Full Text of SB1592 100th General Assembly
SB1592sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Don Harmon Filed: 3/13/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1592
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1592 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 2, immediately below line 19, by inserting the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | " (d) The provisions of this Article 6B are not available to | 6 | | a county if, prior to January 1, 2017, a city, village, or | 7 | | incorporated town located within the county has established a | 8 | | board of election commissioners pursuant to Article 6 of this | 9 | | Code and that board of election commissioners of the city, | 10 | | village, or incorporated town has not been superseded by a | 11 | | county board of election commissioners in the portion of the | 12 | | city, village, or incorporated town located within the county | 13 | | under Article 6A of this Code. "; and | 14 | | by replacing line 20 on page 2 through line 23 on page 4 with | 15 | | the following: |
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/6B-5 new) | 2 | | Sec. 6B-5. County board of election commissioners within | 3 | | the office of the county clerk. | 4 | | (a) There is created a county board of election | 5 | | commissioners within the office of the county clerk, which | 6 | | shall consist of 5 members, all of whom shall be residents of | 7 | | that county. The county clerk shall serve ex officio as an | 8 | | election commissioner, with vote, and as chairman of the county | 9 | | board of election commissioners. | 10 | | (b) The chairman of the county board shall appoint the | 11 | | remaining 4 commissioners. Two of those commissioners shall be | 12 | | affiliated with the political party that received the highest | 13 | | statewide vote total in the last gubernatorial election. The | 14 | | remaining 2 commissioners shall be affiliated with the | 15 | | political party that received the second highest statewide vote | 16 | | total in the last gubernatorial general election. | 17 | | Commissioners appointed by the chairman of the county board | 18 | | shall be persons who have extensive knowledge of the election | 19 | | process of the State and county. | 20 | | (c) When selecting commissioners from a political party | 21 | | other than his own, the chairman of the county board shall | 22 | | select the commissioners from a list of suggestions submitted | 23 | | to him by (i) any county elected officials affiliated with that | 24 | | political party or (ii) any member of the General Assembly | 25 | | representing part or all of the county and affiliated with that | 26 | | political party. Each official meeting the requirements of |
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| 1 | | items (i) or (ii) of this subsection (c) may submit up to 2 | 2 | | written nominations to the chairman of the county board per | 3 | | open commissioner seat. | 4 | | (d) For the initial appointments to a board of election | 5 | | commissioners within the office of the county clerk, 2 | 6 | | commissioners, one each from each political party, shall be | 7 | | appointed to serve a 2-year term, and 2 commissioners shall be | 8 | | appointed to serve a 4-year term. Successor members shall serve | 9 | | for terms of 4 years. | 10 | | (e) The chairman of the county board shall provide public | 11 | | notice of a vacancy on the county board of election | 12 | | commissioners within the office of the county clerk before | 13 | | appointing a replacement. | 14 | | (f) Appointments to fill vacancies on the county board of | 15 | | election commissioners within the office of the county clerk | 16 | | shall be consistent with the manner of the original | 17 | | appointment. | 18 | | (g) No appointed election commissioner may hold, accept, or | 19 | | seek election or appointment to any other public or political | 20 | | office during the term to which he or she was appointed an | 21 | | election commissioner. | 22 | | (h) Each appointed election commissioner, before taking | 23 | | his or her seat on the board, shall take an oath of office, | 24 | | which in substance shall be in the following form: | 25 | | "I, .... do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a citizen | 26 | | of the United States, and that I am a legal voter and resident |
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| 1 | | of the County of .... That I will support the Constitution of | 2 | | the United States and of the State of Illinois, and the laws | 3 | | passed in pursuance thereof, to the best of my ability, and | 4 | | will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office | 5 | | of election commissioner." | 6 | | The oath, when subscribed and sworn to, shall be filed in | 7 | | the office of the county clerk of the county and be there | 8 | | preserved. Such appointed election commissioner shall also, | 9 | | before taking such oath, give an official bond in the sum of | 10 | | $10,000.00 with two securities, to be approved by the county | 11 | | clerk, conditioned for the faithful and honest performance of | 12 | | his or her duties and the preservation of the property of his | 13 | | or her office. "; and | 14 | | on page 5, line 7, after " clerk ", by inserting " in an amount | 15 | | not to exceed 25% of the salary of any county board member ".
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