Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 10/25/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1838

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1838 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, 6A-4, and 6A-5 and by adding Section
66-19.5 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new)
8    Sec. 6-19.5. Rejection of Article by superseding county
9board of election commissioners. In addition to any other
10method of rejection provided in this Article, when a county
11board of election commissioners is established in accordance
12with subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 in a county in which is
13located any portion of a municipality with a municipal board of
14election commissioners, the application of the provisions of
15this Article to the territory of that municipality located
16within that county is rejected.
 

 

 

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1    (10 ILCS 5/6A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
2    Sec. 6A-1. Adoption of Article.
3    (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or
4incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may
5establish a county board of election commissioners either (1)
6by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors
7of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section
86A-2.
9    The fact that some territory in a county is within the
10corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a
11board of election commissioners does not prevent that county
12from establishing a county board of election commissioners in
13accordance with this Article if no portion of such city,
14village or incorporated town was within the county at the time
15of the establishment of the board of election commissioners for
16such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
17establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant
18to this Article, the county board of election commissioners
19shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the
20corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town,
21supersede the board of election commissioners of that city,
22village or incorporated town.
23    (b) Any county with a population of less than 200,000 but
24more than 175,000 persons as of the 2010 federal census in
25which a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of

 

 

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1election commissioners is located may establish a county board
2of election commissioners by vote of the electors of the county
3in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If such a
4county establishes a county board of election commissioners,
5the county board of election commissioners, with respect to the
6territory in the county within the corporate limits of the
7city, village, or incorporated town, shall supersede the board
8of election commissioners of that city, village, or
9incorporated town.
10(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/6A-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
12    Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters.
13    (a) Whenever registered voters in a the county described in
14subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
15of the number voting at the last preceding general election in
16the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to
17submit to the electors of the county a proposition to establish
18a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court
19shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of
20the county at the next succeeding general election.
21    (b) After approval and certification by the county board of
22a county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the
23proposition to establish a county board of election
24commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county
25at the next possible general election.

 

 

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1    (c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner
2as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and
318 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the
4question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election
5commissioners be established for .... County?"
6(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/6A-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
8    Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of the
9office of the county board of election commissioners, the
10county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners
11in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry
12books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and
13ballot boxes and all other books, forms, blanks and stationery
14of every description in the clerk's or municipal board's
15possession his hands in any way relating to elections or the
16holding of elections in the county and any unused
17appropriations related to elections or the holding of elections
18in the county. Thereupon, all functions, powers and duties of
19the county clerk, or the county board, or the municipal board
20relating to elections in that county are transferred to the
21county board of election commissioners.
22(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/6A-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-5)
24    Sec. 6A-5. The provisions of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this

 

 

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1Act relating to boards of election commissioners in cities,
2villages and incorporated towns shall, insofar as they can be
3made applicable, apply to and govern county boards of election
4commissioners established pursuant to this Article. For a
5county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the board
6of election commissioners shall be composed of 5 members
7appointed by the circuit court of the county, at least 2
8members shall reside in the municipality that had a board of
9election commissioners superseded by subsection (b) of Section
106A-2 and shall be selected from the 2 leading political parties
11of the State, one from each of those parties, and at least 2
12members shall reside outside of such municipality but within
13the county and shall be selected from the 2 leading political
14parties of the State, one from each of those parties. A deputy
15registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
16municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
17clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
18than one county, where one such county is governed by a county
19board of election commissioners established pursuant to this
20Article, may accept the registration of any qualified resident
21of the municipality, regardless of which county the resident,
22municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the municipal
23clerk lives in. The annual budget for a county board of
24election commissioners shall be determined by the county board
25of that county. However, the county board, in fixing the
26compensation of the members of the county board of election

 

 

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1commissioners and of the executive director and assistant
2executive director, is not subject to the limitations of
3Section 6-70 and may provide for either an annual salary or a
4per diem compensation.
5(Source: P.A. 85-958.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".