Illinois Senate Bill 1692 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-12-22 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. In provisions concerning election of commissioners in drainage districts organized under the Farm Drainage Act and certain other districts, provides that an adult owner of property in a drainage district is entitled to one vote per acre or part of an acre within each parcel of land owned by the owner and located in the district. Provides that, if a parcel of land is owned by more than one adult owner, only one of the owners representing all of the owners may cast a ballot for that parcel. Provides that the votes represented by the ballot shall equal the number of acres or part of an acre shown on the face of the ballot. Provides that, by casting a ballot, the voter certifies that he or she is the owner of the land or, when the land is owned by multiple owners, the voter casting the ballot certifies that a majority of the owners have granted him or her the authority to cast the ballot on behalf of the all the owners. Changes the time that the polls may be open. Provides that the commissioners acting as the judges of the election shall not be responsible for determining the ownership of any parcel of land and may rely upon the representations of the person presenting himself or herself as the owner of the parcel or the person authorized by a majority of the other owners of the parcel to cast the ballot on behalf of all the owners. Makes conforming and other changes.

DRAINAGE CD-ELECT COMMISSIONER

Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Doris Turner [D]
Sen. Steven Landek [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-12-22	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2021-03-17	Senate	To Executive- Elections
2021-03-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2021-03-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2021-03-09	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
70	605	4-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1692&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1692.htm