House Sponsors: GARRETT. Short description: VOTER REGISTRATION-INTERNET PO Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Election Code and the Secretary of State Act. Requires the State Board of Elections and the Secretary of State to post certain voter registration information on their World Wide Web sites. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Elections) HB 5956 would cost the State Board of Elections approximately $20,000 to hire as a consultant a bilingual programmer to design and develop a downloadable, printable voter registra- tion form in Spanish. FISCAL NOTE (Office of Secretary of State) If the Secretary of State's Office is to post the information separately from the Board of Elections, the fiscal impact is up to $25,000 annually to build and maintain the search features and database for election authorities, update the voter regis- tration form periodically, and maintain the information on the web site. STATE MANDATES NOTE (Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) In the opinion of DCCA, HB 5956 does not create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status