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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1117 Introduced 02/07/11, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if petitions for nomination to be elected to an office have been filed for the same person for 2 or more offices that are incompatible, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of those offices within the 5 business days following the last day for petition filing. If that person fails to withdraw as a candidate within that time, the person's name shall not be certified, nor printed on the ballot, for any office.
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| | HB1117 | | LRB097 06062 KMW 46135 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Municipal Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 3.1-15-45 as follows:
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| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-45 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.1-15-45. Petitions for incompatible offices. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if petitions for |
| 9 | | nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more |
| 10 | | offices to be elected under this Code that are incompatible so |
| 11 | | that the same person could not serve in more than one of those |
| 12 | | offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate |
| 13 | | for all but one of those offices within the 5 business days |
| 14 | | following the last day for petition filing. If the person fails |
| 15 | | to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of the offices |
| 16 | | within that time, the person's name shall not be certified, nor |
| 17 | | printed upon the ballot, for any office.
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