94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4130


 
Introduced 10/19/2005, by Rep. Bill Mitchell
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














10 ILCS 5/17-30
  from Ch. 46, par. 17-30







    Amends the Election Code. Requires home rule municipalities within counties with a population less than 120,000 to reimburse the county for all of the costs and expenses of a consolidated primary election (now, counties required to pay). Provides that if the county contains more than one home rule municipality, then those municipalities shall share the reimbursement proportionately based on population of the municipalities.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB4130

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    AN ACT concerning elections.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing Section 
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17-30 as follows:
 



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    (10 ILCS 5/17-30)  (from Ch. 46, par. 17-30)



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    Sec. 17-30. Except as provided herein, each county shall 
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provide for
and pay the costs and expenses of all elections 
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within the county other
than within the jurisdiction of a 
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municipal Board of Election
Commissioners, as well as the costs 
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expended within the jurisdiction of
a municipal Board of 
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Election Commissioners for the registration and canvassing
of 
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voters in even-numbered years. Each municipality with the first

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Board of Election Commissioners established within a county 
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shall provide
for and pay the costs and expenses of all 
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elections within the jurisdiction
of the Board of Election 
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Commissioners. The State shall reimburse each
county and 
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municipality in the amount of the increase in compensation

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provided in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and by this 
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amendatory Act of
1998.

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    For each emergency referendum and each special election not 
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conducted at
the time of a regular election, each county
and 
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municipality responsible for paying for the costs and expenses 
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shall
directly pay for or be reimbursed by every other 
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political subdivision
for which officers or public questions 
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are on the ballot within the
jurisdiction of the election 
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authority of such county or municipality except
such costs and 
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expenses as are required to be reimbursed by the State.
For 
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each primary election for the nomination of municipal officers 
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held
in a municipality with a population of 5000 or less in 
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accordance with
Article 7, the county in which such 
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municipality is located shall be
reimbursed by the municipality 
 


 






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for all costs and expenses attributable to
such primary 
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election, except for those costs and expenses required to be

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reimbursed by the State. Each such political subdivision shall 
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provide for
and shall promptly pay such reimbursement of the 
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total costs and expenses
of that election attributable to its 
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offices or propositions as the case
may be, not including such 
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costs and expenses as are required to be
reimbursed by the 
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State.

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    In counties with a population less than 120,000, any home 
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rule municipalities within the county shall reimburse the 
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county for all of the costs and expenses of a consolidated 
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primary election. If the county contains more than one home 
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rule municipality, then those municipalities shall share the 
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reimbursement proportionately based on population of the 
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municipalities.

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(Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)