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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 2624         </title>
<shortdesc>MWRD-DISTRICTING &amp; ELECTION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Luis Arroyo</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>70 ILCS 2605/3</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 42, par. 322</aliasreference><reference>70 ILCS 2605/3.3 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the board of commissioners of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall: on or before July 1, 2021, divide the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into 9 commissioner districts and assign the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial census; and thereafter, in the year following each federal decennial census, redistrict the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent census. Provides that the commissioner districts shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population to each other district. Provides that one commissioner shall be elected from each commissioner district for a term of 6 years and that the commissioner shall be a resident of the commissioner district from which he or she was elected. Provides that if the corporate limits of the District expands between redistrictings, the board of commissioners shall determine which commissioner district or districts the expanded territory will join until the next redistricting. Provides that the terms of all commissioners serving at the time of the 2022 general election shall continue until the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the 2022 general election or until the 9 new commissioners are elected and qualified, whichever is later. Makes conforming changes.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Committee Amendment No. 2</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the General Assembly (rather than the board of commissioners of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) shall divide the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into 9 commissioner districts on or before July 1, 2021 and redistrict after each federal decennial census. Provides that a redistricting plan created shall be drawn to create crossover districts, coalition districts, or influence districts. Makes conforming changes.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Gregory Harris</action>
<statusdate>3/27/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Executive Committee;  by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee;  010-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40</action>
<statusdate>3/29/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/10/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/10/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/12/2019</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2021</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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