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Illinois Statutes § 5/1A-9 Executive director, assistant executive director, technical consultants

⤴ Up to Article 1A: State Board of Elections

Statute Text

The State Board of Elections shall appoint an executive director and an assistant executive director.The annual compensation of the executive director and assistant executive director shall be determined by the Board.
The executive director and assistant executive director may be removed from office at any time by a vote of at least 5 members of the Board. Upon any such removal a vacancy is created which shall be filled as provided for the initial appointments.
The Board, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, may from time to time contract with technical consultants to assist it in the performance of its duties. Such technical consultants shall be compensated only under contracts which specify the duties to be performed and the compensation therefor. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, contracts with technical consultants, other than hearing officers and attorneys representing the Board in litigation, shall terminate no more than 60 days after the commencement of the specified duties and may be extended once for a period of no more than 30 days upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. The time limitations imposed by this Section on contracts with technical consultants shall not apply to a contract with a technical consultant for the provision of electronic data processing services in connection with the Board's performance of the duties assigned to it pursuant to paragraph (11) of Section 1A-8 or in connection with the Board's performance of the duties assigned to it pursuant to Sections 4-8, 5-7 and 6-35 concerning the furnishing of electronic data or compilations containing voter registration information to state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act. No technical consultant, other than a hearing officer or an attorney engaged to represent the Board in litigation, may be compensated under more than one contract in any fiscal year.

Source

P.A. 84-1026.

History

Amended by P.A. 093-1091 , § 5 , eff. 3/29/2005 .

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