Bill Text: IL SB1612 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that various petitions and filings must be filed with the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of the community college board is located, rather than the secretary of the board of trustees. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1612 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1612-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1612 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 805/3-7.10 from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that various petitions and filings must be filed with the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of the community college board is located, rather than the secretary of the board of trustees. Makes conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
changing Section 3-7.10 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/3-7.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10)
Sec. 3-7.10. Nominations for members of the board shall be
made by a petition signed by at least 50 voters or 10% of the
voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and
shall be filed with the county clerk or the county board of
election commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in
which the principal office of the community college board is
located secretary of the board. In addition to the requirements
of the general election law, the form of such petitions shall
be substantially as follows:
NOMINATING PETITIONS
To the County Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners of
.... County Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Community
College District No. ....:
We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more)
of the voters residing within said district, hereby petition
that .... who resides at .... in the (city or village) of ....
in Township .... (or who resides outside any city, village or

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incorporated town and in Township ....) in said district shall
be a candidate for the office of .... of the Board of Trustees
(full term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be
held on (insert date).
Name: Address:
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
unless the candidate named therein files with the county clerk
or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may
be, of the county in which the principal office of the
community college board is located, together with secretary of
the board a receipt from the county clerk, if filing with a
county board of election commissioners, showing that the
candidate has filed a statement of economic interests as
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt
shall be so filed either previously during the calendar year in
which his nomination papers were filed or within the period for
the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
election law.
The county clerk or the county board of election
commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the
principal office of the community college board is located
secretary of the board shall notify each candidate, or the
appropriate committee, for whom a petition for nomination has
been filed of their obligations under the Campaign Financing
Act, as required by the general election law. Such notice shall

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be given on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections
and in accordance with the requirements of the general election
law.
All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
trustees shall be filed with the county clerk or the county
board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the
county in which the principal office of the community college
board is located secretary of the board within the time
provided for by the general election law. Said county clerk or
board of election commissioners secretary shall make
certification to the proper election authority in accordance
with the requirements of the general election law. If the
secretary is an incumbent board member seeking reelection, a
disinterested person must be a witness to the filing of his
petition. It is the duty of the county clerk or board of
election commissioners, as the case may be, secretary to
provide candidates with petition forms and statements of
candidacy.
The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the
case may be, secretary shall within 7 days of filing or on the
last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
petitioner in writing his or its acceptance of the petition.
In all newly organized districts the petition for the
nomination of candidates for members of the board at the first
election shall be addressed to and filed with the regional
superintendent in the manner specified for the petitions for

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candidates of a community college board. For such election the
regional superintendent shall fulfill all duties otherwise
assigned to the secretary of the board.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)