HB5604 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 18681 AWJ 68136 b

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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Sections 1-1-2 and 7-1-1.1 and adding Section 1-9-10 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2)

Sec. 1-1-2. Definitions. In this Code:

(1) "Municipal" or "municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated town in the State of Illinois, but, unless the context otherwise provides, "municipal" or "municipality" does not include a township, town when used as the equivalent of a township, incorporated town that has superseded a civil township, county, school district, park district, sanitary district, or any other similar governmental district. If "municipal" or "municipality" is given a different definition in any particular Division or Section of this Act, that definition shall control in that division or Section only.

(2) "Corporate authorities" means (a) the mayor and aldermen or similar body when the reference is to cities, (b) the president and trustees or similar body when the reference is to villages or incorporated towns, and (c) the council when the reference is to municipalities under the commission form of municipal government.

(3) "Electors" means persons qualified to vote for elective officers at municipal elections or a person qualified to vote under Section 1-9-10.

(4) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock association, or the State of Illinois or any subdivision of the State; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of those entities.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, "fiscal year" in all municipalities with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, and "municipal year" in all municipalities, means the period elapsing (a) between general municipal elections in succeeding calendar years, or (b) if general municipal elections are held biennially, then between a general municipal election and the same day of the same month of the following calendar year, and between that day and the next succeeding general municipal election, or (c) if general municipal elections are held quadrennially, then between a general municipal election and the same day of the same month of the following calendar year, and between that day and the same day of the same month of the next following calendar year, and between the last mentioned day and the same day of the same month of the next following calendar year, and between the last mentioned day and the next succeeding general municipal election. The fiscal year of each municipality with 500,000 or more inhabitants shall commence on January 1.

(6) Where reference is made to a county within which a municipality, district, area, or territory is situated, the reference is to the county within which is situated the major part of the area of that municipality, district, area, or territory, in case the municipality, district, area, or territory is situated in 2 or more counties.

(7) Where reference is made for any purpose to any other Act, either specifically or generally, the reference shall be to that Act and to all amendments to that Act now in force or that may be hereafter enacted.

(8) Wherever the words "city council", "aldermen", "commissioners", or "mayor" occur, the provisions containing these words shall apply to the board of trustees, trustees, and president, respectively, of villages and incorporated towns and councilmen in cities, so far as those provisions are applicable to them.

(9) The terms "special charter" and "special Act" are synonymous.

(10) "General municipal election" means the biennial regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of cities, villages, and incorporated towns, as prescribed by the general election law; in the case of municipalities that elect officers annually, "general municipal election" means each regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of cities, villages, and incorporated towns.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-10 new)

Sec. 1-9-10. Voters under 18 in municipal elections. The State Board of Elections shall create a voter registration affidavit for 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds to register to vote in municipal elections. 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. Voter registration affidavits shall be filed with a municipality's clerk.

Municipal elections, for the purpose of Section 1 of Article III of the Illinois Constitution, are considered non-State elections and are not subject to the age requirement of that Section.

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1.1)

Sec. 7-1-1.1. Elector. For the purposes of this Division 1, "elector" means anyone registered to vote or a person qualified to vote under Section 1-9-10.

(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)