ELEC CD-PETITION FORMS Senate SponsorsSen. Mattie Hunter 1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die 10 ILCS 5/28-3.1 newAmends the Election Code. Establishes guidelines for the State Board of Elections when a provision of State law authorizes voters to file petitions for the submission of a public question to voters in a referendum. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Requires that the State Board of Elections maintain a complete set of petition forms on its web site in a downloadable format.Fiscal Note (S-AM1) (State Board of Elections) SB 1164 would have major fiscal impacts on the operations of the State Board of Elections. We would need additional appropriations in our budget to accommodate the hiring of at least 3 full-time attorneys who do nothing but write petition forms for interested citizens. In addition, we would need additional appropriation to: (1)hire an additional computer person to oversee and install the forms on our website and (2)to purchase additional hardware and software to maintain downloadable petitions and provide petitions that have been used in the past. 2/20/2003SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter 2/20/2003SenateFirst Reading 2/20/2003SenateReferred to Rules 2/27/2003SenateAssigned to Local Government 3/10/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter 3/10/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 3/11/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government 3/11/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 3/12/2003SenateDo Pass as Amended Local Government; 007-002-000 3/12/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003 3/12/2003SenateFiscal Note Requested by Sen. Wendell E. Jones 3/25/2003SenateFiscal Note Filed 3/25/2003SenateSecond Reading 3/25/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003 4/4/2003SenateThird Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. 7/1/2003SenatePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules 1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die