
reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred 
17in connection with
their service as members. Compensation, for 
18purposes of this Section, means
any salary or other benefits 
19not expressly authorized by this Act to be
provided or paid to, 
20for or on behalf of members of the board. The board
of each 
21community college district may adopt a policy providing for the

22issuance of bank credit cards, for use by any board member who 
23requests the
same in writing and agrees to use the card only 
24for the reasonable expenses
which he or she incurs in 
25connection with his or her service as a board
member. Expenses 
26charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for
separately 
 
 
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1and shall be submitted to the chief financial officer of the

2district for review prior to being reported to the board at its 
3next
regular meeting.

4 (f) Except in an election of the initial board for a new 
5community
college
district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1 of 
6this Act or the election on April 4, 2017 of a new board under 
7Section 7-2 of this Act, the ballot for the election of
members 
8of the board for a community college district shall indicate 
9the
length of term for each office to be filled. In the 
10election of a board
for any community college district, the 
11ballot shall not contain any
political party designation.

12(Source: P.A. 97-539, eff. 8-23-11.)





13 (110 ILCS 805/7-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-1)



14 Sec. 7-1. 
This Article applies only to community college 
15districts in cities
having a population of 500,000 or more 
16inhabitants. Each such community
college district shall 
17maintain a system of community colleges under the
charge of a 
18board, which is appointed as provided in Section 7-2. Except as

19otherwise provided in this Article, such a community college 
20district and
its board have all the rights, duties, powers and 
21responsibilities and are
subject to the same limitations as are 
22provided for other community college
districts in this Act, as 
23now or hereafter amended.

24(Source: P.A. 78-669.)





 
 
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1 (110 ILCS 805/7-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-2)



2 Sec. 7-2. 
(a) This subsection (a) applies until April 4, 
32017. The board shall consist of 7 members, appointed by the 
4mayor with the
approval of the city council. Prior to the 
5expiration of the term of any
member his successor shall be 
6appointed in like manner and shall hold
office for a term of 3 
7years from July 1 of the year in which he is
appointed and 
8until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy
in 
9the membership of the board shall be filled through appointment 
10by the
mayor, with the approval of the city council, for the 
11unexpired term. If
any appointee fails to qualify within 30 
12days after his appointment, the
office shall be filled by a new 
13appointment for the unexpired term. To be
eligible for 
14appointment to a board under this Section, a person must

15possess the same qualifications and meet the same requirements 
16as are
prescribed by this Act for members of an elected board 
17of a community
college district.

18 (b) On April 4, 2017, the terms of all members of the
board 
19appointed under subsection (a) of this Section are abolished 
20when the new board, consisting of 7 members, is elected at 
21large by the electors of the community college district as 
22provided in this subsection (b) and takes office.
23 Beginning on April 4, 2017, the community college district 
24shall be
governed by a board consisting of 7 members. An 
25election
shall be held at the consolidated election in April of 
262017 and
every second year thereafter under Article III of this 
 
 
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1Act. Each member shall be elected for
a term of 6 years as 
2provided under Section 3-7 of this Act, except that members of

3the board elected to terms commencing on April 4, 2017 shall

4organize on the date their terms commence and on that date

5shall determine by lot 4 to serve for terms of 6 years and 3 to

6serve for terms of 4 years. 
7 Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled 
8as provided under Section 3-7 of this Act. 
9(Source: P.A. 78-669.)





10 (110 ILCS 805/7-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 107-3)



11 Sec. 7-3. 
The organization of the board and election of 
12officers for the
a board appointed under Section 7-2 shall be 
13conducted in accordance with
the general election law and this 
14Act.

15(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)



16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.