(430 ILCS 65/16.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-16.1)
Sec. 16.1.
A petition for the submission of the proposition shall be in
substantially the following form:
To the State Board of Elections
The undersigned, residents and registered voters of the State of
Illinois, respectfully petition that you cause to be submitted, in the
manner provided by the general election law to the voters of the State of
Illinois, at the next State-wide election, the proposition "Should the
General Assembly repeal an Act entitled 'An Act relating to the
acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition,
to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an
appropriation in connection therewith', approved August 3, 1967, as
amended?"
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Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the general election
law. The Board shall certify the question to the proper election officials
who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general
election law. Upon request of any citizen
for a reproduced copy of the petition and paying or tendering to the
State Board of Elections the costs of making
the copy, the Board
shall immediately make, or cause to be made a reproduced copy of such
petition. The Board shall also deliver to such person his
official certification that such copy is a true copy of the original,
stating the day when such original was filed in its office.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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