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92_HB0590
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1 AN ACT creating the Internet Voting Commission.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Internet Voting Commission Act.
6 Section 5. Commission created. The Internet Voting
7 Commission is created, consisting of 8 members of the General
8 Assembly and 8 public members. The President and Minority
9 Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of
10 the House of Representatives shall each appoint 2 legislative
11 members and 2 public members.
12 The Internet Voting Commission shall study and recommend
13 to the General Assembly a system of voting via the Internet
14 at elections in 2004 and thereafter. The Internet system of
15 voting shall supplement and not replace existing voting
16 systems.
17 The Commission shall designate a chairman from among its
18 number, shall meet as frequently as necessary at the call of
19 the chair, and shall report its findings to the General
20 Assembly as expeditiously as possible. Commission
21 recommendations shall take effect upon the effective date of
22 a Public Act that enacts them.
23 Commission members shall receive no compensation but
24 shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance
25 of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose.
26 The Commission is abolished January 1, 2005.
27 Section 10. Repeal. This Act is repealed January 1,
28 2005.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.