Full Text of SB1149 101st General Assembly
SB1149eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 4-3.3 as follows:
| 6 | | (75 ILCS 5/4-3.3) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-3.3)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-3.3. (a) Nominations for the position of library | 8 | | trustee including
the first board of library trustees shall be | 9 | | by petition, signed by
at least 25 legal voters residing in the | 10 | | incorporated town or village (except
a village under the | 11 | | commission form of government) or township and filed
with the | 12 | | clerk of such incorporated
town, village, or township within | 13 | | the time prescribed by the general election
law. Such clerk | 14 | | shall certify the candidates for library trustees to the
proper | 15 | | election authorities who shall conduct the election in | 16 | | accordance
with the general election law. All candidates must | 17 | | be residents of the
incorporated town, village or township | 18 | | involved. The ballots shall not
designate any political party, | 19 | | platform or political principle.
| 20 | | (b) A person is not eligible to be elected or serve as a | 21 | | library trustee unless he or she is a qualified elector of the | 22 | | local jurisdiction and has resided in it for at least one year | 23 | | at the time he or she files nomination papers or a declaration |
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| 1 | | of intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for | 2 | | appointment. | 3 | | (c) A person is not eligible to be elected or serve as a | 4 | | library trustee who, at the time of his or her appointment or | 5 | | filing of nomination papers or a declaration of intent to | 6 | | become a write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of | 7 | | property tax due to the library or has been convicted in any | 8 | | court in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, | 9 | | perjury, or other felony. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-65, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 11 | | Section 10. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is | 12 | | amended by changing Section 30-20 as follows:
| 13 | | (75 ILCS 16/30-20)
| 14 | | Sec. 30-20. Nomination of candidates; ballot.
| 15 | | (a) Nomination of candidates for election as trustees shall | 16 | | be by
petition, signed by a number of qualified voters | 17 | | equivalent to at least
2% of the votes cast at the last | 18 | | election for library trustees, or 50,
whichever is less, | 19 | | residing within the district,
and
filed with the secretary of | 20 | | the district within the time provided by the
Election Code. No | 21 | | party name or affiliation may
appear on the petition.
| 22 | | (b) The names of all candidates for the office of
trustee | 23 | | shall be certified by the secretary to the proper election
| 24 | | authority, who shall conduct the election in accordance
with |
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| 1 | | the Election Code.
| 2 | | (c) The ballot for election of trustees shall not
designate | 3 | | any political party, platform, or political principle. | 4 | | (d) A person is not eligible to be elected or serve as a | 5 | | library trustee unless he or she is a qualified elector of the | 6 | | library district and has resided in the library district at | 7 | | least one year at the time he or she files nomination papers or | 8 | | a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate or is | 9 | | presented for appointment. | 10 | | (e) A person is not eligible to be elected or serve as a | 11 | | library trustee who, at the time of his or her appointment or | 12 | | filing of nomination papers or a declaration of intent to | 13 | | become a write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of | 14 | | property a tax or other indebtedness due to the library | 15 | | district or has been convicted in any court in the United | 16 | | States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other | 17 | | felony. | 18 | | (f) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th | 19 | | General Assembly apply only to candidates by petition or | 20 | | write-in candidates in the consolidated election of 2019 and | 21 | | thereafter and to all appointees appointed after the effective | 22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-746, eff. 8-10-18.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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