Rep. Sam Yingling
Filed: 5/24/2018
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2544
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2544 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 28-1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/28-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-1)
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7 | Sec. 28-1.
The initiation and submission of all public | ||||||
8 | questions to
be voted upon by the electors of the State or of | ||||||
9 | any political
subdivision or district or precinct or | ||||||
10 | combination of precincts shall be
subject to the provisions of | ||||||
11 | this Article.
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12 | Questions of public policy which have any legal effect | ||||||
13 | shall be
submitted to referendum only as authorized by a | ||||||
14 | statute which so
provides or by the Constitution. Advisory | ||||||
15 | questions of public policy
shall be submitted to referendum | ||||||
16 | pursuant to Section 28-5 or pursuant to
a statute which so |
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1 | provides.
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2 | The method of initiating the submission of a public | ||||||
3 | question shall be
as provided by the statute authorizing such | ||||||
4 | public question, or as
provided by the Constitution.
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5 | All public questions shall be initiated, submitted and | ||||||
6 | printed on the
ballot in the form required by Section 16-7 of | ||||||
7 | this Act, except as may
otherwise be specified in the statute | ||||||
8 | authorizing a public question.
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9 | Whenever a statute provides for the initiation of a public | ||||||
10 | question
by a petition of electors, the provisions of such | ||||||
11 | statute shall govern
with respect to the number of signatures | ||||||
12 | required, the qualifications of
persons entitled to sign the | ||||||
13 | petition, the contents of the petition, the
officer with whom | ||||||
14 | the petition must be filed, and the form of the
question to be | ||||||
15 | submitted. If such statute does not specify any of the
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16 | foregoing petition requirements, the corresponding petition | ||||||
17 | requirements
of Section 28-6 shall govern such petition.
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18 | Irrespective of the method of initiation, not more than 3 | ||||||
19 | public
questions other than (a) back door referenda, (b) | ||||||
20 | referenda to
determine whether a disconnection may take place | ||||||
21 | where a city coterminous
with a township is proposing to annex | ||||||
22 | territory from an adjacent township, (c) referenda held under | ||||||
23 | the provisions of the Property Tax Extension
Limitation Law in | ||||||
24 | the Property Tax Code, (d) referenda held under
Section 2-3002 | ||||||
25 | of the Counties Code, or (e) referenda held under Article 22, | ||||||
26 | 23, or 29 of the Township Code , or (f) referenda held under |
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1 | Section 3-47 of the Property Tax Code may be submitted to
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2 | referendum with respect to a political
subdivision at the same | ||||||
3 | election.
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4 | If more than 3 propositions are timely initiated or | ||||||
5 | certified for
submission at an election with respect to a | ||||||
6 | political subdivision, the
first 3 validly initiated, by the | ||||||
7 | filing of a petition or by the
adoption of a resolution or | ||||||
8 | ordinance of a political subdivision, as the
case may be, shall | ||||||
9 | be printed on the ballot and submitted at that
election. | ||||||
10 | However, except as expressly authorized by law not more than
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11 | one proposition to change the form of government of a | ||||||
12 | municipality
pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution may be | ||||||
13 | submitted at an
election. If more than one such proposition is | ||||||
14 | timely initiated or
certified for submission at an election | ||||||
15 | with respect to a municipality,
the first validly initiated | ||||||
16 | shall be the one printed on the ballot and
submitted at that | ||||||
17 | election.
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18 | No public question shall be submitted to the voters of a | ||||||
19 | political
subdivision at any regularly scheduled election at | ||||||
20 | which such voters are
not scheduled to cast votes for any | ||||||
21 | candidates for nomination for, election
to or retention in | ||||||
22 | public office, except that if, in any existing or proposed
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23 | political subdivision in which the submission of a public | ||||||
24 | question at a
regularly scheduled election is desired, the | ||||||
25 | voters of only a portion of
such existing or proposed political | ||||||
26 | subdivision are not scheduled to cast votes
for nomination for, |
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1 | election to or retention in public office at such election,
but | ||||||
2 | the voters in one or more other portions of such existing or | ||||||
3 | proposed
political subdivision are scheduled to cast votes for | ||||||
4 | nomination for, election
to or retention in public office at | ||||||
5 | such election, the public question shall be
voted upon by all | ||||||
6 | the qualified voters of the entire existing or proposed
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7 | political subdivision at the election.
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8 | Not more than 3 advisory public questions may be submitted | ||||||
9 | to the
voters of the entire state at a general election. If | ||||||
10 | more than 3 such advisory
propositions are initiated, the first | ||||||
11 | 3 timely and validly initiated
shall be the questions printed | ||||||
12 | on the ballot and submitted at that
election; provided however, | ||||||
13 | that a question for a proposed amendment to
Article IV of the | ||||||
14 | Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the
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15 | Constitution, or for a question submitted under the Property | ||||||
16 | Tax Cap
Referendum Law, shall not be included in the foregoing | ||||||
17 | limitation.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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19 | Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | ||||||
20 | Section 3-47 as follows: | ||||||
21 | (35 ILCS 200/3-47 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 3-47. Lake County assessor referendum; election. | ||||||
23 | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
24 | the election authority for Lake County shall cause to be |
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1 | submitted to the voters of Lake County at the general election | ||||||
2 | held on November 6, 2018 a referendum to convert the Office of | ||||||
3 | the Chief Assessment Officer of Lake County to an elected | ||||||
4 | office rather than an appointed office. The referendum shall | ||||||
5 | comply with the provisions of Section 4 of Article VII of the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Constitution, and shall be in the following form: | ||||||
7 | "Shall the office of the Chief Assessment Officer of | ||||||
8 | Lake County be an elected office beginning with the 2020 | ||||||
9 | general election?" | ||||||
10 | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | ||||||
11 | The referendum is deemed approved if a majority of those | ||||||
12 | voting on the question approve the referendum. | ||||||
13 | (b) In the event that a majority of the electors voting on | ||||||
14 | the referendum under this Section are in favor thereof, the | ||||||
15 | Office of the Chief Assessment Officer of Lake County shall | ||||||
16 | become an elected office. The Chief Assessment Officer of Lake | ||||||
17 | County shall then be elected at the first general election | ||||||
18 | following the approval of the referendum. Upon election of the | ||||||
19 | Chief Assessment Officer of Lake County under this Section, the | ||||||
20 | Office of the then-serving Chief Assessment Officer of Lake | ||||||
21 | County shall become vacant, and the newly elected Chief | ||||||
22 | Assessment Officer shall assume that office. | ||||||
23 | (c) Should the Office of the Chief Assessment Officer of | ||||||
24 | Lake County become an elected office as provided under | ||||||
25 | subsection (b), any person seeking such office shall comply | ||||||
26 | with and be governed by the provisions of Section 3-45 with |
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1 | respect to the election of county assessors and related | ||||||
2 | requirements.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.".
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