HB0982 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0982

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Deborah Mell

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1-4

from Ch. 46, par. 1-4

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning office hours for filing nomination petitions.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

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

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 1-4 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4)

Sec. 1-4. In any case in which this Act prescribes a period of time within which petitions for nomination must be filed, the the office in which petitions must be filed shall remain open for the receipt of such petitions until 5:00 P.M. on the last day of the filing period.

(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)