99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3094
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act. Provides that in the event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a member of the same leading political party. Defines "leading political party".
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act:
7    "Leading political party" means one of the two political 
8parties whose candidates for governor at the most recent three 
9gubernatorial elections received either the highest or second 
10highest average number of votes. The political party whose 
11candidates for governor received the highest average number of 
12votes shall be known as the first leading political party and 
13the political party whose candidates for governor received the 
14second highest average number of votes shall be known as the 
15second leading political party.
 
16    Section 10. Vacancy in a statewide elective office. In the 
17event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is 
18filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the 
19Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from 
20office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political 
21party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a 
22member of the same leading political party.