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Rep. David S. Olsen
Filed: 3/21/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2222
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2222 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 30-20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (75 ILCS 16/30-20)
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| 7 | | Sec. 30-20. Nomination of candidates; ballot.
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| 8 | | (a) Nomination of candidates for election as trustees shall |
| 9 | | be by
petition, signed by a number of qualified voters |
| 10 | | equivalent to at least
2% of the votes cast at the last |
| 11 | | election for library trustees, or 50,
whichever is less, |
| 12 | | residing within the district,
and
filed with the secretary of |
| 13 | | the district within the time provided by the
Election Code. No |
| 14 | | party name or affiliation may
appear on the petition.
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| 15 | | (b) The names of all candidates for the office of
trustee |
| 16 | | shall be certified by the secretary to the proper election
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| 1 | | authority, who shall conduct the election in accordance
with |
| 2 | | the Election Code.
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| 3 | | (c) The ballot for election of trustees shall not
designate |
| 4 | | any political party, platform, or political principle. |
| 5 | | (d) A person is not eligible to serve as a library trustee |
| 6 | | unless he or she is a qualified elector of the library district |
| 7 | | and has resided in the library district at least one year at |
| 8 | | the time he or she files nomination papers or a declaration of |
| 9 | | intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for |
| 10 | | appointment. |
| 11 | | (e) A person is not eligible to serve as a library trustee |
| 12 | | who, at the time of his or her appointment or filing of |
| 13 | | nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a |
| 14 | | write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of a tax or |
| 15 | | other indebtedness due to the library district or has been |
| 16 | | convicted in any court in the United States of any infamous |
| 17 | | crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. |
| 18 | | (f) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th |
| 19 | | General Assembly apply only to candidates by petition or |
| 20 | | write-in candidates in the consolidated election of 2019 and |
| 21 | | thereafter and to all appointees appointed after the effective |
| 22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 92-355, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law.".
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