Full Text of SB1970 101st General Assembly
SB1970 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1970 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/7-42 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-42 |
10 ILCS 5/17-15 | from Ch. 46, par. 17-15 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, or special election or at any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in the State, with consent from his or her school, is entitled to absent himself or herself for 2 hours to vote and that the school may specify the hours in which the student may absent himself or herself.
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| 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 changing | 5 | | Sections 7-42 and 17-15 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-42) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-42)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-42.
Any person entitled to vote at such primary | 8 | | shall, on the day of
such primary, with the consent of his | 9 | | employer or school be entitled to absent
himself from any | 10 | | service or employment in which he is then engaged or
employed | 11 | | for a period of two hours between the time of opening and | 12 | | closing
the polls. The employer or school may specify the hours | 13 | | during which said employe or student may
absent himself.
| 14 | | (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/17-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-15)
| 16 | | Sec. 17-15. Any person entitled to vote at a general or | 17 | | special election or
at any election at which propositions are | 18 | | submitted to a popular vote in
this State, shall, on the day of | 19 | | such election, be entitled to absent
himself from any services | 20 | | or employment in which he is then engaged or
employed, for a | 21 | | period of 2 hours between the time of opening and closing
the | 22 | | polls; and such voter shall not because of so absenting himself |
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liable to any penalty; Provided, however, that application | 2 | | for such leave
of absence shall be made prior to the day of | 3 | | election. The employer or school may
specify the hours during | 4 | | which said employee or student may absent himself as
aforesaid, | 5 | | except that the employer or school must permit a 2-hour absence | 6 | | during working or school hours if the employee's working hours | 7 | | or the school's hours begin less than 2 hours after the opening | 8 | | of the polls and end less than 2 hours before the closing of | 9 | | the polls. No person , or corporation , or school shall refuse to | 10 | | an employee or student the
privilege hereby conferred, nor | 11 | | shall subject an employee or student to a penalty, including a | 12 | | reduction in compensation due to an absence under this Section,
| 13 | | because of the exercise of such privilege, nor shall directly | 14 | | or indirectly
violate the provisions of this Section.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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