HB4352 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 20934 AWJ 29825 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4352

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-21 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality that nominates and elects candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections shall notify the State Board of Elections within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act that it nominates and elects candidates in that manner. Provides that, if a municipality adopts or rescinds nonpartisan primary and general elections on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it shall promptly notify the Board that it has done so. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall publish a list of municipalities that nominate and elect candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections. Provides that reliance on the list published shall be a sufficient defense to an objection made on the basis that the candidate's petitions failed to correctly indicate the nonpartisan or partisan nature of the office for which the candidate is running.

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 adding Section 3.1-25-21 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-21 new)

Sec. 3.1-25-21. Nonpartisan notification; nonpartisan list; petition failure defense.

(a) A municipality that nominates and elects candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections pursuant to Section 3.1-25-20 shall notify the State Board of Elections within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly that it nominates and elects candidates in that manner. A municipality that adopts or rescinds those provisions on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly pursuant to Section 3.1-25-60 or Section 3.1-25-65 shall promptly notify the Board that it has done so.

(b) The State Board of Elections shall publish a list of municipalities that nominate and elect candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections.

(c) Reliance on the list published pursuant to subsection (b) shall be a sufficient defense to an objection made on the basis that the candidate's petitions failed to correctly indicate the nonpartisan or partisan nature of the office for which the candidate is running.