Public Act 099-0935
 
SB3319 EnrolledLRB099 16706 MLM 41045 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    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
12-5 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/12-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 12-5)
    Sec. 12-5. Notice for public questions.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for For
all elections held after July 1, 1999, notice of public
questions shall be required only as set forth in this Section
or as set forth in Section 17-3 or 19-3 of the School Code. Not
more than 30 days nor less than 10 days before the date of a
regular election at which a public question is to be submitted
to the voters of a political or governmental subdivision, and
at least 20 days before an emergency referendum, the election
authority shall publish notice of the referendum. The notice
shall be published once in a local, community newspaper having
general circulation in the political or governmental
subdivision. The notice shall also be given at least 10 days
before the date of the election by posting a copy of the notice
at the principal office of the election authority. The local
election official shall also post a copy of the notice at the
principal office of the political or governmental subdivision,
or if there is no principal office at the building in which the
governing body of the political or governmental subdivision
held its first meeting of the calendar year in which the
referendum is being held. The election authority and the
political or governmental subdivision may, but are not required
to, post the notice electronically on their World Wide Web
pages. The notice, which shall appear over the name or title of
the election authority, shall be substantially in the following
form:
        NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the election to be held
    on (insert day of the week), (insert date of election), the
    following proposition will be submitted to the voters of
    (name of political or governmental subdivision):
    (insert the public question as it will appear on the
    ballot)
        The polls at the election will be open at 6:00 o'clock
    A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o'clock P.M.
    of that day.
        Dated (date of notice)
        (Name or title of the election authority)
The notice shall also include any additional information
required by the statute authorizing the public question. The
notice may include an explanation, in neutral and plain
language, of the question and its purposes supplied by the
governing body of the political or governmental subdivision to
whose voters the question is to be submitted. The notice shall
set forth the precincts and polling places at which the
referendum will be conducted only in the case of emergency
referenda.
    (b) Notice of any public question published in a local,
community newspaper having general circulation in the
political or governmental subdivision to which such public
question relates more than 30 days but not more than 35 days
prior to the general election held on November 8, 2016 that
otherwise complies with the requirements of this Section is
sufficient notice to satisfy the newspaper publication
requirement of this Section, such notice shall for all purposes
be deemed to have been given in accordance with this Section,
any bonds approved by the voters at such election are hereby
authorized to be issued in accordance with applicable law
without further referendum approval and taxes to be levied
pursuant to any limiting rate increases approved by the voters
at such election are hereby authorized to be levied and
extended without further referendum approval.
(Source: P.A. 92-6, eff. 6-7-01; 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 02/17/2017