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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0241 Introduced , by Rep. Margo McDermed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/11-4.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires (rather than encourages) a school district to close a school or hold a teachers institute day if the school is chosen as a polling place by the county board or board of election commissioners. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0241 | | LRB101 05048 SMS 50058 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 11-4.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 11-4.1. (a) In appointing polling places under this |
| 8 | | Article, the
county board or board of election commissioners |
| 9 | | shall, insofar as they are
convenient and available, use |
| 10 | | schools and other public buildings as polling
places.
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| 11 | | (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election |
| 12 | | commissioners,
the proper agency of government (including |
| 13 | | school districts and units of
local government) shall make a |
| 14 | | public building under its control available
for use as a |
| 15 | | polling place on an election day and for a reasonably
necessary |
| 16 | | time before and after election day, without charge.
If the |
| 17 | | county board or board of election commissioners chooses a |
| 18 | | school
to be a polling place, then the school district must |
| 19 | | make the school
available for use as a polling place.
However, |
| 20 | | for the day of the election, a school district shall is |
| 21 | | encouraged to (i) close the school or (ii) hold a teachers |
| 22 | | institute on that day with students not in attendance.
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| 23 | | (c) A government agency which makes a public building under |