Appropriations-General Services Committee

Filed: 5/20/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6370

    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6370, by deleting everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ARTICLE 1

    Section 5.  The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the State Board of Elections for its ordinary and contingent expenses as follows:

Elections

For HAVA Maintenance of Effort

    Contribution-State............................. 550,000

For Reimbursement to Counties for Increased

    Compensation to Judges and other Election

    Officials, as provided in Public Acts

    81-850, 81-1149, and 90-672.................. 5,850,000

For Payment of Lump Sum Awards to County Clerks,

    County Recorders, and Chief Election

    Clerks as Compensation for Additional

    Duties required of such officials

    by consolidation of elections law,

    as provided in Public Acts 82-691

    and 90-713.................................... 806,000

    Total                                        $7,206,000

    Section 10. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are reappropriated from the Help Illinois Vote Fund to the State Board of Elections for Implementation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002:

For distribution to Local Election

  Authorities under Section 251 of the

  Help America Vote Act......................... 21,700,000

For the implementation of the Statewide

  Voter Registration System as required by

  Section 1A-25 of the Illinois Election

  Code, including maintenance of the

  IDEA/VISTA program............................. 4,700,000

For distribution to Local Election Authorities

  for replacement of punch-card voting

  systems under Section 102 of the Help

  America Vote Act................................. 200,000

For administrative costs and discretionary

  grants to Local Election Authorities

  under Section 101 of the Help America

  Vote Act....................................... 5,700,000

    Total                                       $32,300,000

ARTICLE 999

Section 999.  Effective Date.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.”.