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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5755 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/11-4.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that every school board shall offer to the appropriate officer or board having responsibility for providing polling places for elections the use of any and all buildings under its jurisdiction for any and all elections to be held, if so requested by such appropriate officer or board. Provides that, for the day of the election, a school district is encouraged to (i) close the school or (ii) hold a teachers institute on that day with students not in attendance.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5755 | | LRB098 17896 MGM 53020 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 11-4.1 as follows:
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6 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
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7 | | Sec. 11-4.1. |
8 | | (a) Every school board shall offer to the appropriate |
9 | | officer or board having responsibility for providing polling |
10 | | places for elections the use of any and all buildings under its |
11 | | jurisdiction for any and all elections to be held, if so |
12 | | requested by such appropriate officer or board. In appointing |
13 | | polling places under this Article, the
county board or board of |
14 | | election commissioners shall, insofar as they are
convenient |
15 | | and available, use schools and other public buildings as |
16 | | polling
places.
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17 | | (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election |
18 | | commissioners,
the proper agency of government (including |
19 | | school districts and units of
local government) shall make a |
20 | | public building under its control available
for use as a |
21 | | polling place on an election day and for a reasonably
necessary |
22 | | time before and after election day, without charge.
If the |
23 | | county board or board of election commissioners chooses a |