Bill Text: IL HB6199 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. In a Section concerning the computing of dates of various acts allowed or required by the Election Code, provides that the definition of "State holiday" includes Christmas Eve.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB6199 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB6199-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 | 1-6 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/1-6)
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7 | Sec. 1-6. Computing dates of various acts; Saturday, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sunday, and holidays.
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9 | (a) If the first or last day fixed by law to do any act | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | required or
allowed by this Code falls on a State holiday or a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Saturday or a Sunday, the
period shall extend through the first | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | business day next
following the day
otherwise fixed as the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | first or last day,
irrespective of whether any election | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | authority or local election official
conducts business on the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | State holiday, Saturday, or Sunday.
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16 | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State holiday" means | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | New Year's
Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Lincoln's Birthday, President's
Day, Casimir Pulaski's | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Eve, Christmas Day, and
any other day from time to time | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | declared by the President of the United States
or the Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of Illinois to be a day during which the agencies of the State
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1 | of Illinois that are ordinarily open to do business with the | ||||||
2 | public shall be
closed for business.
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3 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | ||||||
4 | nominating
papers, petitions of objection to nominating | ||||||
5 | papers, certificates of withdrawal
of candidacy, and reports of | ||||||
6 | political committees actually received by election
authorities | ||||||
7 | and local election officials on a State holiday, a Saturday, or | ||||||
8 | a
Sunday shall not be deemed invalid or defective for that | ||||||
9 | reason alone.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
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