Public Act 098-0443
 
HB2716 EnrolledLRB098 09315 OMW 39455 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
45-10 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/45-10)
    Sec. 45-10. Political party caucus in township; notice.
    (a) On the first Tuesday in December preceding the date of
the regular township election, a caucus shall be held by the
voters of each established political party in a township to
nominate its candidates for the various offices to be filled at
the election. Notice of the caucus shall be given at least 10
days before it is held by publication in some newspaper having
a general circulation in the township. Not less than 30 days
before the caucus, the township clerk shall notify the chairman
or membership of each township central committee by first-class
mail of the chairman's or membership's obligation to report the
time and location of the political party's caucus. Not less
than 20 days before the caucus, each chairman of the township
central committee shall notify the township clerk by
first-class mail of the time and location of the political
party's caucus. If the time and location of 2 or more political
party caucuses conflict, the township clerk shall establish, by
a fair and impartial public lottery, the time and location for
each caucus.
    If the chairperson of the township central committee fails
to meet the requirements of this Section, the chairperson's
political party shall not be permitted to nominate a candidate,
either by caucus as provided for in this Section or as
otherwise authorized by the Election Code, in the next upcoming
consolidated election for any office for which a nomination
could have been made at the caucus should the chairperson of
the township central committee have met the requirements of
this Section.
    (b) Except as provided in this Section, the township board
shall cause notices of the caucuses to be published. The notice
shall state the time and place where the caucus for each
political party will be held. The board shall fix a place
within the township for holding the caucus for each established
political party. When a new township has been established under
Section 10-25, the county board shall cause notice of the
caucuses to be published as required by this Section and shall
fix the place within the new township for holding the caucuses.
(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.