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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing
Section 4A-101 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 420/4A-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 4A-101. Persons required to file. The following | ||||||
8 | persons shall file
verified written statements of economic | ||||||
9 | interests, as provided in this Article:
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10 | (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for | ||||||
11 | nomination or
election to the General Assembly.
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12 | (b) Persons holding an elected office in the Executive | ||||||
13 | Branch of this
State or on the Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
14 | University of Illinois , and candidates for nomination or | ||||||
15 | election to these offices.
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16 | (c) Members of a Commission or Board created by the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Constitution,
and candidates for nomination or | ||||||
18 | election to such Commission or Board.
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19 | (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to | ||||||
20 | confirmation by
the Senate.
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21 | (e) Holders of, and candidates for nomination or | ||||||
22 | election to, the office
of judge or associate judge of the | ||||||
23 | Circuit Court and the office of judge of
the Appellate or |
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1 | Supreme Court.
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2 | (f) Persons who are employed by any branch, agency, | ||||||
3 | authority or board
of the government of this State, | ||||||
4 | including but not limited to, the Illinois
State Toll | ||||||
5 | Highway Authority, the Illinois Housing Development | ||||||
6 | Authority,
the Illinois Community College Board, and | ||||||
7 | institutions under the
jurisdiction of the Board of | ||||||
8 | Trustees
of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees | ||||||
9 | of Southern Illinois
University, Board of Trustees of | ||||||
10 | Chicago State University,
Board of Trustees of Eastern | ||||||
11 | Illinois University, Board of Trustees of
Governor's State | ||||||
12 | University, Board of Trustees of Illinois State | ||||||
13 | University,
Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
14 | University, Board of Trustees of
Northern Illinois | ||||||
15 | University, Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
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16 | University, or Board of Trustees of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Mathematics and Science
Academy, and are compensated for | ||||||
18 | services as employees and not as
independent contractors | ||||||
19 | and who:
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20 | (1) are, or function as, the head of a department, | ||||||
21 | commission, board,
division, bureau, authority or | ||||||
22 | other administrative unit within the
government of | ||||||
23 | this State, or who exercise similar authority within | ||||||
24 | the
government of this State;
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25 | (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or | ||||||
26 | direct responsibility for
the formulation, |
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1 | negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts | ||||||
2 | entered into
by the State in the amount of $5,000 or | ||||||
3 | more;
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4 | (3) have authority for the issuance or | ||||||
5 | promulgation of rules and
regulations within areas | ||||||
6 | under the authority of the State;
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7 | (4) have authority for the approval of | ||||||
8 | professional licenses;
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9 | (5) have responsibility with respect to the | ||||||
10 | financial inspection
of regulated nongovernmental | ||||||
11 | entities;
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12 | (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial | ||||||
13 | or administrative
proceeding, or review the | ||||||
14 | adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
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15 | or administrative proceeding within the authority of | ||||||
16 | the State;
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17 | (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more | ||||||
18 | employees of the
State; or
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19 | (8) negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming | ||||||
20 | rights or sponsorship rights regarding any property or | ||||||
21 | asset of the State, whether real, personal, tangible, | ||||||
22 | or intangible.
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23 | (g) Persons who are elected to office in a unit of | ||||||
24 | local government,
and candidates for nomination or | ||||||
25 | election to that office, including regional
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26 | superintendents of school districts.
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1 | (h) Persons appointed to the governing board of a unit | ||||||
2 | of local
government, or of a special district, and persons | ||||||
3 | appointed to a zoning
board, or zoning board of appeals, or | ||||||
4 | to a regional, county, or municipal
plan commission, or to | ||||||
5 | a board of review of any county, and persons
appointed to | ||||||
6 | the Board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
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7 | and any Trustee appointed under Section 22 of the | ||||||
8 | Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act, and | ||||||
9 | persons appointed to a board or commission of
a unit of | ||||||
10 | local government who have authority to authorize the | ||||||
11 | expenditure of
public funds. This subsection does not apply | ||||||
12 | to members of boards or
commissions who function in an | ||||||
13 | advisory capacity.
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14 | (i) Persons who are employed by a unit of local | ||||||
15 | government and are
compensated for services as employees | ||||||
16 | and not as independent contractors and
who:
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17 | (1) are, or function as, the head of a department, | ||||||
18 | division, bureau,
authority or other administrative | ||||||
19 | unit within the unit of local
government, or who | ||||||
20 | exercise similar authority within the unit of local
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21 | government;
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22 | (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or | ||||||
23 | direct responsibility for
the formulation, | ||||||
24 | negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts | ||||||
25 | entered into
by the unit of local government in the | ||||||
26 | amount of $1,000 or greater;
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1 | (3) have authority to approve licenses
and permits | ||||||
2 | by the unit of local government; this item does not | ||||||
3 | include
employees who function in a ministerial | ||||||
4 | capacity;
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5 | (4) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial | ||||||
6 | or administrative
proceeding, or review the | ||||||
7 | adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
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8 | or administrative proceeding within the authority of | ||||||
9 | the unit of local
government;
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10 | (5) have authority to issue or promulgate rules and | ||||||
11 | regulations within
areas under the authority of the | ||||||
12 | unit of local government; or
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13 | (6) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more | ||||||
14 | employees of the
unit of local government.
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15 | (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Mathematics and
Science Academy.
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17 | (k) Persons employed by a school district in positions | ||||||
18 | that
require that
person to hold an administrative or a | ||||||
19 | chief school business official
endorsement.
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20 | (l) Special government agents. A "special government | ||||||
21 | agent" is a
person who is directed, retained, designated, | ||||||
22 | appointed, or
employed, with or without compensation, by or | ||||||
23 | on behalf of a
statewide executive branch constitutional | ||||||
24 | officer to make an ex
parte communication under Section | ||||||
25 | 5-50 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act or | ||||||
26 | Section 5-165 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure |
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1 | Act.
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2 | This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of | ||||||
3 | local government
from enacting financial disclosure | ||||||
4 | requirements that mandate
more information
than required by | ||||||
5 | this Act.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 93-816, eff. 7-27-04.)
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7 | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
8 | Sections 2A-1.2, 7-1,
7-9, 22-1, 22-7, 23-1.1a, 23-1.2a, and | ||||||
9 | 23-1.13a and adding Section 2A-53.5 as
follows:
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10 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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11 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | ||||||
12 | Designated.
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13 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | ||||||
14 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | ||||||
15 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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16 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | ||||||
17 | United States;
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18 | (2) United States Senator and United States | ||||||
19 | Representative;
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20 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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21 | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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22 | (5) County elected officers, including State's | ||||||
23 | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | ||||||
24 | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief |
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1 | Executive;
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2 | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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3 | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | ||||||
4 | counties or
educational service regions in which that | ||||||
5 | office has been abolished;
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6 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
7 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | ||||||
8 | newly created judicial offices;
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9 | (9) Trustee of the University of Illinois
(Blank) ;
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10 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
11 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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12 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
13 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
14 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | ||||||
15 | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | ||||||
16 | political parties.
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17 | (b) At the general primary election:
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18 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
19 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
20 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
21 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
22 | made by caucus.
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23 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
24 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | ||||||
25 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
26 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate |
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1 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
2 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
3 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | ||||||
4 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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5 | shall also be on the ballot.
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6 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
7 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
8 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
9 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
10 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
11 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
12 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
13 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
14 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
15 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
16 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
17 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
18 | weeks preceding that election.
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19 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
20 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
21 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
22 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
23 | elected.
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24 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
25 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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26 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in |
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1 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
2 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
3 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
4 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
5 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
6 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
7 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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8 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
9 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
10 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
11 | by such ordinance;
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12 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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13 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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14 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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15 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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16 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
17 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
18 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
19 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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20 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
21 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
22 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
23 | Assessors;
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24 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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25 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
26 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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1 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | ||||||
2 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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3 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
4 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
5 | Act;
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6 | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
7 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
8 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
9 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
10 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
11 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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12 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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13 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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14 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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15 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
16 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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17 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
18 | Districts;
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19 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
20 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
21 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
22 | political parties.
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23 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
24 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
25 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
26 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination |
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1 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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2 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
3 | subsection
(c).
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4 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
5 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
6 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
7 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
8 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
9 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
10 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
11 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
12 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
13 | of political parties.
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14 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
15 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
16 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
17 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
18 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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19 | (e) (Blank).
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20 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
21 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
22 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
23 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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24 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
25 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
26 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are |
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1 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
2 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
3 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
4 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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5 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
6 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
7 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
8 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
9 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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10 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
11 | effective
date of the new district.
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12 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
13 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
14 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
15 | held in the precinct on that date.
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16 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
17 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
19 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-53.5 new)
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21 | Sec. 2A-53.5. University of Illinois; trustee; time of | ||||||
22 | election. Trustees of the University of Illinois, other than | ||||||
23 | the Governor and the student trustees, shall be
elected at the
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24 | general election in 2008. Beginning with the general election | ||||||
25 | in 2010, a trustee of the University of Illinois shall be |
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1 | elected at each general election to succeed each incumbent | ||||||
2 | trustee whose term expires in January of the year next | ||||||
3 | following that general election.
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4 | (10 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
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5 | Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
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6 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the | ||||||
7 | nomination of all
candidates for all elective State, | ||||||
8 | congressional, judicial, and county
officers, State's | ||||||
9 | Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
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10 | than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and | ||||||
11 | municipal officers,
trustees of sanitary districts, township | ||||||
12 | officers in townships of over 5,000
population coextensive with | ||||||
13 | or included wholly within cities or villages not
under the | ||||||
14 | commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
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15 | State central committeemen, and delegates and alternate | ||||||
16 | delegates to
national nominating conventions by all political | ||||||
17 | parties, as defined in
Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be | ||||||
18 | made in the manner provided in
this Article 7 and not | ||||||
19 | otherwise. The nomination of candidates for
electors of | ||||||
20 | President and Vice President of the United States
and for | ||||||
21 | trustees of the University of Illinois
shall be made
only in | ||||||
22 | the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
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23 | (b) This Article 7 shall not
apply to (i) the nomination of | ||||||
24 | candidates for school elections and township
elections, except | ||||||
25 | in those townships specifically mentioned
in subsection (a) and |
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1 | except in those cases in which a township central
committee | ||||||
2 | determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or | ||||||
3 | Section
45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for | ||||||
4 | township offices shall be
nominated by primary in accordance | ||||||
5 | with this Article, (ii) the nomination of
park commissioners in | ||||||
6 | park districts organized under the Park District Code,
(iii) | ||||||
7 | the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized | ||||||
8 | under
special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal | ||||||
9 | officers for cities,
villages, and incorporated towns with a | ||||||
10 | population of 5,000 or less,
except where a city, village, or | ||||||
11 | incorporated town with a population of
5,000 or less has by | ||||||
12 | ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
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13 | candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
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14 | incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article. | ||||||
15 | In that event,
the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance | ||||||
16 | to the proper election
officials no later than November 15 in | ||||||
17 | the year preceding the consolidated
primary election.
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18 | (c) The words "township officers" or "township offices" | ||||||
19 | shall be
construed, when used in this Article, to include | ||||||
20 | supervisors.
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21 | (d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of | ||||||
22 | the Illinois
Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of | ||||||
23 | nonpartisan primary and general
elections for the election of | ||||||
24 | village officers.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
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2 | Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State | ||||||
3 | conventions.
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4 | (a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
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5 | committeemen are elected, the county central committee of each | ||||||
6 | political
party shall meet within the county and proceed to
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7 | organize by electing from its own number a chairman and either | ||||||
8 | from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such | ||||||
9 | committee may deem
necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the | ||||||
10 | county central committee
shall be known as the county | ||||||
11 | convention.
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12 | The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days | ||||||
13 | after the
organization, forward to the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Elections, the names and
post office addresses of the officers, | ||||||
15 | precinct committeemen and
representative committeemen elected | ||||||
16 | by his political party.
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17 | The county convention of each political party shall choose | ||||||
18 | delegates
to the State convention of its party; but in any | ||||||
19 | county having within
its limits any city having a population of | ||||||
20 | 200,000, or over the
delegates from such city shall be chosen | ||||||
21 | by wards, the ward committeemen
from the respective wards | ||||||
22 | choosing the number of delegates to which such
ward is entitled | ||||||
23 | on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such | ||||||
24 | delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
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25 | convention from such county. In all counties containing a | ||||||
26 | population of
2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a |
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1 | population of 200,000 or
more, the delegates from each of the | ||||||
2 | townships or parts of townships as
the case may be shall be | ||||||
3 | chosen by townships or parts of townships as
the case may be, | ||||||
4 | the township committeemen from the respective townships
or | ||||||
5 | parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
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6 | delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the | ||||||
7 | case may
be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph | ||||||
8 | (e) of this
Section such delegates to be members of the | ||||||
9 | delegation to the State
convention from such county.
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10 | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | ||||||
11 | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | ||||||
12 | (a) of Section 7-8
shall be a delegate to the State Convention, | ||||||
13 | ex officio.
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14 | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | ||||||
15 | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | ||||||
16 | (a) of Section 7-8 may
appoint 2 delegates to the State | ||||||
17 | Convention who must be residents of the
member's Congressional | ||||||
18 | District.
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19 | (b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after | ||||||
20 | the
general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years | ||||||
21 | thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
the | ||||||
22 | chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a | ||||||
23 | State
convention within 180 days after the general primary.
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24 | The State
convention of each political party has power to | ||||||
25 | make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the | ||||||
26 | electors of
President and Vice President of the United States |
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1 | and for trustees of the University of Illinois , and to adopt | ||||||
2 | any party
platform, and, to the
extent determined by the State | ||||||
3 | central committee as provided in Section
7-14, to choose and | ||||||
4 | select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
national | ||||||
5 | nominating conventions. The State Central Committee may adopt
| ||||||
6 | rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the State | ||||||
7 | convention.
| ||||||
8 | (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention | ||||||
9 | shall,
within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of | ||||||
10 | Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names | ||||||
11 | and addresses of all
persons nominated by such State convention | ||||||
12 | for electors of President and
Vice President of the United | ||||||
13 | States and for trustees of the University of Illinois , and of | ||||||
14 | any persons selected by the State
convention for
delegates and | ||||||
15 | alternate delegates at large to national nominating
| ||||||
16 | conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such | ||||||
17 | State
convention for electors of President and Vice President | ||||||
18 | of the United
States and for trustees of the University of | ||||||
19 | Illinois , shall be caused by
the State Board of Elections to be | ||||||
20 | printed upon the official ballot at
the general election, in | ||||||
21 | the manner required by law, and shall be
certified to the | ||||||
22 | various county clerks of the proper counties in the
manner as | ||||||
23 | provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the certifying
| ||||||
24 | of the names of persons nominated by any party for State | ||||||
25 | offices. If and
as long as this Act prescribes that the names | ||||||
26 | of such electors be not
printed on the ballot, then the names |
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1 | of such electors shall be
certified in such manner as may be | ||||||
2 | prescribed by the parts of this Act
applicable thereto.
| ||||||
3 | (d) Each convention may perform all other functions | ||||||
4 | inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent | ||||||
5 | with this Article.
| ||||||
6 | (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, | ||||||
7 | the chairman of the State central committee of each political
| ||||||
8 | party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
| ||||||
9 | Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall | ||||||
10 | state, among
other things, the time and place (designating the | ||||||
11 | building or hall) for
holding the State convention. Such call | ||||||
12 | shall be signed by the chairman
and attested by the secretary | ||||||
13 | of the committee. In such convention each
county shall be | ||||||
14 | entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by
the | ||||||
15 | primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to | ||||||
16 | be
held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such | ||||||
17 | county, less
than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of | ||||||
18 | ballots so voted is
not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall | ||||||
19 | be one delegate for such
group which is less than 500, or for | ||||||
20 | such group representing the number
of votes over the multiple | ||||||
21 | of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of
one vote for each | ||||||
22 | primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
| ||||||
23 | convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in | ||||||
24 | full and
shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen | ||||||
25 | be calculated in
compliance herewith and that such number of | ||||||
26 | delegates be chosen.
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1 | (f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when | ||||||
2 | elected as
provided in this Section shall serve as though | ||||||
3 | elected at large
irrespective of any changes that may be made | ||||||
4 | in precinct, township or
ward boundaries and the voting | ||||||
5 | strength of each committeeman shall
remain as provided in this | ||||||
6 | Section for the entire time for which he is
elected.
| ||||||
7 | (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in | ||||||
8 | this
Section shall serve until their successors are elected as | ||||||
9 | provided in
this Act.
| ||||||
10 | (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be | ||||||
11 | called by the
chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members | ||||||
12 | of such committee, by
giving 5 days notice to members of such | ||||||
13 | committee in writing designating
the time and place at which | ||||||
14 | such special meeting is to be held and the
business which it is | ||||||
15 | proposed to present at such special meeting.
| ||||||
16 | (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a | ||||||
17 | vacancy
exists in the office of precinct committeeman because | ||||||
18 | no one was elected
to that office or because the precinct | ||||||
19 | committeeman ceases to reside in
the precinct or for any other | ||||||
20 | reason, the chairman of the county
central committee of the | ||||||
21 | appropriate political party may fill the
vacancy in such office | ||||||
22 | by appointment of a qualified resident of the
county and the | ||||||
23 | appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though
elected; | ||||||
24 | however, no such appointment may be made between the general
| ||||||
25 | primary election and the 30th day after the general primary | ||||||
26 | election.
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1 | (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State | ||||||
2 | of Illinois
is reduced as a result of reapportionment of | ||||||
3 | Congressional Districts
following a federal decennial census, | ||||||
4 | the State Central Committeemen and
Committeewomen of a | ||||||
5 | political
party which elects its State Central
Committee by | ||||||
6 | either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
of | ||||||
7 | Section 7-8 who were
previously elected shall continue to serve | ||||||
8 | as if no reapportionment had
occurred until the expiration of | ||||||
9 | their terms.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| ||||||
11 | (10 ILCS 5/22-1)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the
| ||||||
13 | close of the
election at which candidates for offices | ||||||
14 | hereinafter named in this Section are
voted upon, the election | ||||||
15 | authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns | ||||||
16 | and make abstracts of
the votes on a separate sheet for each of | ||||||
17 | the following:
| ||||||
18 | A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
| ||||||
19 | B. For State officers;
| ||||||
20 | C. For presidential electors;
| ||||||
21 | D. For United States Senators and Representatives to | ||||||
22 | Congress;
| ||||||
23 | E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
| ||||||
24 | F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
| ||||||
25 | G. For judges of the circuit court;
|
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| |||||||
1 | H. For Senators and Representatives to the General | ||||||
2 | Assembly;
| ||||||
3 | I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;
| ||||||
4 | J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other | ||||||
5 | propositions
submitted to the electors of the entire State;
| ||||||
6 | K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to | ||||||
7 | the
electors of the county only;
| ||||||
8 | L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
| ||||||
9 | M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
| ||||||
10 | N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees ; and .
| ||||||
11 | O. For trustees of the University of Illinois.
| ||||||
12 | Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward. | ||||||
13 | Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared | ||||||
14 | and one of
each shall be turned over to the chairman of the | ||||||
15 | county central
committee of each of the then existing | ||||||
16 | established political parties, as
defined in Section 10-2, or | ||||||
17 | his duly authorized representative
immediately after the | ||||||
18 | completion of the entries on the sheets and before
the totals | ||||||
19 | have been compiled.
| ||||||
20 | The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the election | ||||||
21 | authority in its office.
| ||||||
22 | Whenever any county clerk is unable to canvass the vote,
| ||||||
23 | the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall | ||||||
24 | serve in his or her place.
| ||||||
25 | The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing | ||||||
26 | the votes are limited to
those specified in this Section.
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| |||||||
1 | No person who is shown by the election authority's
| ||||||
2 | canvassing board's proclamation to have been elected at the | ||||||
3 | consolidated election or general election as a write-in | ||||||
4 | candidate shall take office unless that person has first filed | ||||||
5 | with the certifying office or board a statement of candidacy | ||||||
6 | pursuant to Section 7-10 or Section 10-5, a statement pursuant | ||||||
7 | to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for filing a statement of | ||||||
8 | economic interests in relation to the unit of government to | ||||||
9 | which he or she has been elected. For officers elected at the | ||||||
10 | consolidated election, the certifying officer shall notify the | ||||||
11 | election authority of the receipt of those documents, and the | ||||||
12 | county clerk shall issue the certification of election under | ||||||
13 | the provisions of Section 22-18. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; | ||||||
15 | 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; revised 10-4-05.)
| ||||||
16 | (10 ILCS 5/22-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation | ||||||
18 | of result. The State Board of Elections , shall proceed , within | ||||||
19 | 31 days
after the election,
and sooner if all the returns are | ||||||
20 | received, to canvass the votes given
for United States Senators | ||||||
21 | and Representatives to Congress, State
executive officers, | ||||||
22 | judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
Court, | ||||||
23 | judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the
| ||||||
24 | General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional | ||||||
25 | Superintendents of Schools
elected from 2 or more counties, and |
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| |||||||
1 | trustees of the University of Illinois, respectively, and the | ||||||
2 | persons
having the highest number of votes for the respective | ||||||
3 | offices shall be
declared duly elected, but if it appears that | ||||||
4 | more than the number of
persons to be elected have the highest | ||||||
5 | and an equal number of votes for
the same office, the electoral | ||||||
6 | board shall decide by lot which of such
persons shall be | ||||||
7 | elected; and to each person duly elected, the Governor
shall | ||||||
8 | give a certificate of election or commission, as the case may
| ||||||
9 | require, and shall cause proclamation to be made of the result | ||||||
10 | of the
canvass, and they shall at the same time and in the same | ||||||
11 | manner, canvass
the vote cast upon amendments to the | ||||||
12 | Constitution, and upon other
propositions submitted to the | ||||||
13 | electors of the entire State; and the
Governor shall cause to | ||||||
14 | be made such proclamation of the result of the
canvass as the | ||||||
15 | statutes elsewhere provide. The State Board of Elections
shall | ||||||
16 | transmit to the State Comptroller a list of the persons elected | ||||||
17 | to
the various offices. The State Board of Elections shall also | ||||||
18 | transmit to
the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to | ||||||
19 | judgeships in
adversary elections and the names of judges who | ||||||
20 | fail to win retention in
office.
| ||||||
21 | No person who is shown by the canvassing board's | ||||||
22 | proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election | ||||||
23 | or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office | ||||||
24 | unless that person has first filed with the certifying office | ||||||
25 | or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or | ||||||
26 | Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in | ||||||
2 | relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been | ||||||
3 | elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the | ||||||
4 | certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the | ||||||
5 | receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue | ||||||
6 | the certification of election under the provisions of Section | ||||||
7 | 22-18.
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
| ||||||
9 | (10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 23-1.1a. Election contest - Statewide - Jurisdiction. | ||||||
11 | The Supreme
Court shall have jurisdiction over contests of the | ||||||
12 | results of any election,
including a primary, for an elected | ||||||
13 | officer provided for in Article V of
the Constitution
and for | ||||||
14 | trustee of the University of Illinois , and shall
retain | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction throughout the course of such election contests.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
| ||||||
17 | (10 ILCS 5/23-1.2a) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.2a)
| ||||||
18 | Sec. 23-1.2a. Election contest - Statewide offices - Who | ||||||
19 | may
contest - Time and place for filing - Fee. The results of | ||||||
20 | an election,
including a primary, for an elected executive | ||||||
21 | officer provided for in
Article V of the Constitution
or for | ||||||
22 | trustee of the University of Illinois
may be challenged (1) by | ||||||
23 | any candidate whose
name was on the ballot for that office, (2) | ||||||
24 | by any person who filed a
declaration of intent to be a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | write-in candidate for that office, or (3)
by any person who | ||||||
2 | voted in that election, provided that such person's
challenge | ||||||
3 | is supported by a verified petition signed by persons who voted
| ||||||
4 | in the election in a number no less than the largest number of | ||||||
5 | signatures
required to nominate a person to be a candidate of | ||||||
6 | any political party
which nominated a candidate for the office | ||||||
7 | being contested.
| ||||||
8 | Any person, including a candidate, qualified pursuant to | ||||||
9 | this Section and
desiring to contest the results of an election | ||||||
10 | for such an office shall,
within 15 days of the date of the | ||||||
11 | official proclamation of results of such
election, file a | ||||||
12 | Petition of State Election Contest with the clerk of the
| ||||||
13 | Supreme Court together with a filing fee in the amount of | ||||||
14 | $10,000.
| ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
| ||||||
16 | (10 ILCS 5/23-1.13a) (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.13a)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 23-1.13a. If any of the powers or duties to be | ||||||
18 | exercised or
performed by the Supreme Court under Sections | ||||||
19 | 23-1.1a through 23-1.12a may
not constitutionally be exercised | ||||||
20 | or performed by the Supreme Court by
reason of jurisdictional | ||||||
21 | limitations, then Sections 23-1.1a through
23-1.12a shall | ||||||
22 | nonetheless continue to govern contests of elections for
| ||||||
23 | elected officers provided for in Article V of the Constitution | ||||||
24 | and for
trustees of the University of Illinois , and in such
| ||||||
25 | event the Supreme Court shall,
pursuant to its general |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | administrative and supervisory powers, assign to a
circuit | ||||||
2 | court those adjudicatory powers and duties with respect to such | ||||||
3 | a
contest as may not be exercised or performed by the Supreme | ||||||
4 | Court, subject
to appropriate judicial review.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
| ||||||
6 | Section 15. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||
7 | changing Section 11 as follows:
| ||||||
8 | (110 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 144, par. 32)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 11. No elected or selected member of the Board of
| ||||||
10 | Trustees shall receive any compensation for attending on the | ||||||
11 | meetings of
the Board, but they shall be reimbursed for their | ||||||
12 | actual and necessary
expenses while engaged in the performance | ||||||
13 | of their duties.
Expenses necessarily incurred by any | ||||||
14 | non-voting student member may, at the
discretion of the | ||||||
15 | President of the Board, be provided for by advance payment to
| ||||||
16 | such
member, who shall account therefor to the Board | ||||||
17 | immediately after each meeting.
At all the stated and other | ||||||
18 | meetings of the Board of Trustees, called by the
regent or
| ||||||
19 | corresponding secretary, or any 4
5 members of the Board, a | ||||||
20 | majority
of the
members
shall constitute a quorum, provided all | ||||||
21 | the members have been
duly notified.
| ||||||
22 | At each regular and special meeting that is open to the | ||||||
23 | public, members of
the
public and
employees of the University | ||||||
24 | shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable
constraints, to
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 91-715, eff. 1-1-01.)
| ||||||
3 | Section 20. The University of Illinois Trustees Act is | ||||||
4 | amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:
| ||||||
5 | (110 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 1. Membership.
| ||||||
7 | (a) Until all of the new members initially to be elected | ||||||
8 | under this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly have | ||||||
9 | taken office, the
The Board of Trustees of the University of | ||||||
10 | Illinois shall consist
of the Governor and at least 12 | ||||||
11 | trustees , with 9 . Nine trustees shall be
appointed by the | ||||||
12 | Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
The | ||||||
13 | term of each appointed member of the Board of Trustees shall | ||||||
14 | terminate when all of the new members initially to be elected | ||||||
15 | under this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly have | ||||||
16 | taken office. Beginning on the date when all of the new members
| ||||||
17 | initially to be elected under this amendatory Act of the 95th
| ||||||
18 | General Assembly have taken office, the Board of Trustees shall | ||||||
19 | consist of the Governor and at least 10 members. Seven of these | ||||||
20 | members shall be elected in the manner provided by law, with 3 | ||||||
21 | members elected from the First Judicial District and one member | ||||||
22 | elected from each of the 4 other judicial districts. These 7 | ||||||
23 | trustees shall initially be elected at the general election in | ||||||
24 | 2008. Beginning with the general election in 2010, a trustee |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall be elected at each general election to succeed each | ||||||
2 | incumbent trustee whose term expires in January of the year | ||||||
3 | next following that general election. A petition for nomination | ||||||
4 | of a candidate for member of the Board of Trustees shall be | ||||||
5 | signed by at least 0.5% of the total number of registered | ||||||
6 | voters in the judicial district in which the person is a
| ||||||
7 | candidate for nomination. The other trustees shall be students, | ||||||
8 | of whom one student shall
be selected from each University | ||||||
9 | campus.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Each student trustee shall serve a term of one year, | ||||||
11 | beginning on
July 1 or
on the date of his or her selection, | ||||||
12 | whichever is later, and expiring on the
next succeeding June | ||||||
13 | 30.
| ||||||
14 | (c) Each trustee shall have all of the privileges of | ||||||
15 | membership, except
that only
one student trustee shall have the | ||||||
16 | right to cast a legally binding vote. The student trustees | ||||||
17 | shall select one of their number to
The
Governor shall | ||||||
18 | designate which one of the student trustees shall possess, for
| ||||||
19 | his or her entire term, the right to cast a legally binding | ||||||
20 | vote. However, if a student trustee has served more than one | ||||||
21 | term and during one of those terms, he or she was selected to | ||||||
22 | possess a legally binding vote, then he or she is ineligible to | ||||||
23 | be selected again to possess a legally binding vote. If the | ||||||
24 | student trustees fail to come to an agreement on which student | ||||||
25 | trustee shall possess a legally binding vote, none of the | ||||||
26 | student trustees may possess a legally binding vote for the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | remainder of their term. Each student
trustee who does not | ||||||
2 | possess the right to cast a legally binding vote shall
have the | ||||||
3 | right to cast an advisory vote and the right to make and second
| ||||||
4 | motions and to attend executive sessions.
| ||||||
5 | (d) Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of | ||||||
6 | interest
standards.
Pursuant to those standards, it shall not | ||||||
7 | be a conflict of interest for a
student trustee to vote on | ||||||
8 | matters pertaining to students generally, such as
tuition and | ||||||
9 | fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a student
| ||||||
10 | trustee to vote on
faculty member
tenure or promotion.
| ||||||
11 | (e) Student trustees shall be chosen by campus-wide
student | ||||||
12 | election , and the
student trustee designated by the Governor to
| ||||||
13 | possess a legally binding vote shall be
one of the students | ||||||
14 | selected by this method . A student trustee who does not
possess | ||||||
15 | a legally binding vote on a
measure at a meeting of the
Board | ||||||
16 | or any of its committees shall not be considered a trustee
for | ||||||
17 | the purpose
of determining whether a quorum is present at the | ||||||
18 | time that measure is voted
upon. To be eligible for selection | ||||||
19 | as a
student trustee
and
to be eligible to remain as a voting | ||||||
20 | or nonvoting student trustee,
a student trustee must be a | ||||||
21 | resident of this State,
must have and maintain a
grade point | ||||||
22 | average that is equivalent to at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and | ||||||
23 | must
be a full time student enrolled at all times during his or | ||||||
24 | her term of office
except
for that part of the term which | ||||||
25 | follows
the completion of the last full regular semester of an | ||||||
26 | academic year and
precedes the first full regular semester of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the succeeding academic year at the
University (sometimes | ||||||
2 | commonly referred to as the summer
session or summer
school). | ||||||
3 | If a voting or nonvoting student trustee
fails to
continue to | ||||||
4 | meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
| ||||||
5 | enrollment requirement established by this Section, his
or her | ||||||
6 | membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by | ||||||
7 | operation
of law.
| ||||||
8 | If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases to | ||||||
9 | serve on the
Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days, | ||||||
10 | designate one of the remaining
student trustees shall determine | ||||||
11 | which one of them shall
to possess the right to cast a legally | ||||||
12 | binding vote
for the remainder of his or her term. However, if | ||||||
13 | a student trustee has served more than one term and during one | ||||||
14 | of those terms, he or she was selected to possess a legally | ||||||
15 | binding vote, then he or she is ineligible to be selected again | ||||||
16 | to possess a legally binding vote. If the remaining student | ||||||
17 | trustees fail to come to an agreement on which student trustee | ||||||
18 | shall possess a legally binding vote, none of the remaining | ||||||
19 | student trustees may possess a legally binding vote for the | ||||||
20 | remainder of their term. If a nonvoting student trustee resigns
| ||||||
21 | or
otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive | ||||||
22 | of the
student government from that campus shall, within 30 | ||||||
23 | days, select
a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the | ||||||
24 | remainder of the term.
| ||||||
25 | (f) Until those members elected at the general election in | ||||||
26 | 2008 have taken
office,
no more than 5 of the 9 appointed |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | trustees
shall be affiliated
with the same political party.
| ||||||
2 | Each trustee appointed by the Governor must be a resident of | ||||||
3 | this State. A
failure to meet
or maintain this residency | ||||||
4 | requirement constitutes a resignation from and
creates a
| ||||||
5 | vacancy in the Board.
The term of office of each of these
| ||||||
6 | appointed trustees
trustee
shall be 6 years from the third | ||||||
7 | Monday in January of each odd numbered year.
The regular terms | ||||||
8 | of office of these
the
appointed trustees shall be staggered so | ||||||
9 | that 3 terms expire in each
odd-numbered year.
Vacancies for | ||||||
10 | these appointed trustees shall be filled for the unexpired
term
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11 | in the same manner as
original appointments. If these vacancies
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12 | a vacancy in membership
occur
occurs at a time when the
Senate | ||||||
13 | is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary | ||||||
14 | appointments until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he | ||||||
15 | shall appoint persons to fill such
memberships for the | ||||||
16 | remainder of their respective terms. If the Senate is not
in | ||||||
17 | session when appointments for a full term are made, | ||||||
18 | appointments shall be
made as in the case of vacancies.
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19 | The term of office of each elected trustee shall be 6 years | ||||||
20 | from the third Monday in January next succeeding his or her | ||||||
21 | election and until his or her successor is elected and | ||||||
22 | qualified. However, the 3 members from the First Judicial | ||||||
23 | District initially elected pursuant to this amendatory Act of | ||||||
24 | the 95th General Assembly shall draw lots to determine one of | ||||||
25 | their number to serve a 2-year term, one of their number to | ||||||
26 | serve a 4-year term, and one of their number to serve a 6-year |
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1 | term. The other 4 members initially elected pursuant to this | ||||||
2 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall draw lots to | ||||||
3 | determine 2 of their number to serve a 2-year term, one of | ||||||
4 | their number to serve a 4-year term, and one of their number to | ||||||
5 | serve a 6-year term. In case of a vacancy in an elected | ||||||
6 | trustee's seat, the vacancy shall
be filled by
appointment by | ||||||
7 | the Governor (i) for the unexpired term if 28 or fewer months
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8 | remain in the term or (ii) if more than 28 months remain in the | ||||||
9 | term, until
a trustee is elected at the next general election | ||||||
10 | to serve for the unexpired
term and is qualified.
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11 | (g) Each elected or appointed trustee must be a resident of | ||||||
12 | this State. To be an elected member, a person must also be a | ||||||
13 | resident of the judicial district from which he or she was | ||||||
14 | elected, and a person selected to fill a vacancy left by an | ||||||
15 | elected member must be a resident of the judicial district from | ||||||
16 | which the elected member was elected. A
failure to
meet or | ||||||
17 | maintain these residency requirements constitutes a | ||||||
18 | resignation from and
creates a
vacancy in the board.
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19 | (h) No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason | ||||||
20 | of any
vacancies on
the board, or by reason of any failure to | ||||||
21 | select student trustees.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00;
92-16, | ||||||
23 | eff. 6-28-01.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law. |