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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
5 Sections 1A-16 and 2A-12.1 and changing Sections 2A-12, 7-4,
6 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 13-1.1, and 14-3.2 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/1A-16 new)
8 Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; Internet
9 posting. The State Board of Elections must post on its World
10 Wide Web site the following information:
11 (1) A full description of the National Voter
12 Registration Act of 1993, including a description of how
13 the Act is implemented in Illinois.
14 (2) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses,
15 phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
16 clerks, election officials, and boards of election
17 commissioners in Illinois.
18 (3) A downloadable, printable voter registration
19 form, in English and in Spanish, that a citizen may
20 complete and mail to the appropriate county clerk,
21 election official, or board of election commissioners.
22 Any forms provided under this paragraph (3) must
23 prominently inform the person using the form that he or
24 she must cast his or her votes in person, whether or not
25 the person is voting by absentee ballot, the first time
26 the person votes following his or her registration by
27 mail.
28 (10 ILCS 5/2A-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-12)
29 Sec. 2A-12. Board of Review - Time of Election. Unless
30 Section 2A-12.1 provides otherwise, a member of the Board of
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1 Review in any county which elects members of a Board of
2 Review shall be elected, at each general election which
3 immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any
4 incumbent member, to succeed each member whose term ends
5 before the following general election.
6 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/2A-12.1 new)
8 Sec. 2A-12.1. Board of review in counties of 3,000,000
9 or more inhabitants. In each county with 3,000,000 or more
10 inhabitants that elects a board of review, that board of
11 review shall be elected as provided by subsection (c) of
12 Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code.
13 (10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
14 Sec. 7-4. The following words and phrases in this Article
15 7 shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be
16 construed as follows:
17 1. The word "primary" the primary elections provided for
18 in this Article, which are the general primary, the
19 consolidated primary, and for those municipalities which have
20 annual partisan elections for any officer, the municipal
21 primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
22 date in even numbered years.
23 2. The definition of terms in Section 1-3 of this Act
24 shall apply to this Article.
25 3. The word "precinct" a voting district heretofore or
26 hereafter established by law within which all qualified
27 electors vote at one polling place.
28 4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an
29 office to be filled, or an officer to be voted for, by
30 qualified electors of the entire state, including United
31 States Senator and Congressman at large.
32 5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional
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1 officer", representatives in Congress.
2 6. The words "county office" or "county officer,"
3 include an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for,
4 by the qualified electors of the entire county. "County
5 office" or "county officer" also include the assessor and
6 board of appeals and county commissioners and president of
7 county board of Cook County, and county board members and the
8 chairman of the county board in counties subject to "An Act
9 relating to the composition and election of county boards in
10 certain counties", enacted by the 76th General Assembly, and
11 the board of review in counties of 3,000,000 or more
12 inhabitants.
13 7. The words "city office" and "village office," and
14 "incorporated town office" or "city officer" and "village
15 officer", and "incorporated town officer" an office to be
16 filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified
17 electors of the entire municipality, including aldermen.
18 8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office
19 to be filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified
20 electors of an entire town.
21 9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall
22 respectively be defined as in Section 1-3 of this Act.
23 10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to
24 National nominating conventions" include all delegates and
25 alternate delegates to National nominating conventions
26 whether they be elected from the state at large or from
27 congressional districts or selected by State convention
28 unless contrary and non-inclusive language specifically
29 limits the term to one class.
30 11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of
31 the Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Court.
32 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
33 (10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
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1 Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in
2 certain instances as provided in this Article and this Act,
3 the following committees are authorized and shall constitute
4 the central or managing committees of each political party,
5 viz: A State central committee, a congressional committee for
6 each congressional district, a county central committee for
7 each county, a municipal central committee for each city,
8 incorporated town or village, a ward committeeman for each
9 ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more; a
10 township committeeman for each township or part of a township
11 that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
12 more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a
13 precinct committeeman for each precinct in counties having a
14 population of less than 2,000,000; a county board district
15 committee for each county board district created under
16 Division 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's Attorney
17 committee for each group of 2 or more counties which jointly
18 elect a State's Attorney; a Superintendent of Multi-County
19 Educational Service Region committee for each group of 2 or
20 more counties which jointly elect a Superintendent of a
21 Multi-County Educational Service Region; and a judicial
22 subcircuit committee in Cook County for each judicial
23 subcircuit in Cook County; and a board of review election
24 district committee for counties of 3,000,000 or more
25 population for each board of review election district in Cook
26 County.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
29 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
30 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
31 State and shall be elected as follows:
32 State Central Committee
33 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
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1 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
2 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
3 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
4 State central committee of that party.
5 Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday
6 in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
7 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
8 of his party for member of the State central committee for
9 the congressional district in which he resides. The
10 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
11 declared elected State central committeeman from the
12 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
13 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
14 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
15 committeemen in the manner following:
16 At the county convention held by such political party
17 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
18 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
19 officers of the county central committee, and such election
20 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
21 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
22 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
23 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
24 in the last preceding primary election of his political
25 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
26 congressional district and partially within another
27 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
28 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
29 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
30 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
31 congressional district which encompasses more than one
32 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
33 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
34 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
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1 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
2 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
3 member of the State central committee for the congressional
4 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
5 central committee shall report the results of the election to
6 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
7 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
8 votes elected State central committeeman for that
9 congressional district.
10 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
11 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
12 of members of the State central committee.
13 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
14 91st General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the
15 office of Chairman of a State central committee, or at the
16 end of the term of office of Chairman, the State central
17 committee of each political party that has selected
18 Alternative A shall elect a Chairman who shall not be
19 required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
20 Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
21 same political party as the State central committee.
22 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
23 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
24 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
25 member for that congressional district to serve as an
26 additional member of the State central committee until his or
27 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
28 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
29 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
30 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
31 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
32 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
33 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
34 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
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1 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
2 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
3 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
4 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
5 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
6 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
7 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
8 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
9 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
10 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
11 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
12 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
13 second member of the State central committee from the
14 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
15 congressional committee of the political party, and the
16 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
17 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
18 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
19 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
20 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
21 paragraph (e) of this Section.
22 The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
23 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
24 committee's members.
25 Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to
26 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
27 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
28 committee of each political party shall be composed of
29 members elected or appointed from the several congressional
30 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons
31 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee
32 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
33 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
34 by electing a chairman, and may at such time elect such
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1 officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
2 may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
3 State central committee of the party shall, 10 days before
4 the meeting, notify each member of the State central
5 committee elected at the primary of the time and place of
6 such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of the
7 State central committee, each State central committeeman and
8 State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
9 ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
10 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
11 immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
12 committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
13 committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
14 by appointment of the chairmen of the county central
15 committees of the political party of the counties located
16 within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
17 and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
18 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
19 located within the congressional district. If the
20 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
21 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
22 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
23 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
24 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
25 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
26 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
27 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district
28 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township,
29 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
30 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to
31 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
32 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
33 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
34 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
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1 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
2 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
3 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
4 return to the election of State central committeeman and
5 State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
6 Any action taken by a political party at a State convention
7 in accordance with this Section shall be reported to the
8 State Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of
9 such convention within 10 days after such action.
10 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
11 (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
12 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
13 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for
14 one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman.
15 Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of
16 and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
17 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
18 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
19 At the primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
20 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
21 counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more,
22 outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more,
23 may vote for one candidate of his party for township
24 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
25 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
26 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
27 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
28 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
29 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
30 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
31 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
32 primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every 2
33 years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties
34 having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one
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1 candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
2 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must
3 be a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
4 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
5 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
6 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
7 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
8 party.
9 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
10 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
11 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
12 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
13 provided in this Section for certain State central
14 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
15 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
16 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
17 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
18 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
19 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
20 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
21 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
22 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
23 has not been elected or appointed.
24 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
25 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
26 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
27 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
28 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
29 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
30 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
31 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
32 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
33 County Central Committee
34 (d) The county central committee of each political party
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1 in each county shall consist of the various township
2 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
3 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
4 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
5 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
6 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
7 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
8 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
9 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
10 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
11 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
12 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
13 the organization and proceedings of the county central
14 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
15 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
16 party at the primary election for the nomination of
17 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
18 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
19 Board of Review Election District Committee
20 for Counties of 3,000,000 or more Population
21 (d-1) Each board of review election district committee
22 of each political party in each county of 3,000,000 or more
23 inhabitants shall consist of the various township
24 committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of that party in
25 the county. In the organization and proceedings of each of
26 the 3 election district committees, each township
27 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
28 or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
29 the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
30 election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
31 review election district committee; and in the organization
32 and proceedings of each of the 3 election district
33 committees, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
34 each ballot voted in his or her ward by the primary electors
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1 of his or her party at the primary election immediately
2 preceding the meeting of the board of review election
3 district committee.
4 Congressional Committee
5 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
6 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
7 the county central committees of the counties composing the
8 congressional district, except that in congressional
9 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
10 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
11 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
12 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
13 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
14 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
15 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
16 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
17 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
18 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
19 vote except in case of a tie.
20 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
21 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
22 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
23 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
24 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
25 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
26 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
27 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
28 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
29 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
30 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
31 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
32 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
33 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
34 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
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1 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
2 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
3 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
4 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
5 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
6 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
7 congressional committee.
8 Judicial District Committee
9 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
10 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
11 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
12 composing the judicial district.
13 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
14 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
15 committees of the counties within such district, each
16 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
17 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
18 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
19 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
20 Circuit Court Committee
21 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
22 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
23 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
24 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
25 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
26 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
27 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
28 primary electors of his party at the primary election
29 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
30 committee.
31 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
32 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
33 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
34 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
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1 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
2 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
3 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
4 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
5 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
6 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
7 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
8 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
9 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
10 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
11 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
12 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
13 Municipal Central Committee
14 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
15 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
16 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
17 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
18 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
19 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
20 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
21 county central committee.
22 For political parties, other than a statewide political
23 party, established only within a municipality or township,
24 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
25 composed of the party officers of the local established
26 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
27 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
28 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
29 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
30 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
31 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
32 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
33 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
34 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
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1 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
2 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
3 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
4 Powers
5 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
6 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
7 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
8 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
9 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
10 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
11 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
12 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
13 (j) The State central committee of a political party
14 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
15 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
16 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
17 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
18 when approved by a national political party.
19 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
20 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
21 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
22 State central committee of a political party which elects its
23 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
24 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
25 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
26 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
27 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
28 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
29 the county central committees of those counties which lie
30 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
31 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
32 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
33 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
34 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
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1 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
2 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
3 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
4 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
5 rules of a political party which elects its members by
6 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
9 Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
10 conventions.
11 (a) On the second Monday next succeeding the primary at
12 which committeemen are elected, the county central committee
13 of each political party shall meet at the county seat of the
14 proper county and proceed to organize by electing from its
15 own number a chairman and either from its own number, or
16 otherwise, such other officers as such committee may deem
17 necessary or expedient. After the effective date of this
18 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, in counties
19 containing a population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
20 whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of chairman or at the
21 end of the term of office of chairman, the county central
22 committee of each political party that has selected
23 Alternative A under subsection (a) of Section 7-8 shall elect
24 a chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the
25 county central committee. Such meeting of the county central
26 committee shall be known as the county convention.
27 The chairman of each county committee shall within 10
28 days after the organization, forward to the State Board of
29 Elections, the names and post office addresses of the
30 officers, precinct committeemen and representative
31 committeemen elected by his political party.
32 The county convention of each political party shall
33 choose delegates to the State convention of its party; but in
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1 any county having within its limits any city having a
2 population of 200,000, or over the delegates from such city
3 shall be chosen by wards, the ward committeemen from the
4 respective wards choosing the number of delegates to which
5 such ward is entitled on the basis prescribed in paragraph
6 (e) of this Section such delegates to be members of the
7 delegation to the State convention from such county. In all
8 counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more outside
9 of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, the
10 delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships as
11 the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of
12 townships as the case may be, the township committeemen from
13 the respective townships or parts of townships as the case
14 may be choosing the number of delegates to which such
15 townships or parts of townships as the case may be are
16 entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
17 Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the
18 State convention from such county.
19 Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
20 party which elects its members by Alternative B under
21 paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State
22 Convention, ex officio.
23 Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
24 party which elects its members by Alternative B under
25 paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the
26 State Convention who must be residents of the member's
27 Congressional District.
28 (b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after
29 the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
30 thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
31 the chairman of a State central committee may issue a call
32 for a State convention within 180 days after the general
33 primary.
34 The State convention of each political party has power to
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1 make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
2 electors of President and Vice President of the United
3 States, and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent
4 determined by the State central committee as provided in
5 Section 7-14, to choose and select delegates and alternate
6 delegates at large to national nominating conventions. The
7 State Central Committee may adopt rules to provide for and
8 govern the procedures of the State convention.
9 (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention
10 shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board
11 of Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the
12 names and addresses of all persons nominated by such State
13 convention for electors of President and Vice President of
14 the United States, and of any persons selected by the State
15 convention for delegates and alternate delegates at large to
16 national nominating conventions; and the names of such
17 candidates so chosen by such State convention for electors of
18 President and Vice President of the United States, shall be
19 caused by the State Board of Elections to be printed upon the
20 official ballot at the general election, in the manner
21 required by law, and shall be certified to the various county
22 clerks of the proper counties in the manner as provided in
23 Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the certifying of the
24 names of persons nominated by any party for State offices. If
25 and as long as this Act prescribes that the names of such
26 electors be not printed on the ballot, then the names of such
27 electors shall be certified in such manner as may be
28 prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
29 (d) Each convention may perform all other functions
30 inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent
31 with this Article.
32 (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State
33 convention, the chairman of the State central committee of
34 each political party shall file in the principal office of
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1 the State Board of Elections a call for the State convention.
2 Such call shall state, among other things, the time and place
3 (designating the building or hall) for holding the State
4 convention. Such call shall be signed by the chairman and
5 attested by the secretary of the committee. In such
6 convention each county shall be entitled to one delegate for
7 each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors of the party
8 in such county at the primary to be held next after the
9 issuance of such call; and if in such county, less than 500
10 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
11 not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate
12 for such group which is less than 500, or for such group
13 representing the number of votes over the multiple of 500,
14 which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each primary
15 vote so represented by him. The call for such convention
16 shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and
17 shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be
18 calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
19 delegates be chosen.
20 (f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
21 elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
22 elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
23 in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
24 strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in
25 this Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
26 (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for
27 in this Section shall serve until their successors are
28 elected as provided in this Act.
29 (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
30 called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the
31 members of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members
32 of such committee in writing designating the time and place
33 at which such special meeting is to be held and the business
34 which it is proposed to present at such special meeting.
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1 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
2 vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
3 no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
4 committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any
5 other reason, the chairman of the county central committee of
6 the appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such
7 office by appointment of a qualified resident of the county
8 and the appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though
9 elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the
10 general primary election and the 14th day after the general
11 primary election.
12 (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the
13 State of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment
14 of Congressional Districts following a federal decennial
15 census, the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of
16 a political party which elects its State Central Committee by
17 either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
18 of Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to
19 serve as if no reapportionment had occurred until the
20 expiration of their terms.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
23 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of
24 no candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman,
25 or township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
26 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
27 to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
28 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been
29 filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
30 substantially the following form:
31 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
32 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
33 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
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1 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
2 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....
3 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
4 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
5 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
6 date).
7 Name Office Address
8 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
9 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
10 Name.................. Address.......................
11 State of Illinois)
12 ) ss.
13 County of........)
14 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
15 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
16 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a
17 citizen of the United States, and that the signatures on this
18 sheet were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that
19 to the best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing
20 were at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of
21 the .... party, and that their respective residences are
22 correctly stated, as above set forth.
23 .........................
24 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
25 .........................
26 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
27 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
28 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
29 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
30 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
31 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
32 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
33 same.
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1 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
2 electors residing in the political division for which the
3 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
4 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
5 shall be written or printed. The residence address required
6 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
7 elector's name shall include the street address or rural
8 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
9 the signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
10 However the county or city, village or town, and state of
11 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition
12 forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside
13 in the same county or city, village or town, and state.
14 Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the residence
15 address, including street number, if any. At the bottom of
16 each sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator
17 statement signed by a person 18 years of age or older who is
18 a citizen of the United States, stating the street address or
19 rural route number, as the case may be, as well as the
20 county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying that
21 the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in
22 his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
23 genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
24 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
25 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying
26 that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more
27 than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
28 petition and certifying that to the best of his or her
29 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
30 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political
31 party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall
32 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer
33 oaths in this State.
34 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
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1 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
2 filing of such petition.
3 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
4 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
5 signature from the petition, provided that:
6 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
7 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
8 and
9 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
10 certification listing the page number and line number of
11 each signature struck from the petition. Such
12 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
13 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
14 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
15 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
16 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
17 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
18 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
19 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
20 election officials, election authorities or the State Board
21 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
22 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
23 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
24 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
25 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
26 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
27 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
28 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
29 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
30 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
31 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
32 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
33 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before
34 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
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1 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
2 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
3 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn
4 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
5 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
6 substantially the following form:
7 Statement of Candidacy
8 Name Address Office District Party
9 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
10 Belvidere,
11 Illinois
12 State of Illinois)
13 ) ss.
14 County of .......)
15 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
16 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
17 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
18 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
19 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
20 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
21 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
22 election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
23 qualified (including being the holder of any license that may
24 be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek the
25 nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or
26 I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
27 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
28 Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
29 printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for
30 (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and
31 alternate delegates) such office.
32 Signed ......................
33 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
34 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
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1 Signed ....................
2 (Official Character)
3 (Seal, if officer has one.)
4 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
5 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
6 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
7 Elections, election authority or local election official with
8 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
9 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
10 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
11 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
12 accordingly.
13 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
14 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
15 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
16 the same or different offices.
17 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
18 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
19 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
20 to a National nominating convention by not less than
21 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
22 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
23 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
24 district to a national nominating convention by at least
25 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
26 congressional district, except that for the first primary
27 following a redistricting of congressional districts such
28 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
29 primary electors of the candidate's party in his
30 congressional district.
31 (c) If for a county office (including county board
32 member and chairman of the county board where elected
33 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
34 qualified electors of his party cast at the last
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1 preceding general election in his county. However, if
2 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
3 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
4 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
5 district or division in which such person is a candidate
6 for nomination; and if for county board member from a
7 county board district, then by at least .5% of the
8 qualified primary electors of his party in the county
9 board district. In the case of an election for county
10 board member to be elected from a district, for the first
11 primary following a redistricting of county board
12 districts or the initial establishment of county board
13 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
14 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
15 general election, divided by the number of county board
16 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
17 primary electors of his party in the district.
18 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at
19 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
20 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
21 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
22 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
23 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
24 the first primary following a redistricting or the
25 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
26 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
27 such political party who received the highest number of
28 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
29 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
30 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
31 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
32 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
33 ward or district.
34 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
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1 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
2 her congressional district.
3 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
4 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
5 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
6 such sanitary district.
7 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
8 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
9 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
10 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
11 primary following a reapportionment of the district such
12 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
13 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
14 district.
15 (h) If for a candidate for judicial office in a
16 district, circuit, or subcircuit, by a number of primary
17 electors at least equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
18 cast for the judicial candidate of his or her political
19 party who received the highest number of votes at the
20 last regular general election at which a judicial officer
21 from the same district, circuit, or subcircuit was
22 regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event fewer
23 than 500.
24 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
25 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
26 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
27 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
28 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
29 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
30 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
31 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
32 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
33 township or part of a township as the case may be.
34 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
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1 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
2 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
3 party in the territory comprising such counties.
4 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
5 total number of registered voters of the political
6 subdivision, district or division for which the
7 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
8 greater.
9 (l) If for a candidate for commissioner of a board
10 of review in a county with 3,000,000 inhabitants or more
11 who is elected from an election district pursuant to
12 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
13 then by at least .5% of the total number of registered
14 voters contained within his or her board of review
15 election district in the last general election at which a
16 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
17 that board of review election district. In no event
18 shall the number of signatures required be greater than
19 the number required for candidates for county-wide
20 offices and officers in that county pursuant to the first
21 sentence of subsection (c) of this Section.
22 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
23 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
24 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
25 political party who received the highest number of votes,
26 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
27 which electors for President of the United States were
28 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
29 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
30 for the candidate for such political party who received the
31 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
32 last regular election at which an officer was regularly
33 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
34 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
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1 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
2 for the candidate for such political party who received the
3 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
4 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
5 to be elected from that ward or district.
6 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
7 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
8 one party.
9 (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
10 91-358, eff. 7-29-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-129, eff.
11 7-20-01.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/13-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1.1)
13 Sec. 13-1.1. In addition to the list provided for in
14 Section 13-1 or 13-2, the chairman of the county central
15 committee of each of the two leading political parties shall
16 submit to the county board a supplemental list, arranged
17 according to precincts in which they are to serve, of persons
18 available as judges of election, the names and number of all
19 persons listed thereon to be acknowledged in writing to the
20 county chairman submitting such list by the county board.
21 Vacancies among the judges of election shall be filled by
22 selection from this supplemental list of persons qualified
23 under Section 13-4. If the list provided for in Section 13-1
24 or 13-2 for any precinct is exhausted, then selection shall
25 be made from the supplemental list submitted by the chairman
26 of the county central committee of the party. If such
27 supplemental list is exhausted for any precinct, then
28 selection shall be made from any of the persons on the
29 supplemental list without regard to the precincts in which
30 they are listed to serve. No selection or appointment from
31 the supplemental list shall be made more than 21 days prior
32 to the date of precinct registration for those judges needed
33 as precinct registrars, and more than 45 28 days prior to the
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1 date of an election for those additional persons needed as
2 election judges. In any case where selection cannot be made
3 from the supplemental list without violating Section 13-4,
4 selection shall be made from outside the supplemental list of
5 some person qualified under Section 13-4.
6 (Source: P.A. 78-888; 78-889; 78-1297.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.2)
8 Sec. 14-3.2. In addition to the list provided for in
9 Section 14-3.1, the chairman of the county central committee
10 of each of the 2 leading political parties shall furnish to
11 the board of election commissioners a supplemental list,
12 arranged according to precinct in which they are to serve, of
13 persons available as judges of election, the names and number
14 of all persons listed thereon to be acknowledged in writing
15 to the county chairman submitting such list by the board of
16 election commissioners. The board of election commissioners
17 shall select from this supplemental list persons qualified
18 under Section 14-1, to fill vacancies among the judges of
19 election. If the list provided for in Section 14-3.1 for any
20 precinct is exhausted, then selection shall be made from the
21 supplemental list furnished by the chairman of the county
22 central committee of the party. If such supplemental list is
23 exhausted for any precinct, then selection shall be made from
24 any of the persons on the supplemental list without regard to
25 the precincts in which they are listed to serve. No selection
26 or appointment from the supplemental list shall be made more
27 than 21 days prior to the date of precinct registration for
28 those judges needed as precinct registrars, and more than 45
29 28 days prior to the date of an election for those additional
30 persons needed as election judges. In any case where
31 selection cannot be made from the supplemental list without
32 violating Section 14-1, selection shall be made from outside
33 the supplemental list of some person qualified under Section
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1 14-1.
2 (Source: P. A. 78-888; 78-889; 78-1297.)
3 Section 10. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
4 adding Section 14 as follows:
5 (15 ILCS 305/14 new)
6 Sec. 14. Voter registration information. The Secretary
7 of State must post on the World Wide Web site of the Office
8 of the Secretary of State the following information:
9 (1) A full description of the National Voter
10 Registration Act of 1993, including a description of how
11 the Act is implemented in Illinois.
12 (2) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses,
13 phone numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county
14 clerks, election officials, and boards of election
15 commissioners in Illinois.
16 (3) A downloadable, printable voter registration
17 form, in English and in Spanish, that a citizen may
18 complete and mail to the appropriate county clerk,
19 election official, or board of election commissioners.
20 Any forms provided under this paragraph (3) must
21 prominently inform the person using the form that he or
22 she must cast his or her votes in person, whether or not
23 the person is voting by absentee ballot, the first time
24 the person votes following his or her registration by
25 mail.
26 The required information may be obtained from the State
27 Board of Elections.
28 Section 15. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
29 Section 5-5 as follows:
30 (35 ILCS 200/5-5)
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1 Sec. 5-5. Election of commissioners of board of review;
2 counties of 3,000,000 or more.
3 (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, on
4 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1994, 2
5 commissioners of the board of appeals shall be elected to
6 hold office from the first Monday in December following their
7 election and until the first Monday in December 1998. In case
8 of any vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court or any
9 judge of that circuit designated by the chief judge shall
10 fill the vacancy by appointment. The commissioners shall be
11 electors in the particular county at the time of their
12 election or appointment and shall hold no other lucrative
13 public office or public employment. Each commissioner shall
14 receive compensation fixed by the county board, which shall
15 be paid out of the county treasury and which shall not be
16 changed during the term for which any commissioner is elected
17 or appointed. Effective the first Monday in December 1998,
18 the board of appeals is abolished.
19 The board of appeals shall maintain sufficient
20 evidentiary records to support all decisions made by the
21 board of appeals. All records, data, sales/ratio studies,
22 and other information necessary for the board of review
23 elected under subsection (c) to perform its functions and
24 duties shall be transferred by the board of appeals to the
25 board of review on the first Monday in December 1998.
26 (b) (Blank).
27 (c) In each county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants,
28 there is created a board of review. The board of review shall
29 consist of 3 commissioners, one elected from each election
30 district in the county at the general election in 1998 to
31 hold office for a term beginning on the first Monday in
32 December following their election and until their respective
33 successors are elected and qualified.
34 No later than June 1, 1996, the General Assembly shall
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1 establish the boundaries for the 3 election districts in each
2 county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. The election
3 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and have
4 substantially the same population based on the 1990 federal
5 decennial census. One district shall be designated as the
6 first election district, one as the second election district,
7 and one as the third election district. The commissioner from
8 each district shall be elected to a term of 4 years.
9 In the year following each federal decennial census, the
10 General Assembly shall reapportion the election districts to
11 reflect the results of the census. The reapportioned
12 districts shall be compact, contiguous, and contain
13 substantially the same population. The commissioner from the
14 first district shall be elected to terms of 4 years, 4 years,
15 and 2 years. The commissioner from the second district shall
16 be elected to terms of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years. The
17 commissioner from the third district shall be elected to
18 terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years.
19 In case of vacancy, the chief judge of the circuit court
20 or any judge of the circuit court designated by the chief
21 judge shall fill the vacancy by appointment of a person from
22 the same political party. If the vacancy is filled with more
23 than 28 months remaining in the term, the appointed
24 commissioner shall serve until the next general election, at
25 which time a commissioner shall be elected to serve for the
26 remainder of the term. If a vacancy is filled with 28 months
27 or less remaining in the term, the appointment shall be for
28 the remainder of the term. No commissioner may be elected or
29 appointed to the board of review unless he or she has resided
30 in the election district he or she seeks to represent for at
31 least 2 years before the date of the election or appointment.
32 In the election following each federal decennial census and
33 board of review redistricting, a candidate for commissioner
34 may be elected from any election district that contains a
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1 part of the election district in which he or she resided at
2 the time of the redistricting and re-elected if a resident of
3 the new district he or she represents for 18 months prior to
4 re-election. The commissioners shall be electors within
5 their respective election district at the time of their
6 election or appointment and shall hold no other lucrative
7 public office or public employment.
8 Each commissioner shall receive compensation fixed by the
9 county board, which shall be paid from the county treasury.
10 Compensation for each commissioner shall be equitable and
11 shall not be changed during the term for which that
12 commissioner is elected or appointed. The county shall
13 provide suitable office space for the board of review. The
14 county board may authorize additional district and satellite
15 offices for the respective board of review commissioners, to
16 be funded by the county, upon recommendations of the board of
17 review and payable from the county treasury.
18 For the year beginning on the first Monday in December
19 1998 and ending the first Monday in December 1999, and every
20 fourth year thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the
21 commissioner elected from the first district. For the year
22 beginning the first Monday in December 1999 and ending the
23 first Monday in December 2000, and every fourth year
24 thereafter, the chair of the board shall be the commissioner
25 elected from the second district. For the year beginning the
26 first Monday in December 2000 and ending the first Monday in
27 December 2001, and every fourth year thereafter, the chair
28 shall be the commissioner elected from the third district.
29 For the year beginning the first Monday in December 2001 and
30 ending the first Monday in December 2002, and every fourth
31 year thereafter, the chair of the board shall be determined
32 by lot.
33 On and after the first Monday in December, 1998, any
34 reference in this Code to a board of appeals shall mean the
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1 board of review created under this subsection, and any
2 reference to a member of a board of review shall mean a
3 commissioner of a board of review. Whenever it may be
4 necessary for purposes of determining its jurisdiction, the
5 board of review shall be deemed to succeed to the powers and
6 duties of the former board of appeals; provided that the
7 board of review shall also have all of the powers and duties
8 granted to it under this Code. All action of the board of
9 review shall be by a majority vote of its commissioners.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-425, eff. 8-6-99.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.