Bill Text: IL HB5223 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any county in which there is a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish that municipal board of election commissioners as a county board of election commissioners if approved by a referendum of the electors of the county. Provides that any county with a population of less than 300,000 persons (rather than less than 200,000 but more than 175,000 persons) as of the 2020 (rather than 2010) federal decennial census in which a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners is located may establish a county board of election commissioners by vote of the electors of the county. Provides that a county board of election commissioners may not be dissolved unless the dissolution is approved by a referendum of the electors of the county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5223 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5223-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5223 Introduced , by Rep. Sharon Chung SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/6A-1 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1
10 ILCS 5/6A-1.5 new
10 ILCS 5/6A-7 from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any county in which there is a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish that municipal board of election commissioners as a county board of election commissioners if approved by a referendum of the electors of the county. Provides that any county with a population of less than 300,000 persons (rather than less than 200,000 but more than 175,000 persons) as of the 2020 (rather than 2010) federal decennial census in which a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners is located may establish a county board of election commissioners by vote of the electors of the county. Provides that a county board of election commissioners may not be dissolved unless the dissolution is approved by a referendum of the electors of the county.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 6A-1 and 6A-7 and by adding Section 6A-1.5 as
follows:
(10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
Sec. 6A-1. County board of election commissioners.
(a) Any county in which there is no city, village or
incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may
establish a county board of election commissioners either (1)
by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of the electors
of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section
6A-2.
The fact that some territory in a county is within the
corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town with
a board of election commissioners does not prevent that county
from establishing a county board of election commissioners in
accordance with this Article if no portion of such city,
village or incorporated town was within the county at the time
of the establishment of the board of election commissioners
for such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant

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to this Article, the county board of election commissioners
shall, with respect to the territory in the county within the
corporate limits of the city, village or incorporated town,
supersede the board of election commissioners of that city,
village or incorporated town.
(b) Any county with a population of more than 700,000
persons as of the 2010 federal decennial census that borders
another state and borders no more than 2 other Illinois
counties, shall be subject to a county board of election
commissioners beginning 90 days after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(c) Any county with a population of less than 300,000
200,000 but more than 175,000 persons as of the 2020 2010
federal decennial census in which a city, village, or
incorporated town with a board of election commissioners is
located may establish a county board of election commissioners
by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with
subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If such a county establishes a
county board of election commissioners, the county board of
election commissioners, with respect to the territory in the
county within the corporate limits of the city, village, or
incorporated town, shall supersede the board of election
commissioners of that city, village, or incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A-1.5 new)

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Sec. 6A-1.5. Expansion of a municipal board of election
commissioners. Any county in which there is a city, village,
or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners
may establish that municipal board of election commissioners
as a county board of election commissioners. The municipal
board of election commissioners may not be established as a
county board of election commissioners until the question of
establishing the county board of election commissioners has
been submitted to the electors of the county in which the
municipality is located at a regular election and approved by
a majority of the electors voting on the question. The
election authority shall submit the question in substantially
the following form:
Shall the (name of municipality) board of election
commissioners be established as the (name of county) board
of election commissioners?
The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
"No".
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
in the affirmative, the municipal board of election
commissioners shall be established as the board of election
commissioners for the county in which the municipality is
located.
(10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)
Sec. 6A-7. Dissolution.

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