Bill Text: IL HB2391 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that upon request of the county board or board of election commissioners, a school may make a school building under its control available for use as a polling place on an election day and for a reasonably necessary time before and after election day, without charge, if the school reasonably believes that it can ensure the safety of its students. Provides that schools shall be under no obligation to consent to the request of the county board or board of election commissioners. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2391 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2391-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 11-4.1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/11-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-4.1)
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7 | Sec. 11-4.1. (a) In appointing polling places under this | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Article, the
county board or board of election commissioners | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall, insofar as they are
convenient and available, use | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | schools and other public buildings as polling
places.
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11 | (b) Upon request of the county board or board of election | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | commissioners,
the proper agency of government (including | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | school districts and units of
local government) shall make a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | public building under its control available
for use as a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | polling place on an election day and for a reasonably
necessary | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | time before and after election day, without charge. Upon | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | request of the county board or board of election commissioners, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the school may make a school building under its control | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | available for use as a polling place on an election day and for | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | a reasonably
necessary time before and after election day, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | without charge, if the school reasonably believes that it can | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | ensure the safety of its students. Schools shall be under no | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | obligation to consent to the request of the county board or |
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1 | board of election commissioners.
If the county board or board | ||||||
2 | of election commissioners chooses a school
to be a polling | ||||||
3 | place and the school consents to be a polling place , then the | ||||||
4 | school district must make the school
available for use as a | ||||||
5 | polling place.
However, for the day of the election, a school | ||||||
6 | district is encouraged to (i) close the school or (ii) hold a | ||||||
7 | teachers institute on that day with students not in attendance.
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8 | (c) A government agency which makes a public building under | ||||||
9 | its
control available for use as a polling place shall (i) | ||||||
10 | ensure the portion of
the building to be used as the polling | ||||||
11 | place is accessible to voters with disabilities
and elderly | ||||||
12 | voters and (ii) allow the election authority to administer the | ||||||
13 | election as authorized under this Code.
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14 | (d) If a qualified elector's precinct polling place is a | ||||||
15 | school and the elector will be unable to enter that polling | ||||||
16 | place without violating Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
17 | 2012 because the elector is a child sex offender as defined in | ||||||
18 | Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that elector may | ||||||
19 | vote by a vote by mail ballot in accordance with Article 19 of | ||||||
20 | this Code or may vote early in accordance with Article 19A of | ||||||
21 | this Code. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 98-773, eff. 7-18-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; | ||||||
23 | 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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