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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 28-1 and by adding Section 1A-45 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-45 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1A-45. 2010 red light camera advisory question. For | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the 2010 general election ballot, the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall certify the following advisory question to each election | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | authority whose jurisdiction includes territory in a unit of | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | local government with an automatic traffic law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | system (red light camera system): | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Should the (insert name of unit of local government) and | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | its police department cease issuing traffic citations from an | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | automatic traffic law enforcement system (red light camera | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | system) for any right turn made against a red traffic signal?". | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The question shall be placed upon the 2010 general election | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | ballot, with votes for or against the question recorded as | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | "yes" or "no", respectively, in accordance with this Code. | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | This Section is repealed January 1, 2011.
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21 | (10 ILCS 5/28-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-1)
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22 | Sec. 28-1.
The initiation and submission of all public |
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1 | questions to
be voted upon by the electors of the State or of | ||||||
2 | any political
subdivision or district or precinct or | ||||||
3 | combination of precincts shall be
subject to the provisions of | ||||||
4 | this Article.
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5 | Questions of public policy which have any legal effect | ||||||
6 | shall be
submitted to referendum only as authorized by a | ||||||
7 | statute which so
provides or by the Constitution. Advisory | ||||||
8 | questions of public policy
shall be submitted to referendum | ||||||
9 | pursuant to Section 28-5 or pursuant to
a statute which so | ||||||
10 | provides.
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11 | The method of initiating the submission of a public | ||||||
12 | question shall be
as provided by the statute authorizing such | ||||||
13 | public question, or as
provided by the Constitution.
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14 | All public questions shall be initiated, submitted and | ||||||
15 | printed on the
ballot in the form required by Section 16-7 of | ||||||
16 | this Act, except as may
otherwise be specified in the statute | ||||||
17 | authorizing a public question.
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18 | Whenever a statute provides for the initiation of a public | ||||||
19 | question
by a petition of electors, the provisions of such | ||||||
20 | statute shall govern
with respect to the number of signatures | ||||||
21 | required, the qualifications of
persons entitled to sign the | ||||||
22 | petition, the contents of the petition, the
officer with whom | ||||||
23 | the petition must be filed, and the form of the
question to be | ||||||
24 | submitted. If such statute does not specify any of the
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25 | foregoing petition requirements, the corresponding petition | ||||||
26 | requirements
of Section 28-6 shall govern such petition.
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1 | Irrespective of the method of initiation, not more than 3 | ||||||
2 | public
questions other than (a) back door referenda, (b) | ||||||
3 | referenda to
determine whether a disconnection may take place | ||||||
4 | where a city coterminous
with a township is proposing to annex | ||||||
5 | territory from an adjacent township, (c) referenda held under | ||||||
6 | the provisions of the Property Tax Extension
Limitation Law in | ||||||
7 | the Property Tax Code, or (d) referenda held under
Section | ||||||
8 | 2-3002 of the Counties Code , or (e) the 2010 red light camera | ||||||
9 | advisory question submitted pursuant to Section 1A-45 of this | ||||||
10 | Code may be submitted to
referendum with respect to a political
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11 | subdivision at the same election.
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12 | If more than 3 propositions are timely initiated or | ||||||
13 | certified for
submission at an election with respect to a | ||||||
14 | political subdivision, the
first 3 validly initiated, by the | ||||||
15 | filing of a petition or by the
adoption of a resolution or | ||||||
16 | ordinance of a political subdivision, as the
case may be, shall | ||||||
17 | be printed on the ballot and submitted at that
election. | ||||||
18 | However, except as expressly authorized by law not more than
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19 | one proposition to change the form of government of a | ||||||
20 | municipality
pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution may be | ||||||
21 | submitted at an
election. If more than one such proposition is | ||||||
22 | timely initiated or
certified for submission at an election | ||||||
23 | with respect to a municipality,
the first validly initiated | ||||||
24 | shall be the one printed on the ballot and
submitted at that | ||||||
25 | election.
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26 | No public question shall be submitted to the voters of a |
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1 | political
subdivision at any regularly scheduled election at | ||||||
2 | which such voters are
not scheduled to cast votes for any | ||||||
3 | candidates for nomination for, election
to or retention in | ||||||
4 | public office, except that if, in any existing or proposed
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5 | political subdivision in which the submission of a public | ||||||
6 | question at a
regularly scheduled election is desired, the | ||||||
7 | voters of only a portion of
such existing or proposed political | ||||||
8 | subdivision are not scheduled to cast votes
for nomination for, | ||||||
9 | election to or retention in public office at such election,
but | ||||||
10 | the voters in one or more other portions of such existing or | ||||||
11 | proposed
political subdivision are scheduled to cast votes for | ||||||
12 | nomination for, election
to or retention in public office at | ||||||
13 | such election, the public question shall be
voted upon by all | ||||||
14 | the qualified voters of the entire existing or proposed
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15 | political subdivision at the election.
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16 | Not more than 3 advisory public questions may be submitted | ||||||
17 | to the
voters of the entire state at a general election. If | ||||||
18 | more than 3 such advisory
propositions are initiated, the first | ||||||
19 | 3 timely and validly initiated
shall be the questions printed | ||||||
20 | on the ballot and submitted at that
election; provided however, | ||||||
21 | that a question for a proposed amendment to
Article IV of the | ||||||
22 | Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the
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23 | Constitution, or for a question submitted under the Property | ||||||
24 | Tax Cap
Referendum Law, shall not be included in the foregoing | ||||||
25 | limitation.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 93-308, eff. 7-23-03.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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