Full Text of HB1322 99th General Assembly
HB1322ham002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Wheeler Filed: 3/11/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1322
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1322 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 19A-15 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 8 | | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
| 9 | | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | 10 | | begins the 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | 11 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | 12 | | the 3rd day before election day, except that for the 2014 | 13 | | general election the period for early voting by personal | 14 | | appearance shall extend through the 2nd day before election | 15 | | day.
| 16 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a |
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| 1 | | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | 2 | | during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to | 3 | | 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays | 4 | | and holidays, and 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sundays; except | 5 | | that, in addition to the hours required by this subsection, a | 6 | | permanent early voting polling place designated by an election | 7 | | authority under subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain | 8 | | open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the | 9 | | early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours on the | 10 | | final weekend during the early voting period. For the 2014 | 11 | | general election, a permanent polling place for early voting | 12 | | must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or | 13 | | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, except that beginning 8 | 14 | | days before election day, a permanent polling place for early | 15 | | voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 | 16 | | p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. For the 2014 general election, | 17 | | a permanent polling place for early voting shall remain open | 18 | | during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and | 19 | | 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to | 20 | | the hours required by this subsection (b), a permanent early | 21 | | voting place designated by an election authority under | 22 | | subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total | 23 | | of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during the early | 24 | | voting period.
| 25 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election | 26 | | authority may close an early voting polling place if the |
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| 1 | | building in which the polling place is located has been closed | 2 | | by the State or unit of local government in response to a | 3 | | severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the | 4 | | election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day | 5 | | before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to | 6 | | 5:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board | 7 | | of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts | 8 | | to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting | 9 | | period. | 10 | | (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), in 2013 only, | 11 | | an election authority may close an early voting place on Good | 12 | | Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, provided that the | 13 | | early voting place remains open 3 2 hours later on the day | 14 | | immediately preceding Easter Sunday April 3, 4, and 5 of 2013 . | 15 | | The election authority shall notify the State Board of | 16 | | Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public | 17 | | of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | 19 | | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 20 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 21 | | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
| 22 | | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | 23 | | begins the 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | 24 | | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | 25 | | the end of the day before election day.
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| 1 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a | 2 | | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | 3 | | beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of | 4 | | the day before election day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to | 5 | | 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that | 6 | | beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling place | 7 | | for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. | 8 | | to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 | 9 | | p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on | 10 | | Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this | 11 | | subsection, a permanent polling place designated by an election | 12 | | authority under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 | 13 | | must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday | 14 | | during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours | 15 | | on the final weekend during the early voting period.
| 16 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority | 17 | | may close an early voting polling place if the building in | 18 | | which the polling place is located has been closed by the State | 19 | | or unit of local government in response to a severe weather | 20 | | emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall | 21 | | notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall | 22 | | make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an | 23 | | alternative location for early voting. | 24 | | (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election | 25 | | authority may close an early voting place on Easter Sunday, | 26 | | provided that the early voting place remains open 3 hours later |
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| 1 | | on the day immediately preceding Easter Sunday. The election | 2 | | authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any | 3 | | closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure | 4 | | and the extended hours during the final week. (Blank). | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | 6 | | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; | 7 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 8 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 9 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 10 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 11 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 12 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 13 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 14 | | Public Act.
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.".
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