Bill Text: IL HB0918 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Sets the minimum number of petition signatures for a local public question at 8% of the number of votes cast by registered voters in the governmental unit in the most recent gubernatorial election (now, 10% of the registered voters in the governmental unit).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0918 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0918-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 28-7 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-7)
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| 7 | Sec. 28-7. In any case in which Article VII or paragraph | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) of Section 5 of
the
Transition Schedule of the Constitution | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | authorizes any action to be
taken by or with respect to any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | unit of local government, as defined in
Section 1 of Article | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | VII of the Constitution, by or subject to approval
by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | referendum, any such public question shall be initiated in
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| 13 | accordance with this Section.
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| 14 | Any such public question may be initiated by the governing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | body of the
unit of local government by resolution or by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | filing with the clerk or
secretary of the
governmental unit of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | a petition signed by a number of qualified electors
equal to or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | greater than 8%
10% of the number of registered voters in the
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| 19 | governmental unit who voted in the most recent gubernatorial | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | election, requesting the submission of the proposal
for such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | action to the voters
of the governmental unit at a regular | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | election.
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| 23 | If the action to be taken requires a referendum involving 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | or more
units of local government, the proposal shall be | ||||||
| 2 | submitted to the voters
of such governmental units by the | ||||||
| 3 | election authorities with jurisdiction
over the territory of | ||||||
| 4 | the governmental units. Such multi-unit proposals
may be | ||||||
| 5 | initiated by appropriate
resolutions by the respective | ||||||
| 6 | governing bodies or by
petitions of the voters of the several | ||||||
| 7 | governmental units filed with the
respective clerks or | ||||||
| 8 | secretaries.
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| 9 | This Section is intended to provide a method of submission | ||||||
| 10 | to
referendum in all cases of proposals for actions which are | ||||||
| 11 | authorized by
Article VII of the Constitution by or subject to | ||||||
| 12 | approval by referendum
and supersedes any conflicting | ||||||
| 13 | statutory provisions except those
contained in the "County | ||||||
| 14 | Executive
Act".
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| 15 | Referenda provided for in this Section may not be held more | ||||||
| 16 | than once
in any 23-month period on the same proposition, | ||||||
| 17 | provided that in any
municipality a referendum to elect not to | ||||||
| 18 | be a home rule unit may be held
only once within
any 47-month | ||||||
| 19 | period.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
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