96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6219


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 


      




10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new





10 ILCS 5/6A-1
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1


10 ILCS 5/6A-2
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2


10 ILCS 5/6A-4
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4








     Amends the Election Code.  Permits establishment of a county board of election commissioners, by referendum initiated by the  county board, in a county that has a municipality with a municipal board of election commissioners.
  















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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 
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Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, and 6A-4  and by adding Section 6-19.5 as 
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follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new)
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    Sec. 6-19.5. Rejection of Article by superseding county 
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board of election commissioners.   In addition to any other 
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method of rejection provided in this Article, when a county 
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board of election commissioners is established in accordance 
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with subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 in a county in which is 
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located any portion of a municipality with a municipal board of 
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election commissioners, the application of the provisions of 
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this Article to the territory of that municipality located 
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within that county is rejected.
 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)



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    Sec. 6A-1. Adoption of Article. 
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    (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or 
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incorporated town
with a board of election commissioners may 
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establish a county board of
election commissioners either (1) 
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by ordinance of the county board or
(2) by vote of the electors 
 


 






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of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section

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6A-2.

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    The fact that some territory in a county is within the 
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corporate
limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a 
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board of election
commissioners does not prevent that county 
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from establishing a county
board of election commissioners in 
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accordance with this Article if no
portion of such city, 
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village or incorporated town was within the county
at the time 
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of the establishment of the board of election commissioners
for 
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such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county

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establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant 
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to this
Article, the county board of election commissioners 
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shall, with respect
to the territory in the county within the 
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corporate limits of the city,
village or incorporated town, 
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supersede the board of election
commissioners of that city, 
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village or incorporated town.

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    (b) Any county in which a city, village, or incorporated 
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town with a board of election commissioners is located may 
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establish a county board of election commissioners by vote of 
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the electors of the county in accordance with subsection (b) of 
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Section 6A-2.  If such a county establishes a county board of 
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election commissioners, the county board of election 
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commissioners, with respect to the territory in the county 
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within the corporate limits of the city, village, or 
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incorporated town, shall supersede the board of election 
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commissioners of that city, village, or incorporated town. 
 


 






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(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)



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    Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters. 
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    (a) Whenever registered voters in a the county described in 
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subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8

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of the number voting at the last preceding general election in 
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the county,
whichever is less, petition the circuit court to 
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submit to the electors of
the county a proposition to establish 
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a county board of election
commissioners, the circuit court 
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shall cause such proposition to be
submitted to the electors of 
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the county at the next succeeding general
election.
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    (b) After approval and certification by the county board of 
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a county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the 
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proposition to establish a county board of election 
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commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county 
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at the next possible general election. 
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    (c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner 
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as provided
in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 
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18 by cities, villages
and incorporated towns, except that the 
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question shall be stated: "Shall a
board of election 
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commissioners be established for .... County?"

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(Source: P.A. 78-465.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)



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    Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of the 
 


 






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office of the county board of election
commissioners, the 
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county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners 
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in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry

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books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and 
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ballot boxes
and all other books, forms, blanks and stationery 
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of every description in
the clerk's or municipal board's 
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possession his hands in any way relating to elections or the 
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holding of elections in
the county. Thereupon, all functions, 
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powers and duties of the county clerk,
or the county board, or 
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the municipal board relating to elections in that county are 
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transferred to the county
board of election commissioners.

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(Source: P.A. 78-465.)