Bill Text: IL HB0204 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Establishes a procedure for an election to recall the Mayor of Chicago. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0204 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0204-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 21-24.5 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 20/21-24.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 21-24.5. Recall election-Mayor of Chicago. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The recall of the Mayor of Chicago may be proposed by a | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | petition signed by a number of electors equal in number to at | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | least 15% of the total votes cast for Mayor in the preceding | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | election, with at least 50 signatures from each ward. A | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | petition shall have been signed by the petitioning electors not | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | more than 150 days after an affidavit has been filed with the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | board of election commissioners providing notice of intent to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | circulate a petition to recall the Mayor. The affidavit may be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | filed no sooner than 6 months after the beginning of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Mayor's term of office. The affidavit shall have been signed by | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the proponent of the recall petition and at least 2 aldermen. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall be as provided by law. If the petition is valid and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | sufficient, the board of election commissioners shall certify | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition |
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1 | was filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the | ||||||
2 | office of Mayor?" must be submitted to the electors at a | ||||||
3 | special recall election called by the board of election | ||||||
4 | commissioners, to occur not more than 100 days after | ||||||
5 | certification of the petition. A recall petition certified by | ||||||
6 | the board of election commissioners may not be withdrawn and | ||||||
7 | another recall petition may not be initiated against the Mayor | ||||||
8 | during the remainder of the current term of office. Any recall | ||||||
9 | petition or recall election pending on the date of the next | ||||||
10 | election at which a candidate for Mayor is elected is void. | ||||||
11 | (c) If a petition to recall the Mayor has been filed with | ||||||
12 | the board of election commissioners, a person eligible to serve | ||||||
13 | as Mayor may propose his or her candidacy for the special | ||||||
14 | successor primary election by a petition signed by at least | ||||||
15 | 12,500 legal voters of the city, signed not more than 50 days | ||||||
16 | after a recall petition has been filed with the board of | ||||||
17 | election commissioners. All such petitions, and procedure with | ||||||
18 | respect thereto, shall conform in other respects to the | ||||||
19 | provisions of the election and ballot laws then in force in the | ||||||
20 | city of Chicago concerning the nomination of independent | ||||||
21 | candidates for public office by petition. If the successor | ||||||
22 | election petition is valid and sufficient, the board of | ||||||
23 | election commissioners shall certify the petition not more than | ||||||
24 | 100 days after the date the petition to recall the Mayor was | ||||||
25 | filed. | ||||||
26 | If the Mayor is removed by the special recall election, the |
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1 | names of candidates for Mayor must be submitted to the electors | ||||||
2 | at a special successor primary election called by the board of | ||||||
3 | election commissioners to be held 60 days after the special | ||||||
4 | recall election. If no candidate receives a majority of the | ||||||
5 | votes in the special successor primary election, a special | ||||||
6 | runoff election shall be held no later than 60 days after the | ||||||
7 | special successor primary election, and only the names of the | ||||||
8 | candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of | ||||||
9 | votes at the special successor primary election shall appear on | ||||||
10 | the ballot. If more than one candidate received the highest or | ||||||
11 | second highest number of votes at the special successor primary | ||||||
12 | election, the names of all candidates receiving the highest and | ||||||
13 | second highest number of votes shall appear on the ballot at | ||||||
14 | the special runoff election. The candidate receiving the | ||||||
15 | highest number of votes at the special runoff election shall be | ||||||
16 | declared elected. | ||||||
17 | (d) The Mayor is immediately removed upon certification of | ||||||
18 | the special recall election results if a majority of the | ||||||
19 | electors voting on the question vote to recall the Mayor. If | ||||||
20 | the Mayor is removed, then (i) the Vice Mayor shall serve until | ||||||
21 | the Mayor elected at the special successor primary election or | ||||||
22 | special runoff election is qualified and (ii) the candidate who | ||||||
23 | receives a majority of votes in the special primary election or | ||||||
24 | the candidate who receives the highest number of votes in the | ||||||
25 | special runoff election is elected Mayor for the balance of the | ||||||
26 | term.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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