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Sen. Jil Tracy
Filed: 3/9/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1612
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1612 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-7.10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-7.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-7.10.
Nominations for members of the board shall be |
| 8 | | made by a petition
signed by at least 50 voters or 10% of the |
| 9 | | voters, whichever is less, residing
within the district and |
| 10 | | shall be filed with the county clerk or the county board of |
| 11 | | election commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in |
| 12 | | which the principal office of the community college board is |
| 13 | | located secretary of the board.
In addition to the requirements |
| 14 | | of the general election law, the form
of such petitions shall |
| 15 | | be substantially as follows:
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| 16 | | NOMINATING PETITIONS
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| 1 | | To the County Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners of |
| 2 | | .... County Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Community |
| 3 | | College District No.
....:
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| 4 | | We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more) |
| 5 | | of the voters
residing within said district, hereby petition |
| 6 | | that .... who
resides at .... in the (city or village) of .... |
| 7 | | in Township .... (or
who resides outside any city, village or |
| 8 | | incorporated town and in Township
....) in said district shall |
| 9 | | be a candidate for the office of .... of the
Board of Trustees |
| 10 | | (full term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election
to be |
| 11 | | held on (insert date).
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| 12 | | Name: Address:
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| 13 | | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid |
| 14 | | unless the candidate
named therein files with the county clerk |
| 15 | | or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may |
| 16 | | be, of the county in which the principal office of the |
| 17 | | community college board is located, together with secretary of |
| 18 | | the board a receipt from the county
clerk, if filing with a |
| 19 | | county board of election commissioners, showing that the |
| 20 | | candidate has filed a statement of economic interests
as |
| 21 | | required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt |
| 22 | | shall
be so filed either previously during the calendar year in |
| 23 | | which his nomination
papers were filed or within the period for |
| 24 | | the filing of nomination papers
in accordance with the general |
| 25 | | election law.
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| 1 | | The county clerk or the county board of election |
| 2 | | commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the |
| 3 | | principal office of the community college board is located |
| 4 | | secretary of the board shall notify each candidate, or the |
| 5 | | appropriate
committee, for whom a petition for nomination has |
| 6 | | been filed of their
obligations under the Campaign Financing |
| 7 | | Act, as required by the general
election law. Such notice shall |
| 8 | | be given on a form prescribed by the State
Board of Elections |
| 9 | | and in accordance with the requirements of the general
election |
| 10 | | law.
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| 11 | | All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of |
| 12 | | trustees shall
be filed with the county clerk or the county |
| 13 | | board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the |
| 14 | | county in which the principal office of the community college |
| 15 | | board is located secretary of the board within the time |
| 16 | | provided for
by the general election law. Said county clerk or |
| 17 | | board of election commissioners secretary shall make |
| 18 | | certification to
the proper election authority or authorities |
| 19 | | in accordance with the requirements of the
general election law |
| 20 | | and Sections 3-7a and 3-7b of this Act. If the secretary is an |
| 21 | | incumbent board member seeking
reelection, a disinterested |
| 22 | | person must be a witness to the filing of his
petition. It is |
| 23 | | the duty of the county clerk or board of election |
| 24 | | commissioners, as the case may be, secretary to provide |
| 25 | | candidates with petition
forms and statements of candidacy.
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| 26 | | The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the |
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| 1 | | case may be, secretary shall within 7 days of filing or on the
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| 2 | | last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the |
| 3 | | petitioner
in writing his or its acceptance of the petition.
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| 4 | | In all newly organized districts the petition for the |
| 5 | | nomination of
candidates for members of the board at the first |
| 6 | | election shall be addressed
to and filed with the regional |
| 7 | | superintendent in the manner specified for the
petitions for |
| 8 | | candidates of a community college board. For such election the
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| 9 | | regional superintendent shall fulfill all duties otherwise |
| 10 | | assigned to the
secretary of the board.
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| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".
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