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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0327 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/3-4 | from Ch. 46, par. 3-4 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a patient of any hospital or mental institution in this State who has resided at such hospital or mental institution for at least 180 days shall be deemed a resident and legal voter in the town, city, village, or election district or precinct in which such hospital or mental institution is situated. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0327 | | LRB099 03957 MGM 23974 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 3-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-4.
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| 8 | | (a) No patient who has resided for less than 180 days in of |
| 9 | | any hospital or mental institution in this State, shall by
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| 10 | | virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution be |
| 11 | | deemed a
resident or legal voter in the town, city, village or |
| 12 | | election district or
precinct in which such hospital or mental |
| 13 | | institution may be situated; but
every such person shall be |
| 14 | | deemed a resident of the town, city, village or
election |
| 15 | | district or precinct in which he resided next prior to becoming |
| 16 | | a
patient of such hospital or mental institution. However, the |
| 17 | | term "hospital"
does not include skilled nursing facilities.
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| 18 | | (b) A patient of any hospital or mental institution in this |
| 19 | | State who has resided at such hospital or mental institution |
| 20 | | for at least 180 days shall be deemed a resident and legal |
| 21 | | voter in the town, city, village, or election district or |
| 22 | | precinct in which such hospital or mental institution is |
| 23 | | situated. |