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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4668 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Changes the date the township clerk shall certify the nominated candidates to not less than 68 days (currently, 61 days) before the township election.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4668 | | LRB099 17729 AWJ 42089 b |
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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 | | 45-20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/45-20)
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| 7 | | Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers; |
| 8 | | certifying candidates.
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| 9 | | (a) The township central committee shall canvass and |
| 10 | | declare the result of
the caucus.
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| 11 | | (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall, |
| 12 | | not more than 113
nor less than 106 days before the township |
| 13 | | election, file nomination papers as
provided in this Section. |
| 14 | | The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
certification by |
| 15 | | the chairman of the names of all candidates for office in the
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| 16 | | township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a statement of |
| 17 | | candidacy by each
candidate in the form prescribed in the |
| 18 | | general election law. The nomination
papers shall be filed in |
| 19 | | the office of the township clerk, except that if the
township |
| 20 | | is entirely within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
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| 21 | | incorporated town under the jurisdiction of a board of election |
| 22 | | commissioners,
the nomination papers shall be filed in the |
| 23 | | office of the board of election
commissioners instead of the |