HB2295 Enrolled

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    AN ACT concerning government.

 
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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 Park District Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 2-11 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 1205/2-11)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-11)



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    Sec. 2-11. 
No person shall be eligible to serve as park 
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commissioner
unless that person is a qualified elector of the 
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park district and has
resided therein at least one year prior 
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to election or appointment.

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    A person is not eligible to serve as park commissioner if 
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that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other 
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indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in 
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any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, 
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bribery, perjury, or other felony. 
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    Nominations of candidates for the office of park 
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commissioners
in any General Park District at all succeeding 
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elections shall be made by
petition signed in the aggregate for 
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each candidate by qualified voters
of such district, equal in 
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number to not less than 2% of the number who
voted at the last 
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preceding election for commissioners in such district,
but in 
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no case by less than 25 of such voters. The petition shall be 
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filed
with the secretary of the district.

 


 






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    In all General Park Districts the secretary of the district 
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shall, in
the manner and at the time prescribed by the general 
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election law certify
to the proper election authorities the 
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name or names of the candidate
or candidates so nominated.  The 
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ballot shall have no political party name,
platform or 
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principle thereon designated, nor shall any party circle be

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printed upon the ballot. Where voting machines or electronic 
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voting systems
are used, the provisions of this Section may be 
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modified as required or
authorized by the general election law.

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(Source: P.A. 86-347.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.