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1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 7-67 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-67 new) |
7 | | Sec. 7-67. Nominations; regional superintendents of |
8 | | schools. |
9 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, |
10 | | this Section shall apply only to the making of nominations for |
11 | | established party candidates for regional superintendent of |
12 | | schools in the 2014 general primary election. |
13 | | (b) A candidate's petition for nomination must contain at |
14 | | least 200 signatures or the number of signatures equal to 0.5% |
15 | | of the primary electors of his or her party in the territory |
16 | | comprising the county or counties, whichever is less. For |
17 | | purposes of this subsection, the number of primary electors |
18 | | shall be determined by taking the total votes cast in the |
19 | | applicable district for the candidate for that political party |
20 | | who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the |
21 | | last general election in the State at which electors for |
22 | | President of the United States were elected. |
23 | | (c) Petitions for nomination for regional superintendent |
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1 | | of schools shall be filed no earlier than December 16, 2013, |
2 | | and no later than December 23, 2013. |
3 | | (d) Petitions for single-county districts shall be filed |
4 | | with the county election authority. Petitions for multi-county |
5 | | districts shall be filed with the State Board of Elections. |
6 | | Signatures and circulator statements on petitions for |
7 | | nomination filed with the State Board of Elections or county |
8 | | election authority during the filing period for nominations |
9 | | shall not be deemed invalid for the sole reason that the |
10 | | petitions were circulated between 90 and 111 days before the |
11 | | last day for filing petitions. |
12 | | (e) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of |
13 | | this Section and any other provision of this Code, the |
14 | | provisions of this Section shall control. |
15 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
16 | | 3A-4 as follows:
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17 | | (105 ILCS 5/3A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-4)
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18 | | Sec. 3A-4. Mandatory consolidation of educational service |
19 | | regions.
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20 | | (a) After July 1, 2015,
each
region must contain at least |
21 | | 61,000 inhabitants. Before June 30, 2013, regions may be |
22 | | consolidated
voluntarily under Section 3A-3 or by joint |
23 | | resolution of the county boards of
regions seeking to join a |
24 | | voluntary consolidation, effective July 1, 2015, to meet these |
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1 | | population
requirements. The boundaries of regions already |
2 | | meeting these population
requirements on the effective date of |
3 | | Public Act 97-703 this amendatory Act of the 97th General |
4 | | Assembly may not be
changed except to consolidate with another |
5 | | region or a whole county portion of
another region which does |
6 | | not meet these population requirements.
If, before November 1, |
7 | | 2013 January 1, 2014 , locally determined consolidation |
8 | | decisions result in more than 35 regions of
population greater |
9 | | than 61,000 each, the State Board of Education shall, before |
10 | | November 23, 2013 June 1, 2014 , direct
further consolidation, |
11 | | beginning with the region of lowest population, until
the |
12 | | number of 35 regions is achieved.
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13 | | (b) (Blank).
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14 | | (c) If, within 90 days after the most recent certified |
15 | | federal census, a region does not meet the population |
16 | | requirements of this Section, then regions may be consolidated |
17 | | voluntarily under Section 3A-3 of this Code or by joint |
18 | | resolution of the county boards of regions seeking to join a |
19 | | voluntary consolidation to meet these population requirements. |
20 | | If locally determined consolidation decisions result in a |
21 | | region not meeting the population requirements of this Section |
22 | | or result in more than 35 regions, then the State Board of |
23 | | Education shall have the authority to impose further |
24 | | consolidation by order of the State Superintendent of |
25 | | Education. Such an order shall be a final order and is subject |
26 | | to the Administrative Review Law.
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