SB0411 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0411

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Matt Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/6A-1	from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1
10 ILCS 5/6A-2	from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2
10 ILCS 5/6A-6	from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6
10 ILCS 5/6A-7	from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes establishment of a county board of election commissioners for the portion of a county with 3,000,000 or more population outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners. Authorizes establishment by county board ordinance or vote of the electors of the affected portion of the county.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, 6A-6, and 6A-7 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)

Sec. 6A-1. County boards of election commissioners.

(a) Any county in which there is no city, village or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish a county board of election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with Section 6A-2.

(b) The portion of a county of 3,000,000 or more population outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town with a municipal board of election commissioners may establish a county board of election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors of the portion of the county outside the corporate limits of the city, village, or incorporated town with a municipal board of election commissioners in accordance with Section 6A-2.

(c) This subsection applies to counties with less than 3,000,000 population. The fact that some territory in a county is within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners does not prevent that county from establishing a county board of election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within the county at the time of the establishment of the board of election commissioners for such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant to this Article, the county board of election commissioners shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town, supersede the board of election commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town.

(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

(10 ILCS 5/6A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)

Sec. 6A-2. Whenever registered voters in the county, or in the portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 to establish a county board of election commissioners, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8 of the number voting at the last preceding general election in the county, whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the electors of the county or portion of the county, as the case may be, a proposition to establish a county board of election commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition to be submitted to the electors of the county or portion of the county, as the case may be, at the next succeeding general election. The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 by cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the question shall be stated: "Shall a board of election commissioners be established for (insert "all" or "part of", as appropriate) .... County?"

(Source: P.A. 78-465.)

(10 ILCS 5/6A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6)

Sec. 6A-6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk or the county board with respect to the registration of voters, filing of petitions, certification of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts, designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county, or portion of a county, having a county board of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of election commissioners. Any reference in this Code or any other law to a county board of election commissioners shall be construed to include the board of election commissioners of a portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of Section 6A-1 to establish a county board of election commissioners.

(Source: P.A. 78-465.)

(10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)

Sec. 6A-7. Any county or portion of a county which has established a board of election commissioners may subsequently vote to abandon such board in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the vote of the electors of the county or portion of the county, as the case may be, the proposition to abandon the board of election commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the registered voters of the county or of the portion of the county subject to the board of election commissioners.

(Source: P.A. 87-1247.)