Bill Text: IL HB3253 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Removes a requirement that each petition for a nomination for mayor, city clerk, or city treasurer in the City of Chicago must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3253 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3253-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3253 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 20/21-28 from Ch. 24, par. 21-28
Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Removes a requirement that each petition for a nomination for mayor, city clerk, or city treasurer in the City of Chicago must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago.
LRB102 13929 AWJ 19280 b
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HB3253 LRB102 13929 AWJ 19280 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
amended by changing Section 21-28 as follows:
(65 ILCS 20/21-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition.
(a) All nominations for alderman of any ward in the city
shall be by petition. Each petition for nomination of a
candidate shall be signed by at least 473 legal voters of the
ward.
(b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city
treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for
nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 12,500
legal voters of the city.
(c) All such petitions, and procedure with respect
thereto, shall conform in other respects to the provisions of
the election and ballot laws then in force in the city of
Chicago concerning the nomination of independent candidates
for public office by petition. The method of nomination herein
provided is exclusive of and replaces all other methods
heretofore provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)