Bill Text: IL HB3150 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that counties bordering another state but not another county of over 3,000,000 population that have a population under 200,000 shall convert any existing municipal board of election commissioners to a county board of election commissioners. Provides that the county board shall be expanded to include a representative from each major political party that does not live within the borders of the municipality from which the board originated. Provides that all powers, duties, and physical possessions relating to elections of the old election board shall be transferred to the new election board. Provides that the provisions of the Election Code pertaining to boards of election commissioners of cities, villages, and incorporated townships shall be applicable, as far as possible, to this new county board of election commissioners. Provides that any reference in the Election Code to the registration of votes, filing of petitions, certification of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts, designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county having a county board of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of election commissioners. Provides a process for abolishing these county boards and replacing them with the original municipal board. Provides for the payment of the expenses and salaries of the county board of election commissioners through taxation and subjects these salaries and expenditures to an audit by the Chief Circuit Judge. Effective January 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3150 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3150-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB3150 Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/Art. 6B heading new
10 ILCS 5/6B-1 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-2 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-3 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-4 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-5 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-6 new
10 ILCS 5/6B-7 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that counties bordering another state but not another county of over 3,000,000 population that have a population under 200,000 shall convert any existing municipal board of election commissioners to a county board of election commissioners. Provides that the county board shall be expanded to include a representative from each major political party that does not live within the borders of the municipality from which the board originated. Provides that all powers, duties, and physical possessions relating to elections of the old election board shall be transferred to the new election board. Provides that the provisions of the Election Code pertaining to boards of election commissioners of cities, villages, and incorporated townships shall be applicable, as far as possible, to this new county board of election commissioners. Provides that any reference in the Election Code to the registration of votes, filing of petitions, certification of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts, designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county having a county board of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of election commissioners. Provides a process for abolishing these county boards and replacing them with the original municipal board. Provides for the payment of the expenses and salaries of the county board of election commissioners through taxation and subjects these salaries and expenditures to an audit by the Chief Circuit Judge. Effective January 1, 2014.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding the
heading of Article 6B as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 6B heading new)
ARTICLE 6B.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-1 new)
Sec. 6B-1. Establishment. Any county bordering another
state but not bordering a county of over 3,000,000 population,
and having a population of more than 200,000 in which there
currently operates a municipal board under Article 6 of this
Code, shall be subject to a county-wide board of election
commissioners commencing upon the effective date of this
Section. The previously existing municipal board shall
continue its corporate existence but its authority shall be
county-wide and it shall thenceforth be known as the (name of
county) Board of Election Commissioners.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-2 new)
Sec. 6B-2. Commissioners; filling vacancies. Within 30
days after the conclusion of the next general election

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following the effective date of this Section, the municipal
board shall apply to the circuit court for that court to
appoint two additional commissioners, one of whom shall be from
each major political party and neither of whom shall reside
within the limits of the municipal board; such that three
commissioners shall reside within the limits of the municipal
board, and two shall reside within the county but not within
the municipality, as it may exist from time to time; and not
more than three of whom shall be members of the same major
political party. Vacancies shall be filled by the circuit
court, upon application of the remaining commissioners, in a
manner that maintains the foregoing geographical and political
party representation.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-3 new)
Sec. 6B-3. Transfer of powers, duties, and materials. Upon
the opening of the office of the expanded board of election
commissioners, the county clerk shall turn over to such board
all registry books, registration record cards, poll books,
tally sheets, ballot boxes, counting and tabulating equipment,
election supplies, and all other books, forms, blanks, and
stationery of every description in his or her hands in any way
relating to elections or the holding of elections in the
county. Thereupon all functions, powers, and duties of the
county clerk or the county board relating to elections are
transferred to the county board of election commissioners.

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(10 ILCS 5/6B-4 new)
Sec. 6B-4. Application of other Articles. The provisions of
Articles 6, 14, and 18 of this Code relating to the boards of
election commissioners in cities, villages, and incorporated
towns shall, insofar as they can be made applicable, apply to
and govern county boards of election commissioners established
under this Article. Section 6-70 of this Code shall apply with
respect to compensation of commissioners under this Article.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-5 new)
Sec. 6B-5. Application of references. Any reference in this
Code to the county clerk or the county board with respect to
the registration of votes, filing of petitions, certification
of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of
election precincts, designation of polling places, or any other
matter pertaining to the conduct of elections, shall, as
applied to any county having a county board of election
commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of
election commissioners.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-6 new)
Sec. 6B-6. Abolition of county board of election
commissioners. Any county which has established a county board
of election commissioners under this Article may subsequently
vote to abandon such board in the same manner as provided in

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Article 6 for cities, villages, and incorporated towns, except
that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the vote of
the electors of the county the proposition to abandon the
county board of election commissioners shall be signed by at
least 10% of the registered voters of the county, and must be
approved by the affirmative vote of the electors residing in
the county, and also, at the same election, by the affirmative
vote of the electors then residing in the municipality
originally maintaining the predecessor municipal board of
election commissioners.
(10 ILCS 5/6B-7 new)
Sec. 6B-7. Payment of expenses of county board of election
commissioners.
(a) Upon the opening of the office of the expanded county
board of election commissioners, its salaries and expenditures
are to be audited by the Chief Circuit Judge in the same manner
as was previously the case for the predecessor municipal board
under Section 6-70 of this Code, and the salaries and
expenditures shall be paid by the county treasurer, upon the
warrant of such Chief Circuit Judge out of any money in the
county treasury not otherwise appropriated.
(b) This amount shall be payable from the tax levied and
collected under Section 56-1024 of the Counties Code. Section
5-1025 of the Counties Code shall cease to apply to any county
in which is located an expanded county board of election

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commissioners under this Article.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2014.