HB2295 Engrossed LRB096 08662 RLJ 18786 b

1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing
5 Section 2-11 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 1205/2-11)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-11)
7     Sec. 2-11. No person shall be eligible to serve as park
8 commissioner unless that person is a qualified elector of the
9 park district and has resided therein at least one year prior
10 to election or appointment.
11     A person is not eligible to serve as park commissioner if
12 that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other
13 indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in
14 any court located in the United States of any infamous crime,
15 bribery, perjury, or other felony.
16     Nominations of candidates for the office of park
17 commissioners in any General Park District at all succeeding
18 elections shall be made by petition signed in the aggregate for
19 each candidate by qualified voters of such district, equal in
20 number to not less than 2% of the number who voted at the last
21 preceding election for commissioners in such district, but in
22 no case by less than 25 of such voters. The petition shall be
23 filed with the secretary of the district.

 

 

HB2295 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 08662 RLJ 18786 b

1     In all General Park Districts the secretary of the district
2 shall, in the manner and at the time prescribed by the general
3 election law certify to the proper election authorities the
4 name or names of the candidate or candidates so nominated. The
5 ballot shall have no political party name, platform or
6 principle thereon designated, nor shall any party circle be
7 printed upon the ballot. Where voting machines or electronic
8 voting systems are used, the provisions of this Section may be
9 modified as required or authorized by the general election law.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-347.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.