Public Act 0628 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5123 Enrolled LRB100 20056 MJP 35338 b

Public Act 100-0628

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 6A-7 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)

Sec. 6A-7. Dissolution.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any Any county which has established a board of election commissioners may subsequently vote to dissolve abandon such board in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the vote of the electors of the county the proposition to dissolve abandon the board of election commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the registered voters of the county.

(b) A county board in a county that has established a county board of election commissioners in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 6A-1 of the Election Code may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve the county board of election commissioners and transfer its functions to the county clerk.

(Source: P.A. 87-1247.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2019