102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4352

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-21 new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality that nominates and elects candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections shall notify the State Board of Elections within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act that it nominates and elects candidates in that manner. Provides that, if a municipality adopts or rescinds nonpartisan primary and general elections on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it shall promptly notify the Board that it has done so. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall publish a list of municipalities that nominate and elect candidates in nonpartisan primary and general elections. Provides that reliance on the list published shall be a sufficient defense to an objection made on the basis that the candidate's petitions failed to correctly indicate the nonpartisan or partisan nature of the office for which the candidate is running.


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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5adding Section 3.1-25-21 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-21 new)
7    Sec. 3.1-25-21. Nonpartisan notification; nonpartisan
8list; petition failure defense.
9    (a) A municipality that nominates and elects candidates in
10nonpartisan primary and general elections pursuant to Section
113.1-25-20 shall notify the State Board of Elections within 90
12days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13102nd General Assembly that it nominates and elects candidates
14in that manner. A municipality that adopts or rescinds those
15provisions on or after the effective date of this amendatory
16Act of the 102nd General Assembly pursuant to Section
173.1-25-60 or Section 3.1-25-65 shall promptly notify the Board
18that it has done so.
19    (b) The State Board of Elections shall publish a list of
20municipalities that nominate and elect candidates in
21nonpartisan primary and general elections.
22    (c) Reliance on the list published pursuant to subsection
23(b) shall be a sufficient defense to an objection made on the

 

 

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1basis that the candidate's petitions failed to correctly
2indicate the nonpartisan or partisan nature of the office for
3which the candidate is running.