Full Text of HB0348 100th General Assembly
HB0348 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB0348 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 20/2 | from Ch. 1, par. 103 |
10 ILCS 5/12A-55 |
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Amends the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. Provides that when the Secretary of State first publishes a proposed constitutional amendment in a newspaper or newspapers, he or she shall also cause the existing form of the constitutional provision proposed to be amended, the proposed amendment, the explanation of the amendment, the arguments for and against the amendment, and the form in which the amendment will appear on the separate ballot, to be published on a publicly accessible Internet website controlled by the Office of the Secretary of State. Provides that the newspaper or newspapers containing the published amendment shall also provide a link to the amendment information published on the Secretary's Internet website. Removes language requiring the Secretary to issue a pamphlet concerning a proposed constitutional amendment. Amends the Election Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (5 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 1, par. 103)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.
The General Assembly in submitting an amendment to | 8 | | the
Constitution to the electors, or the proponents of an | 9 | | amendment to Article
IV of the Constitution submitted by | 10 | | petition, shall prepare a brief explanation of such
amendment, | 11 | | a brief argument in favor of the same, and the form in which
| 12 | | such amendment will appear on the separate ballot as provided | 13 | | by Section
16-6 of the Election Code, as
amended. The minority | 14 | | of the General Assembly, or if there is no minority,
anyone | 15 | | designated by the General Assembly shall prepare a brief | 16 | | argument
against such amendment. In the case of an
amendment to | 17 | | Article IV of the Constitution initiated pursuant to Section
3 | 18 | | of Article XIV of the Constitution, the proponents shall be | 19 | | those persons
so designated at the time of the filing of the | 20 | | petition as provided in Section
10-8 of the Election Code, and | 21 | | the opponents shall be those members of the
General Assembly | 22 | | opposing such amendment, or if there are none, anyone
| 23 | | designated by the General Assembly and such opponents shall |
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| 1 | | prepare a brief
argument against such amendment. The | 2 | | proponent's explanation and
argument in favor of and the | 3 | | opponents argument against an amendment
to Article IV initiated | 4 | | by petition must
be submitted to the Attorney General, who may | 5 | | rewrite them for accuracy
and fairness. The explanation,
the | 6 | | arguments for and against each constitutional amendment, and | 7 | | the form in which the
amendment will appear on the separate | 8 | | ballot shall be filed in the Office
office of the Secretary of | 9 | | State with the proposed amendment. At least one
month before | 10 | | the next election of members of the General Assembly,
following | 11 | | the passage of the proposed amendment, the Secretary of State
| 12 | | shall publish the amendment, in full in 8 point type, or the | 13 | | equivalent
thereto, in at least one secular newspaper of | 14 | | general circulation in
every county in this State in which a | 15 | | newspaper is published. In
counties in which 2 or more | 16 | | newspapers are published, the Secretary of
State shall cause | 17 | | such amendment to be published in 2 newspapers. In
counties | 18 | | having a population of 500,000 or more, such amendment shall be
| 19 | | published in not less than 6 newspapers of general circulation. | 20 | | When the Secretary first publishes the amendment in a newspaper | 21 | | or newspapers under the provisions of this Section, he or she | 22 | | shall also cause the existing form of the constitutional | 23 | | provision proposed to be amended, the proposed amendment, the | 24 | | explanation of the amendment, the arguments for and against the | 25 | | amendment, and the form in which the amendment will appear on | 26 | | the separate ballot, to be published on a publicly accessible |
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| 1 | | Internet website controlled by the Office of the Secretary of | 2 | | State. The newspaper or newspapers containing the published | 3 | | amendment shall also provide a link to the amendment | 4 | | information published on the Secretary's Internet website. | 5 | | After
the first publication, the publication of such amendment , | 6 | | including a link to the Secretary's Internet website, shall be
| 7 | | repeated once each week for 2 consecutive weeks. In selecting | 8 | | newspapers
in which to publish such amendment the Secretary of | 9 | | State shall have
regard solely to the circulation of such | 10 | | newspapers, selecting secular
newspapers in every case having | 11 | | the largest circulation. The proposed
amendment shall have a | 12 | | notice prefixed thereto in said publications,
that at such | 13 | | election the proposed amendment will be submitted to the
| 14 | | electors for adoption or rejection, and at the end of the | 15 | | official
publication, he shall also publish the form in which | 16 | | the proposed
amendment will appear on the separate ballot. The | 17 | | Secretary of State
shall fix the publication fees to be paid | 18 | | newspapers for making such
publication, but in no case shall | 19 | | such publication fee exceed the amount
charged by such | 20 | | newspapers to private individuals for a like
publication. In | 21 | | addition to the notice hereby required to be published,
the | 22 | | Secretary of State shall also cause the existing form of the
| 23 | | constitutional provision proposed to be amended, the proposed | 24 | | amendment,
the explanation of the same, the arguments for and | 25 | | against the same, and
the form in which such amendment will | 26 | | appear on the separate ballot, to
be published in pamphlet form |
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| 1 | | in 8 point type or the equivalent thereto;
and the Secretary of | 2 | | State shall mail such pamphlet to every mailing
address in the | 3 | | State, addressed to the attention of the Postal Patron. He
| 4 | | shall also maintain a reasonable supply of such pamphlets so as | 5 | | to make
them available to any person requesting one.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 7 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | 8 | | Section 12A-55 as follows: | 9 | | (10 ILCS 5/12A-55)
| 10 | | Sec. 12A-55. Constitutional issues. If a constitutional | 11 | | amendment appears
on
the ballot,
the amendment information | 12 | | published on the Secretary of State's Internet website contents | 13 | | of the pamphlet issued by the Secretary of State under Section | 14 | | 2
of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act may be included | 15 | | in any guide
issued by the
Board.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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