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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section 
545-20 as follows:
 



6    (60 ILCS 1/45-20)



7    Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers; 
8certifying candidates. 

9    (a) The township central committee shall canvass and 
10declare the result of
the caucus.

11    (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall, 
12not more than 113
nor less than 106 days before the township 
13election, file nomination papers as
provided in this Section. 
14The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
certification by 
15the chairman of the names of all candidates for office in the

16township  nominated at the caucus and (ii) a statement of 
17candidacy by each
candidate in the form prescribed in the 
18general election law.  The nomination
papers shall be filed in 
19the office of the township clerk, except that if the
township 
20is entirely within the corporate limits of a city, village, or

21incorporated town under the jurisdiction of a board of election 
22commissioners,
the nomination papers shall be filed in the 
23office of the board of election
commissioners instead of the 
 
 
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1township clerk.

2    (c) The township clerk shall certify the candidates so 
3nominated to the
proper election authorities not less than 68 
461 days before the township election.
 The election shall be 
5conducted in accordance with the general election law.

6(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)