Bill Text: IL HB0044 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Changes a requirement that each petition for a nomination for mayor, city clerk, or city treasurer in the City of Chicago must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago to a requirement that at least 2,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago sign each of those petitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0044 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0044-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0044 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 20/21-28 from Ch. 24, par. 21-28
Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Changes a requirement that each petition for a nomination for mayor, city clerk, or city treasurer in the City of Chicago must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago to a requirement that at least 2,500 legal voters of the City of Chicago sign each of those petitions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
amended by changing Section 21-28 as follows:
(65 ILCS 20/21-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition.
(a) All nominations for alderperson of any ward in the
city shall be by petition. Each petition for nomination of a
candidate shall be signed by at least 473 legal voters of the
ward.
(b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city
treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for
nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 2,500
12,500 legal voters of the city.
(c) All such petitions, and procedure with respect
thereto, shall conform in other respects to the provisions of
the election and ballot laws then in force in the city of
Chicago concerning the nomination of independent candidates
for public office by petition. The method of nomination herein
provided is exclusive of and replaces all other methods
heretofore provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)