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91_HB0887eng HB0887 Engrossed LRB9105055MWks 1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section 2 28-3. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 6 Section 28-3 as follows: 7 (10 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3) 8 Sec. 28-3. Petitions for the submission of public 9 questions shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each 10 sheet shall contain, above the space for signature, an 11 appropriate heading, giving the information as to the 12 question of public policy to be submitted, and specifying the 13 state at large or the political subdivision or district or 14 precinct or combination of precincts or other territory in 15 which it is to be submitted and, where by law the public 16 question must be submitted at a particular election, the 17 election at which it is to be submitted. In the case of a 18 petition for the submission of a public question described in 19 subsection (b) of Section 28-6, the heading shall also 20 specify the regular election at which the question is to be 21 submitted and include the precincts included in the territory 22 concerning which the public question is to be submitted, as 23 well as a common description of such territory in plain and 24 nonlegal language, such description to describe the territory 25 by reference to streets, natural or artificial landmarks, 26 addresses or any other method which would enable a voter 27 signing the petition to be informed of the territory 28 concerning which the question is to be submitted. The 29 heading of each sheet shall be the same. Such petition shall 30 be signed by the registered voters of the political 31 subdivision or district or precinct or combination of HB0887 Engrossed -2- LRB9105055MWks 1 precincts in which the question of public policy is to be 2 submitted in their own proper persons only, and opposite the 3 signature of each signer his residence address shall be 4 written or printed, which residence address shall include the 5 street address or rural route number of the signer, as the 6 case may be, as well as the signer's city, village or town; 7 provided that the county or city, village or town, and state 8 of residence of such electors may be printed on the petition 9 forms where all of the such electors signing the petition 10 reside in the same county or city, village or town, and 11 state. Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the 12 residence address, including street number, if any. No 13 signature shall be valid or be counted in considering the 14 validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the 15 requirements of this Section are complied with. 16 At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be 17 added a statement, signed by a registered voter, who has been 18 a registered voter at all times he or she circulated the 19 petition,of the political subdivision or district or20precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of21public policy is to be submitted,stating the street address 22 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as 23 well as the voter's city, village or town, certifying that 24 the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in 25 his presence and are genuine, and that to the best of his 26 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time 27 of signing the petition registered voters of the political 28 subdivision or district or precinct or combination of 29 precincts in which the question of public policy is to be 30 submitted and that their respective residences are correctly 31 stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some 32 officer authorized to administer oaths in this State. 33 Such sheets, before being filed with the proper officer 34 or board shall be bound securely and numbered consecutively. HB0887 Engrossed -3- LRB9105055MWks 1 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end 2 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All 3 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local 4 election officials, election authorities or the State Board 5 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been 6 signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not 7 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when 8 presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added 9 to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in 10 writing presented or filed with the board or officer with 11 whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and 12 before the presentment or filing of such petition, except as 13 may otherwise be provided in another statute which authorize 14 the public question. Whoever forges any name of a signer upon 15 any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on 16 conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly. 17 In addition to the foregoing requirements, a petition 18 proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution 19 pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution or a 20 petition proposing a question of public policy to be 21 submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be in 22 conformity with the requirements of Section 28-9 of this 23 Article. 24 If multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same 25 public questions are filed, the State Board of Elections, 26 appropriate election authority or local election official 27 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days 28 notify the proponent of his or her multiple petition filings 29 and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt of the 30 notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate 31 election authority or local election official that he or she 32 may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the proponent 33 notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election 34 authority or local election official, the last set of HB0887 Engrossed -4- LRB9105055MWks 1 petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered 2 valid by the State Board of Elections, appropriate election 3 authority or local election official. If the proponent fails 4 to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election 5 authority or local election official then only the first set 6 of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent 7 petitions shall be void. 8 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 87-1052.) 9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 10 becoming law.