102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5518

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. David Friess

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/6-17  from Ch. 46, par. 6-17

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county board or board of county commissioners of a county with a population of less than 100,000 may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve a municipal board of election commissioners within that county and transfer its functions to the county clerk.


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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
5Section 6-17 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/6-17)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-17)
7    Sec. 6-17. Dissolution.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whenever
9Whenever 1,000 of the legal voters in a city of 250,000
10population or less where this Article 6 and Articles 14 and 18
11of this Act or the Act of which they are a continuation have
12been adopted shall petition the circuit court in the county in
13which such city is located to submit to a vote of the electors
14of such city the proposition as to whether such city and the
15electors thereof shall reject the Articles, the court shall
16enter an order of record approving such petition and thereupon
17the court shall submit such proposition to the legal voters of
18such city at the next succeeding general, state, county or
19municipal election to be held in such county in not less than
2030 days after the entry of such order. If 1,000 shall exceed
21one-eighth of the legal voters of any such city then such
22petition need not be signed or made by more than one-eighth of
23the legal voters of such city. Notice of election shall be

 

 

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1given by the court at least 20 days prior to such election by
2publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation
3published within such city.
4    (b) The county board or board of county commissioners of a
5county with a population of less than 100,000 may, by
6ordinance or resolution, dissolve a municipal board of
7election commissioners within that county and transfer its
8functions to the county clerk.
9(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)