Public Act 100-0746
 
HB2222 EnrolledLRB100 04065 AWJ 14070 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is 
amended  by changing Section 30-20 as follows:
 



    (75 ILCS 16/30-20)



    Sec. 30-20. Nomination of candidates; ballot. 

    (a) Nomination of candidates for election as trustees shall 
be by
petition, signed by a number of qualified voters 
equivalent to at least
2% of the votes cast at the last 
election for library trustees, or 50,
whichever is less, 
residing within the district,
and
filed with the secretary of 
the district within the time provided by the
Election Code. No 
party name or affiliation may
appear on the petition.

    (b) The names of all candidates for the office of
trustee 
shall be certified by the secretary to the proper election

authority, who shall conduct the election in accordance
with 
the Election Code.

    (c) The ballot for election of trustees shall not
designate 
any political party, platform, or political principle.
    (d) A person is not eligible to serve as a library trustee 
unless he or she is a qualified elector of the library district 
and has resided in the library district at least one year at 
the time he or she files nomination papers or a declaration of 
intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for 
appointment.
    (e) A person is not eligible to serve as a library trustee 
who, at the time of his or her appointment or filing of 
nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a 
write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of a tax or 
other indebtedness due to the library district or has been 
convicted in any court in the United States of any infamous 
crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
    (f) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th 
General Assembly apply only to candidates by petition or 
write-in candidates in the consolidated election of 2019 and 
thereafter and to all appointees appointed after the effective 
date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. 

(Source: P.A. 92-355, eff. 1-1-02.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.