HB2671 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2671

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Elaine Nekritz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a

from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over election contests.

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 changing Section 23-1.1a as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a)

Sec. 23-1.1a. Election contest - Statewide - Jurisdiction. The The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over contests of the results of any election, including a primary, for an elected officer provided for in Article V of the Constitution, and shall retain jurisdiction throughout the course of such election contests.

(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)