Private Acts of 1983 Chapter 141

SECTION 1.  Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 1971, as amended by Chapter 214 of the Private Acts of 1978, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2.  The members constituting the Grundy County Board of Education on the effective date of this Act shall remain as the legally constituted Board of Education for Grundy County and each member of said Board shall hold office until his or her particular term of office expires, and any vacancies existing on said Board on the effective date or hereafter may be filled according to law by the county legislative body.  The members appointed by the county legislative body shall reside in the district that they represent.

SECTION 3.  Grundy County shall be divided into six (6) school districts.  These school districts shall be identical to the six (6) county commissioner districts established by the Board of County Commissioners of Grundy County pursuant to statute, and these school districts shall be modified when the county commissioner districts are modified.

SECTION 4.  Members of the Grundy County Board of Education elected pursuant to this Act shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until a successor is elected and qualified.  The term of each member shall begin on September 1 of the year of the member's election.  The Election Commission of Grundy County shall issue to the persons elected pursuant to this Act a Certificate of Election in the same manner as other county officers.

SECTION 5.  One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 1 (same as County Commissioner District Number 1) in the August 1986 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 2 (same as County Commissioner District Number 2) in the August 1986 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 3 (same as County Commissioner District Number 3) in the August 1984 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 4 (same as County Commissioner District Number 4) in the August 1984 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 5 (same as County Commissioner District Number 5) in the August 1984 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected from School District Number 6 (same as County Commissioner District Number 6) in the August 1984 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

One member of the Board of Education of Grundy County shall be elected at-large by all the voters of Grundy County in the August 1984 General Election and every two (2) years thereafter.

SECTION 6.  The Grundy County Board of Education shall consist of seven (7) members.  Each member of the Board of Education elected pursuant to this Act shall reside in the district he or she represents, provided however, that the member elected at-large may reside anywhere in the county.

SECTION 7.  On September 1 of the year of their election, or as soon thereafter as is practical, the newly elected members of the Grundy County Board of Education shall meet at the county courthouse and take an oath of office administered by someone authorized to administer oaths.

SECTION 8.  The duties of the members of the Grundy County Board of Education shall be as prescribed by general law.

SECTION 9.  If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to that end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 10.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Grundy County.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 11.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 10.

Passed:  May 11, 1983.