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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2989
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/6-1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6-1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning registration of electors in certain municipalities.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2989 |
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LRB096 09732 JAM 19895 b |
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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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| 6-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-1)
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| Sec. 6-1.
The
The provisions of this Article 6 (and of |
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| Articles 14 and 18
hereof) so far as they are the same as those |
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| of the provisions of "An Act
regulating the holding of |
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| elections and declaring the result thereof in
cities, villages |
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| and incorporated towns in this state", approved June 19,
1885, |
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| as amended, (hereinafter sometimes referred to in this Article |
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| as
the Act of 1885) shall be construed as a continuation of |
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| such prior
provisions and not as a new enactment; and it is |
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| declared to be the
legislative intent that any city, village or |
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| incorporated town which has
heretofore adopted and become |
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| entitled to the provisions of said Act of
1885, shall |
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| automatically become subject to the provisions of this Article
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| 6 and Articles 14 and 18 of this Act (as well as certain |
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| sections in other
articles which are made specifically |
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| applicable to such city, village or
incorporated town), which |
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| three articles together shall be known as the
City Election |
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| Law. |