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90_SB0644 10 ILCS 5/28-1 from Ch. 46, par. 28-1 605 ILCS 10/36 new Amends the Toll Highway Act and the Election Code to provide that an advisory referendum on the question of whether or not the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority should be abolished shall be held in every county where a current toll highway is located. LRB9002778NTsb LRB9002778NTsb 1 AN ACT relating to the Toll Highway Authority, amending 2 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 Section 28-1 as follows: 7 (10 ILCS 5/28-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-1) 8 Sec. 28-1. The initiation and submission of all public 9 questions to be voted upon by the electors of the State or of 10 any political subdivision or district or precinct or 11 combination of precincts shall be subject to the provisions 12 of this Article. 13 Questions of public policy which have any legal effect 14 shall be submitted to referendum only as authorized by a 15 statute which so provides or by the Constitution. Advisory 16 questions of public policy shall be submitted to referendum 17 pursuant to Section 28-5 or pursuant to a statute which so 18 provides. 19 The method of initiating the submission of a public 20 question shall be as provided by the statute authorizing such 21 public question, or as provided by the Constitution. 22 All public questions shall be initiated, submitted and 23 printed on the ballot in the form required by Section 16-7 of 24 this Act, except as may otherwise be specified in the statute 25 authorizing a public question. 26 Whenever a statute provides for the initiation of a 27 public question by a petition of electors, the provisions of 28 such statute shall govern with respect to the number of 29 signatures required, the qualifications of persons entitled 30 to sign the petition, the contents of the petition, the 31 officer with whom the petition must be filed, and the form of -2- LRB9002778NTsb 1 the question to be submitted. If such statute does not 2 specify any of the foregoing petition requirements, the 3 corresponding petition requirements of Section 28-6 shall 4 govern such petition. 5 Irrespective of the method of initiation, not more than 3 6 public questions other than (a) back door referenda, (b) 7 referenda to determine whether a disconnection may take place 8 where a city coterminous with a township is proposing to 9 annex territory from an adjacent townshipor(c) referenda 10 held under the provisions of the Property Tax Extension 11 Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code, or (d) referenda 12 under Section 36 of the Toll Highway Act may be submitted to 13 referendum with respect to a political subdivision at the 14 same election. 15 If more than 3 propositions are timely initiated or 16 certified for submission at an election with respect to a 17 political subdivision, the first 3 validly initiated, by the 18 filing of a petition or by the adoption of a resolution or 19 ordinance of a political subdivision, as the case may be, 20 shall be printed on the ballot and submitted at that 21 election. However, except as expressly authorized by law not 22 more than one proposition to change the form of government of 23 a municipality pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution 24 may be submitted at an election. If more than one such 25 proposition is timely initiated or certified for submission 26 at an election with respect to a municipality, the first 27 validly initiated shall be the one printed on the ballot and 28 submitted at that election. 29 No public question shall be submitted to the voters of a 30 political subdivision at any regularly scheduled election at 31 which such voters are not scheduled to cast votes for any 32 candidates for nomination for, election to or retention in 33 public office, except that if, in any existing or proposed 34 political subdivision in which the submission of a public -3- LRB9002778NTsb 1 question at a regularly scheduled election is desired, the 2 voters of only a portion of such existing or proposed 3 political subdivision are not scheduled to cast votes for 4 nomination for, election to or retention in public office at 5 such election, but the voters in one or more other portions 6 of such existing or proposed political subdivision are 7 scheduled to cast votes for nomination for, election to or 8 retention in public office at such election, the public 9 question shall be voted upon by all the qualified voters of 10 the entire existing or proposed political subdivision at the 11 election. 12 Not more than 3 advisory public questions may be 13 submitted to the voters of the entire state at a general 14 election. If more than 3 such advisory propositions are 15 initiated, the first 3 timely and validly initiated shall be 16 the questions printed on the ballot and submitted at that 17 election; provided however, that a question for a proposed 18 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to 19 Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution, or for a question 20 submitted under the Property Tax Cap Referendum Law, shall 21 not be included in the foregoing limitation. 22 (Source: P.A. 88-116; 89-510, eff. 7-11-96.) 23 Section 10. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding 24 Section 36 as follows: 25 (605 ILCS 10/36 new) 26 Sec. 36. Referendum on abolishing the Authority. An 27 advisory referendum on the question of whether or not the 28 Authority should be abolished shall be held at the general 29 election in 1998 in every county where a current toll highway 30 is located. The Authority shall certify the question to the 31 proper election officials who shall submit the question in 32 accordance with the general election law.