Full Text of HB0294 100th General Assembly
HB0294 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB0294 Introduced , by Rep. David S. Olsen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/6A-3 | from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3 |
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Amends the County Board of Election Commissioners article of the Election Code. Provides that Commissioners serving under the provisions of that article shall serve in an unpaid capacity. Effective immediately.
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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 Section | 5 | | 6A-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 6A-3. Commissioners; filling vacancies. | 8 | | (a) If the county board adopts an ordinance providing for | 9 | | the
establishment of a county board of election commissioners, | 10 | | or if a
majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted | 11 | | in accordance with
Section 6A-2(a) are in favor of a county | 12 | | board of election commissioners, a
county board of election | 13 | | commissioners shall be appointed in the same
manner as is | 14 | | provided in Article 6 for boards of election commissioners
in | 15 | | cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the county | 16 | | board of
election commissioners shall be appointed by the | 17 | | chairman of the county board
rather than the circuit court. | 18 | | However, before any
appointments are made, the appointing | 19 | | authority shall ascertain whether
the county clerk desires to | 20 | | be a member of the county board of election
commissioners. If | 21 | | the county clerk so
desires, he shall be one of the
members of | 22 | | the county board of election commissioners, and the
appointing | 23 | | authority shall appoint only 2 other members. Commissioners |
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| 1 | | appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve in an unpaid | 2 | | capacity.
| 3 | | (b) For any county board of election commissioners | 4 | | established under subsection (b) of Section 6A-1, within 30 | 5 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 6 | | 98th General Assembly, the chief judge of the circuit court of | 7 | | the county shall appoint 5 commissioners. At least 4 of those | 8 | | commissioners shall be selected from the 2 major established | 9 | | political parties of the State, with at least 2 from each of | 10 | | those parties. Such appointment shall be entered of record in | 11 | | the office of the County Clerk and the State Board of | 12 | | Elections. Those first appointed shall hold their offices for | 13 | | the period of one, 2, and 3 years respectively, and the judge | 14 | | appointing them shall designate the term for which each | 15 | | commissioner shall hold his or her office, whether for one, 2 | 16 | | or 3 years except that no more than one commissioner from each | 17 | | major established political party may be designated the same | 18 | | term. After the initial term, each commissioner or his or her | 19 | | successor shall be appointed to a 3 year term. No elected | 20 | | official or former elected official who has been out of elected | 21 | | office for less than 2 years may be appointed to the board. | 22 | | Vacancies shall be filled by the chief judge of the circuit | 23 | | court within 30 days of the vacancy in a manner that maintains | 24 | | the foregoing political party representation. | 25 | | (c) For any county board of election commissioners | 26 | | established under subsection (c) of Section 6A-1, within 30 |
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| 1 | | days after the conclusion of the election at which the | 2 | | proposition to establish a county board of election | 3 | | commissioners is approved by the voters, the municipal board | 4 | | shall apply to the circuit court of the county for the chief | 5 | | judge of the circuit court to appoint 2 additional | 6 | | commissioners, one of whom shall be from each major established | 7 | | political party and neither of whom shall reside within the | 8 | | limits of the municipal board, so that 3 commissioners shall | 9 | | reside within the limits of the municipal board and 2 shall | 10 | | reside within the county but not within the municipality, as it | 11 | | may exist from time to time. Not more than 3 of the | 12 | | commissioners shall be members of the same major established | 13 | | political party. Vacancies shall be filled by the chief judge | 14 | | of the circuit court upon application of the remaining | 15 | | commissioners in a manner that maintains the foregoing | 16 | | geographical and political party representation. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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