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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 45-10 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/45-10)
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| 7 | Sec. 45-10. Political party caucus in township; notice.
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| 8 | (a) On the first Tuesday in December preceding the date of | ||||||
| 9 | the regular
township election, a caucus shall be held by the | ||||||
| 10 | voters of each established
political party in a township to | ||||||
| 11 | nominate its candidates for the various
offices to be filled at | ||||||
| 12 | the election. Notice of the caucus shall be given at
least 10 | ||||||
| 13 | days before it is held by publication in some newspaper having | ||||||
| 14 | a
general circulation in the township. Not less than 30 days | ||||||
| 15 | before the caucus,
the township clerk shall notify the chairman | ||||||
| 16 | or membership of each township
central committee by first-class | ||||||
| 17 | mail of the chairman's or membership's
obligation to report the | ||||||
| 18 | time and location of the political party's caucus.
Not less | ||||||
| 19 | than 20 days before the caucus, each chairman of the township | ||||||
| 20 | central
committee shall notify the township clerk by | ||||||
| 21 | first-class mail of the time and
location of the political | ||||||
| 22 | party's caucus. If the time and location of 2 or
more political | ||||||
| 23 | party caucuses conflict, the township clerk shall establish, by
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| 1 | a fair and impartial public lottery, the time and location for | ||||||
| 2 | each caucus. | ||||||
| 3 | If the chairperson of the township central committee fails | ||||||
| 4 | to meet the requirements of this Section, the chairperson's | ||||||
| 5 | political party shall not be permitted to nominate a candidate, | ||||||
| 6 | either by caucus as provided for in this Section or as | ||||||
| 7 | otherwise authorized by the Election Code, in the next upcoming | ||||||
| 8 | consolidated election for any office for which a nomination | ||||||
| 9 | could have been made at the caucus should the chairperson of | ||||||
| 10 | the township central committee have met the requirements of | ||||||
| 11 | this Section.
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| 12 | (b) Except as provided in this Section, the township board | ||||||
| 13 | shall cause
notices of the caucuses to be published. The notice | ||||||
| 14 | shall state the time and
place where the caucus for each | ||||||
| 15 | political party will be held. The board shall
fix a place | ||||||
| 16 | within the township for holding the caucus for each established
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| 17 | political party. When a new township has been established under | ||||||
| 18 | Section 10-25,
the county board shall cause notice of the | ||||||
| 19 | caucuses to be published as required
by this Section and shall | ||||||
| 20 | fix the place within the new township for holding the
caucuses.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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