Bill Text: IL HB3094 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act. Provides that in the event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a member of the same leading political party. Defines "leading political party".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-15 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen [HB3094 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3094-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Statewide Elected Official Vacancy Appointment Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Leading political party" means one of the two political | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | parties whose candidates for governor at the most recent three | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | gubernatorial elections received either the highest or second | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | highest average number of votes. The political party whose | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | candidates for governor received the highest average number of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | votes shall be known as the first leading political party and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the political party whose candidates for governor received the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | second highest average number of votes shall be known as the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | second leading political party.
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16 | Section 10. Vacancy in a statewide elective office. In the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | event of a vacancy in a statewide elective office that is | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | filled by the Governor under Section 7 of Article V of the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Illinois Constitution, if the person whose departure from | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | office created the vacancy was a member of a leading political | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | party, then the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | member of the same leading political party.
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