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

     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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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. 
8    (a) Every school board shall offer to the appropriate 
9officer or board having responsibility for providing polling 
10places for elections the use of any and all buildings under its 
11jurisdiction for any and all elections to be held, if so 
12requested by such appropriate officer or board. In appointing 
13polling places under this Article, the
county board or board of 
14election commissioners shall, insofar as they are
convenient 
15and available, use schools and other public buildings as 
16polling
places.

17    (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election 
18commissioners,
the proper agency of government (including 
19school districts and units of
local government) shall make a 
20public building under its control available
for use as a 
21polling place on an election day and for a reasonably
necessary 
22time before and after election day, without charge.
 If the 
23county board or board of election commissioners chooses a 
 
 
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1school
to be a polling place, then the school district must 
2make the school
available for use as a polling place.
However, 
3for the day of the election, a school district is encouraged to 
4(i) close the school or (ii) hold a teachers institute on that 
5day with students not in attendance may choose to (i)
keep the 
6school open or (ii) hold a teachers institute on that day.

7    (c) A government agency which makes a public building under 
8its
control available for use as a polling place shall ensure 
9the portion of
the building to be used as the polling place is 
10accessible to handicapped
and elderly voters.

11    (d) If a qualified elector's precinct polling place is a 
12school and the elector will be unable to enter that polling 
13place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 
142012 because the elector is a child sex offender as defined in 
15Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that elector may 
16vote by absentee ballot in accordance with Article 19 of this 
17Code or may vote early in accordance with Article 19A of this 
18Code.
19(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)