HB2992ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Justin Slaughter

Filed: 3/23/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2992

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2992 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 1-25 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1-25 new)

Sec. 1-25. Law enforcement; polling places.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an election authority shall not locate a polling place for early voting, grace period registration and voting, or election day voting in a building permanently occupied by a local or State law enforcement agency unless otherwise permitted by this Section.

(b) An election authority with an office in a building occupied by local or State law enforcement may conduct early voting or grace period registration and voting at the site, provided the election authority operates a permanent or temporary early voting or grace period registration and voting polling location in at least one location that is not located in a building occupied by a local or State law enforcement agency.

(c) An election authority with an office in a building occupied by local or State law enforcement may conduct election day voting at the site, provided the election authority operates an election day voting polling location in at least one location that is not located in a building occupied by a local or State law enforcement agency.

(d) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an election authority from conducting early voting, grace period registration and voting, or election day voting at the student union on the campus of a public university due to presence of a university law enforcement office.

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