Full Text of SB0035 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 7-8 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | 8 | | one or two
members from each congressional district in the | 9 | | State and shall be elected as
follows:
| 10 | | State Central Committee
| 11 | | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of
1983 the State central committee of each | 13 | | political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | 14 | | which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the | 15 | | State central committee of that party.
| 16 | | Alternative A. In each congressional district at the | 17 | | general primary election held in 2014 and every 4 years | 18 | | thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number of | 19 | | votes of the party's male candidates for State central | 20 | | committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest | 21 | | number of votes of the party's female candidates for State | 22 | | central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State | 23 | | central committeeman and State central committeewoman from the |
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| 1 | | district. At the general primary election held in 2014 and | 2 | | every 4 years thereafter, if all of a party's candidates for | 3 | | State central committeemen or State central committeewomen | 4 | | from a congressional district are of the same sex, the | 5 | | candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 6 | | declared elected a State central committeeman or State central | 7 | | committeewoman from the district, and, because of a failure to | 8 | | elect one male and one female to the committee, a vacancy shall | 9 | | be declared to exist in the office of the second member of the | 10 | | State central committee from the district. This vacancy shall | 11 | | be filled by appointment by the congressional committee of the | 12 | | political party, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy | 13 | | shall be a resident of the congressional district and of the | 14 | | sex opposite that of the committeeman or committeewoman elected | 15 | | at the general primary election. Each congressional committee | 16 | | shall make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in | 17 | | paragraph (e) of this Section. | 18 | | To qualify as a candidate for election or appointment as a | 19 | | State central committeeman or committeewoman, a person must | 20 | | have voted in 3 of the 4 most recent primary elections of the | 21 | | political party operating under this Alternative A. | 22 | | Whenever At the primary in
1970 and at the general primary | 23 | | election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
elector | 24 | | may vote for one candidate of his party for member of the State
| 25 | | central committee for the congressional district in which he | 26 | | resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number of votes |
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| 1 | | shall be declared
elected State central committeeman from the | 2 | | district. A political party
may, in lieu of the foregoing, by a | 3 | | majority vote of delegates at any State
convention of such | 4 | | party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
| 5 | | committeemen in the manner following:
| 6 | | At the county convention held by such political party State | 7 | | central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as | 8 | | provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | 9 | | county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | 10 | | election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | 11 | | elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
as | 12 | | his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, | 13 | | part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | 14 | | election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying | 15 | | partially within one
congressional district and partially | 16 | | within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | 17 | | precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | 18 | | congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
| 19 | | township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | 20 | | district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | 21 | | township or precinct
committeeman residing within the | 22 | | congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | 23 | | ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | 24 | | precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
| 25 | | political party for one candidate of his party for member of | 26 | | the State
central committee for the congressional district in |
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| 1 | | which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | 2 | | committee shall report the results of
the election to the State | 3 | | Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | 4 | | the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
| 5 | | State central committeeman for that congressional district.
| 6 | | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | 7 | | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | 8 | | members of the State central
committee.
| 9 | | After the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | 10 | | General
Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of | 11 | | Chairman of a State
central committee, or at the end of the | 12 | | term of office of Chairman, the State
central committee of each | 13 | | political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a | 14 | | Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State | 15 | | Central
Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in | 16 | | this State and of the same political party as the State
central | 17 | | committee.
| 18 | | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | 19 | | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | 20 | | person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | 21 | | that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | 22 | | the State central committee until his or her successor
is | 23 | | elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | 24 | | congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | 25 | | on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | 26 | | each congressional district at the
general primary election |
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| 1 | | held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | 2 | | receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
| 3 | | candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | 4 | | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | 5 | | female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | 6 | | declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | 7 | | committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | 8 | | election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
| 9 | | party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | 10 | | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | 11 | | same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | 12 | | shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | 13 | | central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a | 14 | | failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | 15 | | vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | 16 | | member of the State central
committee from the district. This | 17 | | vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | 18 | | committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
| 19 | | fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | 20 | | district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | 21 | | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | 22 | | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | 23 | | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
| 24 | | The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | 25 | | provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | 26 | | committee's members.
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| 1 | | Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the | 2 | | selection of
the Chairman of the State central committee, under | 3 | | both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee | 4 | | of each political party shall be composed of members elected
or | 5 | | appointed from the several congressional districts of the | 6 | | State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | 7 | | members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | 8 | | after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | 9 | | the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a chairman, | 10 | | and may at such time
elect such officers from among their own | 11 | | number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. | 12 | | The outgoing chairman of the State
central committee of the | 13 | | party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of | 14 | | the State central committee elected at the primary of the
time | 15 | | and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings | 16 | | of
the State central committee, each State central committeeman | 17 | | and State
central committeewoman shall have one vote for each | 18 | | ballot voted in his or her
congressional district by the | 19 | | primary electors of his or her party at the
primary election | 20 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
| 21 | | committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central | 22 | | committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled | 23 | | by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees | 24 | | of the
political party
of the counties located within the | 25 | | congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if | 26 | | applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
political
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| 1 | | party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located | 2 | | within the
congressional
district. If the congressional | 3 | | district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly within a
| 4 | | county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township | 5 | | committeemen
of the political party in that congressional | 6 | | district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the | 7 | | vacancy, each chairman of a county central
committee and
each | 8 | | ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000
or
more | 9 | | inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each | 10 | | precinct of
the congressional district in which the vacancy | 11 | | exists of
his or her
county, township, or ward cast by the | 12 | | primary electors of his or her party
at the
primary election | 13 | | immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
| 14 | | State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the | 15 | | vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in | 16 | | which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and , in a | 17 | | committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of | 18 | | the
same
sex as his or her
predecessor. A political party may, | 19 | | by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of | 20 | | such party, determine to return
to the election of State | 21 | | central committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the | 22 | | vote of primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party | 23 | | at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | 24 | | reported to the State Board of Elections by the
chairman and | 25 | | secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
| 26 | | The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory |
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| 1 | | Act of the 97th General Assembly apply to State central | 2 | | committees elected at or after the 2014 general primary. | 3 | | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
| 4 | | (b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary | 5 | | election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | 6 | | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | 7 | | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeman. Each | 8 | | candidate for ward committeeman
must be a resident of and in | 9 | | the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The | 10 | | one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward | 11 | | committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary | 12 | | election
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4 | 13 | | years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a | 14 | | population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a | 15 | | population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of | 16 | | his party for township committeeman. Each
candidate for | 17 | | township committeeman must be a resident of and in the
township | 18 | | or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
| 19 | | population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a | 20 | | population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part | 21 | | of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeman. The | 22 | | one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township | 23 | | committeeman of such party for such
township or part of a | 24 | | township. At the primary
in 1970 and at the general primary | 25 | | election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except | 26 | | in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
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| 1 | | for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
| 2 | | committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | 3 | | a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | 4 | | elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | 5 | | number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such | 6 | | party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | 7 | | shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | 8 | | party.
| 9 | | Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected | 10 | | under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | 11 | | committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | 12 | | second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | 13 | | in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | 14 | | 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
| 15 | | committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | 16 | | committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | 17 | | year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the | 18 | | office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | 19 | | ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | 20 | | such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | 21 | | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | 22 | | precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | 23 | | appointed.
| 24 | | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | 25 | | the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | 26 | | assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the |
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| 1 | | Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set | 2 | | forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | 3 | | organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | 4 | | Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | 5 | | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | 6 | | his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
| 7 | | County Central Committee
| 8 | | (d) The county central committee of each political party in | 9 | | each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | 10 | | precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | 11 | | party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | 12 | | county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | 13 | | have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | 14 | | primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | 15 | | elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
| 16 | | each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | 17 | | case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 18 | | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 19 | | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 20 | | county central committee; and
in the organization and | 21 | | proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | 22 | | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
| 23 | | ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 24 | | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 25 | | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 26 | | county central committee.
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| 1 | | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
| 2 | | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | 3 | | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
| 4 | | various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | 5 | | that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of | 6 | | review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | 7 | | of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | 8 | | committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | 9 | | or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
| 10 | | the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | 11 | | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | 12 | | review election district committee; and
in the organization and | 13 | | proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | 14 | | ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
| 15 | | his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | 16 | | primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | 17 | | immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review | 18 | | election district committee.
| 19 | | Congressional Committee
| 20 | | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | 21 | | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | 22 | | county central
committees of the counties composing the | 23 | | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | 24 | | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the | 25 | | precinct
committeemen, township committeemen and ward | 26 | | committeemen, if any, of
the party representing the precincts |
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| 1 | | within the limits of the
congressional district, shall compose | 2 | | the congressional committee. The A
State central committeeman | 3 | | and committeewoman in each district shall be members a member | 4 | | and the
co-chairpersons chairman or, when a district has 2 | 5 | | State central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the congressional | 6 | | committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case | 7 | | of a tie.
| 8 | | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | 9 | | committees
composed of precinct committeemen or township | 10 | | committeemen or ward
committeemen, or any combination thereof, | 11 | | each precinct committeeman
shall have one vote for each ballot | 12 | | voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at | 13 | | the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeman | 14 | | shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or | 15 | | part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors | 16 | | of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
| 17 | | meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward | 18 | | committeeman shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each | 19 | | precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by | 20 | | the primary electors of his party at
the primary election | 21 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional | 22 | | committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
| 23 | | congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county | 24 | | central
committees of the counties within such district, each | 25 | | chairman of such
county central committee shall have one vote | 26 | | for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of |
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| 1 | | his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the | 2 | | meeting of the congressional committee.
| 3 | | Judicial District Committee
| 4 | | (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | 5 | | in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | 6 | | the county
central committees of the counties composing the | 7 | | judicial district.
| 8 | | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | 9 | | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | 10 | | committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | 11 | | of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | 12 | | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | 13 | | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | 14 | | the judicial district committee.
| 15 | | Circuit Court Committee
| 16 | | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | 17 | | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | 18 | | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | 19 | | composing the judicial
circuit.
| 20 | | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | 21 | | committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | 22 | | have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | 23 | | primary electors of his party at the
primary election | 24 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
| 25 | | committee.
| 26 | | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
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| 1 | | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | 2 | | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | 3 | | into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | 4 | | committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial | 5 | | subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | 6 | | the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | 7 | | other than Cook County.
| 8 | | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | 9 | | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | 10 | | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | 11 | | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | 12 | | primary electors of his party at the primary election
| 13 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | 14 | | committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | 15 | | each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | 16 | | case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | 17 | | of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | 18 | | meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | 19 | | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
| 20 | | ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | 21 | | subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | 22 | | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial | 23 | | subcircuit committee.
| 24 | | Municipal Central Committee
| 25 | | (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | 26 | | shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward |
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| 1 | | committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | 2 | | the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated | 3 | | town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | 4 | | or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall | 5 | | be the same as his voting strength on the county central
| 6 | | committee.
| 7 | | For political parties, other than a statewide political | 8 | | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | 9 | | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | 10 | | the party officers of the local established party. The party | 11 | | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | 12 | | chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | 13 | | and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | 14 | | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | 15 | | vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | 16 | | and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | 17 | | candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
| 18 | | shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | 19 | | primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | 20 | | of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | 21 | | party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | 22 | | officers.
| 23 | | Powers
| 24 | | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | 25 | | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | 26 | | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. |
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| 1 | | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | 2 | | to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | 3 | | person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | 4 | | to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | 5 | | proper and necessary subcommittees.
| 6 | | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | 7 | | elects it
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | 8 | | Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | 9 | | selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | 10 | | of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | 11 | | a national political party.
| 12 | | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | 13 | | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | 14 | | central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | 15 | | central committee of a political party which elects its members | 16 | | by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | 17 | | shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | 18 | | committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | 19 | | entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | 20 | | which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | 21 | | was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | 22 | | committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | 23 | | within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | 24 | | ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy the | 25 | | county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | 26 | | as the case may be shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in |
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| 1 | | his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | 2 | | Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at | 3 | | the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
| 4 | | central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy | 5 | | when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | 6 | | its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | 7 | | Section.
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | 9 | | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | 10 | | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | 11 | | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | 12 | | conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | 13 | | a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | 14 | | automatically become vacant.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-699, | 16 | | eff. 11-9-07.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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