HB5436 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5436

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if an application for an absentee ballot is received at least 45 days before the election and the local election authority fails to mail the absentee ballot not less than 45 days before the election, then the local election authority shall forgo any grant or payment of funds from the State Board of Elections for at least a year following the date of the election. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 20-4.5 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new)

Sec. 20-4.5. Failure to send absentee ballots. For cases in which the official postcard or application is received at least 45 days before an election, if the local election authority fails to mail the absentee ballot not less than 45 days before the election, then the local election authority shall forgo any grant or payment of funds from the State Board of Elections for at least a year following the date of the election.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.