Bill Text: IL HB4582 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Requires each election authority to transmit to the principal office of the State Board of Elections maps in electronic portable document format (.PDF) showing the current boundaries of all the precincts within its jurisdiction. Further requires the county board or board of election commissioners to prepare maps in electronic portable document format (.PDF) showing election precinct boundaries that has been redivided or readjusted no later than 45 days before the next scheduled election. Sets forth requirements for forwarding these copies.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4582-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 | 11-6 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/11-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-6)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-6.
Within 60 days of the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | amendatory Act
of 1983, each election authority shall transmit | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | to the principal office
of the State Board of Elections maps | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | showing the current boundaries of all
the precincts within its | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | jurisdiction. Whenever election precincts in
an election | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | jurisdiction have been redivided or readjusted, the county
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| 13 | board or board of election commissioners shall prepare maps | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | showing such
election precinct boundaries no later than 45 days | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | before the next scheduled
election. The maps, or transparent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | overlays, shall show the boundaries
of all political | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | subdivisions and districts. The county board or board
of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | election commissioners shall immediately forward copies | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | thereof to the
chairman of each county central committee in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | county, to each township,
ward or precinct committeeman and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | each local election official whose
political subdivision is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | wholly or partly in the county and, upon request,
shall furnish | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | copies thereof to each candidate for political or public office
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| 1 | in the county and shall transmit copies thereof to the | ||||||
| 2 | principal office
of the State Board of Elections. | ||||||
| 3 | Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 4 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, each election authority shall | ||||||
| 5 | transmit to the principal office
of the State Board of | ||||||
| 6 | Elections maps in electronic portable document format (.PDF) | ||||||
| 7 | showing the current boundaries of all
the precincts within its | ||||||
| 8 | jurisdiction. Whenever election precincts in
an election | ||||||
| 9 | jurisdiction have been redivided or readjusted, the county
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| 10 | board or board of election commissioners shall prepare maps in | ||||||
| 11 | electronic portable document format (.PDF) showing such
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| 12 | election precinct boundaries no later than 45 days before the | ||||||
| 13 | next scheduled
election. The maps shall show the boundaries
of | ||||||
| 14 | all political subdivisions and districts. The county board or | ||||||
| 15 | board
of election commissioners shall immediately forward | ||||||
| 16 | copies thereof to the
chairman of each county central committee | ||||||
| 17 | in the county, to each township,
ward, or precinct | ||||||
| 18 | committeeman, and each local election official whose
political | ||||||
| 19 | subdivision is wholly or partly in the county and, upon | ||||||
| 20 | request,
shall furnish copies thereof to each candidate for | ||||||
| 21 | political or public office
in the county and shall transmit | ||||||
| 22 | copies thereof to the principal office
of the State Board of | ||||||
| 23 | Elections.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
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