Rep. Joe Sosnowski
Filed: 4/12/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1969 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1969 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 1-8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1-8)
7    Sec. 1-8. Canvassing boards abolished.  Notwithstanding
any 
8other provision of this Code, local canvassing boards are

9abolished. In this Code or any other law  a  reference  to  a
local  
10or  county canvassing board means (i) for elections in
which  the  
11political  subdivision  that   is   choosing
candidates   or  
12submitting  a  public  question  is  located
entirely  within  the  
13jurisdiction  of  a  single   election
authority,  that election 
14authority and (ii) for elections for offices and public 
15questions not listed in Section 22-1 of this Code in
which the 
16political subdivision that is  choosing  candidates
or  
 
 
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1submitting  a  public  question  is  located  within  the
jurisdiction 
2of  2  or  more  election authorities, the election
authority 
3having jurisdiction over the location at which  the
political 
4subdivision has its principal office; however if a political 
5subdivision that is choosing candidates or submitting a public 
6question is located within the jurisdiction of 2 or more 
7election authorities and has its principal office located in 
8the territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election 
9commissioners, then the city board of election commissioners 
10shall not have jurisdiction.  In that case, the election  
11authority in which a majority of the territory of the city 
12board of election commissioners is located shall have 
13jurisdiction.

14(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)".