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91_SB0934

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Election Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    2A-1.1 and 17-30.

 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    Sections 2A-1.1 and 17-30 as follows:

 7        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
 8        Sec. 2A-1.1.  All Elections; Consolidated Schedule.
 9        (a)  In  even-numbered  years, the general election shall
10    be held on the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  of
11    November;  and an election to be known as the general primary
12    election shall be held on the third Tuesday in March;
13        (b)  In odd-numbered years, an election to  be  known  as
14    the  consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
15    in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of  this  Act;
16    and  an  election  to  be  known  as the consolidated primary
17    election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.
18        (c)  In odd-numbered years, an election to  be  known  as
19    the  nonpartisan  election shall be held on the first Tuesday
20    after the first Monday in November.   The  only  propositions
21    that  may  be  submitted  to  the  voters  at the nonpartisan
22    election shall be propositions to issue school bonds pursuant
23    to Section 19-2 or 19-3 of the School Code.   To  submit  the
24    proposition  to  issue  school  bonds  to  the  voters at the
25    nonpartisan  election,  the  governing  body  of  the  school
26    district must pass a resolution, by a two-thirds majority  of
27    its   members,  certifying  the  proposition  to  the  proper
28    election authorities.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

30        (10 ILCS 5/17-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-30)
 
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 1        Sec. 17-30.  Except as provided herein, each county shall
 2    provide for and pay the costs and expenses of  all  elections
 3    within  the  county  other  than within the jurisdiction of a
 4    municipal Board of Election Commissioners,  as  well  as  the
 5    costs  expended  within the jurisdiction of a municipal Board
 6    of Election Commissioners for the registration and canvassing
 7    of voters in even-numbered years. Each municipality with  the
 8    first  Board  of  Election Commissioners established within a
 9    county shall provide for and pay the costs  and  expenses  of
10    all  elections  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Board  of
11    Election Commissioners. The State shall reimburse each county
12    and   municipality   in   the   amount  of  the  increase  in
13    compensation provided in Public Acts 81-850 and  81-1149  and
14    by this amendatory Act of 1998.
15        For  each emergency referendum, and each special election
16    not conducted at the time of a regular election, and for each
17    referendum held at the nonpartisan election to  issue  school
18    bonds,  each  county  and municipality responsible for paying
19    for the costs and expenses  shall  directly  pay  for  or  be
20    reimbursed  by  every  other  political subdivision for which
21    officers or public questions are on  the  ballot  within  the
22    jurisdiction  of  the  election  authority  of such county or
23    municipality except such costs and expenses as  are  required
24    to  be reimbursed by the State. For each primary election for
25    the nomination of municipal officers held in  a  municipality
26    with  a population of 5000 or less in accordance with Article
27    7, the county in which such municipality is located shall  be
28    reimbursed  by  the  municipality  for all costs and expenses
29    attributable to such primary election, except for those costs
30    and expenses required to be reimbursed  by  the  State.  Each
31    such  political  subdivision  shall  provide  for  and  shall
32    promptly  pay  such  reimbursement  of  the  total  costs and
33    expenses of that election  attributable  to  its  offices  or
34    propositions as the case may be, not including such costs and
 
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 1    expenses as are required to be reimbursed by the State.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)

 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.

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