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Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
Filed: 4/14/2026
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 690
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 690 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3-2007 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-2007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2007) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-2007. Office quarters and hours; violation. |
| 8 | | (a) The county clerk shall keep the clerk's office at the |
| 9 | | court house of the county, or at such other place as may be |
| 10 | | provided for the clerk by the authorities of such county seat |
| 11 | | and shall keep the office open and attend to the duties |
| 12 | | thereof: |
| 13 | | (1) (a) In counties of 500,000 or more population from |
| 14 | | 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. of each working day except Saturday |
| 15 | | afternoons and legal holidays, but the clerk may open the |
| 16 | | office at 8 a. m. on each working day: |
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| 1 | | (2) (b) In counties of less than 500,000 population |
| 2 | | from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. of each working day except |
| 3 | | Saturdays and legal holidays, but in such counties the |
| 4 | | office shall remain open until noon the Saturday before |
| 5 | | general, primary or special election days. |
| 6 | | Except as otherwise required under subsection (b), all |
| 7 | | county clerk's offices must be closed for all legal holidays. |
| 8 | | The Provided, that the days on which the county clerk's such |
| 9 | | office shall be open and the hours of opening and closing of |
| 10 | | the office of the county clerk, except for any day that is a |
| 11 | | legal holiday, may be changed and otherwise fixed and |
| 12 | | determined by the county board of any county. Any such action |
| 13 | | taken by the county board shall be by an appropriate |
| 14 | | resolution passed at a regular meeting. |
| 15 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |
| 16 | | when any election is held and the results of such election are |
| 17 | | required by law to be returned to the county clerk, the office |
| 18 | | of the county clerk shall remain open for the purpose of |
| 19 | | receiving such results from the time of opening of the polls |
| 20 | | until the returns from each precinct have been received. |
| 21 | | (c) Any county clerk who fails to keep the clerk's office |
| 22 | | open for the purpose of receiving election returns as required |
| 23 | | by this Section commits a business offense, and shall be fined |
| 24 | | not less than $500 nor more than $5,000. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)". |