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90_HB0509

      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
      10 ILCS 5/7-8             from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
      10 ILCS 5/8-4             from Ch. 46, par. 8-4
      105 ILCS 5/33-1           from Ch. 122, par. 33-1
      105 ILCS 5/33-1b          from Ch. 122, par. 33-1b
          Amends the Election Code and the School Code.   Beginning
      in  1998, changes the general primary election from the third
      Tuesday in March to  the  last  Tuesday  in  June.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  change  the  date  of  the  general  primary
 2    election, amending named Acts.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 2A-1.1, 7-8, and 8-4 as follows:
 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
 8        Sec. 2A-1.1.  All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.
 9        (a)  In  even-numbered  years, the general election shall
10    be held on the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  of
11    November;  and  beginning in 1998, an election to be known as
12    the general primary  election  shall  be  held  on  the  last
13    Tuesday in June third Tuesday in March;
14        (b)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
15    the consolidated election shall be held on the first  Tuesday
16    in  April  except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
17    and an election to  be  known  as  the  consolidated  primary
18    election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February;
19        (c)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
20    the nonpartisan election shall be held on the  first  Tuesday
21    after the first Monday in November.
22    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
23        (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
24        Sec.  7-8.  The State central committee shall be composed
25    of one or two members from each congressional district in the
26    State and shall be elected as follows:
27                       State Central Committee
28        (a)  Within 30 days after  the  effective  date  of  this
29    amendatory  Act  of  1983 the State central committee of each
30    political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
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 1    which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
 2    State central committee of that party.
 3        Alternative A.  At the general primary election  held  on
 4    the  third  Tuesday  in  March  1970, and at the primary held
 5    every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector may  vote  for
 6    one  candidate  of  his party for member of the State central
 7    committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
 8    The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall  be
 9    declared   elected   State   central  committeeman  from  the
10    district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
11    a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of  such
12    party,  determine  to  thereafter  elect  the  State  central
13    committeemen in the manner following:
14        At  the  county  convention  held by such political party
15    State central committeemen  shall  be  elected  in  the  same
16    manner  as  provided  in  this  Article  for  the election of
17    officers of the county central committee, and  such  election
18    shall  follow  the election of officers of the county central
19    committee.   Each  elected   ward,   township   or   precinct
20    committeeman  shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
21    voted in his ward, township, part of a township  or  precinct
22    in  the  last  preceding  primary  election  of his political
23    party. In the case of a county  lying  partially  within  one
24    congressional   district   and   partially   within   another
25    congressional  district,  each  ward,  township  or  precinct
26    committeeman   shall   vote   only   with   respect   to  the
27    congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
28    township  or  precinct  is  located.   In  the  case   of   a
29    congressional   district  which  encompasses  more  than  one
30    county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
31    within the congressional district shall cast as his vote  one
32    vote  for  each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
33    township or precinct in the last preceding  primary  election
34    of  his  political  party  for one candidate of his party for
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 1    member of the State central committee for  the  congressional
 2    district  in which he resides and the Chairman  of the county
 3    central committee shall report the results of the election to
 4    the State Board of Elections. The State  Board  of  Elections
 5    shall  certify  the candidate receiving the highest number of
 6    votes   elected   State   central   committeeman   for   that
 7    congressional district.
 8        The State central committee shall adopt rules to  provide
 9    for  and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
10    of members of the State central committee.
11        Alternative  B.  Each  congressional   committee   shall,
12    within  30  days  after  the  adoption  of  this alternative,
13    appoint a person of the sex opposite that  of  the  incumbent
14    member  for  that  congressional  district  to  serve  as  an
15    additional member of the State central committee until his or
16    her  successor  is elected at the general primary election in
17    1986.   Each  congressional   committee   shall   make   this
18    appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
19    of  this  Section.  In  each  congressional  district  at the
20    general primary election held  in  1986  and  every  4  years
21    thereafter,  the  male candidate receiving the highest number
22    of votes of the party's male  candidates  for  State  central
23    committeeman,  and the female candidate receiving the highest
24    number of votes of the party's female  candidates  for  State
25    central  committeewoman,  shall  be  declared  elected  State
26    central  committeeman  and  State central committeewoman from
27    the district.  At the general primary election held  in  1986
28    and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
29    State  central  committeemen  or State central committeewomen
30    from a congressional  district  are  of  the  same  sex,  the
31    candidate  receiving  the  highest  number  of votes shall be
32    declared  elected  a  State  central  committeeman  or  State
33    central committeewoman from the district, and, because  of  a
34    failure  to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
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 1    vacancy shall be declared to  exist  in  the  office  of  the
 2    second  member  of  the  State  central  committee  from  the
 3    district.  This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
 4    congressional  committee  of  the  political  party,  and the
 5    person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a  resident  of
 6    the  congressional  district  and of the sex opposite that of
 7    the committeeman or committeewoman  elected  at  the  general
 8    primary  election.   Each  congressional committee shall make
 9    this  appointment  by  voting  on  the  basis  set  forth  in
10    paragraph (e) of this Section.
11        Under both  of  the  foregoing  alternatives,  the  State
12    central  committee  of each political party shall be composed
13    of  members   elected   or   appointed   from   the   several
14    congressional  districts of the State, and of no other person
15    or persons whomsoever.  The  members  of  the  State  central
16    committee  shall,  within  30  days  after  each  quadrennial
17    election   of  the  full  committee,  meet  in  the  city  of
18    Springfield and organize by electing  from  among  their  own
19    number  a  chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
20    from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may  deem
21    necessary  or  expedient.  The outgoing chairman of the State
22    central committee of the party  shall,  10  days  before  the
23    meeting,  notify  each  member of the State central committee
24    elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
25    In the organization and  proceedings  of  the  State  central
26    committee,  each State central committeeman and State central
27    committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot  voted  in
28    his  or her congressional district by the primary electors of
29    his  or  her  party  at  the  primary  election   immediately
30    preceding   the  meeting  of  the  State  central  committee.
31    Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central  committee  of
32    any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
33    by the congressional committee of that political party in the
34    congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
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 1    was  elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
 2    shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in  a
 3    committee  composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
 4    the same sex as  the  appointee's  predecessor.  A  political
 5    party  may,  by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
 6    convention of such party, determine to return to the election
 7    of   State   central   committeeman   and    State    central
 8    committeewoman  by  the vote of primary electors.  Any action
 9    taken  by  a  political  party  at  a  State  convention   in
10    accordance  with  this Section shall be reported to the State
11    Board of Elections by the  chairman  and  secretary  of  such
12    convention within 10 days after such action.
13              Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
14        (b)  At  the  general  primary election held on the third
15    Tuesday in March, 1972, and every 4  years  thereafter,  each
16    primary  elector  in cities having a population of 200,000 or
17    over may vote for one candidate of his party in his ward  for
18    ward  committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must
19    be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected
20    ward committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
21    shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such  ward.
22    At  the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
23    March, 1970, and  every  4  years  thereafter,  each  primary
24    elector  in  counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
25    more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
26    more, may vote for one candidate of his  party  for  township
27    committeeman.  Each  candidate for township committeeman must
28    be a resident of and in the township or part  of  a  township
29    (which  lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
30    or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000  or
31    more),  and  in which township or part of a township he seeks
32    to be elected  township  committeeman.  The  one  having  the
33    highest  number  of votes shall be such township committeeman
34    of such party for such township or part  of  a  township.  At
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 1    each  general  the primary election held on the third Tuesday
 2    in March, 1970 and every 2  years  thereafter,  each  primary
 3    elector,  except in counties having a population of 2,000,000
 4    or over, may vote for one  candidate  of  his  party  in  his
 5    precinct   for  precinct  committeeman.  Each  candidate  for
 6    precinct committeeman must be a bona  fide  resident  of  the
 7    precinct  where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman.
 8    The one having the highest number  of  votes  shall  be  such
 9    precinct  committeeman  of  such party for such precinct. The
10    official returns of the primary shall show the  name  of  the
11    committeeman of each political party.
12        Terms  of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
13    under the provisions of this Article shall continue  as  such
14    committeemen  until the date of the primary to be held in the
15    second  year  after  their  election.  Except  as   otherwise
16    provided   in   this   Section   for  certain  State  central
17    committeemen  who  have  2  year  terms,  all  State  central
18    committeemen, township  committeemen  and  ward  committeemen
19    shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
20    to  be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
21    a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman  when
22    a  precinct  committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
23    which he was elected and  such  precinct  committeeman  shall
24    thereafter  neither  have  nor exercise any rights, powers or
25    duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a  successor
26    has not been elected or appointed.
27        (c)  The  Multi-Township  Central Committee shall consist
28    of  the  precinct  committeemen  of  such   party,   in   the
29    multi-township  assessing district formed pursuant to Section
30    2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for  the
31    purposes  set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
32    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the   Multi-Township
33    Central  Committee  each precinct committeeman shall have one
34    vote for each ballot voted in his  precinct  by  the  primary
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 1    electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
 2                      County Central Committee
 3        (d)  The county central committee of each political party
 4    in   each  county  shall  consist  of  the  various  township
 5    committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
 6    any, of such party in the county.  In  the  organization  and
 7    proceedings  of  the  county central committee, each precinct
 8    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
 9    precinct by the primary electors of his party at the  primary
10    at  which  he  was  elected; each township committeeman shall
11    have one vote for each ballot voted in his township  or  part
12    of  a  township as the case may be by the primary electors of
13    his party at the  primary  election  for  the  nomination  of
14    candidates  for  election to the General Assembly immediately
15    preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
16    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the  county  central
17    committee, each ward committeeman shall  have  one  vote  for
18    each  ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
19    party  at  the  primary  election  for  the   nomination   of
20    candidates  for  election to the General Assembly immediately
21    preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
22                       Congressional Committee
23        (e)  The congressional committee of each  party  in  each
24    congressional  district  shall be composed of the chairmen of
25    the county central committees of the counties  composing  the
26    congressional   district,   except   that   in  congressional
27    districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
28    or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
29    the county lines  of  all  of  such  counties,  the  precinct
30    committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
31    any,  of  the  party  representing  the  precincts within the
32    limits of  the  congressional  district,  shall  compose  the
33    congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
34    district  shall  be  a  member  and  the  chairman or, when a
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 1    district has 2 State central committeemen, a  co-chairman  of
 2    the  congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
 3    vote except in case of a tie.
 4        In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  congressional
 5    committees  composed  of  precinct  committeemen  or township
 6    committeemen  or  ward  committeemen,  or   any   combination
 7    thereof,  each  precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
 8    each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors  of
 9    his  party  at  the  primary  at  which  he was elected, each
10    township committeeman shall have one  vote  for  each  ballot
11    voted  in  his township or part of a township as the case may
12    be by the primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary
13    election   immediately   preceding   the   meeting   of   the
14    congressional  committee,  and  each  ward committeeman shall
15    have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct  of  his
16    ward  located  in  such congressional district by the primary
17    electors of his party at  the  primary  election  immediately
18    preceding  the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
19    the organization and proceedings of congressional  committees
20    composed  of the chairmen of the county central committees of
21    the counties within such  district,  each  chairman  of  such
22    county  central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
23    voted in his county by the primary electors of his  party  at
24    the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
25    congressional committee.
26                     Judicial District Committee
27        (f)  The  judicial  district  committee of each political
28    party in each judicial district  shall  be  composed  of  the
29    chairman  of  the  county  central committees of the counties
30    composing the judicial district.
31        In the organization and proceedings of judicial  district
32    committees  composed  of  the  chairmen of the county central
33    committees  of  the  counties  within  such  district,   each
34    chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
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 1    for  each  ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
 2    of his party at the primary  election  immediately  preceding
 3    the meeting of the judicial district committee.
 4                       Circuit Court Committee
 5        (g)  The  circuit court committee of each political party
 6    in  each  judicial  circuit  outside  Cook  County  shall  be
 7    composed of the chairmen of the county central committees  of
 8    the counties composing the judicial circuit.
 9        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of circuit court
10    committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
11    have one vote for each ballot voted  in  his  county  by  the
12    primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary  election
13    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  circuit  court
14    committee.
15                    Judicial Subcircuit Committee
16        (g-1)  The   judicial   subcircuit   committee   of  each
17    political party in each judicial subcircuit  in  Cook  County
18    shall  be  composed  of the ward and township committeemen of
19    the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
20        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  each  judicial
21    subcircuit  committee,  each township committeeman shall have
22    one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part  of  a
23    township,  as  the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
24    the primary electors of his party  at  the  primary  election
25    immediately  preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
26    committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
27    each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the  case
28    may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
29    his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding the
30    meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
31                     Municipal Central Committee
32        (h)  The municipal central committee  of  each  political
33    party  shall  be  composed  of the precinct, township or ward
34    committeemen, as the case may be, of such party  representing
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 1    the  precincts  or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
 2    town or  village.  The  voting  strength  of  each  precinct,
 3    township  or  ward  committeeman  on  the  municipal  central
 4    committee  shall  be  the  same as his voting strength on the
 5    county central committee.
 6        For political parties, other than a  statewide  political
 7    party,  established  only  within a municipality or township,
 8    the  municipal  or  township  managing  committee  shall   be
 9    composed  of  the  party  officers  of  the local established
10    party.  The party officers of a local established party shall
11    be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the  caucus  for
12    those  municipalities  and townships authorized by statute to
13    nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as  party  officers
14    for  the  purpose  of  filling  vacancies in nomination under
15    Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized  by
16    statute  or  ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
17    primary election, the party officers  shall  be  the  party's
18    candidates  who  are  nominated  at the primary.  If no party
19    primary was held because of the provisions  of  Section  7-5,
20    vacancies  in  nomination  shall  be  filled  by  the party's
21    remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
22                               Powers
23        (i)  Each committee  and  its  officers  shall  have  the
24    powers  usually  exercised  by  such  committees  and  by the
25    officers thereof, not inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
26    this  Article.  The  several  committees  herein provided for
27    shall not have power to delegate  any  of  their  powers,  or
28    functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
29    shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
30    from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
31        (j)  The  State  central  committee  of a political party
32    which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph  (a)
33    of  this  Section  shall  adopt  a plan to give effect to the
34    delegate selection rules of the national political party  and
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 1    file  a  copy  of such plan with the State Board of Elections
 2    when approved by a national political party.
 3        (k)  For the purpose of the designation of a proxy  by  a
 4    Congressional  Committee  to vote in place of an absent State
 5    central committeeman or committeewoman  at  meetings  of  the
 6    State central committee of a political party which elects its
 7    members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
 8    the  proxy  shall  be  appointed  by the vote of the ward and
 9    township committeemen, if any, of  the  wards  and  townships
10    which  lie  entirely  or  partially  within the Congressional
11    District from which the absent State central committeeman  or
12    committeewoman  was  elected  and the vote of the chairmen of
13    the county central committees of  those  counties  which  lie
14    entirely  or partially within that Congressional District and
15    in which there are no ward  or  township  committeemen.  When
16    voting  for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
17    or township committeeman, as the case may be shall  have  one
18    vote  for  each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
19    or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by  the
20    primary  electors of his party at the primary at which he was
21    elected. However, the absent State  central  committeeman  or
22    committeewoman  may  designate  a proxy when permitted by the
23    rules of a  political  party  which  elects  its  members  by
24    Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
26        (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
27        Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the third Tuesday in
28    March  of  each  even-numbered  year  for  The  nomination of
29    candidates for legislative  offices  shall  be  made  at  the
30    general primary election.
31    (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
32        Section  10.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
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 1    Sections 33-1 and 33-1b as follows:
 2        (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
 3        Sec. 33-1.  Board of Education - Election -  Terms.    In
 4    all  school  districts,  including  special charter districts
 5    having a population of 100,000 and  not  more  than  500,000,
 6    which  adopt  this  Article,  as  hereinafter provided, there
 7    shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge  of  a
 8    board  of  education,  which  shall  be  a  body  politic and
 9    corporate by the name of "Board  of  Education  of  the  City
10    of....".  The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
11    voters  of  the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
12    of this Act, The regular election for members  of  the  board
13    shall  be  held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
14    years, except as provided in Section 33-1b, and on  the  date
15    provided  for  the  general primary election and on the third
16    Tuesday of March in even numbered years.  The  law  governing
17    the  registration  of  voters  for the primary election shall
18    apply to the regular election.  At the first regular election
19    7 persons shall be elected  as  members  of  the  board.  The
20    person  who  receives  the  greatest number of votes shall be
21    elected for a term of 5 years.  The 2 persons who receive the
22    second and third greatest number of votes  shall  be  elected
23    for  a  term  of 4 years.  The person who receives the fourth
24    greatest number of votes shall be elected for  a  term  of  3
25    years.   The  2  persons  who  receive  the  fifth  and sixth
26    greatest number of votes shall be elected for  a  term  of  2
27    years.   The  person who receives the seventh greatest number
28    of votes shall be elected for a term of 1  year.  Thereafter,
29    at  each  regular  election  for  members  of  the board, the
30    successors of the members whose terms expire in the  year  of
31    election  shall  be elected for a term of 5 years.  All terms
32    shall commence on July 1 next succeeding the elections.   Any
33    vacancy  occurring  in  the  membership of the board shall be
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 1    filled by appointment until the  next  regular  election  for
 2    members of the board.
 3        In  any school district which has adopted this Article, a
 4    proposition for the election of board members by school board
 5    district rather than at large may be submitted to the  voters
 6    of the district at the regular school election of any year in
 7    the  manner  provided in Section 9-22.  If the proposition is
 8    approved by a majority of those voting on  the  propositions,
 9    the  board  shall  divide  the  school district into 7 school
10    board districts as provided in Section 9-22.  At the  regular
11    school  election  in  the year following the adoption of such
12    proposition, one member shall be  elected  from  each  school
13    board  district,  and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
14    determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
15    years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years.  Thereafter  their
16    respective  successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
17    The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the  year
18    following the adoption of such a proposition.
19        Any  school  district which has adopted this Article may,
20    by referendum in accordance with  Section  33-1a,  adopt  the
21    method of electing members of the board of education provided
22    in that Section.
23        Reapportionment  of  the voting districts provided for in
24    this Article or created pursuant to a court order,  shall  be
25    completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
26    (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)
27        (105 ILCS 5/33-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1b)
28        Sec. 33-1b.  Whenever the date designated in Section 33-1
29    for  the  odd-numbered  year election of members of boards of
30    education conflicts with the celebration  of  Passover,  that
31    election  shall  be  postponed to the first Tuesday following
32    the last day of Passover.
33    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
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 1        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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