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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Election Code by changing Section
 2    10-6.

 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 10-6 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
 8        Sec.  10-6.  Time  and  manner  of  filing.   Except   as
 9    provided  in  Section  10-3,  certificates  of nomination and
10    nomination  papers  for  the  nomination  of  candidates  for
11    offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or  any
12    district  not entirely within a county, or for congressional,
13    state legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented  to
14    the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
15    than  141 99 nor less than 134 92 days previous to the day of
16    election for which the candidates are nominated.   The  State
17    Board   of   Elections  shall  endorse  the  certificates  of
18    nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and  the
19    date  and  hour  of  presentment  to  it. Except as otherwise
20    provided in this section,  all  other  certificates  for  the
21    nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
22    of the respective counties not more than 141 99 but at least
23    134   92   days   previous  to  the  day  of  such  election.
24    Certificates of nomination  and  nomination  papers  for  the
25    nomination   of  candidates  for  the  offices  of  political
26    subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
27    general election shall  be  filed  with  the  local  election
28    official of such subdivision:
29        (1)  (Blank);
30        (2)  not  more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
31    consolidated election; or
 
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 1        (3)  not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to  the
 2    general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
 3    at the general primary election; or
 4        (4)  not  more  than  78 nor less than 71 days before the
 5    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices  to  be
 6    elected  on  a  nonpartisan  basis pursuant to law (including
 7    without  limitation,  those  municipal  offices  subject   to
 8    Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
 9        (5)  not  more  than  78 nor less than 71 days before the
10    municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
11    municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
12        (6)  in  the  case  of  petitions  for  the   office   of
13    multi-township  assessor,  such petitions shall be filed with
14    the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
15    before the consolidated election.
16        However, where a political subdivision's  boundaries  are
17    co-extensive  with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
18    a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
19    of nomination and nomination papers for candidates  for  such
20    political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
21    such Board.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.

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