101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5604

 

Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/1-1-2  from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2
65 ILCS 5/1-9-10 new
65 ILCS 5/7-1-1.1  from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1.1

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to create a voter registration affidavit for 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds to register to vote in municipal elections. Provides that the voter registration affidavit shall state that it does not entitle an individual to vote for candidates in any other election other than municipal elections or on any referendum or public question that may appear on the ballot. Provides that municipal elections are considered non-State elections and not subject to the age requirement in the Illinois Constitution.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-1-2 and 7-1-1.1 and adding Section 1-9-10
6as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/1-1-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2)
8    Sec. 1-1-2. Definitions. In this Code:
9    (1) "Municipal" or "municipality" means a city, village, or
10incorporated town in the State of Illinois, but, unless the
11context otherwise provides, "municipal" or "municipality" does
12not include a township, town when used as the equivalent of a
13township, incorporated town that has superseded a civil
14township, county, school district, park district, sanitary
15district, or any other similar governmental district. If
16"municipal" or "municipality" is given a different definition
17in any particular Division or Section of this Act, that
18definition shall control in that division or Section only.
19    (2) "Corporate authorities" means (a) the mayor and
20aldermen or similar body when the reference is to cities, (b)
21the president and trustees or similar body when the reference
22is to villages or incorporated towns, and (c) the council when
23the reference is to municipalities under the commission form of

 

 

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1municipal government.
2    (3) "Electors" means persons qualified to vote for elective
3officers at municipal elections or a person qualified to vote
4under Section 1-9-10.
5    (4) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
6corporation, joint stock association, or the State of Illinois
7or any subdivision of the State; and includes any trustee,
8receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of those
9entities.
10    (5) Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, "fiscal
11year" in all municipalities with fewer than 500,000
12inhabitants, and "municipal year" in all municipalities, means
13the period elapsing (a) between general municipal elections in
14succeeding calendar years, or (b) if general municipal
15elections are held biennially, then between a general municipal
16election and the same day of the same month of the following
17calendar year, and between that day and the next succeeding
18general municipal election, or (c) if general municipal
19elections are held quadrennially, then between a general
20municipal election and the same day of the same month of the
21following calendar year, and between that day and the same day
22of the same month of the next following calendar year, and
23between the last mentioned day and the same day of the same
24month of the next following calendar year, and between the last
25mentioned day and the next succeeding general municipal
26election. The fiscal year of each municipality with 500,000 or

 

 

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1more inhabitants shall commence on January 1.
2    (6) Where reference is made to a county within which a
3municipality, district, area, or territory is situated, the
4reference is to the county within which is situated the major
5part of the area of that municipality, district, area, or
6territory, in case the municipality, district, area, or
7territory is situated in 2 or more counties.
8    (7) Where reference is made for any purpose to any other
9Act, either specifically or generally, the reference shall be
10to that Act and to all amendments to that Act now in force or
11that may be hereafter enacted.
12    (8) Wherever the words "city council", "aldermen",
13"commissioners", or "mayor" occur, the provisions containing
14these words shall apply to the board of trustees, trustees, and
15president, respectively, of villages and incorporated towns
16and councilmen in cities, so far as those provisions are
17applicable to them.
18    (9) The terms "special charter" and "special Act" are
19synonymous.
20    (10) "General municipal election" means the biennial
21regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of
22cities, villages, and incorporated towns, as prescribed by the
23general election law; in the case of municipalities that elect
24officers annually, "general municipal election" means each
25regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of
26cities, villages, and incorporated towns.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
 
2    (65 ILCS 5/1-9-10 new)
3    Sec. 1-9-10. Voters under 18 in municipal elections. The
4State Board of Elections shall create a voter registration
5affidavit for 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds to register to vote
6in municipal elections. The voter registration affidavit shall
7state that it does not entitle an individual to vote for
8candidates in any other election other than municipal elections
9or on any referendum or public question that may appear on the
10ballot. Voter registration affidavits shall be filed with a
11municipality's clerk.
12    Municipal elections, for the purpose of Section 1 of
13Article III of the Illinois Constitution, are considered
14non-State elections and are not subject to the age requirement
15of that Section.
 
16    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-1.1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1.1)
17    Sec. 7-1-1.1. Elector. For the purposes of this Division 1,
18"elector" means anyone registered to vote or a person qualified
19to vote under Section 1-9-10.
20(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)