96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1391

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Elaine Nekritz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a   from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a

    Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over election contests.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
5 23-1.1a as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/23-1.1a)  (from Ch. 46, par. 23-1.1a)
7     Sec. 23-1.1a. Election contest - Statewide - Jurisdiction.
8 The The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over contests of
9 the results of any election, including a primary, for an
10 elected officer provided for in Article V of the Constitution,
11 and shall retain jurisdiction throughout the course of such
12 election contests.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)