Bill Text: IL HB1650 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Permits establishment of a county board of election commissioners, by referendum initiated by the county board, in a county that has a municipality with a municipal board of election commissioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1650 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1650-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1650 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new
10 ILCS 5/6A-1 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1
10 ILCS 5/6A-2 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2
10 ILCS 5/6A-4 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4
Amends the Election Code. Permits establishment of a county board of election commissioners, by referendum initiated by the county board, in a county that has a municipality with a municipal board of election commissioners.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, and 6A-4 and by adding Section 6-19.5 as
follows:
(10 ILCS 5/6-19.5 new)
Sec. 6-19.5. Rejection of Article by superseding county
board of election commissioners. In addition to any other
method of rejection provided in this Article, when a county
board of election commissioners is established in accordance
with subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 in a county in which is
located any portion of a municipality with a municipal board of
election commissioners, the application of the provisions of
this Article to the territory of that municipality located
within that county is rejected.
(10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
Sec. 6A-1. Adoption of Article.
(a) Any county in which there is no city, village or
incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may
establish a county board of election commissioners either (1)
by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors

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of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section
6A-2.
The fact that some territory in a county is within the
corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a
board of election commissioners does not prevent that county
from establishing a county board of election commissioners in
accordance with this Article if no portion of such city,
village or incorporated town was within the county at the time
of the establishment of the board of election commissioners for
such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant
to this Article, the county board of election commissioners
shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the
corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town,
supersede the board of election commissioners of that city,
village or incorporated town.
(b) Any county in which a municipality with a board of
election commissioners is located may establish a county board
of election commissioners by a vote of the electors of the
county in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If
such a county establishes a county board of election
commissioners, the county board of election commissioners,
with respect to the territory in the county within the
corporate limits of the municipality, shall supersede the board
of election commissioners of that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

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(10 ILCS 5/6A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters.
(a) Whenever registered voters in a the county described in
subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
of the number voting at the last preceding general election in
the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to
submit to the electors of the county a proposition to establish
a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court
shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of
the county at the next succeeding general election.
(b) After approval and certification by the county board of
a county described in subsection (b) of Section 6A-2, the
proposition to establish a county board of election
commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county
at the next possible general election.
(c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner
as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and
18 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the
question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election
commissioners be established for .... County?"
(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of the
office of the county board of election commissioners, the

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county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners
in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry
books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and
ballot boxes and all other books, forms, blanks, and stationery
of every description in the clerk's or municipal board's
possession his hands in any way relating to elections or the
holding of elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions,
powers, and duties of the county clerk, or the county board, or
the municipal board relating to elections in that county are
transferred to the county board of election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 78-465.)