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90_SB0200

      10 ILCS 5/1-3             from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
      10 ILCS 5/2A-36           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36
      10 ILCS 5/2A-43           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43
      10 ILCS 5/2A-48           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48
      10 ILCS 5/2A-49           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49
      10 ILCS 5/2A-50           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50
      10 ILCS 5/2A-51           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51
      10 ILCS 5/2A-52           from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52
      10 ILCS 5/4-11            from Ch. 46, par. 4-11
      10 ILCS 5/10-6            from Ch. 46, par. 10-6
      10 ILCS 5/11-7            from Ch. 46, par. 11-7
      10 ILCS 5/12-1            from Ch. 46, par. 12-1
      10 ILCS 5/16-4.1          from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1
      10 ILCS 5/24-1.2          from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2
      70 ILCS 705/4.02          from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02
      110 ILCS 805/2-12.1       from Ch. 122, par. 102-12.1
      110 ILCS 805/3-7          from Ch. 122, par. 103-7
          Amends the Election Code, the  Public  Community  College
      Act  and  the  Fire  Protection  District  Act to abolish the
      nonpartisan election held on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the
      first  Monday  in  November of odd-numbered years.  Transfers
      elections of officers held at the nonpartisan election to the
      consolidated election held on the first Tuesday in  April  of
      odd-numbered years.   Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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  1-3,  2A-1.1,  2A-1.2,  2A-36, 2A-43, 2A-48, 2A-49,
 6    2A-50, 2A-51, 2A-52,  4-11,  10-6,  11-7,  12-1,  16-4.1  and
 7    24-1.2 as follows:
 8        (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
 9        Sec.  1-3.  As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the context
10    otherwise requires:
11        1.  "Election" includes the submission of  all  questions
12    of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
13    popular   vote,   and  includes  primary  elections  when  so
14    indicated by the context.
15        2.  "Regular  election"  means   the   general,   general
16    primary,  nonpartisan,  consolidated and consolidated primary
17    elections  regularly  scheduled  in  Article  2A.  The   even
18    numbered  year municipal primary established in Article 2A is
19    a regular election only with respect to those  municipalities
20    in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
21        3.  "Special  election"  means  an election not regularly
22    recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether  it  is
23    held  at  the  same  time  and place and by the same election
24    officers as a regular election.
25        4.  "General election" means  the  biennial  election  at
26    which  members  of the General Assembly are elected. "General
27    primary  election",  "nonpartisan  election",   "consolidated
28    election"   and  "consolidated  primary  election"  mean  the
29    respective elections or the  election  dates  designated  and
30    established in Article 2A of this Code.
31        5.  "Municipal  election"  means  an election or primary,
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 1    either  regular  or  special,  in   cities,   villages,   and
 2    incorporated  towns;  and "municipality" means any such city,
 3    village or incorporated town.
 4        6.  "Political or  governmental  subdivision"  means  any
 5    unit  of  local  government,  or  school  district  in  which
 6    elections  are  or  may  be  held. "Political or governmental
 7    subdivision" also includes, for election  purposes,  Regional
 8    Boards  of  School  Trustees,  and  Township Boards of School
 9    Trustees.
10        7.  The word "township" and the word "town"  shall  apply
11    interchangeably  to  the  type  of  governmental organization
12    established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
13    Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a  municipality
14    referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
15    Code, as now or hereafter amended.
16        8.  "Election  authority" means a county clerk or a Board
17    of Election Commissioners.
18        9.  "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an  entire  county,
19    in  the  case  of a county in which no city board of election
20    commissioners is located or which is under  the  jurisdiction
21    of   a  county  board  of  election  commissioners;  (b)  the
22    territorial  jurisdiction  of  a  city  board   of   election
23    commissioners;  and  (c) the territory in a county outside of
24    the jurisdiction of a city board of  election  commissioners.
25    In  each  instance  election jurisdiction shall be determined
26    according to which election authority maintains the permanent
27    registration records of qualified electors.
28        10.  "Local  election  official"  means  the   clerk   or
29    secretary  of  a unit of local government or school district,
30    as the case may be, the treasurer  of  a  township  board  of
31    school  trustees,  and the regional superintendent of schools
32    with respect to the  various  school  officer  elections  and
33    school  referenda  for  which  the regional superintendent is
34    assigned election duties  by  The  School  Code,  as  now  or
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 1    hereafter amended.
 2        11.  "Judges  of  election", "primary judges" and similar
 3    terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of  judges,
 4    when used in connection with duties at an election during the
 5    hours  the  polls  are  open,  refer to the team of judges of
 6    election on duty during  such  hours;  and,  when  used  with
 7    reference  to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
 8    the team of tally judges designated to count the  vote  after
 9    the  closing  of the polls and the holdover judges designated
10    pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In  such  case,  where,
11    after  the  closing  of  the polls, any act is required to be
12    performed by each of the judges  of  election,  it  shall  be
13    performed  by  each  of  the  tally judges and by each of the
14    holdover judges.
15        12.  "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
16    7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
17    statement containing oath, and sheets  containing  signatures
18    of qualified primary electors bound together.
19        13.  "Election  district"  and "precinct", when used with
20    reference  to  a  30-day  residence  requirement,  means  the
21    smallest constituent territory in which electors  vote  as  a
22    unit  at  the  same polling place in any election governed by
23    this Act.
24        14.  "District" means any area which votes as a unit  for
25    the  election  of any officer, other than the State or a unit
26    of local government or school district, and includes, but  is
27    not  limited  to,  legislative,  congressional  and  judicial
28    districts,   judicial   circuits,   county  board  districts,
29    municipal  and  sanitary   district   wards,   school   board
30    districts, and precincts.
31        15.  "Question  of  public  policy"  or "public question"
32    means any question, proposition or measure submitted  to  the
33    voters  at an election dealing with subject matter other than
34    the nomination or election of candidates and  shall  include,
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 1    but  is  not  limited  to,  any  bond  or tax referendum, and
 2    questions relating to the Constitution.
 3        16.  "Ordinance providing the form  of  government  of  a
 4    municipality  or  county  pursuant  to  Article  VII  of  the
 5    Constitution"  includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
 6    adopted  by  referendum  which  provide  for  the   form   of
 7    government,  the officers or the manner of selection or terms
 8    of  office  of  officers  of  such  municipality  or  county,
 9    pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7  of  Article
10    VII of the Constitution.
11        17.  "List"  as  used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
12    6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
13    or other electronic data  processing  information  containing
14    voter information.
15        18.  "Accessible"  means  accessible  to  handicapped and
16    elderly  individuals   for   the   purpose   of   voting   or
17    registration,  as  determined  by  rule of the State Board of
18    Elections.
19        19.  "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20        20.  "Handicapped" means having a temporary or  permanent
21    physical disability.
22        21.  "Leading  political  party"  means  one  of  the two
23    political parties whose candidates for governor at  the  most
24    recent  three  gubernatorial  elections  received  either the
25    highest or second  highest  average  number  of  votes.   The
26    political  party  whose  candidates for governor received the
27    highest average number of votes shall be known as  the  first
28    leading   political  party  and  the  political  party  whose
29    candidates for governor received the second  highest  average
30    number  of  votes  shall  be  known  as  the  second  leading
31    political party.
32        22.  "Business  day" means any day in which the office of
33    an election authority, local election official or  the  State
34    Board  of  Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
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 1    hours.
 2        23.  "Homeless individual" means any  person  who  has  a
 3    nontraditional  residence,  including  but  not limited to, a
 4    shelter, day shelter, park bench,  street  corner,  or  space
 5    under a bridge.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-1241; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
 8        Sec.  2A-1.1.  All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
 9    In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
10    the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and  an
11    election to be known as the general primary election shall be
12    held on the third Tuesday in March;
13        (b)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
14    the consolidated election shall be held on the first  Tuesday
15    in  April  except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
16    and an election to  be  known  as  the  consolidated  primary
17    election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.;
18        (c)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
19    the nonpartisan election shall be held on the  first  Tuesday
20    after the first Monday in November.
21    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
22        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
23        Sec.   2A-1.2.  Consolidated   Schedule  of  Elections  -
24    Offices Designated.
25        (a)  At  the  general   election   in   the   appropriate
26    even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
27    shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
28             (1)  Elector  of President and Vice President of the
29        United States;
30             (2)  United  States  Senator   and   United   States
31        Representative;
32             (3)  State Executive Branch elected officers;
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 1             (4)  State Senator and State Representative;
 2             (5)  County   elected  officers,  including  State's
 3        Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners,  and
 4        elected  President  of  the  County Board or County Chief
 5        Executive;
 6             (6)  Circuit Court Clerk;
 7             (7)  Regional Superintendent of Schools,  except  in
 8        counties  or  educational  service  regions in which that
 9        office has been abolished;
10             (8)  Judges of the Supreme,  Appellate  and  Circuit
11        Courts,  on  the question of retention, to fill vacancies
12        and newly created judicial offices;
13             (9)  (Blank);
14             (10)  Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary  District
15        of   Chicago,  and  elected  Trustee  of  other  Sanitary
16        Districts;
17             (11)  Special   District   elected   officers,   not
18        otherwise designated in this Section, where  the  statute
19        creating  or  authorizing  the  creation  of the district
20        requires an  annual  election  and  permits  or  requires
21        election of candidates of political parties.
22        (b)  At the general primary election:
23             (1)  in   each   even-numbered  year  candidates  of
24        political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
25        be filled at the general election in  that  year,  except
26        where   pursuant  to  law  nomination  of  candidates  of
27        political parties is made by caucus.
28             (2)  in  the  appropriate  even-numbered  years  the
29        political party offices of  State  central  committeeman,
30        township  committeeman,  ward  committeeman, and precinct
31        committeeman shall be filled and delegates and  alternate
32        delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
33        elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.  In the
34        even-numbered  years  in which a Presidential election is
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 1        to be held, candidates  in  the  Presidential  preference
 2        primary shall also be on the ballot.
 3             (3)  in   each   even-numbered   year,   where   the
 4        municipality  has  provided for annual elections to elect
 5        municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section  7
 6        of  Article  VII  of  the  Constitution,  pursuant to the
 7        Illinois Municipal Code  or  pursuant  to  the  municipal
 8        charter,  the offices of such municipal officers shall be
 9        filled at an election held on the  date  of  the  general
10        primary  election,  provided  that the municipal election
11        shall be a nonpartisan election  where  required  by  the
12        Illinois   Municipal   Code.    For   partisan  municipal
13        elections in even-numbered years, a primary  to  nominate
14        candidates  for  municipal  office  to  be elected at the
15        general primary election shall be held on the  Tuesday  6
16        weeks preceding that election.
17             (4)  in  each  school district which has adopted the
18        provisions of Article 33 of the School  Code,  successors
19        to  the  members  of  the  board of education whose terms
20        expire in the year in which the general primary  is  held
21        shall be elected.
22        (c)  At  the  consolidated  election  in  the appropriate
23    odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
24             (1)  Municipal   officers,    provided    that    in
25        municipalities  in which candidates for alderman or other
26        municipal  office  are  not  permitted  by  law   to   be
27        candidates  of  political  parties,  the  runoff election
28        where required by law, or the nonpartisan election  where
29        required  by  law,  shall  be  held  on  the  date of the
30        consolidated election; and provided further, in the  case
31        of  municipal  officers  provided  for  by  an  ordinance
32        providing  the  form  of  government  of the municipality
33        pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
34        such offices shall be filled by  election  or  by  runoff
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 1        election as may be provided by such ordinance;
 2             (2)  Village    and    incorporated   town   library
 3        directors;
 4             (3)  City boards of stadium commissioners;
 5             (4)  Commissioners of park districts;
 6             (5)  Trustees of public library districts;
 7             (6)  Special   District   elected   officers,    not
 8        otherwise  designated  in this section, where the statute
 9        creating or authorizing  the  creation  of  the  district
10        permits  or  requires election of candidates of political
11        parties;
12             (7)  Township  officers,  including  township   park
13        commissioners,  township library directors, and boards of
14        managers  of  community  buildings,  and   Multi-Township
15        Assessors;
16             (8)  Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
17             (9)  Members  of  school  boards in school districts
18        which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
19             (10)  The directors and  chairman  of  the  Chain  O
20        Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
21             (11)  Forest preserve district commissioners elected
22        under  Section  3.5  of  the  Downstate  Forest  Preserve
23        District Act.
24             (12)  Elected   members  of  school  boards,  school
25        trustees,  directors  of  boards  of  school   directors,
26        trustees  of  county boards of school trustees (except in
27        counties  or  educational  service   regions   having   a
28        population  of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
29        of boards of school inspectors, except school  boards  in
30        school  districts  that  adopt  Article  33 of the School
31        Code;
32             (13)  Members of Community College district boards;
33             (14)  Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
34             (15)  Commissioners of the Springfield  Metropolitan
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 1        Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
 2             (16)  Elected  Trustees  of  Tuberculosis Sanitarium
 3        Districts;
 4             (17)  Elected  Officers  of  special  districts  not
 5        otherwise designated in this Section for  which  the  law
 6        governing  those  districts does not permit candidates of
 7        political parties.
 8        (d)  At  the  consolidated  primary  election   in   each
 9    odd-numbered  year,  candidates of political parties shall be
10    nominated for those offices to be filled at the  consolidated
11    election   in   that  year,  except  where  pursuant  to  law
12    nomination of candidates of  political  parties  is  made  by
13    caucus,  and  except  those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
14    through (17) of subsection (c).
15        At the consolidated primary election in  the  appropriate
16    odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
17    shall  be  elected  in municipalities in which candidates for
18    mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
19    to be candidates of  political  parties,  subject  to  runoff
20    elections  to  be held at the consolidated election as may be
21    required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
22    a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
23    law candidates for  such  office  are  not  permitted  to  be
24    candidates of political parties.
25        At  the  consolidated primary election in the appropriate
26    odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated  or
27    elected,  or  elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
28    by an  ordinance  providing  a  form  of  government  of  the
29    municipality  pursuant  to  Section  7  of Article VII of the
30    Constitution.
31        (e)  Blank).   At  the  nonpartisan  election   in   each
32    odd-numbered  year  the  following offices shall be filled in
33    nonpartisan elections:
34             (1)  Elected  members  of  school   boards,   school
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 1        trustees,   directors  of  boards  of  school  directors,
 2        trustees of county boards of school trustees  (except  in
 3        counties   or   educational   service  regions  having  a
 4        population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
 5        of boards of school inspectors, except school  boards  in
 6        school  districts  which  adopt  Article 33 of the School
 7        Code;
 8             (2)  Member of Community College district boards;
 9             (3)  Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
10             (4)  Commissioner   of   Springfield    Metropolitan
11        Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
12             (5)  Elected  Trustees  of  Tuberculosis  Sanitarium
13        Districts;
14             (6)  Elected   Officers  of  special  districts  not
15        otherwise designated in this Section for  which  the  law
16        governing  such  districts  does not permit candidates of
17        political parties.
18        (f)  At  any  election  established  in  Section  2A-1.1,
19    public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to  this
20    Code   and   any   special  election  otherwise  required  or
21    authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
22    to this Code.
23        Notwithstanding  the  regular  dates  for   election   of
24    officers  established  in this Article, whenever a referendum
25    is held for the  establishment  of  a  political  subdivision
26    whose  officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
27    be elected at the election at which such referendum  is  held
28    if otherwise so provided by law.  In such cases, the election
29    of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
30        Notwithstanding   the   regular  dates  for  election  of
31    officials established in this Article, any community  college
32    district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
33    to  Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
34    or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district  board
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 1    members  at  the  next regularly scheduled election following
 2    the effective date of the new district.
 3        (g)  At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
 4    any  precinct  there  are  no  offices  or  public  questions
 5    required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
 6    shall be held in the precinct on that date.
 7        (h)  Except at the nonpartisan election  in  1981,  There
 8    may   be  conducted  a  referendum  in  accordance  with  the
 9    provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
11    1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
12        (10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36)
13        Sec. 2A-36.  Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of
14    Election. A trustee  of  a  Fire  Protection  District  which
15    elects  its  trustees  shall  be elected at each consolidated
16    nonpartisan election in odd-numbered years  to  succeed  each
17    incumbent  trustee  whose  term  expires before the following
18    consolidated nonpartisan election.
19    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
20        (10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
21        Sec.  2A-43.   Springfield  Metropolitan  Exposition  and
22    Auditorium Authority - Commissioner -  Time  of  Election.  A
23    commissioner  of  the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
24    Auditorium Authority shall be  elected  at  the  consolidated
25    nonpartisan  election  of  each  odd-numbered year to succeed
26    each incumbent commissioner whose  term  expires  before  the
27    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
28    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
29        (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
30        Sec. 2A-48.  Board of School Directors - Member - Time of
31    Election. A member of a Board of School Directors or a member
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 1    of  an  elected Board of Education, as the case may be, shall
 2    be elected  at  each  consolidated  nonpartisan  election  to
 3    succeed  each  incumbent  member  whose  term ends before the
 4    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
 5    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
 6        (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
 7        Sec. 2A-49.  Board of School Inspectors - Member  -  Time
 8    of  Election.  A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall
 9    be elected at the  consolidated  nonpartisan  election  which
10    immediately  precedes  the  expiration  of  the  term  of any
11    incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent  school
12    inspector  whose  term ends before the following consolidated
13    nonpartisan election.
14    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
16        Sec. 2A-50.  Regional Board of School Trustees -  Trustee
17    -  Time  of  Election.  Except in educational service regions
18    having a population  of  2,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,  a
19    trustee  of  a  Regional  Board  of  School Trustees shall be
20    elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election  to  succeed
21    each  incumbent  trustee whose term ends before the following
22    consolidated nonpartisan election.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-969.)
24        (10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
25        Sec. 2A-51.   Schools  -  Trustee  -  Time  of  Election.
26    Except  in  a  township in which all school districts located
27    therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of
28    the trustees of schools under the  provisions  of  subsection
29    (b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except in townships
30    in  which the office of trustee of schools has been abolished
31    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1  of  the  School
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 1    Code,  a  trustee of schools shall be elected in townships at
 2    the  consolidated  nonpartisan  election  which   immediately
 3    precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee,
 4    to  succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the
 5    following consolidated nonpartisan election.
 6    (Source: P.A. 86-1441; 87-473.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
 8        Sec. 2A-52.  Community College District - Member  -  Time
 9    of  Election.  A  member  of the Board of a Community College
10    District shall be elected at  each  consolidated  nonpartisan
11    election  to  succeed  each  elected  incumbent member of the
12    Board whose term expires before  the  following  consolidated
13    nonpartisan election.
14    (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
16        Sec.  4-11.   At  least  2  weeks  prior  to  the general
17    November  election  in  each  even  numbered  year  and   the
18    consolidated  nonpartisan  election in each odd-numbered year
19    the county clerk shall cause a  list  to  be  made  for  each
20    precinct  of all names upon the registration record cards not
21    marked or erased, in alphabetical order,  with  the  address,
22    provided,  that  such list may be arranged geographically, by
23    street and number, in numerical order, with  respect  to  all
24    precincts  in  which  all, or substantially all residences of
25    voters therein shall  be  located  upon  and  numbered  along
26    streets,  avenues, courts, or other highways which are either
27    named or numbered, upon direction either of the county  board
28    or of the circuit court.  On the list, the county clerk shall
29    indicate,  by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of
30    all persons who have  registered  since  the  last  regularly
31    scheduled  election in the consolidated schedule of elections
32    established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The  county  clerk
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 1    shall  cause  such  precinct  lists to be printed or typed in
 2    sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable demands,  and  upon
 3    application  a  copy of the same shall be given to any person
 4    applying therefor.  By such time, the county clerk shall give
 5    the precinct lists  to  the  chairman  of  a  county  central
 6    committee of an established political party, as such party is
 7    defined  in  Section  10-2  of this Act, or to the chairman's
 8    duly  authorized  representative.   Within  30  days  of  the
 9    effective date of this Amendatory Act  of  1983,  the  county
10    clerk  shall  give  the  precinct lists compiled prior to the
11    general November election of 1982 to the chairman  of  county
12    central committee of an established political party or to the
13    chairman's duly authorized representative.
14        Prior  to  the  opening of the polls for other elections,
15    the county clerk shall transmit or deliver to the  judges  of
16    election of each polling place a corrected list of registered
17    voters  in the precinct, or the names of persons added to and
18    erased or withdrawn from the  list  for  such  precinct.   At
19    other  times  such  list,  currently corrected, shall be kept
20    available for public inspection in the office of  the  county
21    clerk.
22        Within  60  days  after  each general election the county
23    clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
24    the  list  of  registered  voters  in  each  precinct,   each
25    registrant  who  voted  at  that  general election, and shall
26    provide a copy of such list to the  chairman  of  the  county
27    central  committee  of each established political party or to
28    the chairman's duly authorized representative.
29        Within  60  days  after  the  effective  date   of   this
30    amendatory  Act  of  1983, the county clerk shall indicate by
31    italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of  registered
32    voters  in  each  precinct,  each registrant who voted at the
33    general election of 1982, and shall provide a  copy  of  such
34    coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
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 1    each  established  political  party or to the chairman's duly
 2    authorized representative.
 3        The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
 4    cost of duplicating  each  copy  of  a  list  provided  under
 5    either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
 6    (Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
 8        Sec.   10-6.    Except   as  provided  in  Section  10-3,
 9    certificates of nomination  and  nomination  papers  for  the
10    nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors
11    of  the  entire  State, or any district not entirely within a
12    county, or for congressional, state legislative  or  judicial
13    offices,  shall  be  presented to the principal office of the
14    State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor  less  than  92
15    days previous to the day of election for which the candidates
16    are  nominated.   The  State Board of Elections shall endorse
17    the certificates of nomination or nomination papers,  as  the
18    case  may  be,  and  the  date and hour of presentment to it.
19    Except as otherwise  provided  in  this  section,  all  other
20    certificates  for the nomination of candidates shall be filed
21    with the county clerk of the  respective  counties  not  more
22    than  99  but  at  least  92 days previous to the day of such
23    election.  Certificates of nomination and  nomination  papers
24    for the nomination of candidates for the offices of political
25    subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
26    general  election  shall  be  filed  with  the local election
27    official of such subdivision:
28        (1)  (Blank); not more than 78 or less than 71 days prior
29    to the nonpartisan election; or
30        (2)  not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to  the
31    consolidated election; or
32        (3)  not  more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
33    general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
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 1    at the general primary election; or
 2        (4)  not more than 78 nor less than 71  days  before  the
 3    consolidated  primary  in the case of municipal offices to be
 4    elected on a nonpartisan basis  pursuant  to  law  (including
 5    without   limitation,  those  municipal  offices  subject  to
 6    Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
 7        (5)  not more than 78 nor less than 71  days  before  the
 8    municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
 9    municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
10        (6)  in   the   case  of  petitions  for  the  office  of
11    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be  filed  with
12    the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
13    before the consolidated election.
14        However,  where  a political subdivision's boundaries are
15    co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction  of
16    a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
17    of  nomination  and nomination papers for candidates for such
18    political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
19    such Board.
20    (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
21        (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
22        Sec. 11-7.   For  the  purpose  of  the  conduct  of  any
23    consolidated   election,   consolidated   primary   election,
24    nonpartisan  election,  special municipal primary election or
25    emergency referendum, an election authority may cluster up to
26    four contiguous precincts as provided in this Section,  which
27    shall constitute a clustered voting zone.  The common polling
28    place  for  the clustered voting zone shall be located within
29    the territory comprising the clustered precincts.  Unless the
30    election  authority  specifies  a  larger  number,  only  one
31    election judge shall be appointed for each of  the  precincts
32    in each clustered voting zone.
33        The  judges  so  appointed may not all be affiliated with
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 1    the same political party.
 2        The conduct of an election in  a  clustered  voting  zone
 3    shall  be  under the general supervision of all the judges of
 4    election designated to serve in the  clustered  voting  zone.
 5    The  designated  judges  may  perform  the duties of election
 6    judges for the entire clustered  voting  zone.  However,  the
 7    requirements   of   Section   17-14   shall  apply  to  voter
 8    assistance, the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply  to
 9    voter  instruction,  the  requirement of Section 24A-10 shall
10    apply to examination of absentee ballots, and any disputes as
11    to entitlement to vote, challenges, counting  of  ballots  or
12    other  matters pertaining directly to voting shall be decided
13    by those designated judges  appointed  for  the  precinct  in
14    which  the  affected voter resides or the disputed vote is to
15    be counted.
16        This  Section  does  not  apply  to  any   elections   in
17    municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
18    (Source: P.A. 83-685.)
19        (10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
20        Sec.  12-1.   At least 60 days prior to each general and,
21    consolidated  and    nonpartisan   election,   the   election
22    authority  shall  provide  public notice, calculated to reach
23    elderly  and  handicapped  voters,  of  the  availability  of
24    registration  and  voting  aids  under  the  Federal   Voting
25    Accessibility  for  the  Elderly  and Handicapped Act, of the
26    availability  of  assistance  in  marking  the  ballot,   and
27    procedures for voting by absentee ballot.
28        At  least  30  days  before  any general election, and at
29    least 20 days before any special congressional election,  the
30    county  clerk  shall publish a notice of the election in 2 or
31    more newspapers  published  in  the  county,  city,  village,
32    incorporated town or town, as the case may be, or if there is
33    no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
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 1    in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
 2    community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
 3        Notice  is hereby given that on (give date), at (give the
 4    place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
 5    district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
 6    held for (give  the  title  of  the  several  offices  to  be
 7    filled),  which  election  will  be  open  at  6:00 a. m. and
 8    continued open until 7:00 p. m. of that day.
 9        Dated at .... this .... day of ...., 19...
10    (Source: P.A. 84-808.)
11        (10 ILCS 5/16-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1)
12        Sec. 16-4.1.  Ballots; Form; Nonpartisan and Consolidated
13    Elections.  This Section shall apply only to the  nonpartisan
14    election,   the   consolidated   primary  election,  and  the
15    consolidated election, except as otherwise expressly provided
16    herein.
17        The ballot for the nomination or election of officers  of
18    each  political  subdivision  shall  be considered a separate
19    ballot, and candidates for  such  offices  shall  be  grouped
20    together.   Where  paper  ballots  are  used,  the  names  of
21    candidates  for  nomination  or  election  to  more  than one
22    political subdivision may be contained on  a  common  ballot,
23    provided  that  such  ballot  clearly indicates and separates
24    each political subdivision from which such officers are to be
25    nominated or elected.  In the case of partisan  elections  of
26    officers,  a  separate  party circle shall be included at the
27    head  of  the  portion  of  the  ballot  for  each  political
28    subdivision for which candidates of  political  parties  have
29    been  nominated.   When  an  electronic voting system is used
30    which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the party circles  for
31    straight  party  voting  shall  be on the same ballot page on
32    which are listed the candidates for the political subdivision
33    election for which that party circle applies.
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 1        At the consolidated nonpartisan election, the ballot  for
 2    school   district   offices  shall  precede  the  ballot  for
 3    community college district offices, and thereafter the ballot
 4    order of the political subdivision  officers  to  be  elected
 5    shall  be  as  determined  by the election authority.  In the
 6    case of school districts other  than  community  consolidated
 7    school  districts,  the  ballot  for non-high school district
 8    offices shall precede the ballot  for  high  school  district
 9    offices.
10        At  the  consolidated  primary  and  at  the consolidated
11    election, the ballot for nomination or election of  municipal
12    officers  shall precede the ballot for township officers.  At
13    the consolidated election, following the ballot for municipal
14    and township offices shall be the ballots for  park  district
15    and  library  district  offices, following which shall be the
16    ballots for other political subdivision offices in the  order
17    determined by the election authority.
18        The  election  authority,  in  determining  the  order of
19    ballot placement for offices of political subdivisions  whose
20    ballot placement is not specified in this Section, shall give
21    due  regard  to the clarity of the ballot presentation to the
22    voters, cost and administrative ease, and the requirement  to
23    provide separate ballot formats within precincts in which the
24    electors  are  not  entitled  to vote for the same offices or
25    propositions.  At the  request  of  a  political  subdivision
26    which  extends  into more than one election jurisdiction, the
27    election authority shall endeavor to coordinate placement and
28    color of the ballot  for  such  subdivision  with  the  other
29    election  authorities  responsible  for preparing ballots for
30    such  subdivision  election.   The  election  authority   may
31    conduct  a lottery to determine the order of ballot placement
32    of political subdivision ballots  where  such  order  is  not
33    specified  in  this  Section.   Such lottery may be conducted
34    jointly by two or more election authorities.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
 2        (10 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-1.2)
 3        Sec. 24-1.2.  Paper ballots may be used for  the  conduct
 4    of  the  non-partisan  election and the consolidated election
 5    elections  in  odd-numbered  years,  the  special   municipal
 6    primary  in even-numbered years, and emergency referenda held
 7    at any time, except in regular elections in  which  the  only
 8    offices  or  propositions  on  the  ballot  are for political
 9    subdivisions for which offices have heretofore been voted  on
10    using voting machines or electronic voting systems and except
11    as  otherwise  provided  by  regulation of the State Board of
12    Elections adopted pursuant to this Section.
13        The  State  Board  of  Elections  may  adopt  regulations
14    requiring the use of voting  machines  or  electronic  voting
15    devices, as are available in the jurisdiction of the election
16    authority,  in  such  elections.   Such  regulations shall be
17    applicable uniformly statewide, and shall require the use  of
18    such  voting  equipment  only  in those elections and only in
19    those precincts  where  (1)  the  ballots  to  be  voted  are
20    complex,  due  to  large  numbers  of offices, candidates, or
21    public questions required to be on the ballot, (2) the number
22    of political subdivisions whose officers or public  questions
23    are  to be included on the ballot is substantial, and (3) the
24    use of such voting equipment is  efficient,  cost  effective,
25    and  does  not  result in unjustified election expenses to be
26    reimbursed by the political subdivisions that will share such
27    expenses pursuant to  Sections  17-30  through  17-33.   Such
28    regulations  may  provide reasonable classifications based on
29    the above factors.
30    (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
31        Section 10.  The Fire Protection District Act is  amended
32    by changing Section 4.02 as follows:
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 1        (70 ILCS 705/4.02) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02)
 2        Sec.  4.02.   In  a  district  governed  by an elected or
 3    appointed 5-member board, upon presentation  of  a  petition,
 4    signed  by  not  less than 5% of the electors of the district
 5    governed by the  board,  requesting  that  a  proposition  to
 6    increase  the  board  of  trustees  to  a  7-member  board be
 7    submitted to the electors of the district, the  secretary  of
 8    the  board  of  trustees shall certify the proposition to the
 9    appropriate  election  authorities  who  shall   submit   the
10    proposition  at  a  regular  election  in accordance with the
11    general election law.  The general election law  shall  apply
12    to  and  govern  such  election.  The proposition shall be in
13    substantially the following form:
14    -------------------------------------------------------------
15        Shall the number of trustees           YES
16      of ..... Fire Protection District  ------------------------
17      be increased from 5 to 7?                NO
18    -------------------------------------------------------------
19        If a majority of the votes cast on such  proposition  are
20    in  the  affirmative,  the  board of trustees of the district
21    shall thereafter be increased to a 7-member board and  the  2
22    additional trustees shall be appointed as provided by Section
23    4.01  in  a  district  governed  by  an  appointed  board  of
24    trustees.
25        In a district governed by an elected 5-member board, if a
26    majority  of  the  votes  cast on such proposition are in the
27    affirmative, three trustees shall  be  elected  at  the  next
28    consolidated  nonpartisan  election and shall serve one for 2
29    years, one for 4 years and one for 6 years, the length of the
30    term of each to be determined  by  lot  at  the  first  board
31    meeting  following  the election.  Thereafter, one trustee or
32    two trustees, as necessary to maintain a  7-member  board  of
33    trustees,  shall  be  elected at the election provided by the
34    general election law for a term of 6 years.
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 1        Trustees  in  office  on  the  effective  date  of   this
 2    amendatory  Act of 1987 shall continue to hold office for the
 3    remainder of their terms.  The term of each  elected  trustee
 4    shall commence on the first Monday in the month following his
 5    election  and  each  shall hold office until his term expires
 6    and until a successor is elected and qualified.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-535.)
 8        Section 15.  The Public Community College Act is  amended
 9    by changing Sections 2-12.1 and 3-7 as follows:
10        (110 ILCS 805/2-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12.1)
11        Sec.   2-12.1.  Experimental   district;   abolition   of
12    experimental  district  and  establishment  of  new community
13    college district.
14        (a)  The State  Board  shall  establish  an  experimental
15    community  college  district,  referred to in this Act as the
16    "experimental district", to be comprised of  territory  which
17    includes  the  City  of  East  St. Louis, Illinois. The State
18    Board shall determine the area and fix the boundaries of  the
19    territory of the experimental district. Within 30 days of the
20    establishment  of  the experimental district, the State Board
21    shall file with the county clerk of the county, or  counties,
22    concerned  a  map  showing  the territory of the experimental
23    district.
24        Within the experimental district, the State  Board  shall
25    establish,  maintain  and  operate,  until  the  experimental
26    district is abolished and a new community college district is
27    established  under  subsection (c), an experimental community
28    college to be known as the State Community  College  of  East
29    St. Louis.
30        (b)  (Blank).
31        (c)  The  experimental  district  shall  be abolished and
32    replaced by a new community college district as follows:
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 1             (1)  The establishment of the new community  college
 2        district  shall become effective for all purposes on July
 3        1,  1996,   notwithstanding   any   minimum   population,
 4        equalized   assessed   valuation  or  other  requirements
 5        provided by Section 3-1 or any other  provision  of  this
 6        Act   for   the  establishment  of  a  community  college
 7        district.
 8             (2)  The experimental district established  pursuant
 9        to subsection (a) shall be abolished on July 1, 1996 when
10        the  establishment  of the new community college district
11        becomes effective for all purposes.
12             (3)  The territory  of  the  new  community  college
13        district  shall be comprised of the territory of, and its
14        boundaries shall be coterminous with  the  boundaries  of
15        the experimental district which it will replace, as those
16        boundaries existed on November 7, 1995.
17             (4)  Notwithstanding the fact that the establishment
18        of  the  new  community  college district does not become
19        effective for  all  purposes  until  July  1,  1996,  the
20        election  for the members of the initial board of the new
21        community college district,  to  consist  of  7  members,
22        shall  be held at the nonpartisan election in November of
23        1995 in the manner provided by the general election  law,
24        nominating  petitions  for  members  of the initial board
25        shall be filed with the regional  superintendent  in  the
26        manner  provided  by Section 3-7.10 with respect to newly
27        organized districts, and the persons entitled to nominate
28        and to vote at the election for the members of the  board
29        of  the  new  community  college  district  shall  be the
30        electors in the territory referred to in paragraph (3) of
31        this subsection.  In addition, for purposes of the  levy,
32        extension,   and  collection  of  taxes  as  provided  in
33        paragraph (5.5) of this subsection and for the   purposes
34        of  establishing  the territory and boundaries of the new
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 1        community college district within  and  for  which  those
 2        taxes  are  to  be  levied,  the  new  community  college
 3        district  shall  be deemed established and effective when
 4        the 7 members of the initial board of the  new  community
 5        college  district are elected and take office as provided
 6        in this subsection (c).
 7             (5)  Each member elected to the initial board of the
 8        new community college district must, on the date  of  his
 9        election,  be  a citizen of the United States, of the age
10        of 18 years or over, and a resident of the State and  the
11        territory referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection
12        for  at  least one year preceding his election.  Election
13        to  the  initial  board  of  the  new  community  college
14        district of a person who on July 1, 1996 is a member of a
15        common school board constitutes his resignation from, and
16        creates a vacancy on that common school  board  effective
17        July 1, 1996.
18             (5.5)  The  members  first  elected  to the board of
19        trustees  shall  take  office  on  the  first  Monday  of
20        December, 1995, for the  sole  and  limited   purpose  of
21        levying,  at  the  rates  specified  in  the  proposition
22        submitted to the electors under subsection (b), taxes for
23        the  educational  purposes  and  for  the  operations and
24        maintenance of facilities purposes of the  new  community
25        college  district.  The taxes shall be levied in calendar
26        year 1995 for extension and collection in  calendar  year
27        1996,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that the new community
28        college  district  does  not  become  effective  for  the
29        purposes of administration of the community college until
30        July 1, 1996.  The regional superintendent shall  convene
31        the  meeting  under  this paragraph and the members shall
32        organize for the purpose of that meeting by electing, pro
33        tempore, a chairperson and a secretary.  At that  meeting
34        the  board  is  authorized  to levy taxes for educational
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 1        purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities
 2        purposes as authorized in this paragraph without adopting
 3        any budget for the new  community  college  district  and
 4        shall certify the levy to the appropriate county clerk or
 5        county  clerks in accordance with law.  The county clerks
 6        shall  extend  the  levy  notwithstanding  any  law  that
 7        otherwise requires adoption of a budget before  extension
 8        of  the  levy.  The funds produced by the levy made under
 9        this  paragraph  to  the  extent  received  by  a  county
10        collector  before  July  1,  1996  shall  immediately  be
11        invested in lawful investments and  held  by  the  county
12        collector  for  payment and transfer to the new community
13        college district, along  with  all  accrued  interest  or
14        other  earnings accrued on the investment, as provided by
15        law on July 1, 1996.  All funds produced by the levy  and
16        received  by  a county collector on or after July 1, 1996
17        shall  be  transferred  to  the  new  community   college
18        district  as  provided  by  law  at such time as they are
19        received by the county collector.
20             (5.75)  Notwithstanding any other provision of  this
21        Section  or  the  fact  that  establishment  of  the  new
22        community college district as provided in this subsection
23        does  not  take  effect  until  July 1, 1996, the members
24        first elected  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  new
25        community   college  district  are  authorized  to  meet,
26        beginning on June 1, 1996 and thereafter for purposes of:
27        (i) arranging for  and  approving  educational  programs,
28        ancillary services, staffing, and associated expenditures
29        that  relate to the offering by the new community college
30        district of educational programs beginning  on  or  after
31        July  1,  1996  and  before  the fall term of the 1996-97
32        academic  year,  and  (ii)  otherwise  facilitating   the
33        orderly  transition  of  operations from the experimental
34        district known as State Community  College  of  East  St.
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 1        Louis  to  the new community college district established
 2        under this subsection. The persons elected to serve,  pro
 3        tempore,  as  chairperson  and secretary of the board for
 4        purposes of paragraph (5.5) shall continue  to  serve  in
 5        that capacity for purposes of this paragraph (5.75).
 6             (6)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  paragraphs
 7        (5.5)  and  (5.75),  each of the members first elected to
 8        the board of the new  community  college  district  shall
 9        take  office  on July 1, 1996, and the Illinois Community
10        College Board, publicly by lot and not later than July 1,
11        1996, shall determine the length of term to be served  by
12        each  member  of  the  initial  board as follows: 2 shall
13        serve  until  their  successors  are   elected   at   the
14        consolidated   nonpartisan  election  in  1997  and  have
15        qualified, 2  shall  serve  until  their  successors  are
16        elected  at the consolidated nonpartisan election in 1999
17        and  have  qualified,  and  3  shall  serve  until  their
18        successors are elected at  the  consolidated  nonpartisan
19        election  in  2001  and have qualified.  Their successors
20        shall serve 6 year terms.
21             (7)  The regional superintendent shall  convene  the
22        initial  board  of  the new community college district on
23        July 1, 1996, and the non-voting student member initially
24        selected to that board  as  provided  in  Section  3-7.24
25        shall serve a term beginning on the date of selection and
26        expiring  on  the  next  succeeding April 15.  Upon being
27        convened on July 1, 1996,  the  board  shall  proceed  to
28        organize  in  accordance  with  Section  3-8,  and  shall
29        thereafter  continue to exercise the powers and duties of
30        a board in the manner provided by law for all  boards  of
31        community   college   districts  except  where  obviously
32        inapplicable  or  otherwise   provided   by   this   Act.
33        Vacancies  shall  be  filled,  and  members  shall  serve
34        without   compensation   subject   to  reimbursement  for
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 1        reasonable expenses incurred  in  connection  with  their
 2        service as members, as provided in Section 3-7.  The duly
 3        elected  and organized board of the new community college
 4        district shall levy taxes at a rate not  to  exceed  .175
 5        percent  for  educational  purposes  and at a rate not to
 6        exceed .05 percent  for  operations  and  maintenance  of
 7        facilities  purposes;  provided that the board may act to
 8        increase such rates at a regular election  in  accordance
 9        with Section 3-14 and the general election law.
10        (d)  Upon  abolition  of  the  experimental  district and
11    establishment  of  the  new  community  college  district  as
12    provided in this Section,  all  tangible  personal  property,
13    including  inventory, equipment, supplies, and library books,
14    materials, and collections,  belonging  to  the  experimental
15    district and State Community College of East St. Louis at the
16    time  of  their  abolition under this Section shall be deemed
17    transferred, by operation of law, to the board of trustees of
18    the new community college district.  In  addition,  all  real
19    property,  and  the  improvements  situated  thereon, held by
20    State Community College of East St. Louis or on its behalf by
21    its  board  of  trustees  shall,  upon   abolition   of   the
22    experimental   district  and  college  as  provided  in  this
23    Section, be conveyed by the Illinois Community College Board,
24    in the manner prescribed by law, to the board of trustees  of
25    the  new  community  college  district established under this
26    Section for so long as that real property  is  used  for  the
27    conduct  and  operation of a public community college and the
28    related purposes of a public community  college  district  of
29    this  State.   Neither the new community college district nor
30    its board of trustees shall have any  responsibility  to  any
31    vendor  or  other  person  making  a  claim  relating  to the
32    property, inventory, or equipment so transferred.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96.)
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 1        (110 ILCS 805/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7)
 2        Sec. 3-7.  The election of the members of  the  board  of
 3    trustees  shall  be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time
 4    and in the manner provided in the general election law.
 5        Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members  shall  be
 6    elected  to  serve 6 year terms.  The term of members elected
 7    in 1985 and thereafter shall be from the date the  member  is
 8    officially determined to be elected to the board by a canvass
 9    conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the
10    winner  of  the  seat is officially determined by the canvass
11    conducted pursuant to the Election Code  the  next  time  the
12    seat on the board is to be filled by election.
13        A board of trustees of a community college district which
14    is  contiguous  or  has  been  contiguous  to an experimental
15    community college  district  as  authorized  and  defined  by
16    Article IV of this Act may, on its own motion, or shall, upon
17    the  petition  of  the  lesser of 1/10 or 2,000 of the voters
18    registered in the district, order submitted to the voters  of
19    the district at the next general election the proposition for
20    the election of board members by trustee district rather than
21    at  large,  and such proposition shall thereupon be certified
22    by  the  secretary  of  the  board  to  the  proper  election
23    authority in accordance with the  general  election  law  for
24    submission.
25        If  the  proposition  is  approved by a majority of those
26    voting on the proposition, the State Board of  Elections,  in
27    1991,  shall reapportion the trustee districts to reflect the
28    results of the last decennial census, and  shall  divide  the
29    community  college district into 7 trustee districts, each of
30    which shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in
31    population to each other district.  In 2001, and in the  year
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 1    following  each  decennial  census  thereafter,  the board of
 2    trustees of community college District #522 shall reapportion
 3    the trustee districts to reflect the results of  the  census,
 4    and  shall  divide  the  community  college  district  into 7
 5    trustee  districts,  each  of   which   shall   be   compact,
 6    contiguous,  and  substantially  equal  in population to each
 7    other  district.   The  division  of  the  community  college
 8    district  into  trustee  districts  shall  be  completed  and
 9    formally approved by a majority of the members  appointed  to
10    the  State  Board  of  Elections  with respect to the initial
11    division of the community college  district  into  7  trustee
12    districts  in  1991,  and by a majority of the members of the
13    board of trustees of community  college  District  #522  with
14    respect   to   the   year  following  each  decennial  census
15    thereafter, not less  than  60  days  before  the  last  date
16    established by the general election law for the submission of
17    nominating   petitions   for  the  next  regularly  scheduled
18    election for community college trustees.  At the same meeting
19    of the board of trustees, the board shall, publicly  by  lot,
20    divide  the  trustee  districts as equally as possible into 2
21    groups. Trustees or their successors from one group shall  be
22    elected  for  successive  terms  of  4 years and 6 years; and
23    members or their successors from the second  group  shall  be
24    elected  for  successive  terms  of 6 years and 4 years.  One
25    member shall be elected from each such trustee district.
26        Each member must on the date of his election be a citizen
27    of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over,  and  a
28    resident  of the State and the territory which on the date of
29    the election is included in the  community  college  district
30    for  at least one year immediately preceding his election. In
31    the event a person who is a member of a common  school  board
32    is elected or appointed to a board of trustees of a community
33    college district, that person shall be permitted to serve the
34    remainder  of  his  or  her term of office as a member of the
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 1    common school board. Upon the expiration of the common school
 2    board term, that person shall not be eligible for election or
 3    appointment to a common  school  board  during  the  term  of
 4    office with the community college district board of trustees.
 5        Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs, the remaining members shall
 6    fill the vacancy, and the person  so  appointed  shall  serve
 7    until a successor is elected at the next regular election for
 8    board  members  and  is certified in accordance with Sections
 9    22-17 and 22-18 of  the  Election  Code.   If  the  remaining
10    members  fail  so  to  act  within  60 days after the vacancy
11    occurs, the chairman of  the  State  Board  shall  fill  that
12    vacancy,  and  the  person  so  appointed shall serve until a
13    successor is elected at the next regular election  for  board
14    members  and  is  certified in accordance with Sections 22-17
15    and 22-18 of the Election Code.  The person appointed to fill
16    the vacancy shall have the same residential qualifications as
17    his predecessor in office was required  to  have.  In  either
18    instance,  if  the  vacancy  occurs  with  less than 4 months
19    remaining before the next scheduled consolidated  nonpartisan
20    election, and the term of office of the board member vacating
21    the  position  is  not  scheduled to expire at that election,
22    then the term of the person so appointed shall extend through
23    that  election  and   until   the   succeeding   consolidated
24    nonpartisan  election.   If  the  term of office of the board
25    member vacating the position is scheduled to  expire  at  the
26    upcoming  consolidated  nonpartisan  election,  the appointed
27    member shall serve only until  a  successor  is  elected  and
28    qualified at that election.
29        Members of the board shall serve without compensation but
30    shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in
31    connection  with  their service as members. Compensation, for
32    purposes of this Section, means any salary or other  benefits
33    not  expressly  authorized by this Act to be provided or paid
34    to, for or on behalf of members of the board.  The  board  of
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 1    each  community college district may adopt a policy providing
 2    for the issuance of bank credit cards, for use by  any  board
 3    member who requests the same in writing and agrees to use the
 4    card  only for the reasonable expenses which he or she incurs
 5    in connection with his or her  service  as  a  board  member.
 6    Expenses  charged to such credit cards shall be accounted for
 7    separately and shall be  submitted  to  the  chief  financial
 8    officer of the district for review prior to being reported to
 9    the board at its next regular meeting.
10        Except  in  an  election  of  the initial board for a new
11    community college district created pursuant to Section 6-6.1,
12    the ballot for the election of members of  the  board  for  a
13    community  college district shall indicate the length of term
14    for each office to be filled.  In the election of a board for
15    any community college district, the ballot shall not  contain
16    any political party designation.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-707; 87-776; 87-895; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)
18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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