Illinois House Bill 2918 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for school district offices to be filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the county (was previously required to be filed with the "election authority") in which the principal office of the school district is located not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated election. Amends the School Code. Removes a provision that provided that the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners shall receive and file only those petitions which include a statement of candidacy, the required number of voter signatures, the notarized signature of the petition circulator and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement of economic interest on or before the last day to file as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-SCHOOL DIST ELECTIONS

Rep. Barbara Currie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2015-03-10	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2015-02-25	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2015-02-25	House	First Reading
2015-02-20	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	10-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	9-10	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2918&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB2918.htm