Bill Text: IL HB4668 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Changes the date the township clerk shall certify the nominated candidates to not less than 68 days (currently, 61 days) before the township election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB4668 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4668-Engrossed.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 Township Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 45-20 as follows:
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6 | (60 ILCS 1/45-20)
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7 | Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers; | ||||||
8 | certifying candidates.
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9 | (a) The township central committee shall canvass and | ||||||
10 | declare the result of
the caucus.
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11 | (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall, | ||||||
12 | not more than 113
nor less than 106 days before the township | ||||||
13 | election, file nomination papers as
provided in this Section. | ||||||
14 | The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
certification by | ||||||
15 | the chairman of the names of all candidates for office in the
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16 | township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a statement of | ||||||
17 | candidacy by each
candidate in the form prescribed in the | ||||||
18 | general election law. The nomination
papers shall be filed in | ||||||
19 | the office of the township clerk, except that if the
township | ||||||
20 | is entirely within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
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21 | incorporated town under the jurisdiction of a board of election | ||||||
22 | commissioners,
the nomination papers shall be filed in the | ||||||
23 | office of the board of election
commissioners instead of the |
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1 | township clerk.
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2 | (c) The township clerk shall certify the candidates so | ||||||
3 | nominated to the
proper election authorities not less than 68 | ||||||
4 | 61 days before the township election.
The election shall be | ||||||
5 | conducted in accordance with the general election law.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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