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Full Text of HB2267  101st General Assembly

HB2267ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert Martwick

Filed: 3/25/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2267

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2267 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.2 and 2A-48 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
7    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
8designated.
9    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
10even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
11shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
12        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
13    United States;
14        (2) United States Senator and United States
15    Representative;
16        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;

 

 

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1        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
2        (5) County elected officers, including State's
3    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
4    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
5    Executive;
6        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
7        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
8    counties or educational service regions in which that
9    office has been abolished;
10        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
11    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
12    newly created judicial offices;
13        (9) (Blank);
14        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
15    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
16        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
17    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
18    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
19    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
20    political parties.
21    (b) At the general primary election:
22        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
23    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
24    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
25    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
26    made by caucus.

 

 

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1        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
2    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
3    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
4    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
5    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
6    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
7    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
8    is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
9    primary shall also be on the ballot.
10        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
11    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
12    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
13    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
14    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
15    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
16    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
17    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
18    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
19    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
20    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
21    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
22    weeks preceding that election.
23        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
24    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
25    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
26    the year in which the general primary is held shall be

 

 

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1    elected.
2    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
3odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
4        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
5    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
6    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
7    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
8    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
9    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
10    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
11    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
12    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
13    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
14    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
15    by such ordinance;
16        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
17        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
18        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
19        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
20        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
21    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
22    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
23    requires election of candidates of political parties;
24        (7) Township officers, including township park
25    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
26    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township

 

 

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1    Assessors;
2        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
3        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
4    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
5        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
6    River Waterway Management Agency;
7        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
8    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
9    Act;
10        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
11    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
12    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
13    counties or educational service regions having a
14    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
15    of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
16    school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
17        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
18        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
19        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
20    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
21        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
22    Districts;
23        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
24    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
25    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
26    political parties.

 

 

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1    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
2odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
3nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
4election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
5of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
6except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
7subsection (c).
8    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
9odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
10shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
11mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
12to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
13elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
14required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
15nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
16candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
17of political parties.
18    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
19odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
20elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
21an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
22pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
23    At the consolidated primary elections in 2023 and 2027,
24members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected as
25provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3 of the School
26Code, subject to the runoff elections to be held at the

 

 

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1consolidated election as may be required by law.
2    (e) (Blank).
3    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
4questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
5any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
6by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
7    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
8established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
9the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
10to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
11election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
12provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
13officers shall be subject to the referendum.
14    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
15officials established in this Article, any community college
16district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
17to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
18hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
19members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
20effective date of the new district.
21    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
22any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
23to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
24held in the precinct on that date.
25    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
26the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/2A-48)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
3    Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors and Board of
4Education - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of
5School Directors or a member of an elected Board of Education,
6as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated
7election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends
8before the following consolidated election. At the
9consolidated primary elections in 2023 and 2027, members of the
10Chicago Board of Education shall be elected as provided in
11subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3 of the School Code, subject to
12the runoff elections to be held at the consolidated election as
13may be required by law.
14(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
15    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
1634-3, 34-4, and 34-13.1 and by adding Sections 34-21.9, 34-4.1,
17and 34-4.2 as follows:
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/34-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
19    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
20Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
21    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago
23Board of Education holding office on that date are abolished

 

 

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1and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval of
2the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School Reform Board of
3Trustees which shall take office upon the appointment of the
4fifth member. The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees and
5its members shall serve until, and the terms of all members of
6the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on,
7June 30, 1999 or upon the appointment of a new Chicago Board of
8Education as provided in subsection (b), whichever is later.
9Any vacancy in the membership of the Trustees shall be filled
10through appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or
11approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of
12the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be
13designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.
14The Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief
15executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief
16executive officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor,
17at his or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
18simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
19    (b) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of
20the members of the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided
21in subsection (a), a new Chicago Board of Education consisting
22of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor to take office on
23the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the seventh
24member. Three of the members initially so appointed under this
25subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the
26members initially so appointed under this subsection shall

 

 

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1serve for terms ending June 30, 2003, and each member initially
2so appointed shall continue to hold office until his or her
3successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at the
4expiration of the term of any member a successor shall be
5appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4
6years, from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and
7until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in
8the membership of the Chicago Board of Education shall be
9filled through appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
10No appointment to membership on the Chicago Board of Education
11that is made by the Mayor under this subsection shall require
12the approval of the City Council, whether the appointment is
13made for a full term or to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term
14on the Board. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
15contrary, the terms of all members of the Chicago Board of
16Education serving on May 9, 2023 shall end when the members of
17the board organized under subsection (b-5) are elected and
18qualified. This subsection shall be inoperative after May 31,
192023.
20    (b-5) At the consolidated primaries in 2023 and 2027, a
21Chicago Board of Education consisting of 21 members shall be
22elected by the electors of the school district as provided in
23this subsection.
24    Each member shall be elected for a term of 4 years. For
25purposes of elections conducted under this subsection, the City
26of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts by

 

 

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1the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of
2Education, as provided under Section 34-21.9. Each district
3shall be represented by a member, and one member shall be
4elected at large and serve as the president of the board.
5    The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for a
6seat on the Chicago Board of Education at the consolidated
7primary election shall be declared elected. If no candidate
8receives a majority of the votes for a seat on the Chicago
9Board of Education, a runoff election shall be held at the
10consolidated election, when only the names of the candidates
11receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
12that seat on the Chicago Board of Education at the consolidated
13primary election shall appear on the ballot. If more than one
14candidate received the highest or second highest number of
15votes for a seat on the Chicago Board of Education at the
16consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
17receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
18that seat on the Chicago Board of Education shall appear on the
19ballot at the consolidated election. The candidate receiving
20the highest number of votes for that seat on the Chicago Board
21of Education at the consolidated election shall be declared
22elected.
23    Within 28 days after the members enter office, the board
24shall organize by electing its vice president and fixing a time
25and place for the regular meetings. No less than a majority of
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1business hours in order to maximize community participation.
2Upon organizing itself as provided in this subsection, the
3board shall enter upon the discharge of its duties.
4    Whenever a vacancy in the board occurs, the remaining
5members of the board shall notify the Mayor of that vacancy
6within 5 days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill
7the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. The
8successor shall have the same residential and other
9qualifications as his or her predecessor. Should the remaining
10board members fail to act within 45 days after the vacancy
11occurs, the Mayor shall, within 30 days after the remaining
12members have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
13provided for in this Section. Upon the Mayor's failure to fill
14the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled at the next election
15of a new board. The successor shall have the same residential
16and other qualifications as his or her predecessor.
17    (b-10) No later than June 30, 2029, the General Assembly
18must review and revise the election of members of the Chicago
19Board of Education under subsection (b-5). If the General
20Assembly has not reauthorized the election of members of the
21Chicago Board of Education under subsection (b-5) by June 30,
222029, then, on May 13, 2031, the terms of all members elected
23in 2027 under subsection (b-5) shall end, and a new Chicago
24Board of Education consisting of 7 members shall be appointed
25by the Mayor. Three of the members initially so appointed under
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1of the members initially so appointed under this subsection
2shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2035, and each member
3initially so appointed shall continue to hold office until his
4or her successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter, at the
5expiration of the term of any member, a successor shall be
6appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4
7years, from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and
8until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in
9the membership of the Chicago Board of Education shall be
10filled through appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
11No appointment to membership on the Chicago Board of Education
12that is made by the Mayor under this subsection shall require
13the approval of the City Council, regardless of whether the
14appointment is made for a full term or to fill a vacancy for an
15unexpired term on the Board.
16    (b-15) Except as otherwise provided under subsection
17(b-5), the The board shall elect annually from its number a
18president and vice-president, in such manner and at such time
19as the board determines by its rules. The officers so elected
20shall each perform the duties imposed upon his or her their
21respective office by the rules of the board, provided that (i)
22the president shall preside at meetings of the board and vote
23as any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii) the
24vice president shall perform the duties of the president if
25that office is vacant or the president is absent or unable to
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1board Board and shall be an employee of the board Board rather
2than a member of the board Board, notwithstanding subsection
3(d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties of the secretary shall be
4imposed by the rules of the board Board.
5    (b-20) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of
6a company that has, a contract with the school district. No
7former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within
8a period of one year immediately after termination of service
9on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive
10compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
11the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately
12preceding termination of service on the board, participated
13personally and substantially in the award of contracts with the
14board or the school district, or the issuance of contract
15change orders with the board or the school district, with a
16cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or
17its parent or subsidiary.
18    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve
19in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
20term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
21student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
22student member as an advisor. The student member may not
23participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
24(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
 
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1    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility.
2    (a) To be eligible for election or appointment to the
3board, a person shall be a citizen of the United States, shall
4be a registered voter as provided in the Election Code, shall
5have been a resident of the city and, if applicable, the
6electoral district for at least one year 3 years immediately
7preceding his or her election or appointment, and shall not be
8a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the
9Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for election or
10appointment to the board if that person is an employee of the
11school district. For the board elected under subsection (b-5)
12of Section 34-3, all persons eligible for election to the board
13shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than 250
14voters residing within the electoral district on a petition in
15order to be placed on the ballot, except that persons eligible
16for election to the board at large shall be nominated by a
17petition signed by no less than 2,500 voters residing within
18the city.
19    Permanent removal from the city by any member of the board
20during his or her term of office constitutes a resignation
21therefrom and creates a vacancy in the board. Except for the
22President of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees who
23may be paid compensation for his or her services as chief
24executive officer as determined by the Mayor as provided in
25subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members shall serve
26without any compensation; provided, that board members shall be

 

 

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1reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the performance of
2their duties upon submission of proper receipts or upon
3submission of a signed voucher in the case of an expense
4allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement or
5allowance to the president of the board for verification and
6approval. The board of education may continue to provide health
7care insurance coverage, employer pension contributions,
8employee pension contributions, and life insurance premium
9payments for an employee required to resign from an
10administrative, teaching, or career service position in order
11to qualify as a member of the board of education. They shall
12not hold other public office under the Federal, State or any
13local government other than that of Director of the Regional
14Transportation Authority, member of the economic development
15commission of a city having a population exceeding 500,000,
16notary public or member of the National Guard, and by accepting
17any such office while members of the board, or by not resigning
18any such office held at the time of being elected or appointed
19to the board within 30 days after such election or appointment,
20shall be deemed to have vacated their membership in the board.
21(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
22    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.1 new)
23    Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the
24requirements of the general election law, the form of petitions
25under Section 34-4 for the board elected under subsection (b-5)

 

 

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1of Section 34-3 shall be substantially as follows:
2
NOMINATING PETITIONS
3
(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
4    To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of
5Chicago:
6    We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters
7residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who
8resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for
9the office of .... of the board of education (full term)
10(vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert
11date).
12    Name: .................. Address: ...................
13    In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
14for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial or
15initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
16or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
17candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
18name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
19Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
20last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's name
21on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list
22all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on
23(list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition
24must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the
25candidate's previous names during the period specified in
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1changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds
2for denying certification of the candidate's name for the
3ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name changes
4resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or
5parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or
6dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of
7marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, such
8as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the
9Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or
10implying possession of a title, degree or professional status,
11or similar information may be used in connection with the
12candidate's surname.
13    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
14education shall be filed with the board of election
15commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal office
16of the school district is located within the time provided for
17by the general election law. The board of election
18commissioners shall receive and file only those petitions that
19include a statement of candidacy, the required number of voter
20signatures, the notarized signature of the petition
21circulator, and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that
22the candidate has filed a statement of economic interest on or
23before the last day to file as required by the Illinois
24Governmental Ethics Act. The board of election commissioners
25may have petition forms available for issuance to potential
26candidates and may give notice of the petition filing period by

 

 

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1publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the
2school district not less than 10 days prior to the first day of
3filing. The board of election commissioners shall make
4certification to the proper election authorities in accordance
5with the general election law.
6    The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in
7which the principal office of the school district is located
8shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination
9is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under
10the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election
11law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the
12State Board of Elections and in accordance with the
13requirements of the general election law. The board of election
14commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the last day
15for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the petitioner
16in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
17    A candidate for membership on the board of education who
18has petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a
19vacant term to be voted upon at the same election must withdraw
20his or her petition for nomination from either the full term or
21the vacant term by written declaration.
22    Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate
23named therein files with the board of election commissioners a
24receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has
25filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
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1filed either previously during the calendar year in which his
2or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for
3the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
4election law.
 
5    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.2 new)
6    Sec. 34-4.2. Ballots. This Section applies only to the
7board election under subsection (b-5) under Section 34-3. The
8board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in which
9the principal office of the school district is located shall
10conduct a lottery to determine the ballot order of candidates
11for full terms in the event of any simultaneous petition
12filings. Such candidate lottery shall be conducted as follows:
13    All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00
14a.m. on the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening
15hour of the office involved on such day, shall be deemed
16simultaneously filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening
17hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail and received
18after midnight of the first day for filing and in the first
19mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed
20simultaneously filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
21normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
22petitions received thereafter shall be deemed filed in the
23order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions filed
24within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed
25filed simultaneously.

 

 

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1    Where 2 or more petitions are received simultaneously for
2the same office as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for petition
3filing or as of the normal opening hour of the office of the
4board of election commissioners with whom such petitions are
5filed, the board of election commissioners shall break ties and
6determine the order of filing by means of a lottery or other
7fair and impartial method of random selection. Such lottery
8shall be conducted within 9 days following the last day for
9petition filing and shall be open to the public. Seven days
10written notice of the time and place of conducting such random
11selection shall be given by the board of election commissioners
12to all candidates who filed their petitions simultaneously and
13to each organization of citizens within the election
14jurisdiction that was entitled, under the general election law,
15at the next preceding election, to have poll watchers present
16on the day of election. The board of election commissioners
17shall post in a conspicuous, open, and public place, at the
18entrance of his or her office, notice of the time and place of
19such lottery.
20    All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
21their petitions have been filed and in the manner prescribed by
22Section 10-15 of the Election Code. Where candidates have filed
23simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order prescribed
24by this Section and prior to candidates who filed for the same
25office at a later time.
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1lottery to determine ballot order shall be conducted for
2candidates who simultaneously file petitions for such
3unexpired terms. Such lottery shall be conducted in the same
4manner as prescribed by this Section for full term candidates.
5    Ballots for the election of school officers shall be in the
6following form:
 
7(BALLOT FORMAT
8    Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the
9order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to this
10Section.
11    The school district is divided into 20 electoral districts,
12each of which elects one member to the board of education and
13votes on one member to serve at-large.)
14
OFFICIAL BALLOT
15
DISTRICT ....... (1 through 20)
16
FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE
17
A FULL 4-YEAR TERM
18
VOTE FOR ONE
19
( ) .....................................
20
( ) .....................................
21
( ) .....................................
22
OFFICIAL BALLOT
23
AT LARGE
24
FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE
25
A FULL 4-YEAR TERM

 

 

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1
VOTE FOR ONE
2
( ) .....................................
3
( ) .....................................
4
( ) .....................................
5
REVERSE SIDE:
6
OFFICIAL BALLOT
7
DISTRICT ....... (1 through 20)
8
(Precinct name or number)
9
School District No. ......, ........... County, Illinois
10
Election Tuesday (insert date)
11
(facsimile signature of Election Authority)
12
(County)

 
13    (105 ILCS 5/34-13.1)
14    Sec. 34-13.1. Inspector General.
15    (a) The Inspector General and his office in existence on
16the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be
17transferred to the jurisdiction of the board upon appointment
18of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. The Inspector
19General shall have the authority to conduct investigations into
20allegations of or incidents of waste, fraud, and financial
21mismanagement in public education within the jurisdiction of
22the board by a local school council member or an employee,
23contractor, or member of the board or involving school projects
24managed or handled by the Public Building Commission. The
25Inspector General shall make recommendations to the board about

 

 

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1the investigations. The Inspector General in office on the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall serve for a
3term expiring on June 30, 1998. His or her successors in office
4shall each be appointed by the Mayor, without the consent or
5approval of the City Council, for 4 year terms expiring on June
630th of an even numbered year; however, beginning on May 9,
72023 and until May 13, 2031, successors shall be appointed by
8the board instead of the Mayor. If the Inspector General leaves
9office or if a vacancy in that office otherwise occurs, the
10Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval of the
11City Council, a successor to serve under this Section for the
12remainder of the unexpired term; however, beginning on May 9,
132023 and until May 13, 2031, successors shall be appointed by
14the board instead of the Mayor. The Inspector General shall be
15independent of the operations of the board and the School
16Finance Authority, and shall perform other duties requested by
17the board.
18    (b) The Inspector General shall have access to all
19information and personnel necessary to perform the duties of
20the office. If the Inspector General determines that a possible
21criminal act has been committed or that special expertise is
22required in the investigation, he or she shall immediately
23notify the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County
24State's Attorney. All investigations conducted by the
25Inspector General shall be conducted in a manner that ensures
26the preservation of evidence for use in criminal prosecutions.

 

 

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1    (c) At all times the Inspector General shall be granted
2access to any building or facility that is owned, operated, or
3leased by the board, the Public Building Commission, or the
4city in trust and for the use and benefit of the schools of the
5district.
6    (d) The Inspector General shall have the power to subpoena
7witnesses and compel the production of books and papers
8pertinent to an investigation authorized by this Code. Any
9person who (1) fails to appear in response to a subpoena; (2)
10fails to answer any question; (3) fails to produce any books or
11papers pertinent to an investigation under this Code; or (4)
12knowingly gives false testimony during an investigation under
13this Code, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
14    (e) The Inspector General shall provide to the board and
15the Illinois General Assembly a summary of reports and
16investigations made under this Section for the previous fiscal
17year no later than January 1 of each year, except that the
18Inspector General shall provide the summary of reports and
19investigations made under this Section for the period
20commencing July 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999 no later than
21May 1, 1999. The summaries shall detail the final disposition
22of those recommendations. The summaries shall not contain any
23confidential or identifying information concerning the
24subjects of the reports and investigations. The summaries shall
25also include detailed recommended administrative actions and
26matters for consideration by the General Assembly.

 

 

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1    (f) (Blank).
2    (g) (Blank).
3(Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new)
5    Sec. 34-21.9. Creation of electoral districts;
6reapportionment of districts. For purposes of an election
7conducted under subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of
8Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts after
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
10Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board
11of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on or
12before May 31, 2022. Each district must be compact, contiguous,
13and substantially equal in population.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.".