99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1566

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Michael Connelly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/11-4.1  from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that at least 180 days before an election, the county board or board of election commissioners shall give notice to any public body of the designation of a public building under the public body's control as a polling place. Provides that, if using a public building as a polling place will result in a loss of revenue to the public body, the public building shall be deemed unavailable for use as a polling place by the county board or board of election commissioners.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
511-4.1 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
7    Sec. 11-4.1. (a) In appointing polling places under this
8Article, the county board or board of election commissioners
9shall, insofar as they are convenient and available, use
10schools and other public buildings as polling places.
11    (a-5) At least 180 days before an election, the county
12board or board of election commissioners shall give notice to
13any public body of the designation of a public building under
14the public body's control as a polling place. If using a public
15building as a polling place will result in a loss of revenue to
16the public body, the public building shall be deemed
17unavailable for use as a polling place by the county board or
18board of election commissioners.
19    (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election
20commissioners, the proper agency of government (including
21school districts and units of local government) shall make a
22public building under its control available for use as a
23polling place on an election day and for a reasonably necessary

 

 

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1time before and after election day, without charge. If the
2county board or board of election commissioners chooses a
3school to be a polling place, then the school district must
4make the school available for use as a polling place. However,
5for the day of the election, a school district is encouraged to
6(i) close the school or (ii) hold a teachers institute on that
7day with students not in attendance.
8    (c) A government agency which makes a public building under
9its control available for use as a polling place shall (i)
10ensure the portion of the building to be used as the polling
11place is accessible to handicapped and elderly voters and (ii)
12allow the election authority to administer the election as
13authorized under this Code.
14    (d) If a qualified elector's precinct polling place is a
15school and the elector will be unable to enter that polling
16place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of
172012 because the elector is a child sex offender as defined in
18Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that elector may
19vote by absentee ballot in accordance with Article 19 of this
20Code or may vote early in accordance with Article 19A of this
21Code.
22(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-773, eff. 7-18-14.)