(10 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4)
Sec. 3-4.
No patient of any hospital or mental institution in this State, shall by
virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution be deemed a
resident or legal voter in the town, city, village or election district or
precinct in which such hospital or mental institution may be situated; but
every such person shall be deemed a resident of the town, city, village or
election district or precinct in which he resided next prior to becoming a
patient of such hospital or mental institution. However, the term "hospital"
does not include skilled nursing facilities.
(Source: P.A. 79-1123.)
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