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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5 by changing Section 4A-101 as follows:
 
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:
10         (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for
11     nomination or election to the General Assembly.
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.
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.
19         (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to
20     confirmation by the Senate.
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.
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
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:
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;
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;
4             (3) have authority for the issuance or
5         promulgation of rules and regulations within areas
6         under the authority of the State;
7             (4) have authority for the approval of
8         professional licenses;
9             (5) have responsibility with respect to the
10         financial inspection of regulated nongovernmental
11         entities;
12             (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
13         or administrative proceeding, or review the
14         adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
15         or administrative proceeding within the authority of
16         the State;
17             (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
18         employees of the State; or
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.
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
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
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.
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:
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
21         government;
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;
5             (4) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
6         or administrative proceeding, or review the
7         adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
8         or administrative proceeding within the authority of
9         the unit of local government;
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
13             (6) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
14         employees of the unit of local government.
15         (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
16     Mathematics and Science Academy.
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.
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.
2         (m) Members of the board of commissioners of any flood
3     prevention district.
4     This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of
5 local government from enacting financial disclosure
6 requirements that mandate more information than required by
7 this Act.
8 (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08.)
 
9     Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
10 Sections 2A-1.2, 7-1, 7-9, 22-1, 22-7, 23-1.1a, 23-1.2a, and
11 23-1.13a and adding Section 2A-53.5 as follows:
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
13     Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices
14 Designated.
15     (a) At the general election in the appropriate
16 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
17 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
18         (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
19     United States;
20         (2) United States Senator and United States
21     Representative;
22         (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
23         (4) State Senator and State Representative;
24         (5) County elected officers, including State's

 

 

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1     Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
2     elected President of the County Board or County Chief
3     Executive;
4         (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
5         (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
6     counties or educational service regions in which that
7     office has been abolished;
8         (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
9     Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
10     newly created judicial offices;
11         (9) Trustee of the University of Illinois (Blank);
12         (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
13     Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
14         (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
15     designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
16     authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
17     election and permits or requires election of candidates of
18     political parties.
19     (b) At the general primary election:
20         (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
21     parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
22     at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
23     to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
24     made by caucus.
25         (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
26     political party offices of State central committeeman,

 

 

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1     township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
2     committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
3     delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
4     elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
5     even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to
6     be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
7     shall also be on the ballot.
8         (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
9     has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
10     officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
11     VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
12     Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
13     such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
14     on the date of the general primary election, provided that
15     the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
16     where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
17     municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
18     nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
19     the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
20     weeks preceding that election.
21         (4) in each school district which has adopted the
22     provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
23     the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
24     the year in which the general primary is held shall be
25     elected.
26     (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate

 

 

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1 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
2         (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
3     municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
4     municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
5     of political parties, the runoff election where required by
6     law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
7     shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
8     provided further, in the case of municipal officers
9     provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
10     government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
11     Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
12     filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
13     by such ordinance;
14         (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
15         (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
16         (4) Commissioners of park districts;
17         (5) Trustees of public library districts;
18         (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
19     designated in this section, where the statute creating or
20     authorizing the creation of the district permits or
21     requires election of candidates of political parties;
22         (7) Township officers, including township park
23     commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
24     managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
25     Assessors;
26         (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;

 

 

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1         (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
2     adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
3         (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes -
4     Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
5         (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
6     under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
7     Act;
8         (12) Elected members of school boards, school
9     trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
10     trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
11     counties or educational service regions having a
12     population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
13     boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
14     districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
15         (13) Members of Community College district boards;
16         (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
17         (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
18     Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
19         (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
20     Districts;
21         (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
22     otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
23     governing those districts does not permit candidates of
24     political parties.
25     (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
26 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be

 

 

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1 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
2 election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
3 of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
4 except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
5 subsection (c).
6     At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
7 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
8 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
9 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
10 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
11 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
12 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
13 nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
14 candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
15 of political parties.
16     At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
17 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
18 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
19 an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
20 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
21     (e) (Blank).
22     (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
23 questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
24 any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
25 by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
26     Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers

 

 

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1 established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
2 the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
3 to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
4 election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
5 provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
6 officers shall be subject to the referendum.
7     Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
8 officials established in this Article, any community college
9 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
10 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
11 hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
12 members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
13 effective date of the new district.
14     (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
15 any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
16 to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
17 held in the precinct on that date.
18     (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
19 the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
21 eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
22     (10 ILCS 5/2A-53.5 new)
23     Sec. 2A-53.5. University of Illinois; trustee; time of
24 election. Trustees of the University of Illinois, other than
25 the Governor and the student trustees, shall be elected at the

 

 

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1 general election in 2010. Beginning with the general election
2 in 2012, a trustee of the University of Illinois shall be
3 elected at each general election to succeed each incumbent
4 trustee whose term expires in January of the year next
5 following that general election.
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
7     Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
8     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the
9 nomination of all candidates for all elective State,
10 congressional, judicial, and county officers, State's
11 Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
12 than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and
13 municipal officers, trustees of sanitary districts, township
14 officers in townships of over 5,000 population coextensive with
15 or included wholly within cities or villages not under the
16 commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
17 State central committeemen, and delegates and alternate
18 delegates to national nominating conventions by all political
19 parties, as defined in Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be
20 made in the manner provided in this Article 7 and not
21 otherwise. The nomination of candidates for electors of
22 President and Vice President of the United States and for
23 trustees of the University of Illinois shall be made only in
24 the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
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1 candidates for school elections and township elections, except
2 in those townships specifically mentioned in subsection (a) and
3 except in those cases in which a township central committee
4 determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or
5 Section 45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for
6 township offices shall be nominated by primary in accordance
7 with this Article, (ii) the nomination of park commissioners in
8 park districts organized under the Park District Code, (iii)
9 the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized
10 under special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal
11 officers for cities, villages, and incorporated towns with a
12 population of 5,000 or less, except where a city, village, or
13 incorporated town with a population of 5,000 or less has by
14 ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
15 candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
16 incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article.
17 In that event, the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance
18 to the proper election officials no later than November 15 in
19 the year preceding the consolidated primary election.
20     (c) The words "township officers" or "township offices"
21 shall be construed, when used in this Article, to include
22 supervisors.
23     (d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of
24 the Illinois Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of
25 nonpartisan primary and general elections for the election of
26 village officers.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/7-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
3     Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
4 conventions.
5     (a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
6 committeemen are elected, the county central committee of each
7 political party shall meet within the county and proceed to
8 organize by electing from its own number a chairman and either
9 from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such
10 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the
11 county central committee shall be known as the county
12 convention.
13     The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
14 after the organization, forward to the State Board of
15 Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
16 precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected
17 by his political party.
18     The county convention of each political party shall choose
19 delegates to the State convention of its party; but in any
20 county having within its limits any city having a population of
21 200,000, or over the delegates from such city shall be chosen
22 by wards, the ward committeemen from the respective wards
23 choosing the number of delegates to which such ward is entitled
24 on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
25 delegates to be members of the delegation to the State

 

 

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1 convention from such county. In all counties containing a
2 population of 2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a
3 population of 200,000 or more, the delegates from each of the
4 townships or parts of townships as the case may be shall be
5 chosen by townships or parts of townships as the case may be,
6 the township committeemen from the respective townships or
7 parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
8 delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the
9 case may be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph
10 (e) of this Section such delegates to be members of the
11 delegation to the State convention from such county.
12     Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
13 party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
14 (a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
15 ex officio.
16     Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
17 party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
18 (a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
19 Convention who must be residents of the member's Congressional
20 District.
21     (b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after
22 the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
23 thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the
24 chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a
25 State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
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1 make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
2 electors of President and Vice President of the United States
3 and for trustees of the University of Illinois, and to adopt
4 any party platform, and, to the extent determined by the State
5 central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to choose and
6 select delegates and alternate delegates at large to national
7 nominating conventions. The State Central Committee may adopt
8 rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the State
9 convention.
10     (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention
11 shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of
12 Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the names
13 and addresses of all persons nominated by such State convention
14 for electors of President and Vice President of the United
15 States and for trustees of the University of Illinois , and of
16 any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
17 alternate delegates at large to national nominating
18 conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such
19 State convention for electors of President and Vice President
20 of the United States and for trustees of the University of
21 Illinois , shall be caused by the State Board of Elections to be
22 printed upon the official ballot at the general election, in
23 the manner required by law, and shall be certified to the
24 various county clerks of the proper counties in the manner as
25 provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the certifying
26 of the names of persons nominated by any party for State

 

 

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1 offices. If and as long as this Act prescribes that the names
2 of such electors be not printed on the ballot, then the names
3 of such electors shall be certified in such manner as may be
4 prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
5     (d) Each convention may perform all other functions
6 inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent
7 with this Article.
8     (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
9 the chairman of the State central committee of each political
10 party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
11 Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall
12 state, among other things, the time and place (designating the
13 building or hall) for holding the State convention. Such call
14 shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary
15 of the committee. In such convention each county shall be
16 entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the
17 primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to
18 be held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such
19 county, less than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of
20 ballots so voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall
21 be one delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for
22 such group representing the number of votes over the multiple
23 of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
24 primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
25 convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
26 full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen

 

 

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1 be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
2 delegates be chosen.
3     (f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
4 elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
5 elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
6 in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
7 strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this
8 Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
9     (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
10 this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
11 provided in this Act.
12     (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
13 called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
14 of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
15 committee in writing designating the time and place at which
16 such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
17 proposed to present at such special meeting.
18     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
19 vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
20 no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
21 committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other
22 reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the
23 appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office
24 by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the
25 appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;
26 however, no such appointment may be made between the general

 

 

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1 primary election and the 30th day after the general primary
2 election.
3     (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
4 of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
5 Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
6 the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
7 political party which elects its State Central Committee by
8 either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
9 Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
10 as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
11 their terms.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/22-1)   (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
14     Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the
15 close of the election at which candidates for offices
16 hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the election
17 authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns
18 and make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of
19 the following:
20         A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
21         B. For State officers;
22         C. For presidential electors;
23         D. For United States Senators and Representatives to
24     Congress;
25         E. For judges of the Supreme Court;

 

 

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1         F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
2         G. For judges of the circuit court;
3         H. For Senators and Representatives to the General
4     Assembly;
5         I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more
6     counties;
7         J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other
8     propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;
9         K. For county officers and for propositions submitted
10     to the electors of the county only;
11         L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
12         M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
13         N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees;
14     and .
15         O. For trustees of the University of Illinois.
16     Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward.
17     Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
18 and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the
19 county central committee of each of the then existing
20 established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or
21 his duly authorized representative immediately after the
22 completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals
23 have been compiled.
24     The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the election
25 authority in its office.
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1 the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall
2 serve in his or her place.
3     The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing
4 the votes are limited to those specified in this Section.
5     No person who is shown by the election authority's
6 proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election
7 or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office
8 unless that person has first filed with the certifying office
9 or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or
10 Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a
11 receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in
12 relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been
13 elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the
14 certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the
15 receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue
16 the certification of election under the provisions of Section
17 22-18.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06;
19 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/22-7)   (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
21     Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation
22 of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed, within
23 31 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns are
24 received, to canvass the votes given for United States Senators
25 and Representatives to Congress, State executive officers,

 

 

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1 judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate Court,
2 judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the
3 General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional
4 Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties, and
5 trustees of the University of Illinois, respectively, and the
6 persons having the highest number of votes for the respective
7 offices shall be declared duly elected, but if it appears that
8 more than the number of persons to be elected have the highest
9 and an equal number of votes for the same office, the electoral
10 board shall decide by lot which of such persons shall be
11 elected; and to each person duly elected, the Governor shall
12 give a certificate of election or commission, as the case may
13 require, and shall cause proclamation to be made of the result
14 of the canvass, and they shall at the same time and in the same
15 manner, canvass the vote cast upon amendments to the
16 Constitution, and upon other propositions submitted to the
17 electors of the entire State; and the Governor shall cause to
18 be made such proclamation of the result of the canvass as the
19 statutes elsewhere provide. The State Board of Elections shall
20 transmit to the State Comptroller a list of the persons elected
21 to the various offices. The State Board of Elections shall also
22 transmit to the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to
23 judgeships in adversary elections and the names of judges who
24 fail to win retention in office.
25     No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
26 proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election

 

 

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1 or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office
2 unless that person has first filed with the certifying office
3 or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or
4 Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a
5 receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in
6 relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been
7 elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the
8 certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the
9 receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue
10 the certification of election under the provisions of Section
11 22-18.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a)  (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a)
14     Sec. 23-1.1a. Election contest - Statewide - Jurisdiction.
15 The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over contests of the
16 results of any election, including a primary, for an elected
17 officer provided for in Article V of the Constitution and for
18 trustee of the University of Illinois, and shall retain
19 jurisdiction throughout the course of such election contests.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
21     (10 ILCS 5/23-1.2a)  (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.2a)
22     Sec. 23-1.2a. Election contest - Statewide offices - Who
23 may contest - Time and place for filing - Fee. The results of
24 an election, including a primary, for an elected executive

 

 

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1 officer provided for in Article V of the Constitution or for
2 trustee of the University of Illinois may be challenged (1) by
3 any candidate whose name was on the ballot for that office, (2)
4 by any person who filed a declaration of intent to be a
5 write-in candidate for that office, or (3) by any person who
6 voted in that election, provided that such person's challenge
7 is supported by a verified petition signed by persons who voted
8 in the election in a number no less than the largest number of
9 signatures required to nominate a person to be a candidate of
10 any political party which nominated a candidate for the office
11 being contested.
12     Any person, including a candidate, qualified pursuant to
13 this Section and desiring to contest the results of an election
14 for such an office shall, within 15 days of the date of the
15 official proclamation of results of such election, file a
16 Petition of State Election Contest with the clerk of the
17 Supreme Court together with a filing fee in the amount of
18 $10,000.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/23-1.13a)  (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.13a)
21     Sec. 23-1.13a. If any of the powers or duties to be
22 exercised or performed by the Supreme Court under Sections
23 23-1.1a through 23-1.12a may not constitutionally be exercised
24 or performed by the Supreme Court by reason of jurisdictional
25 limitations, then Sections 23-1.1a through 23-1.12a shall

 

 

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1 nonetheless continue to govern contests of elections for
2 elected officers provided for in Article V of the Constitution
3 and for trustees of the University of Illinois, and in such
4 event the Supreme Court shall, pursuant to its general
5 administrative and supervisory powers, assign to a circuit
6 court those adjudicatory powers and duties with respect to such
7 a contest as may not be exercised or performed by the Supreme
8 Court, subject to appropriate judicial review.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
10     Section 15. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
11 changing Section 11 as follows:
 
12     (110 ILCS 305/11)  (from Ch. 144, par. 32)
13     Sec. 11. No elected or selected member of the Board of
14 Trustees shall receive any compensation for attending on the
15 meetings of the Board, but they shall be reimbursed for their
16 actual and necessary expenses while engaged in the performance
17 of their duties. Expenses necessarily incurred by any
18 non-voting student member may, at the discretion of the
19 President of the Board, be provided for by advance payment to
20 such member, who shall account therefor to the Board
21 immediately after each meeting. At all the stated and other
22 meetings of the Board of Trustees, called by the regent or
23 corresponding secretary, or any 4 5 members of the Board, a
24 majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, provided all

 

 

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1 the members have been duly notified.
2     At each regular and special meeting that is open to the
3 public, members of the public and employees of the University
4 shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
5 make comments to or ask questions of the Board.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-715, eff. 1-1-01.)
 
7     Section 20. The University of Illinois Trustees Act is
8 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
9     (110 ILCS 310/1)  (from Ch. 144, par. 41)
10     Sec. 1. Membership.
11     (a) Until all of the new members initially to be elected
12 under this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly have
13 taken office, the The Board of Trustees of the University of
14 Illinois shall consist of the Governor and at least 12
15 trustees, with 9 . Nine trustees shall be appointed by the
16 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
17 term of each appointed member of the Board of Trustees shall
18 terminate when all of the new members initially to be elected
19 under this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly have
20 taken office. Beginning on the date when all of the new members
21 initially to be elected under this amendatory Act of the 96th
22 General Assembly have taken office, the Board of Trustees shall
23 consist of the Governor and at least 10 members. Seven of these
24 members shall be elected in the manner provided by law, with 3

 

 

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1 members elected from the First Judicial District and one member
2 elected from each of the 4 other judicial districts. These 7
3 trustees shall initially be elected at the general election in
4 2008. Beginning with the general election in 2010, a trustee
5 shall be elected at each general election to succeed each
6 incumbent trustee whose term expires in January of the year
7 next following that general election. A petition for nomination
8 of a candidate for member of the Board of Trustees shall be
9 signed by at least 0.5% of the total number of registered
10 voters in the judicial district in which the person is a
11 candidate for nomination. The other trustees shall be students,
12 of whom one student shall be selected from each University
13 campus.
14     (b) Each student trustee shall serve a term of one year,
15 beginning on July 1 or on the date of his or her selection,
16 whichever is later, and expiring on the next succeeding June
17 30.
18     (c) Each trustee shall have all of the privileges of
19 membership, except that only one student trustee shall have the
20 right to cast a legally binding vote. The student trustees
21 shall select one of their number to The Governor shall
22 designate which one of the student trustees shall possess, for
23 his or her entire term, the right to cast a legally binding
24 vote. However, if a student trustee has served more than one
25 term and during one of those terms, he or she was selected to
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1 be selected again to possess a legally binding vote. If the
2 student trustees fail to come to an agreement on which student
3 trustee shall possess a legally binding vote, none of the
4 student trustees may possess a legally binding vote for the
5 remainder of their term. Each student trustee who does not
6 possess the right to cast a legally binding vote shall have the
7 right to cast an advisory vote and the right to make and second
8 motions and to attend executive sessions.
9     (d) Each trustee shall be governed by the same conflict of
10 interest standards. Pursuant to those standards, it shall not
11 be a conflict of interest for a student trustee to vote on
12 matters pertaining to students generally, such as tuition and
13 fees. However, it shall be a conflict of interest for a student
14 trustee to vote on faculty member tenure or promotion.
15     (e) Student trustees shall be chosen by campus-wide student
16 election, and the student trustee designated by the Governor to
17 possess a legally binding vote shall be one of the students
18 selected by this method. A student trustee who does not possess
19 a legally binding vote on a measure at a meeting of the Board
20 or any of its committees shall not be considered a trustee for
21 the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the
22 time that measure is voted upon. To be eligible for selection
23 as a student trustee and to be eligible to remain as a voting
24 or nonvoting student trustee, a student trustee must be a
25 resident of this State, must have and maintain a grade point
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1 must be a full time student enrolled at all times during his or
2 her term of office except for that part of the term which
3 follows the completion of the last full regular semester of an
4 academic year and precedes the first full regular semester of
5 the succeeding academic year at the University (sometimes
6 commonly referred to as the summer session or summer school).
7 If a voting or nonvoting student trustee fails to continue to
8 meet or maintain the residency, minimum grade point average, or
9 enrollment requirement established by this Section, his or her
10 membership on the Board shall be deemed to have terminated by
11 operation of law.
12     If a voting student trustee resigns or otherwise ceases to
13 serve on the Board, the Governor shall, within 30 days,
14 designate one of the remaining student trustees shall determine
15 which one of them shall to possess the right to cast a legally
16 binding vote for the remainder of his or her term. However, if
17 a student trustee has served more than one term and during one
18 of those terms, he or she was selected to possess a legally
19 binding vote, then he or she is ineligible to be selected again
20 to possess a legally binding vote. If the remaining student
21 trustees fail to come to an agreement on which student trustee
22 shall possess a legally binding vote, none of the remaining
23 student trustees may possess a legally binding vote for the
24 remainder of their term. If a nonvoting student trustee resigns
25 or otherwise ceases to serve on the Board, the chief executive
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1 days, select a new nonvoting student trustee to serve for the
2 remainder of the term.
3     (f) Until those members elected at the general election in
4 2010 have taken office, no more than 5 of the 9 appointed
5 trustees shall be affiliated with the same political party.
6 Each trustee appointed by the Governor must be a resident of
7 this State. A failure to meet or maintain this residency
8 requirement constitutes a resignation from and creates a
9 vacancy in the Board. The term of office of each of these
10 appointed trustees trustee shall be 6 years from the third
11 Monday in January of each odd numbered year. The regular terms
12 of office of these the appointed trustees shall be staggered so
13 that 3 terms expire in each odd-numbered year. Vacancies for
14 these appointed trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term
15 in the same manner as original appointments. If these vacancies
16 a vacancy in membership occur occurs at a time when the Senate
17 is not in session, the Governor shall make temporary
18 appointments until the next meeting of the Senate, when he
19 shall appoint persons to fill such memberships for the
20 remainder of their respective terms. If the Senate is not in
21 session when appointments for a full term are made,
22 appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
23     The term of office of each elected trustee shall be 6 years
24 from the third Monday in January next succeeding his or her
25 election and until his or her successor is elected and
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1 District initially elected pursuant to this amendatory Act of
2 the 96th General Assembly shall draw lots to determine one of
3 their number to serve a 2-year term, one of their number to
4 serve a 4-year term, and one of their number to serve a 6-year
5 term. The other 4 members initially elected pursuant to this
6 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall draw lots to
7 determine 2 of their number to serve a 2-year term, one of
8 their number to serve a 4-year term, and one of their number to
9 serve a 6-year term. In case of a vacancy in an elected
10 trustee's seat, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
11 the Governor (i) for the unexpired term if 28 or fewer months
12 remain in the term or (ii) if more than 28 months remain in the
13 term, until a trustee is elected at the next general election
14 to serve for the unexpired term and is qualified.
15     (g) Each elected or appointed trustee must be a resident of
16 this State. To be an elected member, a person must also be a
17 resident of the judicial district from which he or she was
18 elected, and a person selected to fill a vacancy left by an
19 elected member must be a resident of the judicial district from
20 which the elected member was elected. A failure to meet or
21 maintain these residency requirements constitutes a
22 resignation from and creates a vacancy in the board.
23     (h) No action of the board shall be invalidated by reason
24 of any vacancies on the board, or by reason of any failure to
25 select student trustees.
26 (Source: P.A. 91-778, eff. 1-1-01; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00; 92-16,

 

 

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1 eff. 6-28-01.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     5 ILCS 420/4A-101 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101
4     10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
5     10 ILCS 5/2A-53.5 new
6     10 ILCS 5/7-1 from Ch. 46, par. 7-1
7     10 ILCS 5/7-9 from Ch. 46, par. 7-9
8     10 ILCS 5/22-1from Ch. 46, par. 22-1
9     10 ILCS 5/22-7from Ch. 46, par. 22-7
10     10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a
11     10 ILCS 5/23-1.2a from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.2a
12     10 ILCS 5/23-1.13a from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.13a
13     110 ILCS 305/11 from Ch. 144, par. 32
14     110 ILCS 310/1 from Ch. 144, par. 41