SB0080 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0080

Introduced 1/30/2009, by Sen. Terry Link

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/19A-70

Amends the Election Code. Provides that when an early voting polling place is located in a building owned or leased by a unit of local government, the unit of local government may apply the campaign free zone to the entire property on which the building is situated (now, applies within 100 feet from the polling place). 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 changing Section 19A-70 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/19A-70)

Sec. 19A-70. Advertising or campaigning in proximity of polling place; penalty. During the period prescribed in Section 19A-15 for early voting by personal appearance, no advertising pertaining to any candidate or proposition to be voted on may be displayed in or within 100 feet of any polling place used by voters under this Article. No person may engage in electioneering in or within 100 feet of any polling place used by voters under this Article. The provisions of Section 17-29 with respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to polling places under this Article; except that if the polling place is located within a building that is owned or leased by a unit of local government, then the unit of local government may choose to apply the campaign free zone to the entire property on which the building is situated, and, if so, then the campaign free zone markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the voters.

Any person who violates this Section may be punished for contempt of court.

(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)

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