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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2018 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.210 ILCS 5/2A-56 new10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084330 ILCS 45/4.5 new Amends the Election Code and the Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides for the election of commissioners to the Veterans Assistance Commission in consolidated elections. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that elected commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by commissioners before January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. LRB104 10452 KTG 20527 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2018 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.210 ILCS 5/2A-56 new10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084330 ILCS 45/4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2 10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new 10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11 330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084 330 ILCS 45/4.5 new Amends the Election Code and the Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides for the election of commissioners to the Veterans Assistance Commission in consolidated elections. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that elected commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by commissioners before January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. LRB104 10452 KTG 20527 b LRB104 10452 KTG 20527 b A BILL FOR
22 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2018 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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99 Amends the Election Code and the Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides for the election of commissioners to the Veterans Assistance Commission in consolidated elections. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that elected commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by commissioners before January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
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1515 1 AN ACT concerning veterans.
1616 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1717 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1818 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
1919 5 Sections 2A-1.2 and 25-11 and by adding Section 2A-56 as
2020 6 follows:
2121 7 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
2222 8 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices
2323 9 designated.
2424 10 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
2525 11 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
2626 12 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
2727 13 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
2828 14 United States.
2929 15 (2) United States Senator and United States
3030 16 Representative.
3131 17 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers.
3232 18 (4) State Senator and State Representative.
3333 19 (5) County elected officers, including State's
3434 20 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
3535 21 elected President of the County Board or County Chief
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3737 23 (6) Circuit Court Clerk.
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4242 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.210 ILCS 5/2A-56 new10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084330 ILCS 45/4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2 10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new 10 ILCS 5/25-11 from Ch. 46, par. 25-11 330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084 330 ILCS 45/4.5 new
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4646 330 ILCS 45/4 from Ch. 23, par. 3084
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4848 Amends the Election Code and the Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides for the election of commissioners to the Veterans Assistance Commission in consolidated elections. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that elected commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by commissioners before January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
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8080 1 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
8181 2 counties or educational service regions in which that
8282 3 office has been abolished.
8383 4 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
8484 5 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
8585 6 and newly created judicial offices.
8686 7 (9) (Blank).
8787 8 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
8888 9 District of Greater Chicago, and elected Trustee of other
8989 10 Sanitary Districts.
9090 11 (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
9191 12 designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
9292 13 authorizing the creation of the district requires an
9393 14 annual election and permits or requires election of
9494 15 candidates of political parties.
9595 16 (12) Beginning with the 2024 general election, the
9696 17 elected members of the Chicago Board of Education; the
9797 18 election of members of the Chicago Board of Education
9898 19 shall be a nonpartisan election as provided for under this
9999 20 Code and may be conducted on a separate ballot.
100100 21 (b) At the general primary election:
101101 22 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
102102 23 parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
103103 24 at the general election in that year, except where
104104 25 pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political
105105 26 parties is made by caucus.
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116116 1 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
117117 2 political party offices of State central committeeperson,
118118 3 township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
119119 4 precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
120120 5 alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
121121 6 shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
122122 7 In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential
123123 8 election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential
124124 9 preference primary shall also be on the ballot.
125125 10 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
126126 11 has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
127127 12 officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
128128 13 VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
129129 14 Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the
130130 15 offices of such municipal officers shall be filled at an
131131 16 election held on the date of the general primary election,
132132 17 provided that the municipal election shall be a
133133 18 nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois
134134 19 Municipal Code. For partisan municipal elections in
135135 20 even-numbered years, a primary to nominate candidates for
136136 21 municipal office to be elected at the general primary
137137 22 election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding
138138 23 that election.
139139 24 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
140140 25 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
141141 26 the members of the board of education whose terms expire
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152152 1 in the year in which the general primary is held shall be
153153 2 elected.
154154 3 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
155155 4 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
156156 5 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
157157 6 municipalities in which candidates for alderperson or
158158 7 other municipal office are not permitted by law to be
159159 8 candidates of political parties, the runoff election where
160160 9 required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
161161 10 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
162162 11 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
163163 12 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
164164 13 providing the form of government of the municipality
165165 14 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
166166 15 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
167167 16 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
168168 17 (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
169169 18 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
170170 19 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
171171 20 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
172172 21 (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
173173 22 designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
174174 23 authorizing the creation of the district permits or
175175 24 requires election of candidates of political parties;
176176 25 (7) Township officers, including township park
177177 26 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
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188188 1 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
189189 2 Assessors;
190190 3 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
191191 4 (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
192192 5 adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
193193 6 (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
194194 7 River Waterway Management Agency;
195195 8 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
196196 9 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
197197 10 District Act;
198198 11 (12) Elected members of school boards, school
199199 12 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
200200 13 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
201201 14 counties or educational service regions having a
202202 15 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
203203 16 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
204204 17 school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
205205 18 (13) Members of Community College district boards;
206206 19 (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
207207 20 (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
208208 21 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
209209 22 (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
210210 23 Districts;
211211 24 (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
212212 25 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
213213 26 governing those districts does not permit candidates of
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224224 1 political parties; and .
225225 2 (18) Commissioners of the Veterans Assistance
226226 3 Commission elected under Section 4.5 of the Military
227227 4 Veterans Assistance Act.
228228 5 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
229229 6 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
230230 7 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
231231 8 election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
232232 9 of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
233233 10 except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
234234 11 subsection (c).
235235 12 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
236236 13 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and
237237 14 alderpersons shall be elected in municipalities in which
238238 15 candidates for mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderperson are not
239239 16 permitted by law to be candidates of political parties,
240240 17 subject to runoff elections to be held at the consolidated
241241 18 election as may be required by law, and municipal officers
242242 19 shall be nominated in a nonpartisan election in municipalities
243243 20 in which pursuant to law candidates for such office are not
244244 21 permitted to be candidates of political parties.
245245 22 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
246246 23 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
247247 24 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
248248 25 an ordinance providing a form of government of the
249249 26 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
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260260 1 Constitution.
261261 2 (e) (Blank).
262262 3 (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
263263 4 questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
264264 5 any special election otherwise required or authorized by law
265265 6 or by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
266266 7 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
267267 8 established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
268268 9 the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers
269269 10 are to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
270270 11 election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
271271 12 provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
272272 13 officers shall be subject to the referendum.
273273 14 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
274274 15 officials established in this Article, any community college
275275 16 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
276276 17 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
277277 18 hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
278278 19 members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
279279 20 effective date of the new district.
280280 21 (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
281281 22 any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
282282 23 to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
283283 24 held in the precinct on that date.
284284 25 (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
285285 26 the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
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296296 1 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-177, eff. 6-1-22;
297297 2 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21.)
298298 3 (10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new)
299299 4 Sec. 2A-56. Veterans assistance commissions;
300300 5 commissioners; time of election. A veteran assistance
301301 6 commissioner elected under Section 4.5 of the Military
302302 7 Veterans Assistance Act shall be elected at each consolidated
303303 8 election to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term
304304 9 expires before the following consolidated election.
305305 10 (10 ILCS 5/25-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-11)
306306 11 Sec. 25-11. Except as otherwise provided in this
307307 12 paragraph, when a vacancy occurs in any elective county
308308 13 office, or in a county of less than 3,000,000 population in the
309309 14 office of clerk of the circuit court, in a county which is not
310310 15 a home rule unit, the county board or board of county
311311 16 commissioners shall declare that such vacancy exists and
312312 17 notification thereof shall be given to the county central
313313 18 committee or the appropriate county board or board of county
314314 19 commissioners district committee of each established political
315315 20 party within 3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. The
316316 21 vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of the
317317 22 chair of the county board or board of county commissioners
318318 23 with the advice and consent of the county board or board of
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330330 1 operating under the county executive form of government under
331331 2 Division 2-5 of the Counties Code, when a vacancy occurs in an
332332 3 elected county office other than in the office of an elected
333333 4 member of the county board, the county executive shall declare
334334 5 that such vacancy exists and then notification of the vacancy
335335 6 shall be given to the county central committee of each
336336 7 established political party within 3 days of the occurrence of
337337 8 the vacancy, and the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
338338 9 appointment of the county executive with the advice and
339339 10 consent of the county board. However, when a vacancy occurs in
340340 11 the office of an elected member of the county board in a county
341341 12 other than Champaign County that is operating under the county
342342 13 executive form of government under Division 2-5 of the
343343 14 Counties Code, the elected county board speaker or county
344344 15 board chair, as the case may be, shall declare that such
345345 16 vacancy exists and then notification shall be given to the
346346 17 appropriate county board district committee of each
347347 18 established political party within 3 days of the occurrence of
348348 19 the vacancy, and the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
349349 20 appointment of the elected county board speaker or county
350350 21 board chair, as the case may be, with the advice and consent of
351351 22 the county board. In Champaign County while operating under
352352 23 the county executive form of government under Division 2-5 of
353353 24 the Counties Code, when a vacancy occurs in an elected county
354354 25 office or in the office of an elected member of the county
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367367 2 then notification shall be given to the county central
368368 3 committee or the appropriate county board district committee
369369 4 of each established political party within 3 days of the
370370 5 occurrence of the vacancy; and the vacancy shall be filled
371371 6 within 60 days by appointment of the elected county board
372372 7 speaker or county board chair, as the case may be, with the
373373 8 advice and consent of the county board. In counties in which
374374 9 forest preserve district commissioners are elected by
375375 10 districts and are not also members of the county board,
376376 11 however, vacancies in the office of forest preserve district
377377 12 commissioner shall be filled within 60 days by appointment of
378378 13 the president of the forest preserve district board of
379379 14 commissioners with the advice and consent of the forest
380380 15 preserve district board of commissioners. In counties in which
381381 16 the forest preserve district president is not also a member of
382382 17 the county board, vacancies in the office of forest preserve
383383 18 district president shall be filled within 60 days by the
384384 19 forest preserve district board of commissioners by appointing
385385 20 one of the commissioners to serve as president. The appointee
386386 21 shall be a member of the same political party as the person he
387387 22 succeeds was at the time of his election and shall be otherwise
388388 23 eligible to serve. The appointee shall serve the remainder of
389389 24 the unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in
390390 25 the term, the appointment shall be until the next general
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402402 1 election for the remainder of the term. In the case of a
403403 2 vacancy in a seat on a county board or board of county
404404 3 commissioners which has been divided into districts under
405405 4 Section 2-3003 or 2-4006.5 of the Counties Code, the appointee
406406 5 must also be a resident of the county board or county
407407 6 commission district. If a county commissioner ceases to reside
408408 7 in the district that he or she represents, a vacancy in that
409409 8 office exists. In the case of a vacancy in the office of
410410 9 veteran assistance commissioner, the vacancy shall be filled
411411 10 within 60 days by appointment of the president of the board of
412412 11 commissioners with the advice and consent of the other
413413 12 commissioners. The appointee shall be eligible to serve as
414414 13 commissioner. The appointee shall serve the remainder of the
415415 14 unexpired term. However, if more than 28 months remain in the
416416 15 term, the appointment shall be until the next consolidated
417417 16 election at which time the vacated office of veteran
418418 17 assistance commissioner shall be filled by election for the
419419 18 remainder of the term.
420420 19 Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance or by
421421 20 law, in any county which is a home rule unit, vacancies in
422422 21 elective county offices, other than the office of chief
423423 22 executive officer, and vacancies in the office of clerk of the
424424 23 circuit court in a county of less than 3,000,000 population,
425425 24 shall be filled by the county board or board of county
426426 25 commissioners.
427427 26 (Source: P.A. 102-1120, eff. 1-23-23.)
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438438 1 Section 10. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is
439439 2 amended by changing Section 4 and by adding Section 4.5 as
440440 3 follows:
441441 4 (330 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 3084)
442442 5 Sec. 4.
443443 6 (a) Prior to January 1, 2026, Upon the taking effect of
444444 7 this Act, the commander of any veteran service organization or
445445 8 any properly created Veterans Assistance Commission, which
446446 9 shall undertake the assistance of military veterans and their
447447 10 families, as hereinbefore provided, before the acts of the
448448 11 commander, quartermaster, or commandant shall be operative in
449449 12 any city or town, shall file with the city clerk of such city
450450 13 or town clerk of such town, or administrator of military
451451 14 veterans assistance of such town or county, a notice that said
452452 15 veteran service organization or Veterans Assistance Commission
453453 16 intends to undertake such assistance as is provided by this
454454 17 Act, and such notice shall contain the names of the assistance
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456456 19 Assistance Commission in such city or town, and the commander
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458458 21 Veterans Assistance Commission. And the commander of the
459459 22 veteran service organization or Veterans Assistance Commission
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472472 1 administrator of military veterans assistance, also a detailed
473473 2 statement of the amount of assistance furnished during the
474474 3 preceding year, with the names of all persons to whom such
475475 4 assistance shall have been furnished, together with a brief
476476 5 statement in such case from the assistance committee upon
477477 6 whose recommendation the orders were drawn. Any person who
478478 7 fails or neglects so to do at the time required by this Act
479479 8 shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined $250 to be
480480 9 recovered in the name of the county in the circuit court.
481481 10 (b) After January 1, 2026, the commander of any veteran
482482 11 service organization or any properly created Veterans
483483 12 Assistance Commission, which shall undertake the assistance of
484484 13 military veterans and their families, as hereinbefore
485485 14 provided, before the acts of the commander, quartermaster, or
486486 15 commandant shall be operative in any city or town, shall file
487487 16 with the city clerk of such city or town clerk of such town, or
488488 17 administrator of military veterans assistance of such town or
489489 18 county, a notice that said veteran service organization or
490490 19 Veterans Assistance Commission intends to undertake such
491491 20 assistance as is provided by this Act. After filing such
492492 21 notice with the clerk, candidates for elected commissioner
493493 22 shall file nominating petitions with the clerk in accordance
494494 23 with Section 10-3.1 of the Election Code.
495495 24 (Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
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507507 1 Sec. 4.5. Veterans Assistance Commission; commissioner
508508 2 elections.
509509 3 (a) For every Veterans Assistance Commission properly
510510 4 created under subsection (a) of Section 4 prior to January 1,
511511 5 2026 and for every Veterans Assistance Commission properly
512512 6 created under subsection (b) of Section 4 after January 1,
513513 7 2026, the commissioners shall be elected as provided in this
514514 8 Section, beginning with the first consolidated election
515515 9 following January 1, 2026. There shall be 7 elected
516516 10 commissioners, elected from the district at large. Each
517517 11 commissioner must be a resident of the district and a veteran.
518518 12 Candidates for elected commissioner shall file nominating
519519 13 petitions with the clerk in accordance with Section 10-3.1 of
520520 14 the Election Code. The terms of all elected commissioners
521521 15 shall commence on the third Monday of the month following the
522522 16 month of election. No party designation shall appear on the
523523 17 ballot for the election of commissioners. The terms of all
524524 18 officers who hold their position in accordance with the
525525 19 process provided for in subsection (a) of Section 4 shall
526526 20 expire on the third Monday of the month following the month of
527527 21 the first election of commissioners in that city under this
528528 22 Section.
529529 23 (b) The initial elected commissioners shall, no later than
530530 24 45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly by lot
531531 25 as equally as possible into 2 groups. Commissioners or their
532532 26 successors from one group shall be elected for terms of 4
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543543 1 years; the initial elected commissioners from the second group
544544 2 shall serve for terms of 2 years, and their successors shall be
545545 3 elected for terms of 4 years.
546546 4 (c) The commissioners shall elect from among their number
547547 5 a president of the board of commissioners.
548548 6 (d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
549549 7 commissioner, whether by death, resignation, refusal to
550550 8 qualify, no longer residing in the district, or for any other
551551 9 reason, the board of commissioners shall declare that a
552552 10 vacancy exists. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
553553 11 appointment of the president of the board of commissioners,
554554 12 with the advice and consent of the other commissioners. The
555555 13 appointee shall be eligible to serve as commissioner. The
556556 14 appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If,
557557 15 however, more than 28 months remain in the term, the
558558 16 appointment shall be until the next consolidated election, at
559559 17 which time the vacated office of commissioner shall be filled
560560 18 by election for the remainder of the term.
561561 19 If a vacancy occurs in the office of president of the board
562562 20 of commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall elect one
563563 21 of their number to serve as president for the balance of the
564564 22 unexpired term of the president in whose office the vacancy
565565 23 occurred.
566566 24 (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, elected
567567 25 commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall
568568 26 be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by
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579579 1 commissioners before January 1, 2026.
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