22-402.04 – Joint performance of common function or service; vote required; when effective.
22-402.04. Joint performance of common function or service; vote required; when effective. (1) If the consolidation agreement provides for the joint performance of any common function or service, the county board of each county may submit the consolidation agreement for approval by the registered voters at the next general election or a special election pursuant […]
22-403 – Consolidation; petition; percentage required; duty of board of county commissioners or supervisors; failure to exercise duty, effect.
22-403. Consolidation; petition; percentage required; duty of board of county commissioners or supervisors; failure to exercise duty, effect. (1) If the county board has not taken the initiative to enter into a consolidation agreement under section 22-402, the registered voters of the county may require the board to proceed by filing with the county clerk […]
22-404 – Consolidation agreement; publication; availability.
22-404. Consolidation agreement; publication; availability. When a consolidation agreement is submitted to the voters for approval, the county board of each county entering into a consolidation agreement shall cause a description of the proposed consolidation agreement to be published in its county prior to the election at least once a week for three consecutive weeks […]
22-405 – Consolidation; election; laws applicable; ballot; form; majority required; when effective; effect on election to remove county seat.
22-405. Consolidation; election; laws applicable; ballot; form; majority required; when effective; effect on election to remove county seat. (1) When the publication of the consolidation agreement in each of the counties is completed, each county board shall submit the question of whether to consolidate as proposed in the consolidation agreement to the registered voters at […]
22-405.01 – Final approval of consolidation agreement; county boards; duties.
22-405.01. Final approval of consolidation agreement; county boards; duties. On or before September 10 of the year preceding the effective date of a consolidation agreement, the county boards participating in the consolidation agreement shall adopt by joint or concurrent resolution the budget for the portion of the fiscal year in which the consolidation agreement will […]
22-405.02 – Consolidated county officers; county boards; adjust election district boundaries.
22-405.02. Consolidated county officers; county boards; adjust election district boundaries. On or before February 15 of the year of the general election at which consolidated county officers are to be elected, the county boards of each county involved in the consolidation agreement shall meet and adjust jointly the boundaries for the election districts for the […]
22-406 – Consolidated counties; officers; election; terms; appointment.
22-406. Consolidated counties; officers; election; terms; appointment. (1) At the next general election held after the election at which consolidation is approved by the voters, the consolidated county officers shall be elected. Their terms shall begin on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday of January after their election, and the terms of the incumbents […]
22-407 – Consolidated counties; statutory references; rights and liabilities; books and records; money; congressional and legislative districts.
22-407. Consolidated counties; statutory references; rights and liabilities; books and records; money; congressional and legislative districts. (1) Upon the effective date of the consolidation agreement for the consolidation of counties, the counties involved in the consolidation agreement shall be treated under the name or names and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the […]
22-411 – Approval of consolidation; salary determinations.
22-411. Approval of consolidation; salary determinations. Following approval of the consolidation of county or township offices and prior to January 15 of the year in which the general election is held for consolidated offices, the county boards of each county included within such consolidation shall, by joint or concurrent action, establish the salary to be […]
22-412 – Candidates for consolidated office; election; procedure.
22-412. Candidates for consolidated office; election; procedure. Candidates for the consolidated office shall file with the county clerk or election commissioner of their county of residence. The names of such candidates shall be certified to the appropriate office of each of the other counties to be placed on the primary ballot. At the primary election […]