100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2391

 

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/11-4.1  from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that upon request of the county board or board of election commissioners, a school may make a school building under its control available for use as a polling place on an election day and for a reasonably necessary time before and after election day, without charge, if the school reasonably believes that it can ensure the safety of its students. Provides that schools shall be under no obligation to consent to the request of the county board or board of election commissioners. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
511-4.1 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
7    Sec. 11-4.1. (a) In appointing polling places under this
8Article, the county board or board of election commissioners
9shall, insofar as they are convenient and available, use
10schools and other public buildings as polling places.
11    (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election
12commissioners, the proper agency of government (including
13school districts and units of local government) shall make a
14public building under its control available for use as a
15polling place on an election day and for a reasonably necessary
16time before and after election day, without charge. Upon
17request of the county board or board of election commissioners,
18the school may make a school building under its control
19available for use as a polling place on an election day and for
20a reasonably necessary time before and after election day,
21without charge, if the school reasonably believes that it can
22ensure the safety of its students. Schools shall be under no
23obligation to consent to the request of the county board or

 

 

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1board of election commissioners. If the county board or board
2of election commissioners chooses a school to be a polling
3place and the school consents to be a polling place, then the
4school district must make the school available for use as a
5polling place. However, for the day of the election, a school
6district is encouraged to (i) close the school or (ii) hold a
7teachers institute on that day with students not in attendance.
8    (c) A government agency which makes a public building under
9its control available for use as a polling place shall (i)
10ensure the portion of the building to be used as the polling
11place is accessible to voters with disabilities and elderly
12voters and (ii) allow the election authority to administer the
13election as authorized under this Code.
14    (d) If a qualified elector's precinct polling place is a
15school and the elector will be unable to enter that polling
16place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of
172012 because the elector is a child sex offender as defined in
18Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that elector may
19vote by a vote by mail ballot in accordance with Article 19 of
20this Code or may vote early in accordance with Article 19A of
21this Code.
22(Source: P.A. 98-773, eff. 7-18-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
2399-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.