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Public Act 098-0594
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| SB1689 Enrolled | LRB098 08930 HLH 39062 b |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
7-67 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/7-67 new) |
Sec. 7-67. Nominations; regional superintendents of |
schools. |
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, |
this Section shall apply only to the making of nominations for |
established party candidates for regional superintendent of |
schools in the 2014 general primary election. |
(b) A candidate's petition for nomination must contain at |
least 200 signatures or the number of signatures equal to 0.5% |
of the primary electors of his or her party in the territory |
comprising the county or counties, whichever is less. For |
purposes of this subsection, the number of primary electors |
shall be determined by taking the total votes cast in the |
applicable district for the candidate for that political party |
who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the |
last general election in the State at which electors for |
President of the United States were elected. |
(c) Petitions for nomination for regional superintendent |
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of schools shall be filed no earlier than December 16, 2013, |
and no later than December 23, 2013. |
(d) Petitions for single-county districts shall be filed |
with the county election authority. Petitions for multi-county |
districts shall be filed with the State Board of Elections. |
Signatures and circulator statements on petitions for |
nomination filed with the State Board of Elections or county |
election authority during the filing period for nominations |
shall not be deemed invalid for the sole reason that the |
petitions were circulated between 90 and 111 days before the |
last day for filing petitions. |
(e) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of |
this Section and any other provision of this Code, the |
provisions of this Section shall control.
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Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
3A-4 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/3A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-4)
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Sec. 3A-4. Mandatory consolidation of educational service |
regions.
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(a) After July 1, 2015,
each
region must contain at least |
61,000 inhabitants. Before June 30, 2013, regions may be |
consolidated
voluntarily under Section 3A-3 or by joint |
resolution of the county boards of
regions seeking to join a |
voluntary consolidation, effective July 1, 2015, to meet these |
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population
requirements. The boundaries of regions already |
meeting these population
requirements on the effective date of |
Public Act 97-703 this amendatory Act of the 97th General |
Assembly may not be
changed except to consolidate with another |
region or a whole county portion of
another region which does |
not meet these population requirements.
If, before November 1, |
2013 January 1, 2014, locally determined consolidation |
decisions result in more than 35 regions of
population greater |
than 61,000 each, the State Board of Education shall, before |
November 23, 2013 June 1, 2014, direct
further consolidation, |
beginning with the region of lowest population, until
the |
number of 35 regions is achieved.
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(b) (Blank).
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(c) If, within 90 days after the most recent certified |
federal census, a region does not meet the population |
requirements of this Section, then regions may be consolidated |
voluntarily under Section 3A-3 of this Code or by joint |
resolution of the county boards of regions seeking to join a |
voluntary consolidation to meet these population requirements. |
If locally determined consolidation decisions result in a |
region not meeting the population requirements of this Section |
or result in more than 35 regions, then the State Board of |
Education shall have the authority to impose further |
consolidation by order of the State Superintendent of |
Education. Such an order shall be a final order and is subject |
to the Administrative Review Law.
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