Full Text of SB2123 103rd General Assembly
SB2123ham007 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Katie Stuart Filed: 5/25/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2123
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2123, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | 4 | | 4, as follows: | 5 | | on page 139, lines 2 and 3, by replacing "Section
24-2 as | 6 | | follows" with "Sections 24-2, 34-4.1, and 34-21.10 as | 7 | | follows"; and | 8 | | on page 142, immediately below line 21, by inserting the | 9 | | following:
| 10 | | "(105 ILCS 5/34-4.1) | 11 | | Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the | 12 | | requirements of the general election law, the form of | 13 | | petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be | 14 | | substantially as follows: | 15 | | NOMINATING PETITIONS |
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| 1 | | (LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.) | 2 | | To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of | 3 | | Chicago: | 4 | | We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters | 5 | | residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who | 6 | | resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for | 7 | | the office of .... of the board of education (full term) | 8 | | (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert | 9 | | date). | 10 | | Name: .................. Address: ................... | 11 | | In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition | 12 | | for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial | 13 | | or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly | 14 | | known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the | 15 | | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | 16 | | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | 17 | | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | 18 | | last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's | 19 | | name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as | 20 | | (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name | 21 | | changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the | 22 | | petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 23 | | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 24 | | specified in clause (i) and the date or dates each of those | 25 | | names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | 26 | | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for |
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| 1 | | the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name | 2 | | changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | 3 | | or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 4 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 5 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, | 6 | | such as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the | 7 | | Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or | 8 | | implying possession of a title, degree or professional status, | 9 | | or similar information may be used in connection with the | 10 | | candidate's surname. | 11 | | All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of | 12 | | education shall be filed with the board of election | 13 | | commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal | 14 | | office of the school district is located within the time | 15 | | provided for by the general election law, except that | 16 | | petitions for the nomination of members of the board of | 17 | | education for the 2024 general primary election shall be | 18 | | prepared and certified on the same schedule as the petition | 19 | | schedule for the candidates for the General Assembly . The | 20 | | board of election commissioners shall receive and file only | 21 | | those petitions that include a statement of candidacy, the | 22 | | required number of voter signatures, the notarized signature | 23 | | of the petition circulator, and a receipt from the county | 24 | | clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement of | 25 | | economic interest on or before the last day to file as required | 26 | | by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The board of election |
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| 1 | | commissioners may have petition forms available for issuance | 2 | | to potential candidates and may give notice of the petition | 3 | | filing period by publication in a newspaper of general | 4 | | circulation within the school district not less than 10 days | 5 | | prior to the first day of filing. The board of election | 6 | | commissioners shall make certification to the proper election | 7 | | authorities in accordance with the general election law. | 8 | | The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in | 9 | | which the principal office of the school district is located | 10 | | shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination | 11 | | is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under | 12 | | the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election | 13 | | law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the | 14 | | State Board of Elections and in accordance with the | 15 | | requirements of the general election law. The board of | 16 | | election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the | 17 | | last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the | 18 | | petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition. | 19 | | A candidate for membership on the board of education who | 20 | | has petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a | 21 | | vacant term to be voted upon at the same election must withdraw | 22 | | his or her petition for nomination from either the full term or | 23 | | the vacant term by written declaration. | 24 | | Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate | 25 | | named therein files with the board of election commissioners a | 26 | | receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has |
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| 1 | | filed a statement of economic interests as required by the | 2 | | Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so | 3 | | filed either previously during the calendar year in which his | 4 | | or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for | 5 | | the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general | 6 | | election law.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21 .)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.10)
| 9 | | Sec. 34-21.10. Creation of electoral districts; | 10 | | reapportionment of districts. | 11 | | (a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to | 12 | | subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of Chicago shall be | 13 | | subdivided into 10 electoral districts for the 2024 elections | 14 | | and into 20 electoral districts for the 2026 elections after | 15 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 16 | | Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago | 17 | | Board of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on | 18 | | or before April 1, 2024 July 1, 2023 . Each district must be | 19 | | compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population and | 20 | | consistent with the Illinois Voting Rights Act. | 21 | | (b) In the year following each decennial census, the | 22 | | General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to | 23 | | reflect the results of the decennial census consistent with | 24 | | the requirements in subsection (a). The reapportionment plan | 25 | | shall be completed and formally approved by the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly not less than 90 days before the last date | 2 | | established by law for the filing of nominating petitions for | 3 | | the second school board election after the decennial census | 4 | | year. If by reapportionment a board member no longer resides | 5 | | within the electoral district from which the member was | 6 | | elected, the member shall continue to serve in office until | 7 | | the expiration of the member's regular term. All new members | 8 | | shall be elected from the electoral districts as | 9 | | reapportioned.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21 .)".
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