HB2929ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.

Filed: 3/3/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2929

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2929 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 4-14.1 and 5-9.1 and by adding Section 1A-70 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new)

Sec. 1A-70. Remove voter form. The State Board of Elections shall create a form to be used by an election authority to remove a voter from its roll.

(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)

Sec. 4-14.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue certifications of death records from that system and shall may use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. Regardless of whether or not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine, monthly, the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, and to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month. The county clerk shall examine notifications of deaths provided by the county coroner and cancel the registration of any person who has died.

(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)

Sec. 5-9.1. Cancelation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last resided, as indicated on the decedent's death certificate, shall may issue certifications of death records from that system and shall may use that system to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered. Regardless of whether or not such a system has been established, it is the duty of the county clerk to examine monthly the records deposited in his or her office pursuant to the Vital Records Act that relate to deaths in the county, to cancel the registration of any person who has died during the preceding month and cause the name of each such deceased person to be erased from the register of the precinct in which the deceased person was registered. The county clerk shall examine notifications of deaths provided by the county coroner and cancel the registration of any person who has died.

(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)

Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 3-3046 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-3046 new)

Sec. 3-3046. Notification to county clerk or election authority. A county coroner shall notify the local county clerk or local election authority of records concerning deaths the coroner investigates.".