Public Act 100-1110
 
HB2477 EnrolledLRB100 08694 MLM 18829 b

    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
3-4 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/3-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4)
    Sec. 3-4. No patient who has resided for less than 180 days
in of any hospital or mental institution in this State, shall
by virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution
be deemed a resident or legal voter in the town, city, village
or election district or precinct in which such hospital or
mental institution may be situated; but every such person shall
be deemed a resident of the town, city, village or election
district or precinct in which he resided next prior to becoming
a patient of such hospital or mental institution. However, the
term "hospital" does not include skilled nursing facilities.
(Source: P.A. 79-1123.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.