HB3094 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3094

Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act. Provides that in the event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a member of the same leading political party. Defines "leading political party".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act.

Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act:

"Leading political party" means one of the two political parties whose candidates for governor at the most recent three gubernatorial elections received either the highest or second highest average number of votes. The political party whose candidates for governor received the highest average number of votes shall be known as the first leading political party and the political party whose candidates for governor received the second highest average number of votes shall be known as the second leading political party.

Section 10. Vacancy in a statewide elective office. In the event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a member of the same leading political party.