Bill Text: IL HB3511 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Establishes a procedure for a special recall election to recall the Mayor of Chicago and the election of a successor mayor at a special successor primary election or special runoff election. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3511 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3511-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | not more than 150 days after an affidavit has been filed with | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the board of election commissioners providing notice of intent | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to circulate a petition to recall the Mayor. The affidavit may | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | be filed no sooner than 6 months after the beginning of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Mayor's term of office. The affidavit shall have been signed | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | by the proponent of the recall petition and at least 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | aldermen. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) The form of the petition, circulation, and procedure | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | shall be as provided by law. If the petition is valid and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | sufficient, the board of election commissioners shall certify |
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1 | the petition not more than 100 days after the date the petition | ||||||
2 | was filed, and the question "Shall (name) be recalled from the | ||||||
3 | office of Mayor?" must be submitted to the electors at a | ||||||
4 | special recall election called by the board of election | ||||||
5 | commissioners, to occur not more than 100 days after | ||||||
6 | certification of the petition. A recall petition certified by | ||||||
7 | the board of election commissioners may not be withdrawn and | ||||||
8 | another recall petition may not be initiated against the Mayor | ||||||
9 | during the remainder of the current term of office. Any recall | ||||||
10 | petition or recall election pending on the date of the next | ||||||
11 | election at which a candidate for Mayor is elected is void. | ||||||
12 | (c) If a petition to recall the Mayor has been filed with | ||||||
13 | the board of election commissioners, a person eligible to | ||||||
14 | serve as Mayor may propose his or her candidacy for the special | ||||||
15 | successor primary election by a petition signed by at least | ||||||
16 | 12,500 legal voters of the city, signed not more than 50 days | ||||||
17 | after a recall petition has been filed with the board of | ||||||
18 | election commissioners. All such petitions, and procedure with | ||||||
19 | respect thereto, shall conform in other respects to the | ||||||
20 | provisions of the election and ballot laws then in force in the | ||||||
21 | city of Chicago concerning the nomination of independent | ||||||
22 | candidates for public office by petition. If the successor | ||||||
23 | election petition is valid and sufficient, the board of | ||||||
24 | election commissioners shall certify the petition not more | ||||||
25 | than 100 days after the date the petition to recall the Mayor | ||||||
26 | was filed. |
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1 | If the Mayor is removed by the special recall election, | ||||||
2 | the names of candidates for Mayor must be submitted to the | ||||||
3 | electors at a special successor primary election called by the | ||||||
4 | board of election commissioners to be held 60 days after the | ||||||
5 | special recall election. If no candidate receives a majority | ||||||
6 | of the votes in the special successor primary election, a | ||||||
7 | special runoff election shall be held no later than 60 days | ||||||
8 | after the special successor primary election, and only the | ||||||
9 | names of the candidates receiving the highest and second | ||||||
10 | highest number of votes at the special successor primary | ||||||
11 | election shall appear on the ballot. If more than one | ||||||
12 | candidate received the highest or second highest number of | ||||||
13 | votes at the special successor primary election, the names of | ||||||
14 | all candidates receiving the highest and second highest number | ||||||
15 | of votes shall appear on the ballot at the special runoff | ||||||
16 | election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
17 | at the special runoff election shall be declared elected. | ||||||
18 | (d) The Mayor is immediately removed upon certification of | ||||||
19 | the special recall election results if a majority of the | ||||||
20 | electors voting on the question vote to recall the Mayor. If | ||||||
21 | the Mayor is removed, then (i) the Vice Mayor shall serve until | ||||||
22 | the Mayor is elected at the special successor primary election | ||||||
23 | or special runoff election is qualified and (ii) the candidate | ||||||
24 | who receives a majority of votes in the special successor | ||||||
25 | primary election or the candidate who receives the highest | ||||||
26 | number of votes in the special runoff election is elected |
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1 | Mayor for the balance of the term.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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