Full Text of SB0492 095th General Assembly
SB0492 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0492
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Antonio Munoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 3615/1.05 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.05 |
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Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning the establishment of the Authority.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 1.05 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3615/1.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.05)
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| Sec. 1.05. Referendum on Establishment. A special | 8 |
| referendum election shall be held at which there shall be
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| submitted to the
the electors in the metropolitan region the | 10 |
| proposition to
approve creation of the Authority, which | 11 |
| proposition shall be in
substantially the following form: | 12 |
| Shall a Regional Transportation Authority be created for | 13 |
| Cook,
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois?
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| The special referendum election shall be conducted by the | 15 |
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Clerks and Boards of Election Commissioners in the | 16 |
| metropolitan region
pursuant to the provisions of "The Election | 17 |
| Code", approved May 11,
1943, as amended, except as is | 18 |
| specifically provided otherwise in this
Section. The special | 19 |
| referendum election shall be held at the same time
and with the | 20 |
| same judges, polling places and precincts as for the
regular | 21 |
| primary elections to be held on March 19, 1974, in the
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| metropolitan region.
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| The proposition shall be submitted to the electors on a |
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| separate
paper ballot to be printed on blue paper. The State | 2 |
| Board of Elections
shall prepare and certify the form of ballot | 3 |
| to the County Clerks and
Boards of Election Commissioners in | 4 |
| the metropolitan region.
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| Notice of the referendum election shall be given by the | 6 |
| State Board
of Elections. In addition, such notice may be given | 7 |
| by the County Clerks
and Boards of Election Commissioners. Each | 8 |
| notice of the special
election shall set forth the proposition | 9 |
| to be voted upon, the date of
the election and the time the | 10 |
| polling places will be open and shall
state that the polling | 11 |
| places and precincts for such election shall be
the same as for | 12 |
| the primary elections held on such date. The notice
given by | 13 |
| the State Board of Elections shall be published in one or more
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| daily newspapers of general circulation in the metropolitan | 15 |
| region at
least once not less than 20 days prior to the | 16 |
| election. Notice of the
special referendum election need not | 17 |
| set forth the precincts or polling
places in detail. Notices | 18 |
| given by County Clerks or Boards of Election
Commissioners | 19 |
| shall be in the form prescribed by the State Board of
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| Elections.
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| The votes shall be canvassed and returned in the manner | 22 |
| provided for
public measures submitted to the electors of the | 23 |
| entire State, including
the provisions for tally sheets, | 24 |
| certificates of results, canvassing and
abstracts of votes. | 25 |
| Only those ballots properly marked yes or no shall
be counted | 26 |
| in the referendum. Each municipal Board of Election
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| Commissioners shall make its return to the County Clerk of the | 2 |
| County in
which it is located; the County Clerks and any County | 3 |
| Board of Election
Commissioners shall each make returns | 4 |
| covering their entire county to
the State Board of Elections. | 5 |
| Each County Clerk and Board of Election
Commissioners shall | 6 |
| prepare and certify an abstract of votes cast on the
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| proposition in the precincts within its election jurisdiction. | 8 |
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County Clerks and any county Board of Election | 9 |
| Commissioners shall
transmit the certified abstracts to the | 10 |
| State Board of Elections with
its return within 10 days of the | 11 |
| referendum. To meet this deadline, the
County Clerks and Boards | 12 |
| of Election Commissioners shall canvass the
votes cast in the | 13 |
| special referendum election prior to canvassing the
votes cast | 14 |
| for any office in the regular primary election, and may
certify | 15 |
| the results of and make returns on the special referendum
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| election prior to completing those procedures for the regular | 17 |
| primary
elections.
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| The State Board of Elections shall proclaim and certify the | 19 |
| results
of the referendum election. If a majority of those | 20 |
| electors properly
marking ballots on the proposition vote in | 21 |
| favor of the creation of the
Authority, such Authority shall | 22 |
| thereby be established.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
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