HB3660 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3660

Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1-4

from Ch. 46, par. 1-4

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in 2013 only, the petition filing period for established political parties shall be extended to December 4, 2013. Requires the State Board of Elections to notify the public of the extended filing period. Effective immediately.

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. (a) In any case in which this Act prescribes a period of time within which petitions for nomination must be filed, 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.

(b) For the 2013 consolidated election period, an election authority or local election official shall accept until 104 days before the election at which candidates are to be on the ballot any petitions for nomination or certificate of nomination required by this Code to be filed no earlier than 113 and no later than 106 days before the consolidated election. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for purposes of this subsection (b) only, signatures and circulator statements on petitions for nomination filed with an election authority or local election official on the final day for filing petitions for nomination shall not be deemed invalid for the sole reason that the petitions were circulated between 90 and 92 days before the last day for filing petitions.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, in 2013 only, the petition filing period for established political parties shall be extended to December 4, 2013. The State Board of Elections shall notify the public of the extended filing period.

(Source: P.A. 97-1134, eff. 12-3-12.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.