HB4818 Engrossed

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    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
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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 Upper Mississippi River International Port 
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District Act is amended  by changing Section 38 as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 1863/38)

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    Sec. 38. Disconnection.  The registered voters of a county 
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included in the District may petition the local election 
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authority State Board of Elections requesting the submission of 
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the question of whether the county should be disconnected from 
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the District to the electors of the county. The petition shall 
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be circulated in the manner required by Section 28-3 of the 
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Election Code and objections thereto and the manner of their 
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disposition shall be in accordance with Section 28-4 of the 
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Election Code. If a petition is filed with the  local election 
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authority State Board of Elections, signed by not less than 5% 
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of the registered voters of the county or that portion of the 
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county that is within the District, requesting that the 
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question of disconnection be submitted to the electors of the 
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county, the local election authority State Board of Elections 
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must certify the question to the proper election authority, 
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which must submit the question at a regular election held at 
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least 78 days after the petition is filed in accordance with 
 


 






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the Election Code.
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    The question must be submitted in substantially the 
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following form:
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    Shall (name of county) be disconnected from the


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    Upper Mississippi River International Port District?


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The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority of 
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the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, 
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the county or portion of the county that is within the District 
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shall be disconnected from the District.

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(Source: P.A. 96-636, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.