Full Text of SB0536 102nd General Assembly
SB0536ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Katie Stuart Filed: 10/28/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 536
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 536, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 6 | | Sections 1A-16, 2A-1.1b, 9-8.5, 9-10, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4.2, | 7 | | 11-8, 19-2, 19-2.5, and 19-6 and by adding Section 1-19 as | 8 | | follows: | 9 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-19 new) | 10 | | Sec. 1-19. Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities | 11 | | Advisory Task Force. | 12 | | (a) The Access to Voting for Persons with Disabilities | 13 | | Advisory Task Force is hereby created to review current laws | 14 | | and make recommendations to improve access to voting for | 15 | | persons with disabilities. Members of the Task Force shall be | 16 | | appointed as follows: |
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| 1 | | (1) Three members appointed by the Governor, one of | 2 | | whom shall serve as chair, and at least one with | 3 | | experience representing or working with persons with | 4 | | physical disabilities and one with experience representing | 5 | | or working with person with neurological or mental | 6 | | disabilities; | 7 | | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the | 8 | | Senate, including at least one attorney with election law | 9 | | experience; | 10 | | (3) Three members appointed by the Senate Minority | 11 | | Leader, including at least one attorney with election law | 12 | | experience; | 13 | | (4) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the | 14 | | House of Representatives, including at least one attorney | 15 | | with election law experience; | 16 | | (5) Three members appointed by the Minority Leader of | 17 | | the House of Representatives, including at least one | 18 | | attorney with election law experience. | 19 | | (b) The Task Force shall hold a minimum of 4 meetings. No | 20 | | later than August 1, 2022, the Task Force shall produce and the | 21 | | State Board of Elections shall publish on its website a report | 22 | | with a summary of the laws and resources available for persons | 23 | | with disabilities seeking to exercise their right to vote. The | 24 | | Task Force shall produce a report with recommendations for | 25 | | changes to current law or recommendations for election | 26 | | authorities submit the report to the Governor and General |
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| 1 | | Assembly no later than December 15, 2022. | 2 | | (c) The Members shall serve without compensation. If a | 3 | | vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according | 4 | | to the guidelines of the initial appointment. At the | 5 | | discretion of the chair, additional individuals may | 6 | | participate as non-voting members in the meetings of the Task | 7 | | Force. | 8 | | (d) The State Board of Elections shall provide staff and | 9 | | administrative support to the Task Force. | 10 | | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2024.
| 11 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16)
| 12 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-292 )
| 13 | | Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; Internet | 14 | | posting; processing
of voter registration forms; content of | 15 | | such forms. Notwithstanding any law to
the contrary, the | 16 | | following provisions shall apply to voter registration under
| 17 | | this Code.
| 18 | | (a) Voter registration information; Internet posting of | 19 | | voter registration
form. Within 90 days after August 21, 2003 | 20 | | (the effective date of Public Act 93-574), the State Board of | 21 | | Elections shall post on its World Wide Web
site the following | 22 | | information:
| 23 | | (1) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses, | 24 | | phone numbers, and
websites, if applicable, of all county | 25 | | clerks and boards
of election commissioners in Illinois.
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| 1 | | (2) A schedule of upcoming elections and the deadline | 2 | | for voter
registration.
| 3 | | (3) A downloadable, printable voter registration form, | 4 | | in at least English
and in
Spanish versions, that a person | 5 | | may complete and mail or submit to the
State Board of | 6 | | Elections or the appropriate county clerk or
board of | 7 | | election commissioners.
| 8 | | Any forms described under paragraph (3) must state the | 9 | | following:
| 10 | | If you do not have a driver's license or social | 11 | | security number, and this
form is submitted by mail, and | 12 | | you have never registered to vote in the
jurisdiction you | 13 | | are now registering in, then you must send, with this
| 14 | | application, either (i) a copy of a current and valid | 15 | | photo identification, or
(ii) a copy of a current utility | 16 | | bill, bank statement, government check,
paycheck, or other | 17 | | government document that shows the name and address of the
| 18 | | voter. If you do not provide the information required | 19 | | above, then you will be
required to provide election | 20 | | officials with either (i) or (ii) described above
the | 21 | | first time you vote at a voting place.
| 22 | | (b) Acceptance of registration forms by the State Board of | 23 | | Elections and
county clerks and board of election | 24 | | commissioners. The
State Board of Elections, county clerks, | 25 | | and board of election commissioners
shall accept all completed | 26 | | voter registration forms
described in subsection (a)(3) of |
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| 1 | | this Section and Sections 1A-17 and 1A-30 that are:
| 2 | | (1) postmarked on or before the day that voter | 3 | | registration is closed
under this
Code;
| 4 | | (2) not postmarked, but arrives no later than 5 days | 5 | | after the close
of registration;
| 6 | | (3) submitted in person by a person using the form on | 7 | | or before the
day that voter registration is closed under | 8 | | this Code; or
| 9 | | (4) submitted in person by a person who submits one or | 10 | | more forms
on behalf of one or more persons who used the | 11 | | form on or before
the day that voter registration is | 12 | | closed under this Code.
| 13 | | Upon the receipt of a registration form, the State Board | 14 | | of Elections shall
mark
the date on which the form was received
| 15 | | and send the form via first class mail to the appropriate | 16 | | county clerk or board
of
election commissioners, as the case | 17 | | may be, within 2 business days based upon
the home address of | 18 | | the person submitting the registration form. The county
clerk | 19 | | and board of election commissioners shall accept and process | 20 | | any form
received from the State Board of Elections.
| 21 | | (c) Processing of registration forms by county clerks and | 22 | | boards of election
commissioners. The county clerk or board of | 23 | | election commissioners shall
promulgate procedures for | 24 | | processing the voter registration form.
| 25 | | (d) Contents of the voter registration form. The State | 26 | | Board shall create
a voter registration form, which must |
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| 1 | | contain the following content:
| 2 | | (1) Instructions for completing the form.
| 3 | | (2) A summary of the qualifications to register to | 4 | | vote in Illinois.
| 5 | | (3) Instructions for mailing in or submitting the form | 6 | | in person.
| 7 | | (4) The phone number for the State Board of Elections | 8 | | should a person
submitting the form have questions.
| 9 | | (5) A box for the person to check that explains one of | 10 | | 3 reasons for
submitting the form:
| 11 | | (a) new registration;
| 12 | | (b) change of address; or
| 13 | | (c) change of name.
| 14 | | (6) a box for the person to check yes or no that asks, | 15 | | "Are you a citizen
of the United States?", a box for the | 16 | | person to check yes or no that asks,
"Will you be 18 years | 17 | | of age on or before election day?", and a statement of
"If | 18 | | you checked 'no' in response to either of these questions, | 19 | | then do not
complete this form.".
| 20 | | (7) A space for the person to fill in his or her home | 21 | | telephone
number.
| 22 | | (8) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her first, | 23 | | middle, and last
names, street address (principal place of | 24 | | residence), county, city, state, and
zip code.
| 25 | | (9) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her mailing | 26 | | address, city,
state, and zip code if different from his |
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| 1 | | or her principal place of residence.
| 2 | | (10) A space for the person to fill in his or her | 3 | | Illinois driver's
license number if the person has a | 4 | | driver's license.
| 5 | | (11) A space for a person without a driver's license | 6 | | to fill in the last
four digits of his or her social | 7 | | security number if the person has a social
security | 8 | | number.
| 9 | | (12) A space for a person without an Illinois driver's | 10 | | license to fill in
his or her identification number from | 11 | | his or her State Identification card
issued by the | 12 | | Secretary of State.
| 13 | | (13) A space for the person to fill the name appearing | 14 | | on his or her last
voter registration, the street address | 15 | | of his or her last registration,
including the city, | 16 | | county, state, and zip code.
| 17 | | (14) A space where the person swears or affirms the | 18 | | following under
penalty of perjury with his or her | 19 | | signature:
| 20 | | (a) "I am a citizen of the United States.";
| 21 | | (b) "I will be at least 18 years old on or before | 22 | | the next election.";
| 23 | | (c) "I will have lived in the State of Illinois and | 24 | | in my election
precinct at least 30 days as of the date | 25 | | of the next election."; and
| 26 | | (d) "The information I have provided is true to |
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| 1 | | the best of my knowledge
under penalty of perjury. If I | 2 | | have provided false information, then I may be
fined, | 3 | | imprisoned, or, if I am not a U.S. citizen, deported | 4 | | from or refused
entry into the United States.".
| 5 | | (15) A space for the person to fill in his or her | 6 | | e-mail address if he or she chooses to provide that | 7 | | information. | 8 | | (d-5) Compliance with federal law; rulemaking authority. | 9 | | The voter
registration
form described in this Section shall be | 10 | | consistent with the form prescribed by
the
Federal
Election | 11 | | Commission under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
| 12 | | P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and the Help America | 13 | | Vote Act of
2002, P.L. 107-252, in all relevant respects. The | 14 | | State Board of Elections
shall periodically update the form | 15 | | based on changes to federal or State law.
The State Board of | 16 | | Elections shall promulgate any rules necessary for the
| 17 | | implementation of this Section; provided that the rules
| 18 | | comport with the letter and spirit of the National Voter | 19 | | Registration Act of
1993 and Help America Vote Act of 2002 and | 20 | | maximize the opportunity for a
person to register to vote.
| 21 | | (d-10) No later than 90 days after the 2022 general | 22 | | election, the State Board of Elections shall permit applicants | 23 | | to choose between "male", "female", or "non-binary" when | 24 | | designating the applicant's sex on the voter registration | 25 | | form. | 26 | | (e) Forms available in paper form. The State Board of |
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| 1 | | Elections shall make
the voter registration form available in | 2 | | regular paper stock and form in
sufficient quantities for the | 3 | | general public. The State Board of Elections may
provide the | 4 | | voter registration form to the Secretary of State, county
| 5 | | clerks, boards of election commissioners, designated agencies | 6 | | of the State of
Illinois, and any other person or entity | 7 | | designated to have these forms by this Code in regular paper | 8 | | stock and form or some other format deemed
suitable by the | 9 | | Board. Each county clerk or board of election commissioners | 10 | | has
the authority to design and print its own voter | 11 | | registration form so long as
the form complies with the | 12 | | requirements of this Section. The State Board
of Elections, | 13 | | county clerks, boards of election commissioners, or other
| 14 | | designated agencies of the State of Illinois required to have | 15 | | these forms under this
Code shall provide a member of the | 16 | | public with any reasonable
number of forms
that he or she may | 17 | | request. Nothing in this Section shall permit the State
Board | 18 | | of
Elections, county clerk, board of election commissioners, | 19 | | or other appropriate
election official who may accept a voter | 20 | | registration form to refuse to accept
a voter registration | 21 | | form because the form is printed on photocopier or regular
| 22 | | paper
stock and form.
| 23 | | (f) (Blank).
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
| 25 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-292 )
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| 1 | | Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; Internet | 2 | | posting; processing
of voter registration forms; content of | 3 | | such forms. Notwithstanding any law to
the contrary, the | 4 | | following provisions shall apply to voter registration under
| 5 | | this Code.
| 6 | | (a) Voter registration information; Internet posting of | 7 | | voter registration
form. Within 90 days after August 21, 2003 | 8 | | (the effective date of Public Act 93-574), the State Board of | 9 | | Elections shall post on its World Wide Web
site the following | 10 | | information:
| 11 | | (1) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses, | 12 | | phone numbers, and
websites, if applicable, of all county | 13 | | clerks and boards
of election commissioners in Illinois.
| 14 | | (2) A schedule of upcoming elections and the deadline | 15 | | for voter
registration.
| 16 | | (3) A downloadable, printable voter registration form, | 17 | | in at least English
and in
Spanish versions, that a person | 18 | | may complete and mail or submit to the
State Board of | 19 | | Elections or the appropriate county clerk or
board of | 20 | | election commissioners.
| 21 | | Any forms described under paragraph (3) must state the | 22 | | following:
| 23 | | If you do not have a driver's license or social | 24 | | security number, and this
form is submitted by mail, and | 25 | | you have never registered to vote in the
jurisdiction you | 26 | | are now registering in, then you must send, with this
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| 1 | | application, either (i) a copy of a current and valid | 2 | | photo identification, or
(ii) a copy of a current utility | 3 | | bill, bank statement, government check,
paycheck, or other | 4 | | government document that shows the name and address of the
| 5 | | voter. If you do not provide the information required | 6 | | above, then you will be
required to provide election | 7 | | officials with either (i) or (ii) described above
the | 8 | | first time you vote at a voting place.
| 9 | | (b) Acceptance of registration forms by the State Board of | 10 | | Elections and
county clerks and board of election | 11 | | commissioners. The
State Board of Elections, county clerks, | 12 | | and board of election commissioners
shall accept all completed | 13 | | voter registration forms
described in subsection (a)(3) of | 14 | | this Section and Section 1A-17 and voter registration forms | 15 | | created under Section 30 of the Address Confidentiality for | 16 | | Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human | 17 | | Trafficking, or Stalking Act that are:
| 18 | | (1) postmarked on or before the day that voter | 19 | | registration is closed
under this
Code;
| 20 | | (2) not postmarked, but arrives no later than 5 days | 21 | | after the close
of registration;
| 22 | | (3) submitted in person by a person using the form on | 23 | | or before the
day that voter registration is closed under | 24 | | this Code; or
| 25 | | (4) submitted in person by a person who submits one or | 26 | | more forms
on behalf of one or more persons who used the |
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| 1 | | form on or before
the day that voter registration is | 2 | | closed under this Code.
| 3 | | Upon the receipt of a registration form, the State Board | 4 | | of Elections shall
mark
the date on which the form was received
| 5 | | and send the form via first class mail to the appropriate | 6 | | county clerk or board
of
election commissioners, as the case | 7 | | may be, within 2 business days based upon
the home address of | 8 | | the person submitting the registration form. The county
clerk | 9 | | and board of election commissioners shall accept and process | 10 | | any form
received from the State Board of Elections.
| 11 | | (c) Processing of registration forms by county clerks and | 12 | | boards of election
commissioners. The county clerk or board of | 13 | | election commissioners shall
promulgate procedures for | 14 | | processing the voter registration form.
| 15 | | (d) Contents of the voter registration form. The State | 16 | | Board shall create
a voter registration form, which must | 17 | | contain the following content:
| 18 | | (1) Instructions for completing the form.
| 19 | | (2) A summary of the qualifications to register to | 20 | | vote in Illinois.
| 21 | | (3) Instructions for mailing in or submitting the form | 22 | | in person.
| 23 | | (4) The phone number for the State Board of Elections | 24 | | should a person
submitting the form have questions.
| 25 | | (5) A box for the person to check that explains one of | 26 | | 3 reasons for
submitting the form:
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| 1 | | (a) new registration;
| 2 | | (b) change of address; or
| 3 | | (c) change of name.
| 4 | | (6) a box for the person to check yes or no that asks, | 5 | | "Are you a citizen
of the United States?", a box for the | 6 | | person to check yes or no that asks,
"Will you be 18 years | 7 | | of age on or before election day?", and a statement of
"If | 8 | | you checked 'no' in response to either of these questions, | 9 | | then do not
complete this form.".
| 10 | | (7) A space for the person to fill in his or her home | 11 | | telephone
number.
| 12 | | (8) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her first, | 13 | | middle, and last
names, street address (principal place of | 14 | | residence), county, city, state, and
zip code.
| 15 | | (9) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her mailing | 16 | | address, city,
state, and zip code if different from his | 17 | | or her principal place of residence.
| 18 | | (10) A space for the person to fill in his or her | 19 | | Illinois driver's
license number if the person has a | 20 | | driver's license.
| 21 | | (11) A space for a person without a driver's license | 22 | | to fill in the last
four digits of his or her social | 23 | | security number if the person has a social
security | 24 | | number.
| 25 | | (12) A space for a person without an Illinois driver's | 26 | | license to fill in
his or her identification number from |
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| 1 | | his or her State Identification card
issued by the | 2 | | Secretary of State.
| 3 | | (13) A space for the person to fill the name appearing | 4 | | on his or her last
voter registration, the street address | 5 | | of his or her last registration,
including the city, | 6 | | county, state, and zip code.
| 7 | | (14) A space where the person swears or affirms the | 8 | | following under
penalty of perjury with his or her | 9 | | signature:
| 10 | | (a) "I am a citizen of the United States.";
| 11 | | (b) "I will be at least 18 years old on or before | 12 | | the next election.";
| 13 | | (c) "I will have lived in the State of Illinois and | 14 | | in my election
precinct at least 30 days as of the date | 15 | | of the next election."; and
| 16 | | (d) "The information I have provided is true to | 17 | | the best of my knowledge
under penalty of perjury. If I | 18 | | have provided false information, then I may be
fined, | 19 | | imprisoned, or, if I am not a U.S. citizen, deported | 20 | | from or refused
entry into the United States.".
| 21 | | (15) A space for the person to fill in his or her | 22 | | e-mail address if he or she chooses to provide that | 23 | | information. | 24 | | (d-5) Compliance with federal law; rulemaking authority. | 25 | | The voter
registration
form described in this Section shall be | 26 | | consistent with the form prescribed by
the
Federal
Election |
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| 1 | | Commission under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
| 2 | | P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and the Help America | 3 | | Vote Act of
2002, P.L. 107-252, in all relevant respects. The | 4 | | State Board of Elections
shall periodically update the form | 5 | | based on changes to federal or State law.
The State Board of | 6 | | Elections shall promulgate any rules necessary for the
| 7 | | implementation of this Section; provided that the rules
| 8 | | comport with the letter and spirit of the National Voter | 9 | | Registration Act of
1993 and Help America Vote Act of 2002 and | 10 | | maximize the opportunity for a
person to register to vote.
| 11 | | (d-10) No later than 90 days after the 2022 general | 12 | | election, the State Board of Elections shall permit applicants | 13 | | to choose between "male", "female", or "non-binary" when | 14 | | designating the applicant's sex on the voter registration | 15 | | form. | 16 | | (e) Forms available in paper form. The State Board of | 17 | | Elections shall make
the voter registration form available in | 18 | | regular paper stock and form in
sufficient quantities for the | 19 | | general public. The State Board of Elections may
provide the | 20 | | voter registration form to the Secretary of State, county
| 21 | | clerks, boards of election commissioners, designated agencies | 22 | | of the State of
Illinois, and any other person or entity | 23 | | designated to have these forms by this Code in regular paper | 24 | | stock and form or some other format deemed
suitable by the | 25 | | Board. Each county clerk or board of election commissioners | 26 | | has
the authority to design and print its own voter |
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| 1 | | registration form so long as
the form complies with the | 2 | | requirements of this Section. The State Board
of Elections, | 3 | | county clerks, boards of election commissioners, or other
| 4 | | designated agencies of the State of Illinois required to have | 5 | | these forms under this
Code shall provide a member of the | 6 | | public with any reasonable
number of forms
that he or she may | 7 | | request. Nothing in this Section shall permit the State
Board | 8 | | of
Elections, county clerk, board of election commissioners, | 9 | | or other appropriate
election official who may accept a voter | 10 | | registration form to refuse to accept
a voter registration | 11 | | form because the form is printed on photocopier or regular
| 12 | | paper
stock and form.
| 13 | | (f) (Blank).
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-292, eff. 1-1-22.)
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b) | 16 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | 17 | | Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general | 18 | | election dates. | 19 | | (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
| 20 | | notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
| 21 | | in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
| 22 | | 2022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022 | 23 | | general election. The provisions of this Code shall
control | 24 | | any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
| 25 | | general primary election and 2022 general election that is not |
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| 1 | | provided for in this Section,
provided that in the event of | 2 | | conflict between this Section and
any other provision of this | 3 | | Code or any other law, the
provisions of this Section shall | 4 | | control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
| 5 | | election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
| 6 | | under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners. | 7 | | The provisions of this Section shall apply for the
dates for | 8 | | the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general | 9 | | election only
and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | 10 | | 102nd General
Assembly shall be in effect through December 31, | 11 | | 2022. | 12 | | (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary | 13 | | election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All | 14 | | petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for | 15 | | statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more | 16 | | than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the | 17 | | candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an | 18 | | established party candidate for the office of Representative | 19 | | in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not | 20 | | more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the | 21 | | candidate's party in the candidate's representative district. | 22 | | All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate | 23 | | for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650 | 24 | | but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of | 25 | | the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district. | 26 | | The signature requirement for an established party candidate |
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| 1 | | for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any | 2 | | provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of | 3 | | signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be | 4 | | reduced by one-third. | 5 | | (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or | 6 | | judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is | 7 | | made for a territorial division or district which comprises | 8 | | more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in | 9 | | another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water | 10 | | Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be | 11 | | filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections | 12 | | beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a | 13 | | petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election | 14 | | in the office of representative in Congress from this State | 15 | | (for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March | 16 | | 14, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the | 17 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning | 18 | | March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022. | 19 | | (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and | 20 | | nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to | 21 | | a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed | 22 | | no later than March 21, 2022. | 23 | | (e) Electors may request vote by mail ballots for the | 24 | | general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 but no | 25 | | later than June 23, 2022. | 26 | | (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates |
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| 1 | | and new political party candidates for the general election | 2 | | may begin circulation on April 13, 2022. | 3 | | (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names | 4 | | of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of | 5 | | nomination for the general primary election with the Board no | 6 | | later than April 21, 2022. | 7 | | (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in | 8 | | candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with | 9 | | the proper election authority or authorities no later than | 10 | | April 28, 2022. | 11 | | (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each | 12 | | person who has filed an application for a ballot for the | 13 | | general primary election under Article 20 no later than May | 14 | | 14, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022 | 15 | | shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the | 16 | | application. | 17 | | (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for | 18 | | the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022. | 19 | | (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28, | 20 | | 2022. | 21 | | (l) The last day for an established party managing | 22 | | committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general | 23 | | election when no candidate was nominated at the general | 24 | | primary election and for the appointee to file the required | 25 | | documentation is July 25, 2022 August 13, 2022 . The signature | 26 | | requirement for an established party candidate filing to fill |
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| 1 | | a vacancy shall be reduced by two-thirds and any provision of | 2 | | this Code limiting the maximum number of signatures that may | 3 | | be submitted for those offices shall be reduced by two-thirds. | 4 | | Objections to nomination papers, certificates of nomination, | 5 | | or resolutions for established party candidates filing to fill | 6 | | a vacancy shall be filed no later than August 1, 2022. | 7 | | (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for | 8 | | the nomination of new political parties and independent | 9 | | candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire | 10 | | State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for | 11 | | congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be | 12 | | presented to the principal office of the State Board of | 13 | | Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11, | 14 | | 2022. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the | 15 | | nomination of new political parties and independent candidates | 16 | | for all other offices shall be presented to the appropriate | 17 | | election authority or local election official with whom such | 18 | | nomination papers are filed beginning July 5, 2022 but no | 19 | | later than July 11, 2022. | 20 | | (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and | 21 | | nomination papers for new political parties and independent | 22 | | candidates for the general election shall be filed no later | 23 | | than July 18, 2022. | 24 | | (o) (Blank). A person for whom a petition for nomination | 25 | | has been filed for the general election may withdraw his or her | 26 | | petition with the appropriate election authority no later than |
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| 1 | | August 13, 2022. | 2 | | (p) (Blank). The State Board of Elections shall certify to | 3 | | the county clerks
the names of each of the candidates to appear | 4 | | on the ballot for the general election no later than September | 5 | | 6, 2022. | 6 | | (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5) | 9 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-664 ) | 10 | | Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions. | 11 | | (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept | 12 | | contributions except as provided in this Section. | 13 | | (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political | 14 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 15 | | over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) | 16 | | $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or | 17 | | association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political | 18 | | committee or political action committee. A candidate political | 19 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from a | 20 | | political party committee except during an election cycle in | 21 | | which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election. | 22 | | During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks | 23 | | nomination at a primary election, a candidate political | 24 | | committee may not accept contributions from political party | 25 | | committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i) |
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| 1 | | $200,000 for a candidate political committee established to | 2 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office, | 3 | | (ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established | 4 | | to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the | 5 | | Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial | 6 | | District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with | 7 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate | 8 | | political committee established to support a candidate seeking | 9 | | nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court | 10 | | or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the | 11 | | First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a | 12 | | county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and | 13 | | county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all | 14 | | voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate | 15 | | political committee established to support the nomination of a | 16 | | candidate to any other office.
A candidate political committee | 17 | | established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may | 18 | | accept contributions from only one legislative caucus | 19 | | committee. A candidate political committee may not accept | 20 | | contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
| 21 | | independent expenditure committee. | 22 | | (b-5) Judicial elections. | 23 | | (1) In addition to any other provision of this | 24 | | Section, a candidate political committee established to | 25 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme | 26 | | Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not: |
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| 1 | | (A) accept contributions from any entity that does | 2 | | not disclose the identity of those who make | 3 | | contributions to the entity, except for contributions | 4 | | that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or | 5 | | (B) accept contributions from any out-of-state | 6 | | person, as defined in this Article. | 7 | | (2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the | 8 | | meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the | 9 | | following that are subject to the limits of this Section: | 10 | | (A) expenditures made by any person in concert or | 11 | | cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of, | 12 | | a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their | 13 | | agents; and | 14 | | (B) the financing by any person of the | 15 | | dissemination, distribution, or republication, in | 16 | | whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written, | 17 | | graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared | 18 | | by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or | 19 | | their designated agents. | 20 | | (3) As to contributions to a candidate political | 21 | | committee established to support a candidate seeking | 22 | | nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or | 23 | | Circuit Court: | 24 | | (A) No person shall make a contribution in the | 25 | | name of another person or knowingly permit his or her | 26 | | name to be used to effect such a contribution. |
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| 1 | | (B) No person shall knowingly accept a | 2 | | contribution made by one person in the name of another | 3 | | person. | 4 | | (C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement | 5 | | from another person for a contribution made in his or | 6 | | her own name. | 7 | | (D) No person shall make an anonymous | 8 | | contribution. | 9 | | (E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous | 10 | | contribution. | 11 | | (F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit, | 12 | | including, but not limited to, employment decisions, | 13 | | including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and | 14 | | transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or | 15 | | emolument upon: | 16 | | (i) the decision by the recipient of that | 17 | | benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate; | 18 | | or | 19 | | (ii) the amount of any such donation. | 20 | | (4) No judicial candidate or political committee | 21 | | established to support a candidate seeking nomination to | 22 | | the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall | 23 | | knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure | 24 | | in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer | 25 | | or employee of a political committee established to | 26 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme |
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| 1 | | Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly | 2 | | accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a | 3 | | candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of | 4 | | or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering | 5 | | communications in relation to a candidate in violation of | 6 | | any limitation designated for contributions and | 7 | | expenditures under this Section. | 8 | | (5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5) | 9 | | conflict with any other provision of this Code, this | 10 | | subsection (b-5) shall control. | 11 | | (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee | 12 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 13 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 14 | | any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) | 15 | | $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party | 16 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from another | 17 | | political party committee or a candidate political committee, | 18 | | except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this | 19 | | Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred | 20 | | between a political party committee established under | 21 | | subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated | 22 | | federal political committee established under the Federal | 23 | | Election Code by the same political party. A political party | 24 | | committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | 25 | | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | 26 | | committee. A political party committee established by a |
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| 1 | | legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another | 2 | | political party committee established by a legislative caucus. | 3 | | (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates | 4 | | may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and | 5 | | ending on the day of the primary election, a political party | 6 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 7 | | over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political | 8 | | party committee. A political party committee may accept | 9 | | contributions in any amount from a candidate political | 10 | | committee or political party committee if the political party | 11 | | committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of | 12 | | nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection | 13 | | (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study | 14 | | and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection | 15 | | to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012. | 16 | | This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and | 17 | | thereafter no longer applies. | 18 | | (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to | 19 | | make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general | 20 | | primary election or consolidated primary election may file a | 21 | | Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the | 22 | | Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a | 23 | | verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the | 24 | | committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions | 25 | | or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a | 26 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary |
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| 1 | | election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be | 2 | | held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may | 3 | | accept unlimited contributions from candidate political | 4 | | committees and political party committees, provided that the | 5 | | political party committee does not make contributions to a | 6 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary | 7 | | election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements | 8 | | shall deem the political party committee in violation of this | 9 | | Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than | 10 | | 150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures | 11 | | made by the committee in violation of this Article. This | 12 | | subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter | 13 | | no longer applies. | 14 | | (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee | 15 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 16 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 17 | | any corporation, labor organization, political party | 18 | | committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political | 19 | | action committee or candidate political committee. A political | 20 | | action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | 21 | | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | 22 | | committee. | 23 | | (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions | 24 | | in any amount from any source, provided that the committee | 25 | | files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and | 26 | | files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of |
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| 1 | | this Article. | 2 | | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept | 3 | | contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the | 4 | | committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this | 5 | | Article and files the disclosure reports required by the | 6 | | provisions of this Article. | 7 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political | 8 | | committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising | 9 | | efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more | 10 | | than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an | 11 | | independent
expenditure committee may not conduct joint | 12 | | fundraising efforts with a
candidate political committee or a | 13 | | political party committee. | 14 | | (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State | 15 | | Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the | 16 | | contribution limitations established in this Section for | 17 | | inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All | 18 | | Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of | 19 | | Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall | 20 | | publish this information on its official website. | 21 | | (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a | 22 | | candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate | 23 | | family contributes or loans to the public official's or | 24 | | candidate's political committee or to other political | 25 | | committees that transfer funds to the public official's or | 26 | | candidate's political committee or makes independent |
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| 1 | | expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or | 2 | | candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election | 3 | | in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide | 4 | | office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then | 5 | | the public official or candidate shall file with the State | 6 | | Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of | 7 | | Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made | 8 | | by the public official, the candidate, or the public | 9 | | official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business | 10 | | days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the | 11 | | notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the | 12 | | Board shall give official notice of the filing to each | 13 | | candidate for the same office as the public official or | 14 | | candidate making the filing, including the public official or | 15 | | candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice | 16 | | shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the | 17 | | treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be | 18 | | sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | 19 | | candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as | 20 | | applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address. | 21 | | Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all | 22 | | candidates for that office, including the public official or | 23 | | candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be | 24 | | permitted to accept contributions in excess of any | 25 | | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public | 26 | | official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding |
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| 1 | | during an election cycle that includes a general primary | 2 | | election or consolidated primary election and that public | 3 | | official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that | 4 | | office, including the nominee who filed the notification of | 5 | | self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | 6 | | excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for | 7 | | the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this | 8 | | subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or | 9 | | child of a public official or candidate. | 10 | | (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure | 11 | | committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in | 12 | | opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or | 13 | | candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for | 14 | | statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective | 15 | | offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written | 16 | | disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or | 17 | | subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of | 18 | | Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of | 19 | | the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and | 20 | | give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for | 21 | | the same office as the public official or candidate for whose | 22 | | benefit or detriment the natural person or independent | 23 | | expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon | 24 | | posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates | 25 | | for that office in that election, including the public | 26 | | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the |
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| 1 | | natural person or independent expenditure committee made | 2 | | independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept | 3 | | contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by | 4 | | subsection (b). | 5 | | (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives | 6 | | notification or determines that a natural person or persons, | 7 | | an independent expenditure committee or committees, or | 8 | | combination thereof has made independent expenditures in | 9 | | support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular | 10 | | public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more | 11 | | than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for | 12 | | all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the | 13 | | Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the | 14 | | independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the | 15 | | threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post | 16 | | notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official | 17 | | notice to each candidate for the same office as the public | 18 | | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the | 19 | | independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via | 20 | | first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | 21 | | candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to | 22 | | the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee | 23 | | if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have | 24 | | provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the | 25 | | notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office | 26 | | in that election, including the public official or candidate |
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| 1 | | for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures | 2 | | were made, may accept contributions in excess of any | 3 | | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). | 4 | | (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor | 5 | | organization, association, or a political action committee | 6 | | established by a corporation, labor organization, or | 7 | | association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery | 8 | | to a political action committee of contributions made through | 9 | | dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action | 10 | | committee may report the contributions in the aggregate, | 11 | | provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or | 12 | | similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, | 13 | | labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not | 14 | | exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the | 15 | | corporation, labor organization, association, or a political | 16 | | action committee established by a corporation, labor | 17 | | organization, or association facilitating the delivery of | 18 | | contributions maintains a list of natural persons, | 19 | | corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid | 20 | | the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the | 21 | | contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and | 22 | | (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar | 23 | | assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor | 24 | | organization, or association that exceed $1,000 $500 in a | 25 | | quarterly reporting period shall be itemized on the | 26 | | committee's quarterly report and may not be reported in the |
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| 1 | | aggregate. A political action committee facilitating the | 2 | | delivery of contributions or receiving contributions shall | 3 | | disclose the amount of contributions made through dues | 4 | | delivered or received and the name of the corporation, labor | 5 | | organization, association, or political action committee | 6 | | delivering the contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of | 7 | | each odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall | 8 | | adjust the amounts of the contribution limitations established | 9 | | in this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer | 10 | | Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United | 11 | | States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. | 12 | | The State Board shall publish this information on its official | 13 | | website. | 14 | | (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or | 15 | | transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the | 16 | | contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or | 17 | | transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, | 18 | | to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution | 19 | | or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or | 20 | | transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in | 21 | | violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided | 22 | | in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends | 23 | | notification to the political committee of the excess | 24 | | contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General | 25 | | Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in | 26 | | violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to |
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| 1 | | exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. | 2 | | (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office" | 3 | | means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, | 4 | | Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. | 5 | | (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States | 6 | | Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees | 7 | | formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations, | 8 | | associations, or labor organizations established by or | 9 | | pursuant to federal law.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) | 11 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-664 ) | 12 | | Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions. | 13 | | (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept | 14 | | contributions except as provided in this Section. | 15 | | (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political | 16 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 17 | | over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) | 18 | | $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or | 19 | | association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political | 20 | | committee or political action committee. A candidate political | 21 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from a | 22 | | political party committee except during an election cycle in | 23 | | which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election. | 24 | | During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks | 25 | | nomination at a primary election, a candidate political |
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| 1 | | committee may not accept contributions from political party | 2 | | committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i) | 3 | | $200,000 for a candidate political committee established to | 4 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office, | 5 | | (ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established | 6 | | to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the | 7 | | Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial | 8 | | District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with | 9 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate | 10 | | political committee established to support a candidate seeking | 11 | | nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court | 12 | | or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the | 13 | | First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a | 14 | | county of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and | 15 | | county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all | 16 | | voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate | 17 | | political committee established to support the nomination of a | 18 | | candidate to any other office.
A candidate political committee | 19 | | established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may | 20 | | accept contributions from only one legislative caucus | 21 | | committee. A candidate political committee may not accept | 22 | | contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
| 23 | | independent expenditure committee. | 24 | | (b-5) Judicial elections. | 25 | | (1) In addition to any other provision of this | 26 | | Section, a candidate political committee established to |
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| 1 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme | 2 | | Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not: | 3 | | (A) accept contributions from any entity that does | 4 | | not disclose the identity of those who make | 5 | | contributions to the entity, except for contributions | 6 | | that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or | 7 | | (B) accept contributions from any out-of-state | 8 | | person, as defined in this Article. | 9 | | (2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the | 10 | | meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the | 11 | | following that are subject to the limits of this Section: | 12 | | (A) expenditures made by any person in concert or | 13 | | cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of, | 14 | | a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their | 15 | | agents; and | 16 | | (B) the financing by any person of the | 17 | | dissemination, distribution, or republication, in | 18 | | whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written, | 19 | | graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared | 20 | | by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or | 21 | | their designated agents. | 22 | | (3) As to contributions to a candidate political | 23 | | committee established to support a candidate seeking | 24 | | nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or | 25 | | Circuit Court: | 26 | | (A) No person shall make a contribution in the |
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| 1 | | name of another person or knowingly permit his or her | 2 | | name to be used to effect such a contribution. | 3 | | (B) No person shall knowingly accept a | 4 | | contribution made by one person in the name of another | 5 | | person. | 6 | | (C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement | 7 | | from another person for a contribution made in his or | 8 | | her own name. | 9 | | (D) No person shall make an anonymous | 10 | | contribution. | 11 | | (E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous | 12 | | contribution. | 13 | | (F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit, | 14 | | including, but not limited to, employment decisions, | 15 | | including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and | 16 | | transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or | 17 | | emolument upon: | 18 | | (i) the decision by the recipient of that | 19 | | benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate; | 20 | | or | 21 | | (ii) the amount of any such donation. | 22 | | (4) No judicial candidate or political committee | 23 | | established to support a candidate seeking nomination to | 24 | | the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall | 25 | | knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure | 26 | | in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer |
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| 1 | | or employee of a political committee established to | 2 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme | 3 | | Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly | 4 | | accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a | 5 | | candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of | 6 | | or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering | 7 | | communications in relation to a candidate in violation of | 8 | | any limitation designated for contributions and | 9 | | expenditures under this Section. | 10 | | (5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5) | 11 | | conflict with any other provision of this Code, this | 12 | | subsection (b-5) shall control. | 13 | | (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee | 14 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 15 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 16 | | any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) | 17 | | $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party | 18 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from another | 19 | | political party committee or a candidate political committee, | 20 | | except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this | 21 | | Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred | 22 | | between a political party committee established under | 23 | | subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated | 24 | | federal political committee established under the Federal | 25 | | Election Code by the same political party. A political party | 26 | | committee may not accept contributions from a ballot |
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| 1 | | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | 2 | | committee. A political party committee established by a | 3 | | legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another | 4 | | political party committee established by a legislative caucus. | 5 | | (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates | 6 | | may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and | 7 | | ending on the day of the primary election, a political party | 8 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 9 | | over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political | 10 | | party committee. A political party committee may accept | 11 | | contributions in any amount from a candidate political | 12 | | committee or political party committee if the political party | 13 | | committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of | 14 | | nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection | 15 | | (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study | 16 | | and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection | 17 | | to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012. | 18 | | This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and | 19 | | thereafter no longer applies. | 20 | | (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to | 21 | | make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general | 22 | | primary election or consolidated primary election may file a | 23 | | Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the | 24 | | Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a | 25 | | verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the | 26 | | committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions |
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| 1 | | or coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a | 2 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary | 3 | | election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be | 4 | | held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may | 5 | | accept unlimited contributions from candidate political | 6 | | committees and political party committees, provided that the | 7 | | political party committee does not make contributions to a | 8 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary | 9 | | election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements | 10 | | shall deem the political party committee in violation of this | 11 | | Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than | 12 | | 150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures | 13 | | made by the committee in violation of this Article. This | 14 | | subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter | 15 | | no longer applies. | 16 | | (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee | 17 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 18 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 19 | | any corporation, labor organization, political party | 20 | | committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political | 21 | | action committee or candidate political committee. A political | 22 | | action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | 23 | | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | 24 | | committee. | 25 | | (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions | 26 | | in any amount from any source, provided that the committee |
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| 1 | | files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and | 2 | | files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of | 3 | | this Article. | 4 | | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept | 5 | | contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the | 6 | | committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this | 7 | | Article and files the disclosure reports required by the | 8 | | provisions of this Article. | 9 | | (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept | 10 | | contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the | 11 | | committee has designated to support may contribute personal | 12 | | funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited | 13 | | activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i) | 14 | | necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or | 15 | | lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time | 16 | | the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii) | 17 | | contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning | 18 | | contributions to original contributors. | 19 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political | 20 | | committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising | 21 | | efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more | 22 | | than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an | 23 | | independent
expenditure committee may not conduct joint | 24 | | fundraising efforts with a
candidate political committee or a | 25 | | political party committee. | 26 | | (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State |
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| 1 | | Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the | 2 | | contribution limitations established in this Section for | 3 | | inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All | 4 | | Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of | 5 | | Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall | 6 | | publish this information on its official website. | 7 | | (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a | 8 | | candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate | 9 | | family contributes or loans to the public official's or | 10 | | candidate's political committee or to other political | 11 | | committees that transfer funds to the public official's or | 12 | | candidate's political committee or makes independent | 13 | | expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or | 14 | | candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election | 15 | | in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide | 16 | | office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then | 17 | | the public official or candidate shall file with the State | 18 | | Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of | 19 | | Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made | 20 | | by the public official, the candidate, or the public | 21 | | official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business | 22 | | days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the | 23 | | notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the | 24 | | Board shall give official notice of the filing to each | 25 | | candidate for the same office as the public official or | 26 | | candidate making the filing, including the public official or |
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| 1 | | candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice | 2 | | shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the | 3 | | treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be | 4 | | sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | 5 | | candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as | 6 | | applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address. | 7 | | Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all | 8 | | candidates for that office, including the public official or | 9 | | candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be | 10 | | permitted to accept contributions in excess of any | 11 | | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public | 12 | | official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding | 13 | | during an election cycle that includes a general primary | 14 | | election or consolidated primary election and that public | 15 | | official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that | 16 | | office, including the nominee who filed the notification of | 17 | | self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | 18 | | excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for | 19 | | the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this | 20 | | subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or | 21 | | child of a public official or candidate. | 22 | | (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure | 23 | | committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in | 24 | | opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or | 25 | | candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for | 26 | | statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective |
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| 1 | | offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written | 2 | | disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or | 3 | | subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of | 4 | | Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of | 5 | | the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and | 6 | | give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for | 7 | | the same office as the public official or candidate for whose | 8 | | benefit or detriment the natural person or independent | 9 | | expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon | 10 | | posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates | 11 | | for that office in that election, including the public | 12 | | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the | 13 | | natural person or independent expenditure committee made | 14 | | independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept | 15 | | contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by | 16 | | subsection (b). | 17 | | (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives | 18 | | notification or determines that a natural person or persons, | 19 | | an independent expenditure committee or committees, or | 20 | | combination thereof has made independent expenditures in | 21 | | support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular | 22 | | public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more | 23 | | than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for | 24 | | all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the | 25 | | Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the | 26 | | independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the |
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| 1 | | threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post | 2 | | notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official | 3 | | notice to each candidate for the same office as the public | 4 | | official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the | 5 | | independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via | 6 | | first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | 7 | | candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to | 8 | | the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee | 9 | | if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have | 10 | | provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the | 11 | | notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office | 12 | | in that election, including the public official or candidate | 13 | | for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures | 14 | | were made, may accept contributions in excess of any | 15 | | contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). | 16 | | (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor | 17 | | organization, association, or a political action committee | 18 | | established by a corporation, labor organization, or | 19 | | association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery | 20 | | to a political action committee of contributions made through | 21 | | dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action | 22 | | committee may report the contributions in the aggregate, | 23 | | provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or | 24 | | similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, | 25 | | labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not | 26 | | exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the |
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| 1 | | corporation, labor organization, association, or a political | 2 | | action committee established by a corporation, labor | 3 | | organization, or association facilitating the delivery of | 4 | | contributions maintains a list of natural persons, | 5 | | corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid | 6 | | the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the | 7 | | contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and | 8 | | (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar | 9 | | assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor | 10 | | organization, or association that exceed $1,000 $500 in a | 11 | | quarterly reporting period shall be itemized on the | 12 | | committee's quarterly report and may not be reported in the | 13 | | aggregate. A political action committee facilitating the | 14 | | delivery of contributions or receiving contributions shall | 15 | | disclose the amount of contributions made through dues | 16 | | delivered or received and the name of the corporation, labor | 17 | | organization, association, or political action committee | 18 | | delivering the contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of | 19 | | each odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall | 20 | | adjust the amounts of the contribution limitations established | 21 | | in this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer | 22 | | Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United | 23 | | States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. | 24 | | The State Board shall publish this information on its official | 25 | | website. | 26 | | (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or |
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| 1 | | transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the | 2 | | contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or | 3 | | transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, | 4 | | to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution | 5 | | or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or | 6 | | transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in | 7 | | violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided | 8 | | in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends | 9 | | notification to the political committee of the excess | 10 | | contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General | 11 | | Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in | 12 | | violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to | 13 | | exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. | 14 | | (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office" | 15 | | means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, | 16 | | Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. | 17 | | (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States | 18 | | Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees | 19 | | formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations, | 20 | | associations, or labor organizations established by or | 21 | | pursuant to federal law.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.) | 23 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
| 24 | | Sec. 9-10. Disclosure of contributions and expenditures.
| 25 | | (a) The treasurer of every political committee shall file |
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| 1 | | with the
Board reports of campaign contributions and | 2 | | expenditures as required by this Section on forms to be
| 3 | | prescribed or approved by the Board.
| 4 | | (b) Every political committee shall file quarterly reports | 5 | | of campaign contributions, expenditures, and independent | 6 | | expenditures. The reports shall cover the period January 1 | 7 | | through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through | 8 | | September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year. A | 9 | | political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than | 10 | | the 15th day of the month following each period. Reports of | 11 | | contributions and expenditures must be filed to cover the | 12 | | prescribed time periods even though no contributions or | 13 | | expenditures may have been received or made during the period. | 14 | | A report is considered timely filed if it is received by the | 15 | | Board no later than 11:59 p.m. on the deadline or postmarked no | 16 | | later than 3 days prior to the deadline. The Board shall assess | 17 | | a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for failure to file a | 18 | | report required by this subsection. The fine, however, shall | 19 | | not exceed $1,000 for a first violation if the committee files | 20 | | less than 10 days after the deadline. There shall be no fine if | 21 | | the report is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours prior to | 22 | | the filing deadline. When considering the amount of the fine | 23 | | to be imposed, the Board shall consider whether the violation | 24 | | was committed inadvertently, negligently, knowingly, or | 25 | | intentionally and any past violations of this Section. | 26 | | (c) A political committee shall file a report of any |
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| 1 | | contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board | 2 | | within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, | 3 | | except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days | 4 | | after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer | 5 | | days before the date of an election and (ii) the political | 6 | | committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question | 7 | | on the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess | 8 | | of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, | 9 | | candidates, a public question, or public questions on the | 10 | | ballot at that election.
The State Board shall allow filings | 11 | | of reports of contributions of $1,000 or more by political | 12 | | committees that are not required to file electronically to be | 13 | | made by facsimile transmission. It is not a violation of this | 14 | | subsection (c) and a political committee does not need to file | 15 | | a report of a contribution of $1,000 or more if the | 16 | | contribution is received and returned within the same period | 17 | | it is required to be disclosed on a quarterly report. The Board | 18 | | shall assess a civil penalty for failure to file a report | 19 | | required by this subsection. Failure to report each | 20 | | contribution is a separate violation of this subsection. The | 21 | | Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton violations of | 22 | | this subsection (c) not to exceed 150% of the total amount of | 23 | | the contributions that were untimely reported, but in no case | 24 | | shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of the | 25 | | contributions that were untimely reported. When considering | 26 | | the amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or wanton |
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| 1 | | violations, the Board shall consider the number of days the | 2 | | contribution was reported late and past violations of this | 3 | | Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for | 4 | | negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to | 5 | | exceed 50% of the total amount of the contributions that were | 6 | | untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When | 7 | | considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the | 8 | | fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) | 9 | | whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose | 10 | | the contribution and any attempts made to correct the | 11 | | violation, (2) whether the violation is attributed to a | 12 | | clerical or computer error, (3) the amount of the | 13 | | contribution, (4) whether the violation arose from a | 14 | | discrepancy between the date the contribution was reported | 15 | | transferred by a political committee and the date the | 16 | | contribution was received by a political committee, (5) the | 17 | | number of days the contribution was reported late, and (6) | 18 | | past violations of this Section and Section 9-3 by the | 19 | | political committee. | 20 | | (d) For the purpose of this Section, a contribution is | 21 | | considered received on the date (i) a monetary contribution | 22 | | was deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other | 23 | | repository of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a | 24 | | committee receives notice a monetary contribution was | 25 | | deposited by an entity used to process financial transactions | 26 | | by credit card or other entity used for processing a monetary |
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| 1 | | contribution that was deposited in a bank, financial | 2 | | institution, or other repository of funds for the committee, | 3 | | or (iii) the public official, candidate, or political | 4 | | committee receives the notification of contribution of goods | 5 | | or services as required under subsection (b) of Section 9-6. | 6 | | (e) A political committee that makes independent | 7 | | expenditures of $1,000 or more shall file a report | 8 | | electronically with the Board within 5 business days after | 9 | | making the independent expenditure, except that the report | 10 | | shall be filed within 2 business days after making the | 11 | | independent expenditure during the 60-day period before an | 12 | | election.
| 13 | | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee that makes an | 14 | | independent expenditure supporting or opposing a public | 15 | | official or candidate that, alone or in combination with any | 16 | | other independent expenditure made by that independent | 17 | | expenditure committee supporting or opposing that public | 18 | | official or candidate during the election cycle, equals an | 19 | | aggregate value of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office | 20 | | or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices must file a | 21 | | written disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 | 22 | | business days after making any expenditure that results in the | 23 | | independent expenditure committee exceeding the applicable | 24 | | threshold. The Board shall assess a civil penalty against an | 25 | | independent expenditure committee for failure to file the | 26 | | disclosure required by this subsection not to exceed (i) $500 |
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| 1 | | for an initial failure to file the required disclosure and | 2 | | (ii) $1,000 for each subsequent failure to file the required | 3 | | disclosure.
| 4 | | (f) A copy of each report or statement filed under this | 5 | | Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | 6 | | of two years from the
date of filing.
| 7 | | (g) The Board may assess a civil penalty against a | 8 | | committee for any violation of this Section. The Board shall | 9 | | provide notice of any violation no later than 365 days after | 10 | | the date of the violation and provide the committee with an | 11 | | opportunity to appeal a violation. A committee shall not be | 12 | | fined if notice is not provided as required by this | 13 | | subsection. The fine assessed by the Board for a violation of | 14 | | this Section shall not exceed the amount of the contribution | 15 | | and may be no more than $500 for the first violation, no more | 16 | | than $1,000 for the second violation, no more than $2,000 for a | 17 | | third violation, and no more than $3,000 for any subsequent | 18 | | violations. When determining whether to waive or reduce a | 19 | | fine, the Board shall consider: (1) whether the political | 20 | | committee made an attempt to disclose the contribution and any | 21 | | attempts made to correct the violation; (2) whether the | 22 | | violation was inadvertent, knowingly, or intentional; (3) | 23 | | whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or computer | 24 | | error; (4) the amount of the contribution or total | 25 | | contributions in the report; (5) whether the violation arose | 26 | | from a discrepancy between the date the contribution was |
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| 1 | | reported and the date the contribution was received by a | 2 | | political committee; (6) the number of days the report was | 3 | | submitted late; and (7) any prior violations. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-437, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-2)
| 6 | | Sec. 11-2. Election precincts. The County Board in each | 7 | | county, except in counties having
a population of 3,000,000 | 8 | | inhabitants or over, shall, at its regular
meeting in June or | 9 | | an adjourned meeting in July , divide its election precincts | 10 | | which contain more than
800 voters, into election districts so | 11 | | that each precinct district shall contain,
as near as may be | 12 | | practicable, 1,200 registered 500 voters , and not more in any | 13 | | case than
800 . Whenever the County Board ascertains that any | 14 | | election precinct
contains more than 600 registered voters, it | 15 | | may divide such precinct,
at its regular meeting in June, into | 16 | | election precincts so that each
precinct shall contain, as | 17 | | nearly as may be practicable, 500 voters. Insofar as
is | 18 | | practicable, each precinct shall be situated within a single | 19 | | congressional,
legislative and representative district and in | 20 | | not more than one County Board
district and one municipal | 21 | | ward. In order to situate each precinct within a
single | 22 | | district or ward, the County Board shall change the boundaries | 23 | | of
election precincts after each decennial census as soon as | 24 | | is practicable
following the completion of congressional and | 25 | | legislative redistricting , except that, in 2021, the county |
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| 1 | | board shall change the boundaries at a regular or special | 2 | | meeting within 60 days after the effective date of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly .
In determining | 4 | | whether a division of precincts should be
made, the county | 5 | | board may anticipate increased voter registration in
any | 6 | | precinct in which there is in progress new construction of | 7 | | dwelling
units which will be occupied by voters more than 30 | 8 | | days before the next
election. Each district shall be composed | 9 | | of contiguous territory in as
compact form as can be for the | 10 | | convenience of the electors voting
therein. The several county | 11 | | boards in establishing districts shall
describe them by metes | 12 | | and bounds and number them. And so often
thereafter as it shall | 13 | | appear by the number of votes cast at the general
election held | 14 | | in November of any year, that any election district or
| 15 | | undivided election precinct contains more than 1,200 | 16 | | registered 800 voters, the County
Board of the county in which | 17 | | the district or precinct may be, shall at
its regular meeting | 18 | | in June, or an adjourned meeting in July next, after
such | 19 | | November election, redivide or readjust such election district | 20 | | or
election precinct, so that no district or election precinct | 21 | | shall
contain more than the number of votes above specified. | 22 | | If for any reason
the County Board fails in any year to | 23 | | redivide or readjust the election
districts or election | 24 | | precinct, then the districts or precincts as then
existing | 25 | | shall continue until the next regular June meeting of the
| 26 | | County Board; at which regular June meeting or an adjourned |
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| 1 | | meeting in
July the County Board shall redivide or readjust | 2 | | the election districts
or election precincts in manner as | 3 | | herein required. When at any meeting
of the County Board any | 4 | | redivision, readjustment or change in name or
number of | 5 | | election districts or election precincts is made by the County
| 6 | | Board, the County Clerk shall immediately notify the State | 7 | | Board of
Elections of such redivision, readjustment or change. | 8 | | The County Board
in every case shall fix and establish the | 9 | | places for holding elections
in its respective county and all | 10 | | elections shall be held at the places
so fixed. The polling | 11 | | places shall in all cases be upon the ground floor
in the front | 12 | | room, the entrance to which is in a highway or public
street | 13 | | which is at least 40 feet wide, and is as near the center of | 14 | | the
voting population of the precinct as is practicable, and | 15 | | for the
convenience of the greatest number of electors to vote | 16 | | thereat;
provided, however, where the County Board is unable | 17 | | to secure a suitable
polling place within the boundaries of a | 18 | | precinct, it may select a
polling place at the most | 19 | | conveniently located suitable place outside
the precinct; but | 20 | | in no case shall an election be held in any room used
or | 21 | | occupied as a saloon, dramshop, bowling alley or as a place of | 22 | | resort
for idlers and disreputable persons, billiard hall or | 23 | | in any room
connected therewith by doors or hallways. No | 24 | | person shall be permitted
to vote at any election except at the | 25 | | polling place for the precinct in
which he resides, except as | 26 | | otherwise provided in this Section or Article 19 of this
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| 1 | | In counties having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or | 2 | | over
the County Board shall divide its election precincts and | 3 | | shall fix and
establish places for holding elections as | 4 | | hereinbefore provided during
the month of January instead of | 5 | | at its regular meeting in June or at an
adjourned meeting in | 6 | | July.
| 7 | | However, in the event that additional divisions of | 8 | | election precincts
are indicated after a division made by the | 9 | | County Board in the month of
January, such additional | 10 | | divisions may be made by the County Board in
counties having a | 11 | | population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over, at the
regular | 12 | | meeting in June or at adjourned meeting in July. The county
| 13 | | board of such county may divide or readjust precincts at any | 14 | | meeting of
the county board when the voter registration in a | 15 | | precinct has increased
beyond 1,800 registered voters 800 and | 16 | | an election is scheduled before the next regular January
or | 17 | | June meeting of the county board.
| 18 | | When in any city, village or incorporated town territory | 19 | | has been
annexed thereto or disconnected therefrom, which | 20 | | annexation or
disconnection becomes effective after election | 21 | | precincts or election
districts have been established as above | 22 | | provided in this Section, the
clerk of the municipality shall | 23 | | inform the county clerk thereof as
provided in Section 4-21, | 24 | | 5-28.1, or 6-31.1, whichever is applicable. In
the event that | 25 | | a regular meeting of the County Board is to be held after
such | 26 | | notification and before any election, the County Board shall, |
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its next regular meeting establish new election precinct | 2 | | lines in
affected territory. In the event that no regular | 3 | | meeting of the County
Board is to be held before such election | 4 | | the county clerk shall, within
5 days after being so informed, | 5 | | call a special meeting of the county
board on a day fixed by | 6 | | him not more than 20 days thereafter for the
purpose of | 7 | | establishing election precincts or election districts in the
| 8 | | affected territory for the ensuing elections.
| 9 | | At any consolidated primary or consolidated election at | 10 | | which
municipal officers are to be elected, and at any | 11 | | emergency referendum at
which a public question relating to a | 12 | | municipality is to be voted on,
notwithstanding any other | 13 | | provision of this Code, the election authority
shall establish | 14 | | a polling place within such municipality, upon the request
of | 15 | | the municipal council or board of trustees at least 60 days | 16 | | before the
election and provided that the municipality | 17 | | provides a suitable polling
place. To accomplish this purpose, | 18 | | the election authority may establish an
election precinct | 19 | | constituting a single municipality of under 500
population for | 20 | | all elections, notwithstanding the minimum precinct size
| 21 | | otherwise specified herein.
| 22 | | Notwithstanding the above, when there
are no more than 50 | 23 | | registered voters in a precinct who are entitled to
vote in a | 24 | | local government or school district election, the election
| 25 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the precinct
is authorized | 26 | | to reassign such voters to one or more polling
places in |
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| 1 | | adjacent precincts, within or without the
election authority's | 2 | | jurisdiction, for that
election. For the purposes of such | 3 | | local government or school district
election only, the votes | 4 | | of the reassigned voters shall be tallied and
canvassed as | 5 | | votes from the precinct of the polling place to which such
| 6 | | voters have been reassigned. The election authority having
| 7 | | jurisdiction over the precinct shall approve all | 8 | | administrative and polling
place procedures.
Such procedures | 9 | | shall take into account voter convenience, and ensure that the
| 10 | | integrity of the election process is maintained and that the | 11 | | secrecy of the
ballot is not violated.
| 12 | | Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat | 13 | | in a place
fixed or established by any county board or election | 14 | | authority pursuant to
this Section as a polling place for an | 15 | | election, no election authority
shall change the location of a | 16 | | polling place so established for any
precinct after notice of | 17 | | the place of holding the election for that
precinct has been | 18 | | given as required under Article 12 unless the election
| 19 | | authority notifies all registered voters in the precinct of | 20 | | the change in
location by first class mail in sufficient time | 21 | | for such notice to be
received by the registered voters in the | 22 | | precinct at least one day prior to
the date of the election.
| 23 | | The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts, | 24 | | including
those where voting machines or electronic voting | 25 | | systems are used.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-3)
| 2 | | Sec. 11-3. Election precincts. | 3 | | (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners
| 4 | | established by Article 6 of this Act, within 2 months after its | 5 | | first
organization, to divide the city, village or | 6 | | incorporated town which may
adopt or is operating under | 7 | | Article 6, into election precincts, each of
which shall be | 8 | | situated within a single congressional, legislative
and | 9 | | representative district insofar as
is practicable and in not | 10 | | more than one County Board district and one
municipal ward;
in | 11 | | order to situate each precinct within a single district or | 12 | | ward, the
Board of Election Commissioners shall change the | 13 | | boundaries of election
precincts after each
decennial census | 14 | | as soon as is practicable following the completion of
| 15 | | congressional and legislative redistricting
and such precincts
| 16 | | shall contain as nearly as practicable : (i) 1,200 registered | 17 | | voters if the precinct is located in a county with fewer than | 18 | | 3,000,000 inhabitants; or (ii) 1,800 registered voters if the | 19 | | precinct is located in a county with 3,000,000 or more | 20 | | inhabitants 600 qualified voters, and in
making such division | 21 | | and establishing such precincts such board shall
take as a | 22 | | basis the poll books, or the number of votes cast at the
| 23 | | previous presidential election . | 24 | | (b) Within 90 days after each presidential
election, such | 25 | | board in a city with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, village
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| 1 | | or incorporated town shall revise and rearrange such precincts | 2 | | on the
basis of the votes cast at such election, making such | 3 | | precincts to
contain, as near as practicable, 1,200 registered | 4 | | voters or 1,800 registered voters, as applicable 600 actual | 5 | | voters; but at any time in
all instances where the vote cast at | 6 | | any precinct, at any election,
equals 800, there must be a | 7 | | rearrangement so as to reduce the vote to
the standard of 600 | 8 | | as near as may be . However, any apartment building
in which | 9 | | more than 1,200 or 1,800 800 registered voters , as applicable, | 10 | | reside may be made a single
precinct even though the vote in | 11 | | such precinct exceeds 1,200 or 1,800 registered voters, as | 12 | | applicable 800 .
| 13 | | (c) Within 90 days after each presidential election, a | 14 | | board in a city with
more than 500,000 inhabitants shall | 15 | | revise and rearrange such precincts on
the basis of the votes | 16 | | cast at such election, making such precincts to
contain, as | 17 | | near as practicable : (i) 1,200 registered voters if the | 18 | | precinct is located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 | 19 | | inhabitants; or (ii) 1,800 registered voters if the precinct | 20 | | is located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants , 400 | 21 | | actual voters; but at any time in all
instances where the vote | 22 | | cast at any precinct, at any election, equals 600,
there must | 23 | | be a rearrangement so as to reduce the vote to the standard of
| 24 | | 400 as near as may be . However, any apartment building in which | 25 | | more than
1,200 registered voters or 1,800 registered voters, | 26 | | as applicable, 600 registered voters reside may be made a |
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| 1 | | single precinct even though the
vote in such precinct exceeds | 2 | | 1,200 or 1,800 registered voters, as applicable 600 .
| 3 | | (d) Immediately after the annexation of territory to the | 4 | | city, village or
incorporated town becomes effective the Board | 5 | | of Election Commissioners
shall revise and rearrange election | 6 | | precincts therein to include such
annexed territory.
| 7 | | (e) Provided, however, that at any election where but one | 8 | | candidate is
nominated and is to be voted upon at any election | 9 | | held in any political
subdivision of a city, village or | 10 | | incorporated town, the Board of
Election Commissioners shall | 11 | | have the power in such political
subdivision to determine the | 12 | | number of voting precincts to be
established in such political | 13 | | subdivision at such election, without
reference to the number | 14 | | of qualified voters therein. The precincts in
each ward, | 15 | | village or incorporated town shall be numbered from one
| 16 | | upwards, consecutively, with no omission.
| 17 | | (f) The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts, | 18 | | including
those where voting machines or electronic voting | 19 | | systems are used.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
| 21 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-4.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.2)
| 22 | | Sec. 11-4.2.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in | 23 | | subsection (b) all
polling places shall be accessible to | 24 | | voters with disabilities and elderly voters, as
determined by | 25 | | rule of the State Board of Elections , and each polling place |
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| 1 | | shall include at least one voting booth that is wheelchair | 2 | | accessible .
| 3 | | (b) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to a | 4 | | polling place
(1) in the case of an emergency, as determined by | 5 | | the State Board of
Elections; or (2) if the State Board of | 6 | | Elections (A) determines that all
potential polling places | 7 | | have been surveyed and no such accessible place is
available, | 8 | | nor is the election authority able to make one accessible; and
| 9 | | (B) assures that any voter with a disability or elderly voter | 10 | | assigned to an
inaccessible polling place, upon advance | 11 | | request of such voter (pursuant to
procedures established by | 12 | | rule of the State Board of Elections) will be
provided with an | 13 | | alternative means for casting a ballot on the day of the
| 14 | | election or will be assigned to an accessible polling place.
| 15 | | (c) No later than December 31 of each even numbered year, | 16 | | the State
Board of Elections shall report to the General | 17 | | Assembly and the Federal Election Commission the
number of | 18 | | accessible and inaccessible polling places in the State on the
| 19 | | date of the next preceding general election, and the reasons | 20 | | for any
instance of inaccessibility.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-8) | 23 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | 24 | | Sec. 11-8. Vote centers. | 25 | | (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election
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| 1 | | authorities shall establish at least one location to be | 2 | | located at an
office of the election authority or in the | 3 | | largest municipality
within its jurisdiction where all voters | 4 | | in its jurisdiction
are allowed to vote on election day during | 5 | | polling place hours,
regardless of the precinct in which they | 6 | | are registered. An
election authority establishing such a | 7 | | location under this Section shall identify the location , hours | 8 | | of
operation, and any health and safety requirements by the | 9 | | 40th day
preceding the 2022 general primary election and the | 10 | | 2022 general election and certify such to the
State Board of | 11 | | Elections. | 12 | | (b) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | 14 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2) | 15 | | Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any | 16 | | elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or | 17 | | electronically on the website of the appropriate election | 18 | | authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior to the
| 19 | | date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 90 | 20 | | nor less
than one day prior to the date of such election, make | 21 | | application to the
county clerk or to the Board of Election | 22 | | Commissioners for an official
ballot for the voter's precinct | 23 | | to be voted at such election , or be added to a list of | 24 | | permanent vote by mail status voters who receive an official | 25 | | vote by mail ballot for subsequent elections . Such a ballot |
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| 1 | | shall be delivered to the elector only upon separate | 2 | | application by the elector for each election. Voters who make | 3 | | an application for permanent vote by mail ballot status shall | 4 | | follow the procedures specified in Section 19-3 and may apply | 5 | | year round . Voters whose application for permanent vote by | 6 | | mail status is accepted by the election authority shall remain | 7 | | on the permanent vote by mail list until the voter requests to | 8 | | be removed from permanent vote by mail status, the voter | 9 | | provides notice to the election authority of a change in | 10 | | registration that affects their registration status , or the | 11 | | election authority receives confirmation that the voter has | 12 | | subsequently registered to vote in another election authority | 13 | | jurisdiction county . The URL address at which voters may | 14 | | electronically request a vote by mail ballot shall be fixed no | 15 | | later than 90 calendar days before an election and shall not be | 16 | | changed until after the election.
Such a ballot shall be | 17 | | delivered to the elector only upon separate application by the | 18 | | elector for each election.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 7-15-21.)
| 20 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.5) | 21 | | Sec. 19-2.5. Notice for vote by mail ballot. An election | 22 | | authority shall notify all qualified voters, not more than 90 | 23 | | days nor less than 45 days before a general or consolidated | 24 | | election, of the option for permanent vote by mail status | 25 | | using the following notice and including the application for |
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| 1 | | permanent vote by mail status in subsection (b) of Section | 2 | | 19-3: | 3 | | "You may apply to permanently be placed on vote by mail | 4 | | status using the attached application.".
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 19-6.
Such vote by mail voter shall make and | 8 | | subscribe to the
certifications provided for in the | 9 | | application and on the return
envelope for the ballot, and | 10 | | such ballot or ballots shall be folded by
such voter in the | 11 | | manner required to be folded before depositing the
same in the | 12 | | ballot box, and be deposited in such envelope and the
envelope | 13 | | securely sealed. The voter shall then endorse his certificate
| 14 | | upon the back of the envelope and the envelope shall be mailed | 15 | | in person by
such voter, postage prepaid, to the election | 16 | | authority issuing the ballot or,
if more convenient, it may be | 17 | | delivered in person, by either the voter or
by any person | 18 | | authorized by the voter, or by a company
licensed as a motor | 19 | | carrier of property by the Illinois Commerce Commission
under | 20 | | the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law,
which is engaged | 21 | | in the business of making deliveries. | 22 | | Election authorities shall accept any vote by mail ballot | 23 | | returned, including ballots returned with insufficient or no | 24 | | postage. Election authorities may maintain one or more secure | 25 | | collection sites for the postage-free return of vote by mail |
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| 1 | | ballots. Any election authority with collection sites shall | 2 | | collect all ballots returned each day at close of business and | 3 | | process them as required by this Code, including noting the | 4 | | day on which the ballot was collected returned . Ballots | 5 | | returned to such collection sites after close of business | 6 | | shall be dated as delivered the next day, with the exception of | 7 | | ballots delivered on election day, which shall be dated as | 8 | | received on election day. Election authorities shall permit | 9 | | electors to return vote by mail ballots at any collection site | 10 | | it has established through the close of polls on election day. | 11 | | All collection sites shall be secured by locks that may be | 12 | | opened only by election authority personnel. The State Board | 13 | | of Elections shall establish additional guidelines for the | 14 | | security of collection sites. | 15 | |
It shall be unlawful for any person not the voter or a | 16 | | person authorized by the voter
to take the ballot and ballot | 17 | | envelope of a
voter for deposit into the mail unless the ballot | 18 | | has been issued pursuant to
application by a physically | 19 | | incapacitated elector under Section
3-3 or a hospitalized | 20 | | voter under Section 19-13, in which case any
employee or | 21 | | person under the direction of the facility in which the | 22 | | elector or
voter is located may deposit the ballot and ballot | 23 | | envelope into the mail. If the voter authorized a person to | 24 | | deliver the ballot to the election authority, the voter and | 25 | | the person authorized to deliver the ballot shall complete the | 26 | | authorization printed on the exterior envelope supplied by an |
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| 1 | | election authority for the return of the vote by mail ballot. | 2 | | The exterior of the envelope supplied by an election authority | 3 | | for the return of the vote by mail ballot shall include an | 4 | | authorization in substantially the following form:
| 5 | | I ............ (voter) authorize ............... to take | 6 | | the necessary steps to have this ballot delivered promptly to | 7 | | the office of the election authority.
| 8 | | ....................... ........................
| 9 | | Date Signature of voter
| 10 | | ...............................................
| 11 | | Printed Name of Authorized Delivery Agent
| 12 | | ...............................................
| 13 | | Signature of Authorized Delivery Agency
| 14 | | ...............................................
| 15 | | Date Delivered to the Election Authority
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21.)
| 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-5 rep.)
| 18 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing | 19 | | Section 11-5. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | 2 | | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows: | 3 | | (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
| 4 | | Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative | 5 | | Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General | 6 | | Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period | 7 | | beginning February 1 of the
year of a general primary | 8 | | election , except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15, | 9 | | 2022, and ending the day after the general primary
election | 10 | | and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a | 11 | | general
election and ending the day after the general | 12 | | election.
A member of the General Assembly may not mail, | 13 | | during a period beginning
February 1 of the year of a general | 14 | | primary election and ending the day after
the general primary | 15 | | election and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year | 16 | | of a general election and ending the day after the general | 17 | | election, any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at | 18 | | any time, by the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a | 19 | | newsletter or brochure may be mailed during
those times if it | 20 | | is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
| 21 | | inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions | 22 | | raised by that
constituent.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11 .)
| 24 | | Section 20. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
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| 1 | | Section 2-3004 as follows:
| 2 | | (55 ILCS 5/2-3004) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3004)
| 3 | | Sec. 2-3004. Failure to complete reapportionment. If any | 4 | | county board fails to complete the reapportionment of its | 5 | | county
by July 1 in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter or by the | 6 | | day after the county board's regularly scheduled July meeting | 7 | | in 2011 or any 10 years thereafter, or for the reapportionment | 8 | | of 2021, by December 31 the third Wednesday in November in the | 9 | | year after a federal decennial census year, whichever is | 10 | | later, the county clerk of that
county shall convene the | 11 | | county apportionment commission. Three members of
the | 12 | | commission shall constitute a quorum, but a majority of all | 13 | | the members
must vote affirmatively on any determination made | 14 | | by the commission. The
commission shall adopt rules for its | 15 | | procedure.
| 16 | | The commission shall develop an apportionment plan for the | 17 | | county in the
manner provided by Section 2-3003, dividing the | 18 | | county into the same number of
districts as determined by the | 19 | | county board. If the county board has failed
to determine the | 20 | | size of the county board to be elected, then the number of
| 21 | | districts and the number of members to be elected shall be the | 22 | | largest
number to which the county is entitled under Section | 23 | | 2-3002.
| 24 | | The commission shall submit its apportionment plan by | 25 | | October 1 in the
year that it is convened, or for the |
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| 1 | | reapportionment of 2021, by February 1, 2022, except that the | 2 | | circuit court, for good cause
shown, may grant an extension of | 3 | | time, not exceeding a total of 60 days,
within which such a | 4 | | plan may be submitted.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
| 6 | | Section 25. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is | 7 | | amended by changing Section 3c and by adding Section 3c-1 as | 8 | | follows:
| 9 | | (70 ILCS 805/3c)
| 10 | | Sec. 3c. Elected board of commissioners in certain | 11 | | counties. If the boundaries of a district are co-extensive | 12 | | with the boundaries of a
county having a population of more | 13 | | than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000,
all commissioners of the | 14 | | forest preserve district shall be elected from the number of | 15 | | districts as determined by the forest preserve district board | 16 | | of commissioners. Such a forest preserve district is a | 17 | | separate and distinct legal entity, and its board members are | 18 | | elected separate and apart from the elected county | 19 | | commissioners. Upon its formation, or as a result of decennial | 20 | | reapportionment, such a forest preserve district shall adopt a | 21 | | district map determining the boundary lines of each district. | 22 | | That map shall be adjusted and reapportioned subject to the | 23 | | same decennial reapportionment process stated in Section 3c-1. | 24 | | No more than one commissioner shall be elected from each |
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| 1 | | district. The the
same
districts as members of the county | 2 | | board beginning with the general election
held in 2002 and | 3 | | each succeeding general election. One commissioner shall be
| 4 | | elected from each district. At their first meeting after their | 5 | | election in
2002 and following each subsequent decennial | 6 | | reapportionment of the county
under Division 2-3 of the
| 7 | | Counties Code, the elected commissioners shall publicly by lot | 8 | | divide
themselves
into 2 groups, as equal in size as possible. | 9 | | Commissioners from the
first
group
shall serve for terms of 2, | 10 | | 4, and 4 years; and commissioners from the second
group
shall | 11 | | serve terms of 4, 4, and 2 years. Beginning with the general | 12 | | election in 2002, the
president of the board of commissioners | 13 | | of the forest
preserve district shall be elected by the voters | 14 | | of the county, rather than by
the commissioners. The president | 15 | | shall be a resident of the county and shall
be elected | 16 | | throughout the county for a
4-year term without having been | 17 | | first elected as commissioner of the forest
preserve
district.
| 18 | | Each commissioner shall be a resident of the forest preserve | 19 | | county board district from which
he or she was elected not | 20 | | later than the date of the commencement of the term
of office. | 21 | | The term of office for the president and commissioners elected
| 22 | | under this
Section shall commence on the first Monday
of the | 23 | | month following the month of election.
Neither a commissioner | 24 | | nor the president of the board of
commissioners of that forest | 25 | | preserve
district
shall serve simultaneously as member or | 26 | | chairman of the county board. No
person shall seek election to |
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| 1 | | both the forest preserve commission and the
county board at | 2 | | the same election , nor shall they be eligible to hold both | 3 | | offices at the same time .
The president, with the advice and | 4 | | consent of the
board of commissioners shall appoint a | 5 | | secretary,
treasurer, and such other officers as deemed | 6 | | necessary by the board of
commissioners, which officers need | 7 | | not be members of the board of
commissioners. The president | 8 | | shall have the powers and duties as specified in
Section 12 of | 9 | | this Act.
| 10 | | Candidates for president and commissioner shall be | 11 | | candidates of
established political
parties.
| 12 | | If a vacancy in the office of president or commissioner | 13 | | occurs, other
than by expiration
of the president's or | 14 | | commissioner's term, the
forest preserve district board of | 15 | | commissioners shall declare that a vacancy
exists and | 16 | | notification of the vacancy shall be given to the county | 17 | | central
committee of each established political party within 3 | 18 | | business days after the
occurrence of the vacancy. If the | 19 | | vacancy occurs in the office of forest
preserve
district | 20 | | commissioner, the
president of the board
of commissioners | 21 | | shall,
within 60 days after the date of the vacancy,
with the | 22 | | advice and consent of other commissioners then serving, | 23 | | appoint a
person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired | 24 | | term.
The appointee
shall be affiliated with the same | 25 | | political party as the commissioner in whose
office the | 26 | | vacancy occurred and be a resident of such district. If a |
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| 1 | | vacancy
in the office of president occurs, other than by | 2 | | expiration of the president's
term, the remaining members of
| 3 | | the board of commissioners shall, within 60 days after the | 4 | | vacancy,
appoint one of the commissioners to serve as
| 5 | | president for the remainder of
the unexpired term.
In that | 6 | | case, the office of the commissioner who is appointed to serve
| 7 | | as president shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled within | 8 | | 60 days by
appointment of the president with the advice and | 9 | | consent of the other forest
preserve district commissioners. | 10 | | The commissioner who is appointed to fill a
vacancy in
the | 11 | | office of president shall be affiliated with the same | 12 | | political party as
the person who occupied the office of | 13 | | president prior to the vacancy. A person
appointed to fill a | 14 | | vacancy in the office of president or commissioner shall
| 15 | | establish his or her party affiliation by his or her record of | 16 | | voting in
primary elections or by holding or having held an | 17 | | office in an established
political party organization before | 18 | | the appointment. If the appointee has not
voted in a party | 19 | | primary election or is not holding or has not held an office
in | 20 | | an established political party organization before the | 21 | | appointment, the
appointee shall establish his or her | 22 | | political party affiliation by his or her
record of | 23 | | participating in an established political party's nomination | 24 | | or
election caucus.
If, however, more than 28 months remain in | 25 | | the unexpired
term of a commissioner or the president, the
| 26 | | appointment shall be until the next general election, at
which |
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| 1 | | time the
vacated office of commissioner or president shall be | 2 | | filled by election for the
remainder of the term.
| 3 | | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a vacancy occurs | 4 | | after
the last day provided in Section 7-12 of the Election | 5 | | Code for filing
nomination papers for the office of president | 6 | | of a forest
preserve district where that office is elected as | 7 | | provided for in this
Section, or as set forth in Section 7-61 | 8 | | of the Election Code, a vacancy in
nomination shall be filled | 9 | | by the passage of a resolution by the nominating
committee of | 10 | | the affected political party within the time periods specified | 11 | | in
the Election Code. The nominating committee shall consist | 12 | | of the chairman of
the county central committee and the | 13 | | township chairmen of the affected
political party. All other | 14 | | vacancies in nomination shall be filled in
accordance with the | 15 | | provisions of the Election Code.
| 16 | | The president and commissioners elected under this Section | 17 | | may be reimbursed
for their reasonable expenses actually | 18 | | incurred in performing their official
duties under this Act in | 19 | | accordance with the provisions of Section 3a. The
| 20 | | reimbursement paid under this Section shall be paid by the | 21 | | forest preserve
district.
| 22 | | Compensation for the president and the forest preserve | 23 | | commissioners elected under this Section
shall be established | 24 | | by the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.
| 25 | | This Section does not apply to a forest preserve district | 26 | | created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05; 94-900, eff. 6-22-06.)
| 2 | | (70 ILCS 805/3c-1 new) | 3 | | Sec. 3c-1. Reapportionment plan for forest preserve | 4 | | districts under Section 3c. | 5 | | (a) The Downstate Forest Preserve District board of | 6 | | commissioners shall develop an apportionment plan and specify | 7 | | the number of districts. Each district shall have one | 8 | | commissioner. Each such district: | 9 | | (1) shall be substantially equal in population to each | 10 | | other district; and | 11 | | (2) shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as | 12 | | nearly compact as practicable; and | 13 | | (3) shall be created in such a manner so that no | 14 | | precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts, | 15 | | insofar as is practicable. | 16 | | (b) The president of the board of commissioners of a | 17 | | Downstate Forest Preserve District may develop a reappointment | 18 | | plan and that plan, as presented or as amended, shall be | 19 | | presented to the board by the third Wednesday in May in the | 20 | | year after a federal decennial census year for approval in | 21 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this | 22 | | Section. If the president presents a plan to the board by the | 23 | | third Wednesday in May, the board shall conduct at least one | 24 | | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | 25 | | apportionment plan. That hearing shall be held at least 6 days |
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| 1 | | but not more than 21 days before the board may consider | 2 | | adopting the plan, and the public shall be given notice by | 3 | | publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 4 | | district of the hearing at least 6 days in advance of the | 5 | | hearing. The president of the board of commissioners shall | 6 | | have access to the federal decennial census available to the | 7 | | board. | 8 | | (c) For the reapportionment in calendar year 2021, the | 9 | | president of the board of commissioners may develop and | 10 | | present (or redevelop and represent) to the board by the third | 11 | | Wednesday in November of 2021 an apportionment plan. If a plan | 12 | | is presented, the Board shall conduct at least one hearing on | 13 | | the proposed plan before it may be adopted. That hearing shall | 14 | | be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days before the | 15 | | board may consider adopting the plan, and the public shall be | 16 | | given notice by publication in a newspaper of general | 17 | | circulation in the district of the hearing at least 6 days in | 18 | | advance of the hearing. | 19 | | (d) After each decennial census, the Downstate Forest | 20 | | Preserve District board is not obligated to reapportion the | 21 | | districts if existing districts are within a 10% population | 22 | | deviation from each other based on the results of the | 23 | | decennial census. | 24 | | (e) As used in this Section, "Downstate Forest Preserve | 25 | | District" means a district described in Section 3c. |
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| 1 | | Section 30. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing | 2 | | Sections 2f, 2f-2, 2f-4, 2f-5, 2f-6, and 2f-9 as follows:
| 3 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2f)
| 4 | | Sec. 2f. (a) The Circuit of Cook County shall be divided | 5 | | into 15
units to be known as subcircuits. The subcircuits | 6 | | shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in | 7 | | population.
The General Assembly
shall create the subcircuits | 8 | | by law on or before
July 1, 1991, using population data as | 9 | | determined by the 1990 Federal census.
| 10 | | (a-5) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 11 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of | 12 | | the 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 13 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 14 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 15 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 16 | | subsection (d), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 17 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 18 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 19 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 20 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 21 | | subcircuit. | 22 | | (b) The 165 resident judges to be elected from the Circuit | 23 | | of Cook
County shall be determined under paragraph (4) of | 24 | | subsection (a) of Section 2 of the
Judicial Vacancies Act.
| 25 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional |
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| 1 | | resident judgeships
provided by paragraph (4) of subsection | 2 | | (a) of Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act
and (ii) all | 3 | | vacancies in
resident judgeships existing on or occurring on | 4 | | or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1990,
| 5 | | with respect to the other resident judgeships of the Circuit
| 6 | | of Cook County, for election from the various subcircuits | 7 | | until there are
11 resident judges to be
elected from each of | 8 | | the 15 subcircuits (for a total of 165). A resident
judgeship | 9 | | authorized before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
| 10 | | 1990 that became vacant and was filled by appointment by the | 11 | | Supreme Court
before that effective date shall be filled by | 12 | | election at the general
election in November of 1992 from the | 13 | | unit of the Circuit of Cook County
within Chicago or the unit | 14 | | of that Circuit outside Chicago, as the case may
be, in which | 15 | | the vacancy occurred.
| 16 | | (d) As soon as practicable after the subcircuits are | 17 | | created by law, the
Supreme Court shall determine by lot a | 18 | | numerical order for the 15
subcircuits. That numerical order | 19 | | shall be the basis for the order in which resident
judgeships | 20 | | are assigned to the subcircuits. After the first round of
| 21 | | assignments, the second and all later rounds shall be based on | 22 | | the same
numerical order. Once a resident judgeship is | 23 | | assigned to a subcircuit,
it shall continue to be assigned to | 24 | | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 25 | | (e) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 26 | | continue to reside
in that subcircuit as long as he or she |
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| 1 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 2 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 3 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 4 | | at large thereafter.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20 .)
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
| 7 | | Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits; additional | 8 | | judges.
| 9 | | (a) Prior to the boundaries of the subcircuits being | 10 | | redrawn under subsection (a-3), the 19th circuit shall be | 11 | | divided into 6 subcircuits. The
subcircuits shall be
compact, | 12 | | contiguous, and substantially equal in population. The General
| 13 | | Assembly by law shall
create the subcircuits, using population
| 14 | | data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall | 15 | | determine a numerical order for the 6 subcircuits. That
| 16 | | numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which | 17 | | resident judgeships
are assigned to
the subcircuits. The 6 | 18 | | resident judgeships to be assigned that are not added by or | 19 | | converted from at-large judgeships as provided in this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be assigned | 21 | | to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th subcircuits, in that | 22 | | order. The 6 resident judgeships to be assigned that are added | 23 | | by or converted from at-large judgeships as provided in this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be assigned | 25 | | to the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st subcircuits, in that |
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| 1 | | order. Once a resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, | 2 | | it
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all | 3 | | purposes.
| 4 | | (a-3) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 5 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of | 6 | | the 2020 federal decennial census and divide the 19th circuit | 7 | | into at least 10 subcircuits. The General Assembly shall | 8 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 9 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 10 | | substantially equal in population. Upon the division of | 11 | | subcircuits pursuant to this Section: (i) each resident | 12 | | judgeship shall be assigned to the newly drawn subcircuit in | 13 | | which the judge of the resident judgeship in question resides; | 14 | | and (ii) each at-large judgeship shall be converted to a | 15 | | resident judgeship and assigned to the subcircuit in which the | 16 | | judge of the converted judgeship in question resides. Once a | 17 | | resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit or an at-large | 18 | | judgeship is converted to a resident judgeship and assigned to | 19 | | a subcircuit, it shall be assigned to that subcircuit for all | 20 | | purposes. Any vacancy in a resident judgeship existing on or | 21 | | occurring after the effective date of a law redrawing the | 22 | | boundaries of the subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of | 23 | | the redrawn subcircuit. When a vacancy occurs in a resident | 24 | | judgeship, the resident judgeship shall be allotted by the | 25 | | Supreme Court under subsection (c) and filled by election. | 26 | | Notwithstanding the preceding 2 sentences, the resident |
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| 1 | | judgeship shall not be allotted by the Supreme Court and | 2 | | filled by election if, after the vacancy arises, there are | 3 | | still 2 or more nonvacant resident judgeships in the | 4 | | subcircuit of the vacant resident judgeship in question. | 5 | | (a-5) Of the at-large judgeships of the 19th judicial | 6 | | circuit, the first 3 that are or become vacant on or after the | 7 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 8 | | Assembly shall become resident judgeships of the 19th judicial | 9 | | circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection | 10 | | (c) and filled by election, except that the Supreme Court may | 11 | | fill those judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a | 12 | | vacated term until the resident judgeships are filled | 13 | | initially by election. As used in this subsection, a vacancy | 14 | | does not include the expiration of a term of an at-large judge | 15 | | who seeks retention in that office at the next term. | 16 | | (a-10) The 19th judicial circuit shall have 3 additional | 17 | | resident judgeships to be allotted by the Supreme Court under | 18 | | subsection (c). One of the additional resident judgeships | 19 | | shall be filled by election beginning at the 2010 general | 20 | | election. Two of the additional resident judgeships shall be | 21 | | filled by election beginning at the 2012 general election. | 22 | | (a-15) The 19th judicial circuit shall have additional | 23 | | resident judgeships as provided by subsection (a-3) to be | 24 | | allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection (c). The | 25 | | resident judgeships shall be allotted by the Supreme Court in | 26 | | numerical order as provided by the General Assembly upon the |
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| 1 | | redrawing of boundaries and the division of subcircuits | 2 | | pursuant to subsection (a-3). Two additional resident | 3 | | judgeships allotted by the Supreme Court pursuant to this | 4 | | subsection, in numerical order as provided by the General | 5 | | Assembly, shall be filled by election beginning at the 2022 | 6 | | general election. The remainder of the additional resident | 7 | | judgeships shall be filled by election at the 2024 election. | 8 | | (a-20) In addition to the 2 judgeships filled by election | 9 | | at the 2022 election as provided by subsection (a-15), any | 10 | | judgeship that became vacant after January 1, 2020 and on the | 11 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 12 | | Assembly is held by an individual appointed by the Supreme | 13 | | Court also shall be filled by election at the 2022 general | 14 | | election. This subsection is subject to the requirement of | 15 | | subsection (a-3) that no judgeship shall be allotted by the | 16 | | Supreme Court and filled by election if, after the vacancy | 17 | | arises, there are still 2 or more nonvacant resident | 18 | | judgeships in the subcircuit of the vacant resident judgeship | 19 | | in question. | 20 | | (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 12 resident | 21 | | judgeships (6 resident judgeships existing on the effective | 22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, 3 | 23 | | formerly at-large judgeships as provided in subsection (a-5), | 24 | | and 3 resident judgeships added by subsection (a-10)). The | 25 | | number of resident judgeships allotted to subcircuits of the | 26 | | 19th judicial circuit pursuant to this Section shall |
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| 1 | | constitute all the resident judgeships of the 19th judicial | 2 | | circuit.
| 3 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all vacancies in
| 4 | | resident
judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or | 5 | | occurring on or after the
effective date of this
amendatory | 6 | | Act
of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 | 7 | | general election,
(ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th
| 8 | | circuit filled at the 2004
general election as those | 9 | | judgeships thereafter become vacant,
(iii) the 3 formerly | 10 | | at-large judgeships described in subsection (a-5) as they | 11 | | become available, (iv) the 3 resident judgeships added by | 12 | | subsection (a-10), and (v) the additional resident judgeships | 13 | | provided for by subsection (a-3), for election from the
| 14 | | various
subcircuits until there are 2 resident judges to be | 15 | | elected from each
subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 19th | 16 | | circuit serving on
the effective date of this amendatory Act | 17 | | of the 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change his or | 18 | | her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
to seek | 19 | | retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
| 20 | | Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
| 21 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 22 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 23 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 24 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 25 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 26 | | at-large thereafter.
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| 1 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit | 2 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 3 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20; 102-380, eff. 8-13-21.)
| 5 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
| 6 | | Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
| 7 | | (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits. | 8 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 9 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 10 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 11 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 12 | | numerical order for the 5 subcircuits. That numerical
order | 13 | | shall
be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships | 14 | | are assigned to the
subcircuits.
The 5 resident judgeships to | 15 | | be assigned after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 16 | | the 96th General Assembly shall be assigned to the 3rd, 4th, | 17 | | 5th, 1st, and 2nd subcircuits, in that order. Once a resident | 18 | | judgeship is
assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
| 19 | | assigned to
that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 20 | | (a-5) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 21 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of | 22 | | the 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 23 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 24 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 25 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with |
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| 1 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 2 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 3 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 4 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 5 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 6 | | subcircuit. | 7 | | (a-10) The first vacancy in the 12th judicial circuit's 10 | 8 | | existing circuit judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but | 9 | | not in the additional judgeships described in subsections (b) | 10 | | and (b-5), that exists on or after the effective date of this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall not be | 12 | | filled, by appointment or election, and that judgeship is | 13 | | eliminated. Of the 12th judicial circuit's 10 existing circuit | 14 | | judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but not the additional | 15 | | judgeships described in subsections (b) and (b-5), the second | 16 | | to be vacant or become vacant on or after the effective date of | 17 | | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be | 18 | | allotted as a 12th circuit resident judgeship under subsection | 19 | | (c). | 20 | | (a-15) Of the at large judgeships of the 12th judicial | 21 | | circuit not affected by subsection (a-10), the first 2 that | 22 | | are or become vacant on or after the effective date of this | 23 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall become | 24 | | resident judgeships of the 12th judicial circuit to be | 25 | | allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection (c) and filled | 26 | | by election, except that the Supreme Court may fill those |
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| 1 | | judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a vacated term | 2 | | until the resident judgeships are filled initially by | 3 | | election. | 4 | | (a-20) As used in subsections (a-10) and (a-15), a vacancy | 5 | | does not include the
expiration of a term of an at large or | 6 | | resident judge who seeks
retention in that office at the next | 7 | | term.
| 8 | | (b) The 12th circuit shall have 6 additional resident | 9 | | judgeships, as well
as
its existing resident judgeship as | 10 | | established in subsection (a-10), and existing at large | 11 | | judgeships, for a
total of 15 judgeships available to be | 12 | | allotted under subsection (c)
to the 10 subcircuit resident
| 13 | | judgeships. The
additional resident
judgeship created
by | 14 | | Public Act 93-541 shall be filled by election beginning at the
| 15 | | general
election in
2006. The 2 additional resident judgeships | 16 | | created by this amendatory Act of 2004 shall be filled by | 17 | | election beginning at the general election in 2008. The | 18 | | additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act | 19 | | of the 96th General Assembly shall be filled by election | 20 | | beginning at the general election in 2010. After the | 21 | | subcircuits are created by
law, the Supreme Court may fill by | 22 | | appointment the additional resident judgeships created by | 23 | | Public Act 93-541,
this
amendatory Act of 2004, and this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly until the 2006, | 25 | | 2008, or 2010
general
election, as the case may be.
| 26 | | (b-5) In addition to the number of circuit judges and |
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| 1 | | resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and | 2 | | notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on April | 3 | | 1, 2006 there shall be one additional resident judge who is a | 4 | | resident of and elected from the fourth judicial subcircuit of | 5 | | the 12th judicial circuit. That additional resident judgeship | 6 | | may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court until filled | 7 | | by election at the general election in 2008, regardless of | 8 | | whether the judgeships for subcircuits 1, 2, and 3 have been | 9 | | filled. | 10 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional | 11 | | resident judgeships
of the 12th circuit created by Public Act | 12 | | 93-541, this amendatory Act of 2004, and this amendatory Act | 13 | | of the 96th General Assembly, (ii)
the second vacancy in the at | 14 | | large and resident judgeships of the 12th
circuit as provided | 15 | | in subsection (a-10),
and (iii) the 2 formerly at large | 16 | | judgeships described in subsection (a-15) as they become | 17 | | available, for election from the
various
subcircuits until, | 18 | | with the additional judge of the fourth subcircuit described | 19 | | in subsection (b-5), there are 2 resident judges to be elected | 20 | | from each
subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of the 12th | 21 | | circuit serving on
August 18, 2003 shall be
required to change | 22 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 23 | | to seek retention in office as at large or resident judgeships | 24 | | are allotted by
the
Supreme Court in accordance with this | 25 | | Section.
| 26 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall |
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| 1 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 2 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 3 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 4 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 5 | | at large thereafter.
| 6 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit | 7 | | shall be filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 8 | | Illinois Constitution, except as otherwise provided in this | 9 | | Section.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20 .)
| 11 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
| 12 | | Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits; additional resident | 13 | | judgeship.
| 14 | | (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | 15 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 16 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 17 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 18 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 19 | | numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That numerical
order | 20 | | shall
be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships | 21 | | are assigned to the
subcircuits.
Once a resident judgeship is
| 22 | | assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to
| 23 | | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 24 | | (a-5) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 25 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of |
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| 1 | | the 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 2 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 3 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 4 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 5 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 6 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 7 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 8 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 9 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 10 | | subcircuit. | 11 | | (b) Other than the resident judgeship added by this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the 22nd circuit | 13 | | shall have one additional resident judgeship, as well as its 3 | 14 | | existing resident judgeships, for a total of 4 resident | 15 | | judgeships to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident | 16 | | judgeships. The additional resident judgeship created by this | 17 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be filled by | 18 | | election beginning at the general election in 2006 and shall | 19 | | not be filled by appointment before the general election in | 20 | | 2006.
The number of resident judgeships allotted to | 21 | | subcircuits of the 22nd judicial circuit pursuant to this | 22 | | Section, and the resident judgeship added by this amendatory | 23 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall constitute all the | 24 | | resident judgeships of the 22nd judicial circuit.
| 25 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all eligible | 26 | | vacancies in
resident
judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing |
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| 1 | | on or occurring on or after August 18, 2003 and not filled at | 2 | | the 2004 general election, (ii) the resident
judgeships of the | 3 | | 22nd circuit filled at the 2004 general election as
those | 4 | | judgeships thereafter become vacant,
and (iii) the additional | 5 | | resident judgeship of the 22nd circuit created by this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, for election from | 7 | | the
various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to | 8 | | be elected from each
subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 22nd | 9 | | circuit serving on
August 18, 2003 shall be
required to change | 10 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 11 | | to seek retention in office as resident judgeships are | 12 | | allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
| 13 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 14 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 15 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 16 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 17 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 18 | | at large thereafter.
| 19 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit | 20 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 21 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20 .)
| 23 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-6) | 24 | | Sec. 2f-6. 17th judicial circuit; subcircuits. | 25 | | (a) The 17th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. |
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| 1 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 2 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 3 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 4 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 5 | | numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That
numerical order | 6 | | shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
| 7 | | are assigned to
the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is | 8 | | assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall continue to be assigned to | 9 | | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 10 | | (a-5) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 11 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of | 12 | | the 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 13 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 14 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 15 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 16 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 17 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 18 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 19 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 20 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 21 | | subcircuit. | 22 | | (a-10) Of the 17th circuit's 9 circuit judgeships existing | 23 | | on April 7, 2005 (6 at large and
3 resident), but not including | 24 | | the one resident judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the | 25 | | 96th General Assembly, the 3 resident judgeships shall be | 26 | | allotted as 17th circuit resident judgeships under
subsection |
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| 1 | | (c) as those resident judgeships
are or become vacant on or | 2 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 3 | | General Assembly. Of the 17th circuit's associate judgeships, | 4 | | the first associate judgeship that is or becomes vacant on or | 5 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 6 | | General Assembly shall become a resident judgeship of the 17th | 7 | | circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection | 8 | | (c) as a resident subcircuit judgeship. These resident | 9 | | judgeships, and the one resident judgeship added by this | 10 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall constitute | 11 | | all of the resident judgeships of the 17th circuit. As used in | 12 | | this subsection, a vacancy does not include the
expiration of | 13 | | a term of a resident judge who seeks
retention in that office | 14 | | at the next term. A vacancy does not exist or occur at the | 15 | | expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate judge | 16 | | is reappointed.
| 17 | | (b) The 17th circuit shall have a total of 4 judgeships (3 | 18 | | resident judgeships existing on April 7, 2005 and one | 19 | | associate judgeship), but not including the one resident | 20 | | judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 21 | | Assembly, available to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit | 22 | | resident judgeships.
| 23 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the 3 resident
| 24 | | judgeships of the 17th circuit existing on April 7, 2005 as | 25 | | they are or become vacant as provided in subsection (a-10) and | 26 | | (ii) the one associate judgeship converted into a resident |
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| 1 | | judgeship of the 17th circuit as it is or becomes vacant as | 2 | | provided in subsection (a-10),
for election from the
various
| 3 | | subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected | 4 | | from each
subcircuit.
No resident or associate judge of the | 5 | | 17th circuit serving on
the effective date of this amendatory | 6 | | Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change | 7 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 8 | | to seek retention or reappointment in office as resident | 9 | | judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance | 10 | | with this Section.
| 11 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 12 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 13 | | holds that office.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 14 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 15 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 16 | | at large thereafter.
| 17 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 17th circuit | 18 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 19 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20 .) | 21 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-9) | 22 | | Sec. 2f-9. 16th judicial circuit; subcircuits. | 23 | | (a) The 16th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | 24 | | Subcircuits 1, 2, and 4 of the 16th circuit in existence on | 25 | | April 15, 2011 shall continue to use their established |
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| 1 | | boundaries in the new 16th circuit as of December 3, 2012. | 2 | | Subcircuit 3 in existence on April 15, 2011 shall continue to | 3 | | use its established boundary until December 3, 2012. For a | 4 | | judge elected to subcircuit 3 as of April 15, 2011, the current | 5 | | boundaries in existence as of April 15, 2011 shall continue | 6 | | until the conclusion of the existing term of office, following | 7 | | the 2012 general election, and upon the conclusion of the | 8 | | existing term of office, the new boundary shall go into | 9 | | effect. The new boundary for subcircuit 3 shall contain and be | 10 | | made up of the following townships in the County of Kane, | 11 | | excluding the portions of the townships currently served by | 12 | | subcircuit 1, 2, or 4: Aurora, Blackberry, Big Rock, | 13 | | Burlington, Campton, Dundee, Elgin, Hampshire, Kaneville, | 14 | | Plato, Rutland, Sugar Grove, and Virgil. The
subcircuits shall | 15 | | be
compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population. | 16 | | The General
Assembly by law shall
create the subcircuits, | 17 | | using population
data as
determined by the 2000 federal | 18 | | census, and
shall determine a numerical order for the 4 | 19 | | subcircuits. That
numerical order shall be the basis for the | 20 | | order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to
the | 21 | | subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is assigned to a | 22 | | subcircuit, it
shall continue to be assigned to that | 23 | | subcircuit for all purposes.
| 24 | | (a-5) In 2022 In 2021 , the General Assembly shall redraw | 25 | | the boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of | 26 | | the 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall |
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| 1 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 2 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 3 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 4 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 5 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 6 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 7 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 8 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 9 | | subcircuit. | 10 | | (b) (Blank).
| 11 | | (c) No resident judge of the 16th circuit serving on
the | 12 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 13 | | Assembly shall be
required to change his or her residency in | 14 | | order to continue serving in office
or
to seek retention in | 15 | | office as judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in | 16 | | accordance with this Section.
No resident judge elected from a | 17 | | subcircuit serving on the effective date of this amendatory | 18 | | Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be required to change | 19 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in or to seek | 20 | | retention in office until the 2012 general election, or until | 21 | | the conclusion of the existing term. | 22 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 23 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 24 | | holds that office.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 25 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 26 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit |
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| 1 | | at large thereafter.
A resident judge elected from a | 2 | | subcircuit after January 1, 2011, must retain residency as a | 3 | | registered voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from | 4 | | the circuit at large thereafter. | 5 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 16th circuit | 6 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 7 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 101-477, eff. 6-1-20 .) | 9 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 10 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 11 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 12 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 13 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 14 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 15 | | Public Act. | 16 | | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | 17 | | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.".
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