HB5206 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5206

Introduced 2/3/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/4-14.1	from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1	from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1
10 ILCS 5/6-62	from Ch. 46, par. 6-62

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes county clerks to use an electronic system for reporting deaths, when established as provided in the Vital Records Act, to purge voter registration records of the names of deceased voters (now, requires county clerks to purge voter registration records by using death-related records). Requires that persons in charge of vital records provide municipal boards of election commissioners with the names and previous addresses of persons over the age of 18 (now, 21) years who died in the past month.

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 Sections 4-14.1, 5-9.1, and 6-62 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)

Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a death occurred or where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications of death records from that system and may It is the duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month.

(Source: P.A. 87-895.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)

Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a death occurred or where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, may issue certifications of death records from that system and may It is the duty of the county clerk to examine monthly the records deposited in his office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month, and to cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered.

(Source: P.A. 87-895.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62)

Sec. 6-62. It shall be the duty of the person or officer having charge of the vital records of a city, village or incorporated town to furnish to the board of election commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and previous residences of all persons over 18 21 years of age that have died during the preceding month.

(Source: P.A. 87-895.)