Bill Text: IL HB5033 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5033 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5033-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 changing Section 21-28 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 20/21-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
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7 | Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) All nominations for alderman of any ward in the city | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall be by
petition. Each petition for nomination of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | candidate shall be signed by at least 473 legal voters of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ward. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 12,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | legal voters of the city.
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16 | (c) All such petitions, and procedure with
respect thereto,
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17 | shall conform in other respects to the provisions of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | election and
ballot laws then in force in the city of Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | concerning the nomination
of independent candidates for public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | office by petition. The method of
nomination herein provided is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | exclusive of and replaces all other methods
heretofore provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | by law.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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