Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/26/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1968

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1968 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, and 6A-4 and by adding Section 6-19.5 as
6follows:
 
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 in which a municipality with a board of
24election commissioners is located may establish a county board
25of election commissioners by a vote of the electors of the

 

 

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1county in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If
2such a county establishes a county board of election
3commissioners, the county board of election commissioners,
4with respect to the territory in the county within the
5corporate limits of the municipality, shall supersede the board
6of election commissioners of that municipality.
7(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/6A-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
9    Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters.
10    (a) Whenever registered voters in a the county described in
11subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
12of the number voting at the last preceding general election in
13the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to
14submit to the electors of the county a proposition to establish
15a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court
16shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of
17the county at the next succeeding general election.
18    (b) After approval and certification by the county board of
19a county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the
20proposition to establish a county board of election
21commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county
22at the next possible general election.
23    (c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner
24as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and
2518 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the

 

 

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1question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election
2commissioners be established for .... County?"
3(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/6A-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
5    Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of the
6office of the county board of election commissioners, the
7county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners
8in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry
9books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and
10ballot boxes and all other books, forms, blanks, and stationery
11of every description in the clerk's or municipal board's
12possession his hands in any way relating to elections or the
13holding of elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions,
14powers, and duties of the county clerk, or the county board, or
15the municipal board relating to elections in that county are
16transferred to the county board of election commissioners.
17(Source: P.A. 78-465.)".