Full Text of SB2273 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 1A-45 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-45) | 7 | | Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center. | 8 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an | 9 | | agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center | 10 | | effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of | 11 | | maintaining a statewide voter registration database. The | 12 | | Electronic Registration Information Center shall provide the | 13 | | exclusive interstate voter registration program for the State | 14 | | of Illinois, except as provided in subsection (b-11). The State | 15 | | Board of Elections shall comply with the requirements of the | 16 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 17 | | Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall require a term in | 18 | | the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 19 | | Agreement that requires the State to share identification | 20 | | records contained in the Secretary of State's Driver Services | 21 | | Department and Vehicle Services Department, the Department of | 22 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 23 | | Services, the Department of Aging, and the Department of |
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| 1 | | Employment Security databases (excluding those fields | 2 | | unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health | 3 | | information). | 4 | | (b) The Secretary of State and the Board of Elections shall | 5 | | enter into an agreement to permit the Secretary of State to | 6 | | provide the State Board of Elections with any information | 7 | | required for compliance with the Electronic Registration | 8 | | Information Center Membership Agreement. The Secretary of | 9 | | State shall deliver this information as frequently as necessary | 10 | | for the State Board of Elections to comply with the Electronic | 11 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement. | 12 | | (b-5) The State Board of Elections and the Department of | 13 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 14 | | Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of | 15 | | Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to require | 16 | | each department to provide the State Board of Elections with | 17 | | any information necessary to transmit member data under the | 18 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 19 | | Agreement. The director or secretary, as applicable, of each | 20 | | agency shall deliver this information on an annual basis to the | 21 | | State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement between the | 22 | | entities. | 23 | | (b-10) The State Board of Elections shall not share | 24 | | identification records contained in databases maintained by | 25 | | the Secretary of State's Driver Services Department and Vehicle | 26 | | Services Department, the Department of Human Services, the |
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| 1 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of | 2 | | Aging, the Department of Employment Security, or any other | 3 | | State database containing identification records with any | 4 | | interstate voter registration program other than the | 5 | | Electronic Registration Information Center, except as provided | 6 | | in subsection (b-11). | 7 | | (b-11) The State Board of Elections may enter into an | 8 | | exclusive voter data sharing agreement with a state that: (1) | 9 | | borders Illinois, and (2) does not participate in the | 10 | | Electronic Registration Information Center. | 11 | | (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a | 12 | | registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic | 13 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall | 14 | | include at least the following message: | 15 | | "Our records show people at this address may not be | 16 | | registered to vote at this address, but you may be eligible | 17 | | to register to vote or re-register to vote at this address. | 18 | | If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of Illinois, and will | 19 | | be 18 years old or older before the next general election | 20 | | in November, you are qualified to vote. | 21 | | We invite you to check your registration online at | 22 | | (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by | 23 | | requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter | 24 | | instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration | 25 | | form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office | 26 | | at (address of election authority)." |
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| 1 | | The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall be | 2 | | bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the | 3 | | message required by this subsection (c). | 4 | | (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a | 5 | | potential registrant that has been identified by the Electronic | 6 | | Registration Information Center as eligible to vote but who is | 7 | | not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared and | 8 | | disseminated at the direction of the State Board of Elections. | 9 | | All other communications with potential registrants or | 10 | | re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration | 11 | | Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and | 12 | | disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election | 13 | | authority. | 14 | | (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections | 15 | | or his or her designee shall serve as the Member Representative | 16 | | to the Electronic Registration Information Center. | 17 | | (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules | 18 | | necessary to enforce this Section or comply with the Electronic | 19 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .) | 21 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 22 | | Section 8.42 as follows: | 23 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.42 new) | 24 | | Sec. 8.42. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
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| 1 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 2 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 3 | | the 100th General Assembly.
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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