10 ILCS 5/ Election Code.

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10 ILCS 5/29B-20

(10 ILCS 5/29B-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1105)

Sec. 29B-20.

Acceptance of completed forms; retentions for public
inspection.

The State Board of Elections and the county clerks shall accept,
at all times prior to an election, all completed copies of the Code of Fair
Campaign Practices that are properly subscribed to by a candidate or the chair
 of a political committee in support of or opposition to a question of
public policy, and shall retain them for public inspection until 30 days after
the election.

(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

10 ILCS 5/29B-25

(10 ILCS 5/29B-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-25; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1106)

Sec. 29B-25. Subscribed forms as public records.

Every copy of the Code of
Fair Campaign Practices subscribed to by a candidate or the chair of a
political committee in support of or opposition to a question of public policy
under this Article is a public record open for public inspection.

(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

10 ILCS 5/29B-30

(10 ILCS 5/29B-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-30; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1107)

Sec. 29B-30. Subscription to Code voluntary.

The subscription by a candidate
or the chair of a political committee in support of or opposition to a
question of public policy is voluntary.

A candidate, or the chair of a political committee, who has filed a
copy of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices may so indicate on any campaign
literature or advertising in a form to be determined by the State Board of
Elections.

(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

10 ILCS 5/29B-35

(10 ILCS 5/29B-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-35; formerly Ch. 46, par. 1108)

Sec. 29B-35.

Failure to comply.

Any candidate or chairman of
a political committee who subscribes to the Code of Fair Campaign Practices
and fails to comply with any provision of the Code shall not be guilty of
a criminal offense and nothing in this Article or any other law shall be
construed to impose any criminal penalty for noncompliance with this Article.

(Source: P.A. 86-1435; 87-1052.)

10 ILCS 5/Art. 29C

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 29C heading) ARTICLE 29C.

DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

10 ILCS 5/29C-5

(10 ILCS 5/29C-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 29C-5; formerly Ch. 46, par. 811)

Sec. 29C-5.

Three Groups of Legislative Districts.

The 59 legislative districts of this State are divided into 3 groups for
the purpose of establishing the terms of Senators elected from each group.
The districts in each group are distributed substantially equally over the
State. The 3 groups shall consist of 20, 20 and 19 legislative districts,
respectively, with each group having as its first district number, one of
the numbers 1, 2 or 3, and shall be comprised of other district numbers, as
follows:

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

13 14 15

16 17 18

19 20 21

22 23 24

25 26 27

28 29 30

31 32 33

34 35 36

37 38 39

40 41 42

43 44 45

46 47 48

49 50 51

52 53 54

55 56 57

58 59

(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)

10 ILCS 5/29C-10

(10 ILCS 5/29C-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 29C-10)

Sec. 29C-10. Terms of Senators in each group.

Senators shall be elected from
districts in each group of legislative districts on the dates and for terms as
follows:

First group - 2022 and 2026 for 4 years each,
and in 2030 for 2 years;

Second group - 2022  for 4 years, 2026 for 2 years,
and in 2028 for 4
years; and

Third group - 2022 for 2 years, and in 2024 and 2028
 for 4 years each.

All 59 Senators, one from each of the 59 districts, shall be elected at
the first general election of representatives next occurring after each
decennial redistricting.

(Source: P.A. 102-10, eff. 6-4-21.)

10 ILCS 5/29C-15

(10 ILCS 5/29C-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 29C-15; formerly Ch. 46, par. 813)

Sec. 29C-15. Determination of groups.

To determine which group of Legislative Districts shall be the "First
group", "Second group", or "Third group" for the purpose of establishing
the terms for which Senators shall be elected in each group until the next
decennial redistricting, as provided in Section 3 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution of 1970, the Secretary of State, in the presence of
the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, after due notice to them,
shall, as soon as practicable after each redistricting finalized according
to law, draw one card at random, from 3 cards bearing the numbers 1, 2 and
3, and then draw one card at random from the 2 remaining cards. The first
number so drawn shall be the first number of the "First group" and Senators
shall be elected from districts in that group for terms as provided in
Section 29C-10 for that group. The second number so drawn shall be
the first number of the "Second group" and Senators shall be elected from
districts in that group for terms as provided in Section 29C-10 for
that group. The number on the remaining card shall be the first number of
the "Third group" and Senators shall be elected from districts in that
group for terms as provided in Section 29C-10 for that group.

(Source: P.A. 97-6, eff. 6-3-11.)

10 ILCS 5/Art. 30

(10 ILCS 5/Art. 30 heading) ARTICLE 30.

REPEAL AND SAVING

10 ILCS 5/30-2

(10 ILCS 5/30-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 30-2)

Sec. 30-2.

The provisions for repeal in this article shall not in any way:

(1) Affect any offense committed, an act done, a penalty, punishment or
forfeiture incurred, or a claim, right, power or remedy accrued under any
law in force prior to the effective date of this Act:

(2) Invalidate any act or proceeding that has been validated by any
former law;

(3) Affect the adoption by any city, village, incorporated town or other
governmental unit of any act in force prior to the effective date of this
Act;

(4) Increase the penalty or punishment for any offense committed prior
to the effective date hereof.

(Source: Laws 1943, Vol. 2, p. 253.)

10 ILCS 5/30-3

(10 ILCS 5/30-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 30-3)

Sec. 30-3.

If any section, subdivision, sentence or clause of this Act is
for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act.

(Source: Laws 1943, Vol. 2, p. 253.)