Bill Amendment: IL HB1322 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
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Bill Title: EARLY VOTING-GOOD FRIDAY
Status: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1322 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1322-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: EARLY VOTING-GOOD FRIDAY
Status: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1322 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1322-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1322
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1322 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 19A-15 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
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7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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9 | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | ||||||
10 | begins the 15th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | ||||||
11 | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | ||||||
12 | the 3rd day before election day, except that for the 2014 | ||||||
13 | general election the period for early voting by personal | ||||||
14 | appearance shall extend through the 2nd day before election | ||||||
15 | day.
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16 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a |
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1 | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | ||||||
2 | during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to | ||||||
3 | 5:00 p.m., on weekdays and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays | ||||||
4 | and holidays, and 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sundays; except | ||||||
5 | that, in addition to the hours required by this subsection, a | ||||||
6 | permanent early voting polling place designated by an election | ||||||
7 | authority under subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain | ||||||
8 | open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday during the | ||||||
9 | early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours on the | ||||||
10 | final weekend during the early voting period. For the 2014 | ||||||
11 | general election, a permanent polling place for early voting | ||||||
12 | must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or | ||||||
13 | 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, except that beginning 8 | ||||||
14 | days before election day, a permanent polling place for early | ||||||
15 | voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 | ||||||
16 | p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. For the 2014 general election, | ||||||
17 | a permanent polling place for early voting shall remain open | ||||||
18 | during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and | ||||||
19 | 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to | ||||||
20 | the hours required by this subsection (b), a permanent early | ||||||
21 | voting place designated by an election authority under | ||||||
22 | subsection (c) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total | ||||||
23 | of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during the early | ||||||
24 | voting period.
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25 | (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election | ||||||
26 | authority may close an early voting polling place if the |
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1 | building in which the polling place is located has been closed | ||||||
2 | by the State or unit of local government in response to a | ||||||
3 | severe weather emergency. In the event of a closure, the | ||||||
4 | election authority shall conduct early voting on the 2nd day | ||||||
5 | before election day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. to | ||||||
6 | 5:00 p.m. The election authority shall notify the State Board | ||||||
7 | of Elections of any closure and shall make reasonable efforts | ||||||
8 | to provide notice to the public of the extended early voting | ||||||
9 | period. | ||||||
10 | (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), in 2013 only, | ||||||
11 | an election authority may close an early voting place on Good | ||||||
12 | Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, provided that the | ||||||
13 | early voting place remains open 3 2 hours later on the day | ||||||
14 | immediately preceding Easter Sunday April 3, 4, and 5 of 2013 . | ||||||
15 | The election authority shall notify the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Elections of any closure and shall provide notice to the public | ||||||
17 | of the closure and the extended hours during the final week. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | ||||||
19 | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
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20 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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22 | (a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | ||||||
23 | begins the 40th day preceding a general primary, consolidated | ||||||
24 | primary, consolidated, or
general election and extends through | ||||||
25 | the end of the day before election day.
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1 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a | ||||||
2 | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | ||||||
3 | beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of | ||||||
4 | the day before election day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to | ||||||
5 | 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that | ||||||
6 | beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling place | ||||||
7 | for early voting must remain open during the hours of 8:30 a.m. | ||||||
8 | to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 | ||||||
9 | p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on | ||||||
10 | Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours required by this | ||||||
11 | subsection, a permanent polling place designated by an election | ||||||
12 | authority under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 | ||||||
13 | must remain open for a total of at least 8 hours on any holiday | ||||||
14 | during the early voting period and a total of at least 14 hours | ||||||
15 | on the final weekend during the early voting period.
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16 | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority | ||||||
17 | may close an early voting polling place if the building in | ||||||
18 | which the polling place is located has been closed by the State | ||||||
19 | or unit of local government in response to a severe weather | ||||||
20 | emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall | ||||||
21 | notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall | ||||||
22 | make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an | ||||||
23 | alternative location for early voting. | ||||||
24 | (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an election | ||||||
25 | authority may close an early voting place on Easter Sunday, | ||||||
26 | provided that the early voting place remains open 3 hours later |
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1 | on the day immediately preceding Easter Sunday. The election | ||||||
2 | authority shall notify the State Board of Elections of any | ||||||
3 | closure and shall provide notice to the public of the closure | ||||||
4 | and the extended hours during the final week. (Blank). | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4, | ||||||
6 | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; | ||||||
7 | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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8 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
9 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
10 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
11 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
12 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
13 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
14 | Public Act.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.".
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