Bill Status of HB 2544   93rd General Assembly

Short Description:  MUNI CD-CUMULATIVE VOTING

House Sponsors
Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie-Lou Lang-Paul D. Froehlich

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-30
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-35from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-35
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-40from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-40

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows a territory, incorporated town, city, village, or city under special charter that is seeking to incorporate as any form of municipality to adopt a minority representation plan (now, only applies to a territory, village, incorporated town, or city under special charter that proposes to be incorporated as a city). Contains provisions concerning representation by aldermen or board members and staggered elections for any form of municipality under a minority representation plan. Makes other changes.

House Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-30
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-35
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-40
Adds reference to:
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-45 new

Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows a municipality to elect, by ordinance, to grant cumulative voting rights to electors in primary and general municipal elections. Provides that if the ordinance is adopted, each elector may cast all of his or her votes for alderman, trustee, commissioner, or member for one candidate or distribute the votes equally among no more than the number of candidates to be elected at that election, and the candidates with the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/20/2003HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  2/20/2003HouseFirst Reading
  2/20/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/26/2003HouseAssigned to Elections and Campaign Reform Committee
  2/27/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
  2/28/2003HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
  3/12/2003HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections and Campaign Reform Committee
  3/12/2003HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/12/2003HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections and Campaign Reform Committee; 008-000-000
  3/12/2003HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  4/4/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

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