093_SB1164
LRB093 06308 JAM 06427 b
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 adding
5 Section 28-3.1 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/28-3.1 new)
7 Sec. 28-3.1. For each provision of law in this State
8 that authorizes registered voters to file petitions for the
9 submission of a public question to voters in a referendum,
10 the State Board of Elections shall prepare petition forms
11 with appropriate blank spaces that may be filled in by voters
12 who seek to circulate and file the petitions. When the
13 provisions of State law authorizing the filing of the
14 petitions set forth specific language to be used in the
15 petition, the petition forms shall contain the specific
16 language.
17 The State Board of Elections shall distribute the
18 petition forms to each election authority and each municipal
19 clerk where the petitions may be filed, for distribution to
20 voters who request them. The State Board shall also keep an
21 entire set of the petition forms at its Springfield and
22 Chicago offices for distribution to voters who request them.
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.