101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5033

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 20/21-28  from Ch. 24, par. 21-28

    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.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
5amended by changing Section 21-28 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 20/21-28)  (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
7    Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition.
8    (a) All nominations for alderman of any ward in the city
9shall be by petition. Each petition for nomination of a
10candidate shall be signed by at least 473 legal voters of the
11ward.
12    (b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city
13treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for
14nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 12,500
15legal voters of the city.
16    (c) All such petitions, and procedure with respect thereto,
17shall conform in other respects to the provisions of the
18election and ballot laws then in force in the city of Chicago
19concerning the nomination of independent candidates for public
20office by petition. The method of nomination herein provided is
21exclusive of and replaces all other methods heretofore provided
22by law.
23(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)