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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1917
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Mike Boland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/9-1 |
from Ch. 122, par. 9-1 |
105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new |
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Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school board to place an advisory question on the ballot by a majority vote of the board.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1917 |
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LRB095 04390 RAS 24435 b |
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| AN ACT concerning advisory referenda.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 9-1 and by adding Section 9-1.2 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-1)
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| Sec. 9-1. Scope of article. All school elections shall be |
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by the general election law of the State, except as |
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| otherwise provided in Section 9-1.2.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new) |
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| Sec. 9-1.2. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority |
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| of the members of the school board, the board may authorize an |
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| advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot |
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| at the next regularly scheduled election in the school |
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| district. The school board shall certify the question to the |
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| proper election authority, which must submit the question at an |
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| election in accordance with the Election Code.
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