Bill Text: IL HB3096 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Authorizes the board of education of a school district, by resolution, to initiate an advisory question under the Code to be placed on the ballot both in the territory of the school district and in the precincts adjacent to the boundaries of the school district.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3096 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3096-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3096
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3096, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 6 | 9-1.5 as follows:
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| 7 | (105 ILCS 5/9-1.5 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 9-1.5. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority | ||||||
| 9 | of the members of the school board, the board may authorize an | ||||||
| 10 | advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot | ||||||
| 11 | at the next regularly scheduled election in the school | ||||||
| 12 | district. The school board shall certify the question to the | ||||||
| 13 | proper election authority, which must submit the question at an | ||||||
| 14 | election in accordance with the Election Code, provided, | ||||||
| 15 | however, that no such question may be submitted at a | ||||||
| 16 | consolidated primary election.".
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