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91_SB0933ham003 LRB9105846JMcdam 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 933 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 933 on page 14, by 3 replacing lines 2 and 3 with the following: 4 "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 changing Sections 3.1-25-20, 4-3-5, and 8-4-1 and adding 6 Section 3.1-20-45 as follows: 7 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45 new) 8 Sec. 3.1-20-45. Nonpartisan primary elections; 9 uncontested office. A city incorporated under this Code that 10 elects municipal officers at nonpartisan primary and general 11 elections shall conduct the elections as provided in the 12 Election Code, except that no office for which nomination is 13 uncontested shall be included on the primary ballot and no 14 primary shall be held for that office. For the purposes of 15 this Section, an office is uncontested when not more than two 16 persons to be nominated for each office have timely filed 17 valid nominating papers seeking nomination for the election 18 to that office. 19 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when a person 20 (i) who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and (ii) 21 who intends to become a write-in candidate for nomination for 22 any office for which nomination is uncontested files a -2- LRB9105846JMcdam 1 written statement or notice of that intent with the proper 2 election official with whom the nomination papers for that 3 office are filed, a primary ballot must be prepared and a 4 primary must be held for the office. The statement or notice 5 must be filed on or before the 61st day before the 6 consolidated primary election. The statement must contain (i) 7 the name and address of the person intending to become a 8 write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person intends 9 to become a write-in candidate, and (iii) the office the 10 person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election 11 authority has no duty to conduct a primary election or 12 prepare a primary ballot unless a statement meeting the 13 requirements of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner. 14 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-20) 15 Sec. 3.1-25-20. Primary election. A village incorporated 16 under this Code shall nominate and elect candidates for 17 president and trustees in nonpartisan primary and general 18 elections as provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55 19 until the electors of the village vote to require the 20 partisan election of the president and trustees at a 21 referendum in the manner provided in Section 3.1-25-65 after 22 January 1, 1992. The provisions of Sections 3.1-25-20 through 23 3.1-25-55 shall apply to all villages incorporated under this 24 Code that have operated under those Sections without the 25 adoption of those provisions by the referendum provided in 26 Section 3.1-25-60 as well as those villages that have adopted 27 those provisions by the referendum provided in Section 28 3.1-25-60 until the electors of those villages vote to 29 require the partisan election of the president and trustees 30 in the manner provided in Section 3.1-25-65. Villages that 31 have nominated and elected candidates for president and 32 trustees in partisan elections prior to January 1, 1992, may 33 continue to hold partisan elections without conducting a -3- LRB9105846JMcdam 1 referendum in the manner provided in Section 3.1-25-65. All 2 candidates for nomination to be voted for at all general 3 municipal elections at which a president or trustees, or 4 both, are to be elected under this Article shall be nominated 5 from the village at large by a primary election, except that6no primary shall be held where the names of not more than 27persons are entitled to be printed on the primary ballot as8candidates for the nomination for each office to be filled at9an election at which no other offices are to be filled and10those persons, having filed the statement of candidacy and11petition required by the general election law, shall be the12candidates for office at the general municipal election. 13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no primary 14 shall be held in any village when the nomination for every 15 office to be voted upon by the electors of the village is 16 uncontested. If the nomination of candidates is uncontested 17 as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted 18 upon by the electors of the village, then a primary must be 19 held in the village, provided that the primary ballot shall 20 not include those offices in the village for which the 21 nomination is uncontested. For the purposes of the Section, 22 an office is uncontested when not more than the number of 23 persons to be nominated to the office have timely filed valid 24 nominating papers seeking nomination for election to that 25 office. 26 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when a person 27 (i) who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and (ii) 28 who intends to become a write-in candidate for nomination for 29 any office for which nomination is uncontested files a 30 written statement or notice of that intent with the proper 31 election official with whom the nomination papers for that 32 office are filed, a primary ballot must be prepared and a 33 primary must be held for the office. The statement or notice 34 must be filed on or before the 61st day before the -4- LRB9105846JMcdam 1 consolidated primary election. The statement must contain 2 (i) the name and address of the person intending to become a 3 write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person intends 4 to become a write-in candidate, and (iii) the office the 5 person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election 6 authority has no duty to conduct a primary election or 7 prepare a primary ballot unless a statement meeting the 8 requirements of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner. 9 Only the names of those persons nominated in the manner 10 prescribed in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-65 shall be 11 placed on the ballot at the general municipal election. The 12 village clerk shall certify the offices to be filled and the 13 candidates for those offices to the proper election authority 14 as provided in the general election law. A primary for those 15 offices, if required, shall be held in accordance with the 16 general election law. 17 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.) 18 (65 ILCS 5/4-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-5) 19 Sec. 4-3-5. All candidates for nomination to be voted for 20 at all general municipal elections at which a mayor and 4 21 commissioners are to be elected under this article shall be 22 nominated from the municipality at large by a primary 23 election, except that no primary shall be held where the24names of not more than 2 persons are entitled to be printed25on the primary ballot as a candidate for the nomination for26each office to be filled at an election at which no other27offices are to be voted on and such persons, having filed the28statement of candidacy and petition required by the general29election law shall be the candidates for office at the30general municipal election. 31 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no primary 32 shall be held in any municipality when the nomination for 33 every office to be voted upon by the electors of the -5- LRB9105846JMcdam 1 municipality is uncontested. If the nomination of candidates 2 is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of the offices 3 to be voted upon by the electors of the municipality, then a 4 primary must be held in the municipality, provided that the 5 primary ballot shall not include those offices in the 6 municipality for which the nomination is uncontested. For 7 the purposes of this Section, an office is uncontested when 8 not more than the number of persons to be nominated to the 9 office have timely filed valid nominating papers seeking 10 nomination for election to that office. 11 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when a person 12 (i) who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and (ii) 13 who intends to become a write-in candidate for nomination for 14 any office for which nomination is uncontested files a 15 written statement or notice of that intent with the proper 16 election official with whom the nomination papers for that 17 office are filed, a primary ballot must be prepared and a 18 primary must be held for the office. The statement or notice 19 must be filed on or before the 61st day before the 20 consolidated primary election. The statement must contain 21 (i) the name and address of the person intending to become a 22 write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person intends 23 to become a write-in candidate, and (iii) the office the 24 person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election 25 authority has no duty to conduct a primary election or 26 prepare a primary ballot unless a statement meeting the 27 requirements of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner. 28 Only the names of those persons nominated in the manner 29 prescribed in this article shall be placed upon the ballot at 30 the general municipal election. The municipal clerk shall 31 certify the offices to be filled and the candidates therefor 32 to the proper election authority as provided in the general 33 election law. 34 A primary for such offices, if required, shall be held in -6- LRB9105846JMcdam 1 accordance with the provisions of the general election law. 2 (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)".