Rep. Robert Martwick

Filed: 2/22/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2267

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2267 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.2 and 2A-48 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
7    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
8designated.
9    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
10even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
11shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
12        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
13    United States;
14        (2) United States Senator and United States
15    Representative;
16        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;

 

 

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1        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
2        (5) County elected officers, including State's
3    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
4    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
5    Executive;
6        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
7        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
8    counties or educational service regions in which that
9    office has been abolished;
10        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
11    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
12    newly created judicial offices;
13        (9) (Blank);
14        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
15    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
16        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
17    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
18    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
19    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
20    political parties.
21    (b) At the general primary election:
22        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
23    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
24    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
25    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
26    made by caucus.

 

 

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1        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
2    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
3    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
4    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
5    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
6    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
7    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
8    is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
9    primary shall also be on the ballot.
10        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
11    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
12    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
13    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
14    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
15    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
16    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
17    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
18    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
19    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
20    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
21    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
22    weeks preceding that election.
23        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
24    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
25    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
26    the year in which the general primary is held shall be

 

 

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1    elected.
2    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
3odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
4        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
5    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
6    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
7    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
8    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
9    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
10    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
11    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
12    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
13    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
14    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
15    by such ordinance;
16        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
17        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
18        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
19        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
20        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
21    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
22    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
23    requires election of candidates of political parties;
24        (7) Township officers, including township park
25    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
26    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township

 

 

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1    Assessors;
2        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
3        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
4    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
5        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
6    River Waterway Management Agency;
7        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
8    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
9    Act;
10        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
11    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
12    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
13    counties or educational service regions having a
14    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
15    of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
16    school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
17        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
18        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
19        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
20    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
21        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
22    Districts;
23        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
24    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
25    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
26    political parties.

 

 

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1    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
2odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
3nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
4election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
5of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
6except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
7subsection (c).
8    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
9odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
10shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
11mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
12to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
13elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
14required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
15nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
16candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
17of political parties.
18    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
19odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
20elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
21an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
22pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
23    At the consolidated primary election in 2023 and at the
24consolidated primary election every 4 years thereafter,
25members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected in a
26nonpartisan election.

 

 

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1    (e) (Blank).
2    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
3questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
4any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
5by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
6    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
7established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
8the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
9to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
10election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
11provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
12officers shall be subject to the referendum.
13    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
14officials established in this Article, any community college
15district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
16to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
17hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
18members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
19effective date of the new district.
20    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
21any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
22to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
23held in the precinct on that date.
24    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
25the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
26(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (10 ILCS 5/2A-48)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
2    Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors and Board of
3Education - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of
4School Directors or a member of an elected Board of Education,
5as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated
6election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends
7before the following consolidated election. A member of the
8Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at the appropriate
9consolidated primary election to succeed each incumbent member
10whose term expires in the year in which the consolidated
11primary election is held.
12(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
13    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
1434-3, 34-4, and 34-13.1 and by adding Sections 34-21.9, 34-4.1
15and 34-4.2 as follows:
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/34-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
17    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
18Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
19    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago
21Board of Education holding office on that date are abolished
22and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval of
23the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School Reform Board of

 

 

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1Trustees which shall take office upon the appointment of the
2fifth member. The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees and
3its members shall serve until, and the terms of all members of
4the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on,
5June 30, 1999 or upon the appointment of a new Chicago Board of
6Education as provided in subsection (b), whichever is later.
7Any vacancy in the membership of the Trustees shall be filled
8through appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or
9approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of
10the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be
11designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.
12The Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief
13executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief
14executive officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor,
15at his or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
16simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
17    (b) This subsection applies until May 9, 2023. Within 30
18days before the expiration of the terms of the members of the
19Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection (a),
20a new Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members shall
21be appointed by the Mayor to take office on the later of July
221, 1999 or the appointment of the seventh member. Three of the
23members initially so appointed under this subsection shall
24serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members
25initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for
26terms ending June 30, 2003, and each member initially so

 

 

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1appointed shall continue to hold office until his or her
2successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at the
3expiration of the term of any member a successor shall be
4appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4
5years, from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and
6until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in
7the membership of the Chicago Board of Education shall be
8filled through appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
9No appointment to membership on the Chicago Board of Education
10that is made by the Mayor under this subsection shall require
11the approval of the City Council, whether the appointment is
12made for a full term or to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term
13on the Board.
14    (b-5) On May 9, 2023, the terms of all members of the
15Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are
16abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is
17elected by the electors of the school district as provided in
18this subsection and takes office.
19    Each member shall be elected for a term of 4 years,
20commencing on the second Tuesday in May of the year in which
21the member is elected, and until the member's successor is
22elected and has qualified. For purposes of elections conducted
23pursuant to this subsection, the City of Chicago shall be
24subdivided into 20 electoral districts by the General Assembly
25for seats on the Chicago Board of Education, as provided under
26Section 34-21.9. Each district shall be represented by a

 

 

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1member, and one member shall be elected at large and serve as
2the president of the board.
3    Within 28 days after each board enters office, the board
4shall organize by electing its vice president and fixing a time
5and place for the regular meetings. No less than a majority of
6the board's regular meetings shall take place after regular
7business hours in order to maximize community participation.
8Upon organizing itself as provided in this subsection, the
9board shall enter upon the discharge of its duties.
10    Whenever a vacancy in the board occurs, the remaining
11members of the board shall notify the Mayor of that vacancy
12within 5 days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill
13the vacancy until the next board election, at which election a
14successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the
15unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less than
1628 months remaining in the term or if the vacancy occurs less
17than 88 days before the next board election, then the person so
18appointed shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and
19no election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor
20shall have the same residential and other qualifications as his
21or her predecessor. Should the remaining board members fail to
22act within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall,
23within 30 days after the remaining members have failed to fill
24the vacancy, fill the vacancy as provided for in this Section.
25Upon the Mayor's failure to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall
26be filled at the next board election. The successor shall have

 

 

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1the same residential and other qualifications as his or her
2predecessor.
3    (b-10) The board shall elect annually from its number a
4president and vice-president, in such manner and at such time
5as the board determines by its rules. The president elected by
6the voters and vice-president elected by the board officers so
7elected shall each perform the duties imposed upon his or her
8their respective office by the rules of the board, provided
9that (i) the president shall preside at meetings of the board
10and vote as any other member but have no power of veto, and
11(ii) the vice president shall perform the duties of the
12president if that office is vacant or the president is absent
13or unable to act. The secretary of the board Board shall be
14selected by the board Board and shall be an employee of the
15board Board rather than a member of the board Board,
16notwithstanding subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties of
17the secretary shall be imposed by the rules of the board Board.
18    (b-15) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of
19a company that has, a contract with the school district. No
20former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within
21a period of one year immediately after termination of service
22on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive
23compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
24the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately
25preceding termination of service on the board, participated
26personally and substantially in the award of contracts with the

 

 

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1board or the school district, or the issuance of contract
2change orders with the board or the school district, with a
3cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or
4its parent or subsidiary.
5    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve
6in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
7term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
8student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
9student member as an advisor. The student member may not
10participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
11(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
 
12    (105 ILCS 5/34-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
13    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility.
14    (a) To be eligible for election appointment to the board, a
15person shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be a
16registered voter as provided in the Election Code, shall have
17been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at
18least one year 3 years immediately preceding his or her
19election appointment, and shall not be a child sex offender as
20defined in Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. A
21person is ineligible for election or appointment to the board
22if that person is an employee of the school district. All
23persons eligible for election to the board shall be nominated
24by a petition signed by no less than 250 voters residing within
25the electoral district on a petition in order to be placed on

 

 

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1the ballot, except that persons eligible for election to the
2board at large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no
3less than 2,500 voters residing within the city.
4    Permanent removal from the city by any member of the board
5during his or her term of office constitutes a resignation
6therefrom and creates a vacancy in the board. Board Except for
7the President of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees
8who may be paid compensation for his or her services as chief
9executive officer as determined by the Mayor as provided in
10subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members shall serve
11without any compensation; provided, that board members shall be
12reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the performance of
13their duties upon submission of proper receipts or upon
14submission of a signed voucher in the case of an expense
15allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement or
16allowance to the president of the board for verification and
17approval. Board members The board of education may continue to
18provide health care insurance coverage, employer pension
19contributions, employee pension contributions, and life
20insurance premium payments for an employee required to resign
21from an administrative, teaching, or career service position in
22order to qualify as a member of the board of education. They
23shall not hold other public office under the Federal, State or
24any local government other than that of Director of the
25Regional Transportation Authority, member of the economic
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1500,000, notary public or member of the National Guard, and by
2accepting any such office while members of the board, or by not
3resigning any such office held at the time of being elected
4appointed to the board within 30 days after such election
5appointment, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership
6in the board.
7(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.1 new)
9    Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the
10requirements of the general election law, the form of petitions
11under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be substantially as
12follows:
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NOMINATING PETITIONS
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(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
15    To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of
16Chicago:
17    We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters
18residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who
19resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for
20the office of .... of the board of education (full term)
21(vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert
22date).
23    Name: .................. Address: ...................
24    In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
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1initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
2or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
3candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
4name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
5Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
6last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's name
7on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list
8all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on
9(list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition
10must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the
11candidate's previous names during the period specified in
12clause (i) and the date or dates each of those names was
13changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds
14for denying certification of the candidate's name for the
15ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name changes
16resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or
17parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or
18dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of
19marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, such
20as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the
21Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or
22implying possession of a title, degree or professional status,
23or similar information may be used in connection with the
24candidate's surname.
25    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
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1commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal office
2of the school district is located within the time provided for
3by the general election law. The board of election
4commissioners shall receive and file only those petitions that
5include a statement of candidacy, the required number of voter
6signatures, the notarized signature of the petition
7circulator, and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that
8the candidate has filed a statement of economic interest on or
9before the last day to file as required by the Illinois
10Governmental Ethics Act. The board of election commissioners
11may have petition forms available for issuance to potential
12candidates and may give notice of the petition filing period by
13publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the
14school district not less than 10 days prior to the first day of
15filing. The board of election commissioners shall make
16certification to the proper election authorities in accordance
17with the general election law.
18    The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in
19which the principal office of the school district is located
20shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination
21is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under
22the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election
23law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the
24State Board of Elections and in accordance with the
25requirements of the general election law. The board of election
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1for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the petitioner
2in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
3    A candidate for membership on the board of education who
4has petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a
5vacant term to be voted upon at the same election must withdraw
6his or her petition for nomination from either the full term or
7the vacant term by written declaration.
8    Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate
9named therein files with the board of election commissioners a
10receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has
11filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
12Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so
13filed either previously during the calendar year in which his
14or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for
15the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
16election law.
 
17    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.2 new)
18    Sec. 34-4.2. Ballots. The board of election commissioners
19of the jurisdiction in which the principal office of the school
20district is located shall conduct a lottery to determine the
21ballot order of candidates for full terms in the event of any
22simultaneous petition filings. Such candidate lottery shall be
23conducted as follows:
24    All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00
25a.m. on the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening

 

 

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1hour of the office involved on such day, shall be deemed
2simultaneously filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening
3hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail and received
4after midnight of the first day for filing and in the first
5mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed
6simultaneously filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
7normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
8petitions received thereafter shall be deemed filed in the
9order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions filed
10within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed
11filed simultaneously.
12    Where 2 or more petitions are received simultaneously for
13the same office as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for petition
14filing or as of the normal opening hour of the office of the
15board of election commissioners with whom such petitions are
16filed, the board of election commissioners shall break ties and
17determine the order of filing by means of a lottery or other
18fair and impartial method of random selection. Such lottery
19shall be conducted within 9 days following the last day for
20petition filing and shall be open to the public. Seven days
21written notice of the time and place of conducting such random
22selection shall be given by the board of election commissioners
23to all candidates who filed their petitions simultaneously and
24to each organization of citizens within the election
25jurisdiction that was entitled, under the general election law,
26at the next preceding election, to have poll watchers present

 

 

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1on the day of election. The board of election commissioners
2shall post in a conspicuous, open, and public place, at the
3entrance of his or her office, notice of the time and place of
4such lottery.
5    All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
6their petitions have been filed and in the manner prescribed by
7Section 10-15 of the Election Code. Where candidates have filed
8simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order prescribed
9by this Section and prior to candidates who filed for the same
10office at a later time.
11    Where elections are conducted for unexpired terms, a second
12lottery to determine ballot order shall be conducted for
13candidates who simultaneously file petitions for such
14unexpired terms. Such lottery shall be conducted in the same
15manner as prescribed by this Section for full term candidates.
16    Ballots for the election of school officers shall be in the
17following form:
 
18(BALLOT FORMAT
19    Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the
20order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to this
21Section.
22    The school district is divided into 20 electoral districts,
23each of which elects one member to the board of education and
24votes on one member to serve at-large.)
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OFFICIAL BALLOT

 

 

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1
DISTRICT ....... (1 through 20)
2
FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE
3
A FULL 4-YEAR TERM
4
VOTE FOR ONE
5
( ) .....................................
6
( ) .....................................
7
( ) .....................................
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
9
AT LARGE
10
FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE
11
A FULL 4-YEAR TERM
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VOTE FOR ONE
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REVERSE SIDE:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
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DISTRICT ....... (1 through 20)
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(Precinct name or number)
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School District No. ......, ........... County, Illinois
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Election Tuesday (insert date)
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(facsimile signature of Election Authority)
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(County)

 
24    (105 ILCS 5/34-13.1)
25    Sec. 34-13.1. Inspector General.

 

 

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1    (a) The Inspector General and his office in existence on
2the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be
3transferred to the jurisdiction of the board upon appointment
4of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. The Inspector
5General shall have the authority to conduct investigations into
6allegations of or incidents of waste, fraud, and financial
7mismanagement in public education within the jurisdiction of
8the board by a local school council member or an employee,
9contractor, or member of the board or involving school projects
10managed or handled by the Public Building Commission. The
11Inspector General shall make recommendations to the board about
12the investigations. The Inspector General in office on the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall serve for a
14term expiring on June 30, 1998. His or her successors in office
15shall each be appointed by the Mayor, without the consent or
16approval of the City Council, for 4 year terms expiring on June
1730th of an even numbered year; however, beginning on May 9,
182023, successors shall be appointed by the board instead of the
19Mayor. If the Inspector General leaves office or if a vacancy
20in that office otherwise occurs, the Mayor shall appoint,
21without the consent or approval of the City Council, a
22successor to serve under this Section for the remainder of the
23unexpired term; however, beginning on May 9, 2023, successors
24shall be appointed by the board instead of the Mayor. The
25Inspector General shall be independent of the operations of the
26board and the School Finance Authority, and shall perform other

 

 

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1duties requested by the board.
2    (b) The Inspector General shall have access to all
3information and personnel necessary to perform the duties of
4the office. If the Inspector General determines that a possible
5criminal act has been committed or that special expertise is
6required in the investigation, he or she shall immediately
7notify the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County
8State's Attorney. All investigations conducted by the
9Inspector General shall be conducted in a manner that ensures
10the preservation of evidence for use in criminal prosecutions.
11    (c) At all times the Inspector General shall be granted
12access to any building or facility that is owned, operated, or
13leased by the board, the Public Building Commission, or the
14city in trust and for the use and benefit of the schools of the
15district.
16    (d) The Inspector General shall have the power to subpoena
17witnesses and compel the production of books and papers
18pertinent to an investigation authorized by this Code. Any
19person who (1) fails to appear in response to a subpoena; (2)
20fails to answer any question; (3) fails to produce any books or
21papers pertinent to an investigation under this Code; or (4)
22knowingly gives false testimony during an investigation under
23this Code, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24    (e) The Inspector General shall provide to the board and
25the Illinois General Assembly a summary of reports and
26investigations made under this Section for the previous fiscal

 

 

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1year no later than January 1 of each year, except that the
2Inspector General shall provide the summary of reports and
3investigations made under this Section for the period
4commencing July 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999 no later than
5May 1, 1999. The summaries shall detail the final disposition
6of those recommendations. The summaries shall not contain any
7confidential or identifying information concerning the
8subjects of the reports and investigations. The summaries shall
9also include detailed recommended administrative actions and
10matters for consideration by the General Assembly.
11    (f) (Blank).
12    (g) (Blank).
13(Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new)
15    Sec. 34-21.9. Creation of electoral districts;
16reapportionment of districts.
17    (a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to
18subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of Chicago shall be
19subdivided into 20 electoral districts after the effective date
20of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly by the
21General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education.
22The electoral districts must be drawn on or before May 31,
232022. Each district must be compact, contiguous, and
24substantially equal in population.
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1General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to
2reflect the results of the decennial census consistent with the
3requirements in subsection (a). The reapportionment plan shall
4be completed and formally approved by the General Assembly not
5less than 90 days before the last date established by law for
6the filing of nominating petitions for the second school board
7election after the decennial census year. If by reapportionment
8a board member no longer resides within the electoral district
9from which the member was elected, the member shall continue to
10serve in office until the expiration of the member's regular
11term. All new members shall be elected from the electoral
12districts as reapportioned.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".