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1 | AN ACT in relation to alcoholic liquor.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section
9-4
as follows:
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6 | (235 ILCS 5/9-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 169)
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7 | Sec. 9-4. A petition for submission of the proposition | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | shall be in
substantially the following form:
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9 | To the .... clerk of the (here insert the corporate or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | legal name of
the county, township, road district, city, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | village or incorporated
town):
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12 | The undersigned, residents and legal voters of the .... | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (insert the
legal name or correct designation of the political | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | subdivision or
precinct, as the case may be), respectfully | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | petition that you cause to
be submitted, in the manner provided | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | by law, to the voters thereof, at
the next election, the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | proposition "Shall the sale at retail of
alcoholic liquor (or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not
more than 4% of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | alcohol by weight) (or alcoholic liquor containing more
than 4% | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | of alcohol by weight except in the original package and not for
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21 | consumption on the premises) be prohibited in this .... (or at | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the
following address ....)?"
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24 | Name of P. O. address Description of precinct Date of
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25 | signer (including township, road district signing
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26 | street no., or part thereof, as of
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27 | if any). the last general
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28 | election
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29 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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30 | A petition for a proposition to be submitted to the voters | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | of a precinct
shall also contain in plain and nonlegal language | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | a description of the
precinct to which the proposition is to be |
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1 | submitted at the election.
The description shall describe the | ||||||
2 | territory of the precinct by reference
to streets, natural or | ||||||
3 | artificial landmarks, addresses, or by any other
method which | ||||||
4 | would enable a voter signing such petition to be informed of
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5 | the territory of the precinct. Each such petition for a | ||||||
6 | precinct
referendum shall also contain a list of the names and | ||||||
7 | addresses of all
licensees in the precinct.
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8 | Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the | ||||||
9 | general election
law, as to form and signature requirements. | ||||||
10 | The circulator's statement
shall include an attestation of: (1) | ||||||
11 | that none of the signatures on this
petition sheet were signed | ||||||
12 | more than 4 months before the filing of this
petition, or (2) | ||||||
13 | the dates on which the petitioners signed the petition,
and | ||||||
14 | shall be sworn to before an officer residing in the county | ||||||
15 | where such
legal voters reside and authorized to administer | ||||||
16 | oaths therein. No
signature shall be revoked except by a | ||||||
17 | revocation filed within 20 days from
the filing of the petition | ||||||
18 | with the clerk with whom the petition is
required to be filed. | ||||||
19 | Upon request of any citizen for a photostatic copy of
the | ||||||
20 | petition and paying or tendering to the clerk the costs of | ||||||
21 | making the
photostatic copy, the clerk shall immediately make, | ||||||
22 | or cause to be made a
photostatic copy of such petition. The | ||||||
23 | clerk shall also deliver to such
person, his official | ||||||
24 | certification that such copy is a true copy of the
original, | ||||||
25 | stating the day when such original was filed in his office. Any
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26 | 5 legal voters or any affected licensee of any political | ||||||
27 | subdivision,
district or precinct in which a proposed election | ||||||
28 | is about to be held as
provided for in this Act, within any | ||||||
29 | time up to 30 days immediately prior
to the date of such | ||||||
30 | proposed election and upon filing a bond for costs, may
contest | ||||||
31 | the validity of the petitions for such election by filing a
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32 | verified petition in the Circuit Court for the county in which | ||||||
33 | the
political subdivision, district or precinct is situated, | ||||||
34 | setting forth
the grounds for contesting the validity of such | ||||||
35 | petitions. Upon the
filing of the petition, a summons shall be | ||||||
36 | issued by the Court,
addressed to the appropriate city, |
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1 | village, town, township or road
district clerk, notifying the | ||||||
2 | clerk of the filing of the petition and
directing him to appear | ||||||
3 | before the Court on behalf of the political
subdivision or | ||||||
4 | district at the time named in the summons; provided, the
time | ||||||
5 | shall not be less than 5 days nor more than 15 days after the
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6 | filing of the petition. The procedure in these cases, as far as | ||||||
7 | may be
applicable, shall be the same as that provided for the | ||||||
8 | objections to
petitions in the general election law. Any legal | ||||||
9 | voter in the political
subdivision or precinct in which such | ||||||
10 | election is to be held may appear in
person or by counsel, in | ||||||
11 | any such contest to defend or oppose the validity
of the | ||||||
12 | petition for election.
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13 | The municipal, town or road district clerk shall certify | ||||||
14 | the proposition
to be submitted at the election to the | ||||||
15 | appropriate election officials, in
accordance with the general | ||||||
16 | election law, unless the petition has been
determined to be | ||||||
17 | invalid. If the court determines the petitions to be
invalid | ||||||
18 | subsequent to the certification by the clerk, the court's order
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19 | shall be transmitted to the election officials and shall | ||||||
20 | nullify such
certification.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 86-861; 87-347 .)
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