Bill Text: IL HB0929 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school board to place an advisory question on the ballot by a majority vote of the board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0929 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0929-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0929 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Mike Boland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/9-1 from Ch. 122, par. 9-1
105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new
Amends the School Code. Authorizes a school board to place an advisory question on the ballot by a majority vote of the board.
LRB096 03950 NHT 13985 b
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning advisory referenda.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
9-1 and by adding Section 9-1.2 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-1)
Sec. 9-1. Scope of article. All school elections shall be
governed by the general election law of the State, except as
otherwise provided in Section 9-1.2.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
(105 ILCS 5/9-1.2 new)
Sec. 9-1.2. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority
of the members of the school board, the board may authorize an
advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot
at the next regularly scheduled election in the school
district. The school board shall certify the question to the
proper election authority, which must submit the question at an
election in accordance with the Election Code.