94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3686


 
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














110 ILCS 805/3-7.10
  from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10







    Amends the Public Community College Act. Make a technical change in a Section concerning nominating board of trustee members.
















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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 3-7.10 as follows:
 



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    (110 ILCS 805/3-7.10)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10)



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    Sec. 3-7.10. Nominations for members of the
the board shall 
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be made by a petition
signed by at least 50 voters or 10% of the 
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voters, whichever is less, residing
within the district and 
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shall be filed with the secretary of the board.
In addition to 
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the requirements of the general election law, the form
of such 
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petitions shall be substantially as follows:

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NOMINATING PETITIONS


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    To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Community 
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College District No.
....:

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    We the undersigned, being (....  or more) (or 10% or more) 
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of the voters
residing within said district, hereby petition 
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that .... who
resides at .... in the (city or village) of .... 
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in Township .... (or
who resides outside any city, village or 
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incorporated town and in Township
....) in said district shall 
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be a candidate for the office of .... of the
Board of Trustees 
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(full term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election
to be 
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held on (insert date).

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Name:                         Address:

 

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    Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid 
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unless the candidate
named therein files with the secretary of 
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the board a receipt from the county
clerk showing that the 
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candidate has filed a statement of economic interests
as 
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required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.  Such receipt 
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shall
be so filed either previously during the calendar year in 
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which his nomination
papers were filed or within the period for 
 


 






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the filing of nomination papers
in accordance with the general 
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election law.

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    The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate, or 
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the appropriate
committee, for whom a petition for nomination 
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has been filed of their
obligations under the Campaign 
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Financing Act, as required by the general
election law.  Such 
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notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the State
Board 
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of Elections and in accordance with the requirements of the 
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general
election law.

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    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of 
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trustees shall
be filed with the secretary of the board within 
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the time provided for
by the general election law.  Said 
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secretary shall make certification to
the proper election 
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authority in accordance with the requirements of the
general 
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election law.  If the secretary is an incumbent board member 
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seeking
reelection, a disinterested person must be a witness to 
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the filing of his
petition.  It is the duty of the secretary to 
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provide candidates with petition
forms and statements of 
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candidacy.

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    The secretary shall within 7 days of filing or on the
last 
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day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the 
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petitioner
in writing his acceptance of the petition.

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    In all newly organized districts the petition for the 
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nomination of
candidates for members of the board at the first 
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election shall be addressed
to and filed with the regional 
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superintendent in the manner specified for the
petitions for 
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candidates of a community college board.  For such election the

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regional superintendent shall fulfill all duties otherwise 
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assigned to the
secretary of the board.

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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)