97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1650

 

Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new
10 ILCS 5/6A-1  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1
10 ILCS 5/6A-2  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2
10 ILCS 5/6A-4  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4

    Amends the Election Code. Permits establishment of a county board of election commissioners, by referendum initiated by the county board, in a county that has a municipality with a municipal board of election commissioners.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, and 6A-4 and by adding Section 6-19.5 as
6follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new)
8    Sec. 6-19.5. Rejection of Article by superseding county
9board of election commissioners. In addition to any other
10method of rejection provided in this Article, when a county
11board of election commissioners is established in accordance
12with subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 in a county in which is
13located any portion of a municipality with a municipal board of
14election commissioners, the application of the provisions of
15this Article to the territory of that municipality located
16within that county is rejected.
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/6A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
18    Sec. 6A-1. Adoption of Article.
19    (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or
20incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may
21establish a county board of election commissioners either (1)
22by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors

 

 

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1of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section
26A-2.
3    The fact that some territory in a county is within the
4corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a
5board of election commissioners does not prevent that county
6from establishing a county board of election commissioners in
7accordance with this Article if no portion of such city,
8village or incorporated town was within the county at the time
9of the establishment of the board of election commissioners for
10such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
11establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant
12to this Article, the county board of election commissioners
13shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the
14corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town,
15supersede the board of election commissioners of that city,
16village or incorporated town.
17    (b) Any county in which a municipality with a board of
18election commissioners is located may establish a county board
19of election commissioners by a vote of the electors of the
20county in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If
21such a county establishes a county board of election
22commissioners, the county board of election commissioners,
23with respect to the territory in the county within the
24corporate limits of the municipality, shall supersede the board
25of election commissioners of that municipality.
26(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
 

 

 

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1    (10 ILCS 5/6A-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
2    Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters.
3    (a) Whenever registered voters in a the county described in
4subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
5of the number voting at the last preceding general election in
6the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to
7submit to the electors of the county a proposition to establish
8a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court
9shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of
10the county at the next succeeding general election.
11    (b) After approval and certification by the county board of
12a county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the
13proposition to establish a county board of election
14commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county
15at the next possible general election.
16    (c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner
17as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and
1818 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the
19question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election
20commissioners be established for .... County?"
21(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/6A-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
23    Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of the
24office of the county board of election commissioners, the

 

 

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1county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners
2in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry
3books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and
4ballot boxes and all other books, forms, blanks, and stationery
5of every description in the clerk's or municipal board's
6possession his hands in any way relating to elections or the
7holding of elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions,
8powers, and duties of the county clerk, or the county board, or
9the municipal board relating to elections in that county are
10transferred to the county board of election commissioners.
11(Source: P.A. 78-465.)