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 1        AN ACT creating the Internet Voting Commission.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Internet Voting Commission Act.

 6        Section  5.   Commission  created.   The  Internet Voting
 7    Commission is created, consisting of 8 members of the General
 8    Assembly and 8 public members.  The  President  and  Minority
 9    Leader  of  the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of
10    the House of Representatives shall each appoint 2 legislative
11    members and 2 public members.
12        The Internet Voting Commission shall study and  recommend
13    to  the  General Assembly a system of voting via the Internet
14    at elections in 2004 and thereafter. The Internet  system  of
15    voting  shall  supplement  and  not  replace  existing voting
16    systems.
17        The Commission shall designate a chairman from among  its
18    number,  shall meet as frequently as necessary at the call of
19    the chair, and shall  report  its  findings  to  the  General
20    Assembly    as    expeditiously   as   possible.   Commission
21    recommendations shall take effect upon the effective date  of
22    a Public Act that enacts them.
23        Commission  members  shall  receive  no  compensation but
24    shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the  performance
25    of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose.
26        The Commission is abolished January 1, 2005.

27        Section  10.   Repeal.   This  Act is repealed January 1,
28    2005.

29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 
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