Full Text of HB0426 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 1A-8, 2A-1.1, 7-8, 8-4, and 9-10 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
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| Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the | 8 |
| following
powers and perform the following duties in addition | 9 |
| to any powers or duties
otherwise provided for by law:
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| (1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the State | 11 |
| Electoral Board
and the Secretary of State as heretofore | 12 |
| provided in this Act;
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| (2) Disseminate information to and consult with | 14 |
| election authorities
concerning the conduct of elections | 15 |
| and registration in accordance with the
laws of this State | 16 |
| and the laws of the United States;
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| (3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each | 18 |
| primary and general
election and any other election it | 19 |
| deems necessary, a manual of uniform
instructions | 20 |
| consistent with the provisions of this Act which shall be | 21 |
| used
by election authorities in the preparation of the | 22 |
| official manual of
instruction to be used by the judges of | 23 |
| election in any such election. In
preparing such manual, |
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| the State Board shall consult with representatives
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| election authorities throughout the State. The State Board | 3 |
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provide separate portions of the uniform instructions | 4 |
| applicable to
different election jurisdictions which | 5 |
| administer elections under different
options provided by | 6 |
| law. The State Board may by regulation require
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| portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
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| official manual of instructions published by election | 9 |
| authorities. Any
manual of instructions published by any | 10 |
| election authority shall be
identical with the manual of | 11 |
| uniform instructions issued by the Board, but
may be | 12 |
| adapted by the election authority to accommodate special or | 13 |
| unusual
local election problems, provided that all manuals | 14 |
| published by election
authorities must be consistent with | 15 |
| the provisions of this Act in all
respects and must receive | 16 |
| the approval of the State Board of Elections
prior to | 17 |
| publication; provided further that if the State Board does | 18 |
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approve or disapprove of a proposed manual within 60 | 19 |
| days of its
submission, the manual shall be deemed | 20 |
| approved.
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| (4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform | 22 |
| forms, notices, and
other supplies not inconsistent with | 23 |
| the provisions of this Act as it shall
deem advisable which | 24 |
| shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
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| elections and registrations;
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| (5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any |
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| proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of | 2 |
| Illinois, or any referendum to be
submitted to the electors | 3 |
| throughout the State or, when required to do so
by law, to | 4 |
| the voters of any area or unit of local government of the | 5 |
| State;
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| (6) Require such statistical reports regarding the | 7 |
| conduct of elections
and registration from election | 8 |
| authorities as may be deemed necessary;
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| (7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating | 10 |
| to conduct of
elections and registration as may be deemed | 11 |
| necessary, and to report
violations of election laws to the | 12 |
| appropriate State's Attorney;
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| (8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to | 14 |
| improve the
administration of elections and registration;
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| (9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in | 16 |
| the performance of
its duties provided that all such rules | 17 |
| and regulations must be consistent
with the provisions of | 18 |
| this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority
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| provided by law;
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| (10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of | 21 |
| petitions filed under
Article XIV, Section 3, of the | 22 |
| Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
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| (11) Maintain in its principal office a research | 24 |
| library that includes,
but is not limited to, abstracts of | 25 |
| votes by precinct for general primary
elections and general | 26 |
| elections, current precinct maps and current precinct
poll |
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| lists from all election jurisdictions within the State. The | 2 |
| research
library shall be open to the public during regular | 3 |
| business hours. Such
abstracts, maps and lists shall be | 4 |
| preserved as permanent records and shall
be available for | 5 |
| examination and copying at a reasonable cost;
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| (12) Supervise the administration of the registration | 7 |
| and election laws
throughout the State;
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| (13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management | 9 |
| Services,
under Section 405-250 of the Department of | 10 |
| Central Management
Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-250),
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| such use
of electronic data processing equipment as may be | 12 |
| required to perform the
duties of the State Board of | 13 |
| Elections and to provide election-related
information to | 14 |
| candidates, public and party officials, interested civic
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| organizations and the general public in a timely and | 16 |
| efficient manner; and
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| (14) To take such action as may be necessary or | 18 |
| required to give
effect to directions of the national | 19 |
| committee or State central committee of an established
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| political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11 and 7-14.1 or such | 21 |
| other
provisions as may be applicable pertaining to the | 22 |
| selection of delegates
and alternate delegates to an | 23 |
| established political party's national
nominating | 24 |
| conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate | 25 |
| certification
schedule contained within the Election Code, | 26 |
| the certification of the
Presidential and Vice
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| Presidential candidate selected by the established | 2 |
| political party's national nominating
convention in 2004 .
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| The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
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| functions under this Article, except that final determinations | 5 |
| and orders
under this Article shall be issued only by the | 6 |
| Board.
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| The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 8 |
| be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 9 |
| the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | 10 |
| Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | 11 |
| Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as | 12 |
| required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in | 13 |
| relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, | 14 |
| as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State | 15 |
| Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly | 16 |
| as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State | 17 |
| Library Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-686, eff. 7-8-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
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| Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a) In
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| even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on the | 22 |
| first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an | 23 |
| election to be known
as the general primary election shall be | 24 |
| held on the first
third Tuesday in February
March ;
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| (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
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| consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday in | 2 |
| April except
as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and
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| election to be known as the consolidated primary election shall | 4 |
| be
held on the last Tuesday in February.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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| Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | 8 |
| one or two
members from each congressional district in the | 9 |
| State and shall be elected as
follows:
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| State Central Committee
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| (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 12 |
| amendatory Act of
1983 the State central committee of each | 13 |
| political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | 14 |
| which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the | 15 |
| State central committee of that party.
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| Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
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| March 1970 , and at the general primary election held every 4 | 18 |
| years thereafter, each primary
elector may vote for one | 19 |
| candidate of his party for member of the State
central | 20 |
| committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
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| The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 22 |
| declared
elected State central committeeman from the district. | 23 |
| A political party
may, in lieu of the foregoing, by a majority | 24 |
| vote of delegates at any State
convention of such party, | 25 |
| determine to thereafter elect the State central
committeemen in |
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| the manner following:
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| At the county convention held by such political party State | 3 |
| central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as | 4 |
| provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | 5 |
| county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | 6 |
| election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | 7 |
| elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
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| his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, | 9 |
| part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | 10 |
| election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying | 11 |
| partially within one
congressional district and partially | 12 |
| within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | 13 |
| precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | 14 |
| congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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| township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | 16 |
| district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | 17 |
| township or precinct
committeeman residing within the | 18 |
| congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | 19 |
| ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | 20 |
| precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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| political party for one candidate of his party for member of | 22 |
| the State
central committee for the congressional district in | 23 |
| which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | 24 |
| committee shall report the results of
the election to the State | 25 |
| Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | 26 |
| the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
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| State central committeeman for that congressional district.
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| The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | 3 |
| for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | 4 |
| members of the State central
committee.
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| After the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | 6 |
| General
Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of | 7 |
| Chairman of a State
central committee, or at the end of the | 8 |
| term of office of Chairman, the State
central committee of each | 9 |
| political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a | 10 |
| Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State | 11 |
| Central
Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in | 12 |
| this State and of the same political party as the State
central | 13 |
| committee.
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| Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | 15 |
| 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | 16 |
| person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | 17 |
| that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | 18 |
| the State central committee until his or her successor
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| elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | 20 |
| congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | 21 |
| on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | 22 |
| each congressional district at the
general primary election | 23 |
| held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | 24 |
| receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
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| candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | 26 |
| candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's |
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| female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | 2 |
| declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | 3 |
| committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | 4 |
| election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
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| party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | 6 |
| central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | 7 |
| same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | 8 |
| shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | 9 |
| central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
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| failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | 11 |
| vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | 12 |
| member of the State central
committee from the district. This | 13 |
| vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | 14 |
| committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
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| fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | 16 |
| district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | 17 |
| committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | 18 |
| congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | 19 |
| on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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| The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | 21 |
| provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | 22 |
| committee's members.
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| Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the | 24 |
| selection of
the Chairman of the State central committee, under | 25 |
| both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee | 26 |
| of each political party shall be composed of members elected
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| appointed from the several congressional districts of the | 2 |
| State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | 3 |
| members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | 4 |
| after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | 5 |
| the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a chairman, | 6 |
| and may at such time
elect such officers from among their own | 7 |
| number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. | 8 |
| The outgoing chairman of the State
central committee of the | 9 |
| party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of | 10 |
| the State central committee elected at the primary of the
time | 11 |
| and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings | 12 |
| of
the State central committee, each State central committeeman | 13 |
| and State
central committeewoman shall have one vote for each | 14 |
| ballot voted in his or her
congressional district by the | 15 |
| primary electors of his or her party at the
primary election | 16 |
| immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
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| committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central | 18 |
| committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled | 19 |
| by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees | 20 |
| of the
political party
of the counties located within the | 21 |
| congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if | 22 |
| applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
political
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| party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located | 24 |
| within the
congressional
district. If the congressional | 25 |
| district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly within a
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| county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township |
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| committeemen
of the political party in that congressional | 2 |
| district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the | 3 |
| vacancy, each chairman of a county central
committee and
each | 4 |
| ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000
or
more | 5 |
| inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each | 6 |
| precinct of
the congressional district in which the vacancy | 7 |
| exists of
his or her
county, township, or ward cast by the | 8 |
| primary electors of his or her party
at the
primary election | 9 |
| immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
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| State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the | 11 |
| vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in | 12 |
| which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and, in a | 13 |
| committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of | 14 |
| the
same
sex as his or her
predecessor. A political party may, | 15 |
| by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of | 16 |
| such party, determine to return
to the election of State | 17 |
| central committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the | 18 |
| vote of primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party | 19 |
| at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | 20 |
| reported to the State Board of Elections by the
chairman and | 21 |
| secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
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| Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
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| (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March, | 24 |
| 1972 , and
at the general primary election every 4 years | 25 |
| thereafter, each primary elector in cities having a
population | 26 |
| of 200,000 or over may vote for one candidate of his party in
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| his ward for ward committeeman. Each candidate for ward | 2 |
| committeeman
must be a resident of and in the ward where he | 3 |
| seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The one having the | 4 |
| highest number of votes shall be such
ward committeeman of such | 5 |
| party for such ward. At the primary election
held on the third | 6 |
| Tuesday in March, 1970 , and at the general primary election | 7 |
| every 4 years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties | 8 |
| containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities | 9 |
| containing a population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one | 10 |
| candidate of his party for township committeeman. Each
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| candidate for township committeeman must be a resident of and | 12 |
| in the
township or part of a township (which lies outside of a | 13 |
| city having a
population of 200,000 or more, in counties | 14 |
| containing a population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which | 15 |
| township or part of a township he seeks
to be elected township | 16 |
| committeeman. The one having the highest number
of votes shall | 17 |
| be such township committeeman of such party for such
township | 18 |
| or part of a township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday
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| in March, 1970 and at the general primary election every 2 | 20 |
| years thereafter, each primary elector,
except in counties | 21 |
| having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
for one | 22 |
| candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
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| committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | 24 |
| a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | 25 |
| elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | 26 |
| number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such |
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| party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | 2 |
| shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | 3 |
| party.
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| Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected | 5 |
| under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | 6 |
| committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | 7 |
| second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | 8 |
| in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | 9 |
| 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
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| committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | 11 |
| committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | 12 |
| year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the | 13 |
| office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | 14 |
| ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | 15 |
| such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | 16 |
| exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | 17 |
| precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | 18 |
| appointed.
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| (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | 20 |
| the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | 21 |
| assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the | 22 |
| Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set | 23 |
| forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | 24 |
| organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | 25 |
| Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | 26 |
| each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of |
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| his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
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| County Central Committee
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| (d) The county central committee of each political party in | 4 |
| each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | 5 |
| precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | 6 |
| party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | 7 |
| county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | 8 |
| have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | 9 |
| primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | 10 |
| elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
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| each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | 12 |
| case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 13 |
| election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 14 |
| General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 15 |
| county central committee; and
in the organization and | 16 |
| proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | 17 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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| ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 19 |
| election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 20 |
| General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 21 |
| county central committee.
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| Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
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| (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | 24 |
| each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
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| various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | 26 |
| that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of |
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| review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | 2 |
| of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | 3 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | 4 |
| or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
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| the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | 6 |
| election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | 7 |
| review election district committee; and
in the organization and | 8 |
| proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | 9 |
| ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
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| his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | 11 |
| primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | 12 |
| immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review | 13 |
| election district committee.
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| Congressional Committee
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| (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | 16 |
| congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | 17 |
| county central
committees of the counties composing the | 18 |
| congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | 19 |
| wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, or partly | 20 |
| within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous
with the county | 21 |
| lines of all of such counties, the precinct
committeemen, | 22 |
| township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
the | 23 |
| party representing the precincts within the limits of the
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| congressional district, shall compose the congressional | 25 |
| committee. A
State central committeeman in each district shall | 26 |
| be a member and the
chairman or, when a district has 2 State |
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| central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the congressional | 2 |
| committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case | 3 |
| of a tie.
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| In the organization and proceedings of congressional | 5 |
| committees
composed of precinct committeemen or township | 6 |
| committeemen or ward
committeemen, or any combination thereof, | 7 |
| each precinct committeeman
shall have one vote for each ballot | 8 |
| voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at | 9 |
| the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeman | 10 |
| shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or | 11 |
| part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors | 12 |
| of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
| 13 |
| meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward | 14 |
| committeeman shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each | 15 |
| precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by | 16 |
| the primary electors of his party at
the primary election | 17 |
| immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional | 18 |
| committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
| 19 |
| congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county | 20 |
| central
committees of the counties within such district, each | 21 |
| chairman of such
county central committee shall have one vote | 22 |
| for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of | 23 |
| his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the | 24 |
| meeting of the congressional committee.
| 25 |
| Judicial District Committee
| 26 |
| (f) The judicial district committee of each political party |
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| in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | 2 |
| the county
central committees of the counties composing the | 3 |
| judicial district.
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| In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | 5 |
| committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | 6 |
| committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | 7 |
| of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | 8 |
| ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | 9 |
| at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | 10 |
| the judicial district committee.
| 11 |
| Circuit Court Committee
| 12 |
| (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | 13 |
| each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | 14 |
| the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | 15 |
| composing the judicial
circuit.
| 16 |
| In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | 17 |
| committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | 18 |
| have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | 19 |
| primary electors of his party at the
primary election | 20 |
| immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
| 21 |
| committee.
| 22 |
| Judicial Subcircuit Committee
| 23 |
| (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | 24 |
| party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | 25 |
| into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | 26 |
| committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial |
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| subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | 2 |
| the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | 3 |
| other than Cook County.
| 4 |
| In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | 5 |
| subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | 6 |
| one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | 7 |
| township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | 8 |
| primary electors of his party at the primary election
| 9 |
| immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | 10 |
| committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | 11 |
| each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | 12 |
| case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | 13 |
| of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | 14 |
| meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | 15 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
| 16 |
| ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | 17 |
| subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | 18 |
| election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial | 19 |
| subcircuit committee.
| 20 |
| Municipal Central Committee
| 21 |
| (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | 22 |
| shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | 23 |
| committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | 24 |
| the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated | 25 |
| town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | 26 |
| or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall |
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| be the same as his voting strength on the county central
| 2 |
| committee.
| 3 |
| For political parties, other than a statewide political | 4 |
| party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | 5 |
| municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | 6 |
| the party officers of the local established party. The party | 7 |
| officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | 8 |
| chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | 9 |
| and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | 10 |
| caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | 11 |
| vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | 12 |
| and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | 13 |
| candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
| 14 |
| shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | 15 |
| primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | 16 |
| of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | 17 |
| party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | 18 |
| officers.
| 19 |
| Powers
| 20 |
| (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | 21 |
| usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | 22 |
| thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | 23 |
| The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | 24 |
| to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | 25 |
| person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | 26 |
| to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership |
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| proper and necessary subcommittees.
| 2 |
| (j) The State central committee of a political party which | 3 |
| elects it
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | 4 |
| Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | 5 |
| selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | 6 |
| of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | 7 |
| a national political party.
| 8 |
| (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | 9 |
| Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | 10 |
| central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | 11 |
| central committee of a political party which elects its members | 12 |
| by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | 13 |
| shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | 14 |
| committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | 15 |
| entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | 16 |
| which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | 17 |
| was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | 18 |
| committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | 19 |
| within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | 20 |
| ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy the | 21 |
| county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | 22 |
| as the case may be shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in | 23 |
| his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | 24 |
| Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at | 25 |
| the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
| 26 |
| central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy |
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| when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | 2 |
| its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | 3 |
| Section.
| 4 |
| Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | 5 |
| ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | 6 |
| committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | 7 |
| statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | 8 |
| conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | 9 |
| a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | 10 |
| automatically become vacant.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; | 12 |
| 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
| 14 |
| Sec. 8-4. The
A primary shall be held on the third Tuesday | 15 |
| in March of each even-numbered
year for the nomination of | 16 |
| candidates for
legislative offices shall be made at the general | 17 |
| primary election .
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| (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
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| Sec. 9-10. Financial reports.
| 21 |
| (a) The treasurer of every state political committee and | 22 |
| the
treasurer of every local political committee shall file | 23 |
| with the
Board, and the treasurer of every local political | 24 |
| committee shall file
with the county clerk, reports of campaign |
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| contributions, and semi-annual
reports of campaign | 2 |
| contributions and expenditures on forms to be
prescribed or | 3 |
| approved by the Board. The treasurer of every political
| 4 |
| committee that acts as both a state political committee and a | 5 |
| local
political committee shall file a copy of each report with | 6 |
| the State Board
of Elections and the county clerk.
Entities | 7 |
| subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required by
that | 8 |
| Section at times
provided in this Section and are subject to | 9 |
| the penalties provided in this
Section.
| 10 |
| (b) This subsection does not apply with respect to general | 11 |
| primary elections. Reports of campaign contributions shall be | 12 |
| filed no later than the
15th day next preceding each election | 13 |
| including a primary election in
connection with which the | 14 |
| political committee has accepted or is
accepting contributions | 15 |
| or has made or is making expenditures. Such
reports shall be | 16 |
| complete as of the 30th day next preceding each election
| 17 |
| including a primary election . The Board shall assess a civil | 18 |
| penalty not to
exceed $5,000 for a violation of this | 19 |
| subsection, except that for State
officers and candidates
and | 20 |
| political
committees formed for statewide office, the civil
| 21 |
| penalty may not exceed $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not | 22 |
| exceed $500 for a
first filing violation for filing less than | 23 |
| 10 days after the deadline.
There shall be no fine if the | 24 |
| report is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the | 25 |
| filing deadline.
For the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
| 26 |
| office" and "State officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant |
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| Governor, Attorney
General,
Secretary of State,
Comptroller, | 2 |
| and Treasurer. However, a
continuing political committee that | 3 |
| does not make
expenditures in excess of $500 on behalf of or in | 4 |
| opposition to any candidate or public
question on the ballot at | 5 |
| an election shall not be required to file the
reports | 6 |
| heretofore prescribed in this subsection (b) and subsection | 7 |
| (b-5) but may file in lieu thereof a Statement of
| 8 |
| Nonparticipation in the Election with the Board or the Board | 9 |
| and the county
clerk ; except that if the political committee, | 10 |
| by the terms of its statement of organization filed in | 11 |
| accordance with this Article, is organized to support or oppose | 12 |
| a candidate or public question on the ballot at the next | 13 |
| election or primary, that committee must file reports required | 14 |
| by this subsection (b) and by subsection (b-5).
| 15 |
| (b-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and
| 16 |
| Section 1.25 of the Statute on Statutes, any contribution
of | 17 |
| more than $500 received (i) with respect to elections other | 18 |
| than the general primary election, in the interim between the | 19 |
| last date
of the period
covered by the last report filed under | 20 |
| subsection (b) prior to the election and
the date of the | 21 |
| election or (ii) with respect to general primary elections, in | 22 |
| the period beginning January 1 of the year of the general | 23 |
| primary election and prior to the date of the general primary | 24 |
| election shall be filed with and must actually be received by
| 25 |
| the State Board of Elections within 2 business days after
| 26 |
| receipt of such contribution. A continuing political committee |
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| that does not support or oppose a candidate or public question | 2 |
| on the ballot at a general primary election and does not make | 3 |
| expenditures in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to | 4 |
| any candidate or public question on the ballot at the general | 5 |
| primary election shall not be required to file the report | 6 |
| prescribed in this subsection unless the committee makes an | 7 |
| expenditure in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to | 8 |
| any candidate or public question on the ballot at the general | 9 |
| primary election. The committee shall timely file the report | 10 |
| required under this subsection beginning with the date the | 11 |
| expenditure that triggered participation was made.
The State | 12 |
| Board shall allow filings of reports of contributions of more | 13 |
| than
$500 under this subsection (b-5) by political committees | 14 |
| that are not
required to file electronically to be made by
| 15 |
| facsimile transmission.
For the purpose of this subsection, a | 16 |
| contribution is considered
received on the date the public | 17 |
| official, candidate, or political committee (or
equivalent | 18 |
| person
in the case of a
reporting entity other than a political | 19 |
| committee) actually receives it or, in
the case of goods or | 20 |
| services, 2 business days after the date the public
official,
| 21 |
| candidate, committee,
or other reporting entity receives the | 22 |
| certification required under subsection
(b) of Section 9-6.
| 23 |
| Failure to report
each contribution is a separate violation of | 24 |
| this subsection. In the final
disposition of any matter by the | 25 |
| Board on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of | 26 |
| the 93rd General Assembly, the Board
may
impose fines for |
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| violations of this subsection not to exceed 100% of the
total
| 2 |
| amount of the contributions that were untimely reported, but in | 3 |
| no case when a
fine is imposed shall it be less
than 10% of the | 4 |
| total amount of the contributions that were untimely
reported.
| 5 |
| When considering the amount of the fine to be imposed, the | 6 |
| Board shall
consider, but is not limited to, the following | 7 |
| factors:
| 8 |
| (1) whether in the Board's opinion the violation was | 9 |
| committed
inadvertently,
negligently, knowingly, or | 10 |
| intentionally;
| 11 |
| (2) the number of days the contribution was reported | 12 |
| late; and
| 13 |
| (3) past violations of Sections 9-3 and 9-10 of this | 14 |
| Article by the
committee.
| 15 |
| (c) In addition to such reports the treasurer of every | 16 |
| political
committee shall file semi-annual reports of campaign | 17 |
| contributions and
expenditures no later than July 20th
31st , | 18 |
| covering the period from January 1st
through June 30th | 19 |
| immediately preceding, and no later than January 20th
31st ,
| 20 |
| covering the period from July 1st through December 31st of the | 21 |
| preceding
calendar year. Reports of contributions and | 22 |
| expenditures must be filed to
cover the prescribed time periods | 23 |
| even though no contributions or
expenditures may have been | 24 |
| received or made during the period.
The Board shall assess a | 25 |
| civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a violation
of this | 26 |
| subsection, except that for State officers and candidates
and |
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| political
committees formed for statewide office, the civil
| 2 |
| penalty may not exceed $10,000.
The fine, however, shall not | 3 |
| exceed $500 for a
first filing violation for filing less than | 4 |
| 10 days after the deadline.
There shall be no fine if the | 5 |
| report is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the | 6 |
| filing deadline.
For the purpose of this subsection, "statewide
| 7 |
| office" and "State officer"
means the Governor, Lieutenant | 8 |
| Governor, Attorney General, Secretary
of State,
Comptroller, | 9 |
| and Treasurer.
| 10 |
| (c-5) A political committee that acts as either (i) a State | 11 |
| and local
political committee or (ii) a local political | 12 |
| committee and that files reports
electronically under Section | 13 |
| 9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports
with the | 14 |
| appropriate county clerk if the county clerk has a system that
| 15 |
| permits access to, and duplication of, reports that are filed | 16 |
| with the State
Board of Elections. A State and local political | 17 |
| committee or
a local political committee shall file with the | 18 |
| county clerk a copy of its
statement of organization pursuant | 19 |
| to Section 9-3.
| 20 |
| (d) A copy of each report or statement filed under this | 21 |
| Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | 22 |
| of two years from the
date of filing.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; | 24 |
| 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4 as follows: | 2 |
| (25 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
| 3 |
| Sec. 4. Office allowance. Beginning July 1, 2001, each | 4 |
| member
of the House
of Representatives is authorized to approve | 5 |
| the expenditure of not more than
$61,000 per year and each | 6 |
| member of the
Senate is authorized to approve the
expenditure | 7 |
| of not more than $73,000 per
year to pay for "personal | 8 |
| services",
"contractual services", "commodities", "printing", | 9 |
| "travel",
"operation of automotive equipment", | 10 |
| "telecommunications services", as
defined in the State Finance | 11 |
| Act, and the compensation of one or more
legislative assistants | 12 |
| authorized pursuant to this Section, in connection
with his or | 13 |
| her legislative duties and not in connection with any political
| 14 |
| campaign.
On July 1, 2002 and on July 1 of each year | 15 |
| thereafter, the amount authorized
per year under this Section | 16 |
| for each member of the Senate and each member of
the House of | 17 |
| Representatives shall be increased by a percentage increase
| 18 |
| equivalent to the lesser of (i) the increase in the designated | 19 |
| cost of living
index or (ii) 5%. The designated cost of living | 20 |
| index is the index known as
the "Employment Cost Index, Wages | 21 |
| and Salaries, By
Occupation and Industry Groups: State and | 22 |
| Local Government Workers: Public
Administration" as published | 23 |
| by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of | 24 |
| Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of | 25 |
| the
respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be |
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| added to the then
current amount, and the adjusted amount so | 2 |
| determined shall be the annual
amount beginning July 1 of the | 3 |
| increase year until July 1 of the next year. No
increase under | 4 |
| this provision shall be less than zero.
| 5 |
| A member may purchase office equipment if the member | 6 |
| certifies
to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the | 7 |
| House, as applicable,
that the purchase price, whether paid in | 8 |
| lump sum or installments, amounts
to less than would be charged | 9 |
| for renting or leasing the equipment over
its anticipated | 10 |
| useful life. All such equipment must be purchased through
the | 11 |
| Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as | 12 |
| applicable, for
proper identification and verification of | 13 |
| purchase.
| 14 |
| Each member of the General Assembly is authorized to employ | 15 |
| one or more
legislative assistants, who shall be solely under | 16 |
| the direction and control
of that member, for the purpose of | 17 |
| assisting the member in the performance
of his or her official | 18 |
| duties. A legislative assistant may be employed
pursuant to | 19 |
| this Section as a full-time employee, part-time employee, or
| 20 |
| contractual employee, at
the discretion of the member. If | 21 |
| employed as a State employee, a
legislative assistant shall | 22 |
| receive employment benefits on the same terms
and conditions | 23 |
| that apply to other employees of the General Assembly.
Each | 24 |
| member shall adopt and implement personnel policies
for | 25 |
| legislative assistants under his or her direction and
control | 26 |
| relating to work time requirements, documentation for |
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| reimbursement for
travel on official State business, | 2 |
| compensation, and the earning and accrual of
State benefits for | 3 |
| those legislative assistants who may be eligible to receive
| 4 |
| those benefits.
The policies shall also require legislative | 5 |
| assistants to
periodically submit time sheets documenting, in | 6 |
| quarter-hour increments, the
time
spent each day on official | 7 |
| State business.
The
policies shall require the time sheets to | 8 |
| be submitted on paper,
electronically, or both and to be | 9 |
| maintained in either paper or electronic
format by the | 10 |
| applicable fiscal office
for a period of at least 2 years.
| 11 |
| Contractual employees may satisfy
the time sheets requirement | 12 |
| by complying with the terms of their contract,
which shall | 13 |
| provide for a means of compliance with this requirement.
A | 14 |
| member may
satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by | 15 |
| adopting and implementing the
personnel policies promulgated | 16 |
| by that
member's legislative leader under the State Officials | 17 |
| and Employees Ethics
Act
with respect to that member's | 18 |
| legislative
assistants.
| 19 |
| As used in this Section the term "personal services" shall | 20 |
| include
contributions of the State under the Federal Insurance | 21 |
| Contribution Act and
under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | 22 |
| Code. As used in this Section the
term "contractual services" | 23 |
| shall not include improvements to real property
unless those | 24 |
| improvements are the obligation of the lessee under the lease
| 25 |
| agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989, as used in the Section, the | 26 |
| term "travel"
shall be limited to travel in connection with a |
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| member's legislative duties and
not in connection with any | 2 |
| political campaign. Beginning on the effective
date of this | 3 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, as
used
in this | 4 |
| Section, the term "printing" includes, but is not limited to,
| 5 |
| newsletters,
brochures, certificates,
congratulatory
mailings,
| 6 |
| greeting or welcome messages, anniversary or
birthday cards, | 7 |
| and congratulations for prominent achievement cards. As used
in | 8 |
| this Section, the term "printing" includes fees for | 9 |
| non-substantive
resolutions charged by the Clerk of the House | 10 |
| of Representatives under
subsection (c-5) of Section 1 of the | 11 |
| Legislative Materials Act.
No newsletter or brochure that is | 12 |
| paid for, in whole or in part, with
funds
provided under this | 13 |
| Section may be printed or mailed during a period
beginning | 14 |
| December 15
February 1 of the year preceding
of a general | 15 |
| primary
election and ending the day after the general primary | 16 |
| election and during a
period beginning September 1 of the year | 17 |
| of a general election and ending the
day after the general | 18 |
| election, except that such a newsletter or brochure may
be | 19 |
| mailed during
those times if it is mailed to a constituent in | 20 |
| response to that constituent's
inquiry concerning the needs of | 21 |
| that constituent or questions raised by that
constituent.
| 22 |
| Nothing in
this Section shall be construed to authorize | 23 |
| expenditures for lodging and meals
while a member is in | 24 |
| attendance at sessions of the General Assembly.
| 25 |
| Any utility bill for service provided to a member's | 26 |
| district office for
a period including portions of 2 |
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| consecutive fiscal years may be paid from
funds appropriated | 2 |
| for such expenditure in either fiscal year.
| 3 |
| If a vacancy occurs in the office of Senator or | 4 |
| Representative in the General
Assembly, any office equipment in | 5 |
| the possession of the vacating member
shall transfer to the | 6 |
| member's successor; if the successor does not want
such | 7 |
| equipment, it shall be transferred to the Secretary of the | 8 |
| Senate or
Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case | 9 |
| may be, and if not
wanted by other members of the General | 10 |
| Assembly then to the Department of
Central Management Services | 11 |
| for treatment as surplus property under the
State Property | 12 |
| Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of each
year, | 13 |
| shall conduct an inventory of all equipment purchased pursuant | 14 |
| to
this Act. Such inventory shall be filed with the Secretary | 15 |
| of the Senate
or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be. | 16 |
| Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the Secretary of the Senate or the | 17 |
| Clerk of the House, as the case may be,
shall conduct an | 18 |
| inventory of equipment purchased.
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| In the event that a member leaves office during his or her | 20 |
| term, any
unexpended or unobligated portion of the allowance | 21 |
| granted under this Section
shall lapse. The vacating member's | 22 |
| successor shall be granted an allowance
in an amount, rounded | 23 |
| to the nearest dollar, computed by dividing the annual
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| allowance by 365 and multiplying the quotient by the number of | 25 |
| days remaining
in the fiscal year.
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| From any appropriation for the purposes of this Section for |
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fiscal year which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no more than | 2 |
| 1/2 of the
annual allowance per member may be spent or | 3 |
| encumbered by any member of
either the outgoing or incoming | 4 |
| General Assembly, except that any member
of the incoming | 5 |
| General Assembly who was a member of the outgoing General
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| Assembly may encumber or spend any portion of his annual | 7 |
| allowance within
the fiscal year.
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| The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted by | 9 |
| this Section
shall be included in an appropriation to the | 10 |
| President of the Senate and to
the Speaker of the House of | 11 |
| Representatives for their respective members.
The President of | 12 |
| the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher for
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| payment individual members' expenditures from their annual | 14 |
| office
allowances to the State Comptroller, subject to the | 15 |
| authority of the
Comptroller under Section 9 of the State | 16 |
| Comptroller Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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| Section 15. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | 19 |
| of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows: | 20 |
| (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
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| Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative | 22 |
| Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General | 23 |
| Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period | 24 |
| beginning December 15
February 1 of the
year preceding
of a |
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| general primary election and ending the day after the general | 2 |
| primary
election and during a period beginning September 1 of | 3 |
| the year of a general
election and ending the day after the | 4 |
| general election.
A member of the General Assembly may not | 5 |
| mail, during a period beginning
December 15
February 1 of the | 6 |
| year preceding
of a general primary election and ending the day | 7 |
| after
the general primary election and during a period | 8 |
| beginning September 1 of the
year of a general election and | 9 |
| ending the day after the general election, any
newsletters or | 10 |
| brochures
that were printed, at any time, by the Legislative
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| Printing Unit, except that such a newsletter or brochure may be | 12 |
| mailed during
those times if it is mailed to a constituent in | 13 |
| response to that constituent's
inquiry concerning the needs of | 14 |
| that constituent or questions raised by that
constituent.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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| Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 17 |
| 33-1 as
follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
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| Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In all | 20 |
| school districts,
including special charter districts having a | 21 |
| population of 100,000 and not
more than 500,000, which adopt | 22 |
| this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
shall be | 23 |
| maintained a system of free schools in charge of a board of | 24 |
| education,
which shall be a body politic and corporate by the |
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| name of "Board of Education
of the City of....". The board | 2 |
| shall consist of 7 members elected by the
voters of the | 3 |
| district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b of this Act,
the | 4 |
| regular election for members of the board shall be held at the | 5 |
| consolidated election
on the first
Tuesday of April in odd | 6 |
| numbered years and at the general primary election
on the third | 7 |
| Tuesday of March
in even numbered years. The law governing the | 8 |
| registration of voters for
the primary election shall apply to | 9 |
| the regular election. At the first
regular election 7 persons | 10 |
| shall be elected as members of the board. The
person who | 11 |
| receives the greatest number of votes shall be elected for a
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| term of 5 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third | 13 |
| greatest
number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4 | 14 |
| years. The person who
receives the fourth greatest number of | 15 |
| votes shall be elected
for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons who | 16 |
| receive the fifth and sixth greatest
number of votes shall be | 17 |
| elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
receives the | 18 |
| seventh greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term
of | 19 |
| 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular election for members of the | 20 |
| board,
the successors of the members whose terms expire in the | 21 |
| year of election
shall be elected for a term of 5 years. All | 22 |
| terms shall commence on July
1 next succeeding the elections. | 23 |
| Any vacancy occurring in the membership
of the board shall be | 24 |
| filled by appointment until the next regular election
for | 25 |
| members of the board.
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| In any school district which has adopted this Article, a |
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| proposition for
the election of board members by school board | 2 |
| district rather than at large
may be submitted to the voters of | 3 |
| the district at the regular school election
of any year in the | 4 |
| manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition
is approved | 5 |
| by a majority of those voting on the propositions, the board
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| shall divide the school district into 7 school board districts | 7 |
| as provided
in Section 9-22. At the regular school election in | 8 |
| the year following the
adoption of such proposition, one member | 9 |
| shall be elected from each school
board district, and the 7 | 10 |
| members so elected shall, by lot, determine one
to serve for | 11 |
| one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3 years, 2 for 4 years, and
one | 12 |
| for 5 years. Thereafter their respective successors shall be | 13 |
| elected
for terms of 5 years. The terms of all incumbent | 14 |
| members expire July 1
of the year following the adoption of | 15 |
| such a proposition.
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| Any school district which has adopted this Article may, by | 17 |
| referendum in
accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the method | 18 |
| of electing members of the
board of education provided in that | 19 |
| Section.
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| Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in | 21 |
| this Article or
created pursuant to a court order, shall be | 22 |
| completed pursuant to
Section 33-1c.
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| A board of education may appoint a student to the board to | 24 |
| serve in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve | 25 |
| for a term as determined by the board. The board may not grant | 26 |
| the student member any voting privileges, but shall consider |
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| the student member as an advisor. The student member may not | 2 |
| participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law. |
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