HB1917 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1917

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Mike Boland

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/9-1	from Ch. 122, par. 9-1
105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new

Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school board to place an advisory question on the ballot by a majority vote of the board.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning advisory referenda.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 9-1 and by adding Section 9-1.2 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-1)

Sec. 9-1. Scope of article. All school elections shall be governed by the general election law of the State, except as otherwise provided in Section 9-1.2.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

(105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new)

Sec. 9-1.2. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority of the members of the school board, the board may authorize an advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the school district. The school board shall certify the question to the proper election authority, which must submit the question at an election in accordance with the Election Code.