Bill Text: IL SB3253 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3253 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3253-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 1.05 as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 3615/1.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.05)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.05. Referendum on Establishment. A special | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | referendum election shall be held at which there shall be
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| 9 | submitted to the
the electors in the metropolitan region the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | proposition to
approve creation of the Authority, which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | proposition shall be in
substantially the following form: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Shall a Regional Transportation Authority be created for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Cook,
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois?
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| 14 | The special referendum election shall be conducted by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | County
Clerks and Boards of Election Commissioners in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | metropolitan region
pursuant to the provisions of "The Election | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Code", approved May 11,
1943, as amended, except as is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | specifically provided otherwise in this
Section. The special | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | referendum election shall be held at the same time
and with the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | same judges, polling places and precincts as for the
regular | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | primary elections to be held on March 19, 1974, in the
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| 22 | metropolitan region.
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| 23 | The proposition shall be submitted to the electors on a | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | separate
paper ballot to be printed on blue paper. The State | ||||||
| 2 | Board of Elections
shall prepare and certify the form of ballot | ||||||
| 3 | to the County Clerks and
Boards of Election Commissioners in | ||||||
| 4 | the metropolitan region.
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| 5 | Notice of the referendum election shall be given by the | ||||||
| 6 | State Board
of Elections. In addition, such notice may be given | ||||||
| 7 | by the County Clerks
and Boards of Election Commissioners. Each | ||||||
| 8 | notice of the special
election shall set forth the proposition | ||||||
| 9 | to be voted upon, the date of
the election and the time the | ||||||
| 10 | polling places will be open and shall
state that the polling | ||||||
| 11 | places and precincts for such election shall be
the same as for | ||||||
| 12 | the primary elections held on such date. The notice
given by | ||||||
| 13 | the State Board of Elections shall be published in one or more
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| 14 | daily newspapers of general circulation in the metropolitan | ||||||
| 15 | region at
least once not less than 20 days prior to the | ||||||
| 16 | election. Notice of the
special referendum election need not | ||||||
| 17 | set forth the precincts or polling
places in detail. Notices | ||||||
| 18 | given by County Clerks or Boards of Election
Commissioners | ||||||
| 19 | shall be in the form prescribed by the State Board of
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| 20 | Elections.
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| 21 | The votes shall be canvassed and returned in the manner | ||||||
| 22 | provided for
public measures submitted to the electors of the | ||||||
| 23 | entire State, including
the provisions for tally sheets, | ||||||
| 24 | certificates of results, canvassing and
abstracts of votes. | ||||||
| 25 | Only those ballots properly marked yes or no shall
be counted | ||||||
| 26 | in the referendum. Each municipal Board of Election
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| 1 | Commissioners shall make its return to the County Clerk of the | ||||||
| 2 | County in
which it is located; the County Clerks and any County | ||||||
| 3 | Board of Election
Commissioners shall each make returns | ||||||
| 4 | covering their entire county to
the State Board of Elections. | ||||||
| 5 | Each County Clerk and Board of Election
Commissioners shall | ||||||
| 6 | prepare and certify an abstract of votes cast on the
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| 7 | proposition in the precincts within its election jurisdiction. | ||||||
| 8 | The
County Clerks and any county Board of Election | ||||||
| 9 | Commissioners shall
transmit the certified abstracts to the | ||||||
| 10 | State Board of Elections with
its return within 10 days of the | ||||||
| 11 | referendum. To meet this deadline, the
County Clerks and Boards | ||||||
| 12 | of Election Commissioners shall canvass the
votes cast in the | ||||||
| 13 | special referendum election prior to canvassing the
votes cast | ||||||
| 14 | for any office in the regular primary election, and may
certify | ||||||
| 15 | the results of and make returns on the special referendum
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| 16 | election prior to completing those procedures for the regular | ||||||
| 17 | primary
elections.
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| 18 | The State Board of Elections shall proclaim and certify the | ||||||
| 19 | results
of the referendum election. If a majority of those | ||||||
| 20 | electors properly
marking ballots on the proposition vote in | ||||||
| 21 | favor of the creation of the
Authority, such Authority shall | ||||||
| 22 | thereby be established.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
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