Text of IL HB 3184 (2011)

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3184 Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Mell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/5-10 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/8-17.1 from Ch. 46, par. 8-17.1 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 10 ILCS 5/10-11 from Ch. 46, par. 10-11 10 ILCS 5/22-1 from Ch. 46, par. 22-1 10 ILCS 5/22-7 from Ch. 46, par. 22-7 10 ILCS 5/22-17 from Ch. 46, par. 22-17 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each candidate for election to the General Assembly to file, at the time of filing petitions for nomination, a certificate of having completed within the previous 12-month period an ethics and campaign finance training program designated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. Amends the Election Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB3184LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 AN ACT concerning government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 5amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows: 6 (5 ILCS 430/5-10) 7 Sec. 5-10. Ethics training. 8 (a) Each officer, member, and employee must complete, at 9least annually beginning in 2004, an ethics training program 10conducted by the appropriate State agency. Each ultimate 11jurisdictional authority must implement an ethics training 12program for its officers, members, and employees. These ethics 13training programs shall be overseen by the appropriate Ethics 14Commission and Inspector General appointed pursuant to this Act 15in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. 16 (a-5) Each candidate for election to the General Assembly 17must, at the time of filing petitions for nomination, also file 18a certificate of having completed within the previous 12-month 19period an ethics and campaign finance training program 20designated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support 21Services. 22 (b) Each ultimate jurisdictional authority subject to the 23Executive Ethics Commission shall submit to the Executive HB3184- 2 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1Ethics Commission, at least annually, or more frequently as 2required by that Commission, an annual report that summarizes 3ethics training that was completed during the previous year, 4and lays out the plan for the ethics training programs in the 5coming year. 6 (c) Each Inspector General shall set standards and 7determine the hours and frequency of training necessary for 8each position or category of positions. A person who fills a 9vacancy in an elective or appointed position that requires 10training and a person employed in a position that requires 11training must complete his or her initial ethics training 12within 30 days after commencement of his or her office or 13employment. 14 (d) Upon completion of the ethics training program, each 15officer, member, and employee must certify in writing that the 16person has completed the training program. Each officer, 17member, and employee must provide to his or her ethics officer 18a signed copy of the certification by the deadline for 19completion of the ethics training program. 20 (e) The ethics training provided under this Act by the 21Secretary of State may be expanded to satisfy the requirement 22of Section 4.5 of the Lobbyist Registration Act. 23(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.) 24 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing 25Sections 7-10, 7-12, 7-60, 7-61, 8-8, 8-17.1, 10-5, 10-11, HB3184- 3 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 122-1, 22-7, and 22-17 as follows: 2 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10) 3 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no 4candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or 5township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward 6committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to 7national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the 8primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed 9in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the 10following form: 11 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the 12.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in 13the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois, 14do hereby petition that the following named person or persons 15shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the 16nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the 17office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the 18primary election to be held on (insert date). 19 Name Office Address 20John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 21Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 22Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 23Name.................. Address....................... HB3184- 4 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1State of Illinois) 2 ) ss. 3County of........) 4 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. .... 5street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of 6....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen 7of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet 8were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the 9best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at 10the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... 11party, and that their respective residences are correctly 12stated, as above set forth. 13 ......................... 14 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date). 15 ......................... 16 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of 17candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size 18and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate 19heading giving the information as to name of candidate or 20candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the 21office, the political party represented and place of residence; 22and the heading of each sheet shall be the same. 23 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors 24residing in the political division for which the nomination is 25sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the HB3184- 5 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1signature of each signer, his residence address shall be 2written or printed. The residence address required to be 3written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's 4name shall include the street address or rural route number of 5the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, 6and city, village or town, and state. However the county or 7city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors 8may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors 9signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village 10or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in 11writing the residence address, including street number, if any. 12At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a 13circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or 14older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street 15address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as 16the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying 17that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed 18in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are 19genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that 20sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last 21dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that 22none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 23days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and 24certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief 25the persons so signing were at the time of signing the 26petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a HB3184- 6 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before 2some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State. 3 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days 4preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing 5of such petition. 6 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on 7whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any 8signature from the petition, provided that: 9 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the 10 petition at the place where the signature is struck; and 11 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a 12 certification listing the page number and line number of 13 each signature struck from the petition. Such 14 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition. 15 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened 16together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and 17fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable 18manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. 19The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end 20to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition 21sheets which are filed with the proper local election 22officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections 23shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the 24voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or 25duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part 26thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates HB3184- 7 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This 2statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the 3office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the 4candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which 5the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified 6(in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state 7that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a 8licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he 9has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing 10period) a statement of economic interests as required by the 11Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall state that he or she 12has filed a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training 13if required to do so by the State Officials and Employees 14Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed 15upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to 16by such candidate before some officer authorized to take 17acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in 18substantially the following form: 19Statement of Candidacy 20Name Address Office District Party 21John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 22 Belvidere, 23 Illinois 24State of Illinois) 25 ) ss. HB3184- 8 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1County of .......) 2 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... 3Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ...., 4State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a 5qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a 6candidate for nomination (for election in the case of 7committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the 8office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be 9held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including 10being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility 11requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold 12such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the 13close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic 14interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act 15and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if 16required to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics 17Act, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the 18official primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in 19the case of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) 20such office. 21 Signed ...................... 22 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., 23who is to me personally known, on (insert date). 24 Signed .................... 25(Official Character) 26(Seal, if officer has one.) HB3184- 9 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added 2to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation 3filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election 4authority or local election official with whom the petition is 5required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition. 6Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required 7by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction 8thereof shall be punished accordingly. 9 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must 10obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on 11his or her petition for nomination. 12 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating 13convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or 14as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating 15convention elected from the State at-large, then the 16candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 17but not more than 10,000 signatures. 18 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a 19national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for 20United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or 21alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating 22convention elected from a congressional district, then the 23candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the 24number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary 25electors of his or her party in his or her congressional HB3184- 10 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1district. In the first primary election following a 2redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's 3petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of 4qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party 5in his or her congressional district. 6 (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any 7countywide office, including but not limited to county board 8chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large 9basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's 10petition for nomination must contain at least the number of 11signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or 12her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election 13in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county 14board member elected from a county board district, then the 15candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the 16number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary 17electors of his or her party in the county board district. In 18the first primary election following a redistricting of county 19board districts or the initial establishment of county board 20districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain 21at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the 22qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who 23cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by 24the total number of county board districts comprising the 25county board; provided that in no event shall the number of 26signatures be less than 25. HB3184- 11 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 (d) County office; Cook County only. 2 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office 3 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for 4 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures 5 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party 6 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in 7 Cook County. 8 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board 9 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination 10 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 11 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party 12 in his or her county board district. In the first primary 13 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of 14 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for 15 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures 16 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party 17 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding 18 general election divided by the total number of county 19 board districts comprising the county board; provided that 20 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25. 21 (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board 22 of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district 23 pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property 24 Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must 25 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of 26 the total number of registered voters in his or her board HB3184- 12 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 of review district in the last general election at which a 2 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from 3 that board of review district. In no event shall the number 4 of signatures required be greater than the requisite number 5 for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County 6 under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first 7 primary election following a redistricting of Cook County 8 Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for 9 nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at 10 least the number of signatures required for a countywide 11 candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the 12 qualified electors of his or her party in the district. 13 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to 14run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's 15petition for nomination must contain at least the number of 16signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of 17his or her party in the municipality or township. If a 18candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the 19candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the 20number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary 21electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary 22election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or 23trustee districts of a municipality or the initial 24establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for 25nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at 26least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate HB3184- 13 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1of that political party who received the highest number of 2votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election 3at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from 4the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or 5districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less 6than 25. 7 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to 8run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's 9petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of 10the primary electors of his or her party of his or her 11congressional district. 12 (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run 13for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not 14elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for 15nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal 16to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the 17sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a 18sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, 19then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at 20least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary 21electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary 22district. In the first primary election following 23redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a 24candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the 25signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward 26of that sanitary district. HB3184- 14 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for 2judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition 3for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to 40.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the 5candidate for his or her political party for the office of 6Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was 7elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a 8candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or 9subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must 10contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number 11of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her 12political party who received the highest number of votes at the 13last general election at which a judicial officer from the same 14circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected, 15but in no event less than 500 signatures. 16 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a 17candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the 18candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10 19signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the 20precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, 21then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no 22less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary 23electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% 24of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of 25signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is 26greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township HB3184- 15 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination 2must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5% 3of the primary electors of his or her party of the township, 4but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the 5maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum 6number, whichever is greater. 7 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools 8for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's 9attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more 10than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination 11must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of 12the primary electors of his or her party in the territory 13comprising the counties. 14 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other 15office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must 16contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the 17registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or 18division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures, 19whichever is greater. 20 For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors 21shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the 22applicable district, for the candidate for that political party 23who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the 24last general election in the State at which electors for 25President of the United States were elected. For political 26subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be HB3184- 16 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for 2that political party who received the highest number of votes 3in the political subdivision at the last regular election at 4which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from 5that subdivision. For wards or districts of political 6subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be 7determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for 8that political party who received the highest number of votes 9in the ward or district at the last regular election at which 10an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward 11or district. 12 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign 13petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one 14party. 15 The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of 16the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law, 17except for item (3) of subsection (d). 18 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein 19specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the 20names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for 21the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of 22Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including 23one candidate for each of those offices must be filed. 24(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-916, eff. 8-26-08; 2596-1018, eff. 1-1-11.) HB3184- 17 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12) 2 Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by 3mail or in person as follows: 4 (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, 5 congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a 6 nomination for which is made for a territorial division or 7 district which comprises more than one county or is partly 8 in one county and partly in another county or counties, 9 then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such 10 petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal 11 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 12 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the 13 primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to 14 fill a vacancy by special election in the office of 15 representative in Congress from this State, such petition 16 for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of 17 the State Board of Elections not more than 57 days and not 18 less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary. 19 Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, 20 Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period 21 preceding the 106th day before a general primary election, 22 petitions for nomination for the office in which the 23 vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office 24 of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less 25 than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary 26 election. HB3184- 18 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or 2 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, 3 then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the 4 principal office of the State Board of Elections not more 5 than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of 6 the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or 7 policies of a national political party conflict with such 8 requirements for filing petitions for nomination for 9 delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating 10 convention, the chairman of the State central committee of 11 such national political party shall notify the Board in 12 writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the 13 national political party in conflict, and in such case the 14 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 15 83 and not less than 76 days prior to the date of the 16 primary. 17 (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county 18 office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition 19 shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more 20 than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the 21 primary. 22 (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal 23 or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be 24 filed in the office of the local election official, not 25 more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the 26 primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's HB3184- 19 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the 2 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election 3 commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office 4 of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office 5 of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election 6 authority. 7 (4) The petitions of candidates for State central 8 committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the 9 State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less than 10 106 days prior to the date of the primary. 11 (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or 12 ward committeemen shall be filed in the office of the 13 county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior 14 to the date of the primary. 15 (6) The State Board of Elections and the various 16 election authorities and local election officials with 17 whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify 18 the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt 19 shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each 20 petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting 21 in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as 22 of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such 23 day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal 24 opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail 25 and received after midnight of the first day for filing and 26 in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be HB3184- 20 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the 2 normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All 3 petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in 4 the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are 5 received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or 6 the various election authorities or local election 7 officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break 8 ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a 9 lottery or other fair and impartial method of random 10 selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such 11 lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last 12 day for petition filing and shall be open to the public. 13 Seven days written notice of the time and place of 14 conducting such random selection shall be given by the 15 State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State 16 central committee of each established political party, and 17 by each election authority or local election official, to 18 the County Chairman of each established political party, 19 and to each organization of citizens within the election 20 jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the 21 next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on 22 the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election 23 authority or local election official shall post in a 24 conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the 25 office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The 26 State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations HB3184- 21 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery. 2 All candidates shall be certified in the order in which 3 their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have 4 filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order 5 determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the 6 same office at a later time. 7 (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate 8 election authority or local election official with whom 9 such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the 10 person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of 11 the obligation to file statements of organization, reports 12 of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign 13 contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. 14 Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by 15 paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code. 16 (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not 17 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a 18 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois 19 Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with 20 the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the 21 filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement 22 of economic interests in relation to the same governmental 23 unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on 24 which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination 25 papers of any candidate and the statement of economic 26 interest of that candidate are not required to be filed HB3184- 22 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 with the same officer, the candidate must file with the 2 officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt 3 from the officer with whom the statement of economic 4 interests is filed showing the date on which such statement 5 was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than 6 the last day on which nomination papers may be filed. 7 (8.5) Nomination papers filed under this Section by 8 candidates for the General Assembly are not valid if the 9 candidate named therein is required to file a certificate 10 evidencing completion of the ethics and campaign finance 11 training under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act 12 but fails to do so by the end of the period for the filing 13 of nomination papers. 14 (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or 15 for committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a 16 national nominating convention has been filed may cause his 17 name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him 18 and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take 19 acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or 20 permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or 21 with the appropriate election authority or local election 22 official, not later than the date of certification of 23 candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary 24 ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed 25 on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have 26 been filed for the same person with respect to more than HB3184- 23 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 one political party, his name shall not be certified nor 2 printed on the primary ballot of any party. If petitions 3 for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or 4 more offices which are incompatible so that the same person 5 could not serve in more than one of such offices if 6 elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all 7 but one of such offices within the 5 business days 8 following the last day for petition filing. If he fails to 9 withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices 10 within such time his name shall not be certified, nor 11 printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the 12 purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a 13 political party is not incompatible with any other office. 14 (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other 15 statute, no primary shall be held for an established 16 political party in any township, municipality, or ward 17 thereof, where the nomination of such party for every 18 office to be voted upon by the electors of such township, 19 municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a 20 political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested 21 as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted 22 upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward 23 thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in 24 such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided 25 that the primary ballot shall not include those offices 26 within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for HB3184- 24 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this 2 Article, the nomination of an established political party 3 of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to 4 be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to 5 be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers 6 seeking the nomination of such party for election to such 7 office. 8 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other 9 statute, no primary election shall be held for an 10 established political party for any special primary 11 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the 12 office of representative in the United States Congress 13 where the nomination of such political party for said 14 office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article, 15 the nomination of an established political party of a 16 candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be 17 uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be 18 nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers 19 seeking the nomination of such established party for 20 election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not 21 apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly 22 scheduled election day. 23 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) 24 and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has 25 not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to 26 become a write-in candidate for a political party's HB3184- 25 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 nomination for any office for which the nomination is 2 uncontested files a written statement or notice of that 3 intent with the State Board of Elections or the local 4 election official with whom nomination papers for such 5 office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a 6 primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or 7 notice shall be filed on or before the date established in 8 this Article for certifying candidates for the primary 9 ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name 10 and address of the person intending to become a write-in 11 candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified 12 primary elector of the political party from whom the 13 nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person 14 intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's 15 nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a 16 write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no 17 duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for 18 any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a 19 statement or notice meeting the requirements of this 20 Section is filed in a timely manner. 21 (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed 22 for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of 23 Elections, appropriate election authority or local 24 election official where the petitions are filed shall 25 within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her 26 multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 HB3184- 26 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the 2 State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority 3 or local election official that he or she may cancel prior 4 sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State 5 Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or 6 local election official, the last set of petitions filed 7 shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the 8 State Board of Elections, election authority or local 9 election official. If the candidate fails to notify the 10 State Board of Elections, election authority or local 11 election official then only the first set of petitions 12 filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be 13 void. 14 (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for 15 public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of 16 not less than 6 months. 17(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.) 18 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60) 19 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 days before the date of the 20general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify to 21the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who have 22been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State Board 23of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been nominated 24to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the election 25authority to place upon the official ballot for the general HB3184- 27 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in 2the same order as shown upon the certification, except as 3otherwise provided in this Section. 4 Not less than 68 days before the date of the general 5election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of 6the candidates for county offices who have been nominated as 7shown by the proclamation of the county election authority or 8who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and 9declare that the names of such candidates for the respective 10offices shall be placed upon the official ballot for the 11general election in the same manner and in the same order as 12shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided by 13this Section. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the 14certification on file in his or her office and at the same time 15issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such 16certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county 17there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than 1868 days before the date of the general election, issue to such 19board a copy of the certification that has been filed in the 20county clerk's office, together with a copy of the 21certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State 22Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election 23commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the general 24election in that election jurisdiction the names of all 25candidates that are listed on such certifications, in the same 26manner and in the same order as shown upon such certifications, HB3184- 28 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1except as otherwise provided in this Section. 2 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the 3same political party for multiple offices for any board, the 4name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest 5number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such 6office, as shown by the official election returns of the 7primary, shall be certified first under the name of such 8offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such 9party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number 10of votes received by them respectively at the primary election 11as shown by the official election results. 12 No person who is shown by the final proclamation to have 13been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in 14candidate shall have his or her name certified unless such 15person shall have filed with the certifying office or board 16within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation a 17statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement 18pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a certificate of ethics and 19campaign finance if required to do so by the State Officials 20and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt for the filing of a 21statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of 22government to which he or she has been elected or nominated. 23 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners shall 24determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection 25the order of placement of established political party 26candidates for the general election ballot. Such determination HB3184- 29 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1shall be made within 30 days following the canvass and 2proclamation of the results of the general primary in the 3office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners 4and shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of 5the time and place of conducting such random selection shall be 6given, by each such election authority, to the County Chairman 7of each established political party, and to each organization 8of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was 9entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election, 10to have pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each 11election authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public 12place, at the entrance of the election authority office, notice 13of the time and place of such lottery. However, a board of 14election commissioners may elect to place established 15political party candidates on the general election ballot in 16the same order determined by the county clerk of the county in 17which the city under the jurisdiction of such board is located. 18 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the 19following: 20 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates 21 for the respective offices; 22 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected 23 to an office from the State, political subdivision or 24 district; 25 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than 26 one candidate for an office; HB3184- 30 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled 2 for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in 3 a political subdivision are for different terms. 4 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the 5case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it 6is discovered that the original certification is in error. 7(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.) 8 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61) 9 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the 10provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of 11candidates to be voted for at such special election. 12 In cases where a primary election is required the officer 13or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of 14this Act relating to general elections to call an election, 15shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of 16candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of 17such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the 18maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a 19primary as provided in Section 7-12. 20 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this 21Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to 22certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer, 23must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy 24in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15 25days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days HB3184- 31 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling 2the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to 3the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by 4which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is 5sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing 6such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day 7limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3 day 8limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time 9specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying 10officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies 11shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or 12township political party as specified in subsection (h) of 13Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is 14established only within a municipality or township and the 15managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a 16candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the 17case of a candidate for State Representative in the General 18Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate 19for statewide office, including but not limited to the office 20of United States Senator) of the respective political party for 21the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs. 22 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be 23duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take 24acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the 25following information: 26 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office HB3184- 32 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1vacated; 2 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred; 3 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill 4the vacancy and the date of selection. 5 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be 6accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in 7Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee, a certificate 8of ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by 9the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt 10indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic 11interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act . 12 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to 13objections to certificates of nomination and nomination 14papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall 15apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a 16vacancy in nomination. 17 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before 18the consolidated election or the general election shall not be 19filled. In this event, the certification of the original 20candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the official 21ballot to be voted at the general election. 22 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has 23been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies 24before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or after 25the day of the primary), or declines the nomination; provided 26that nominations may become vacant for other reasons. HB3184- 33 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 If the name of no established political party candidate was 2printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a particular 3office and if no person was nominated as a write-in candidate 4for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be created which 5may be filled in accordance with the requirements of this 6Section. If the name of no established political party 7candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a 8particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in 9candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be 10filled only by a person designated by the appropriate committee 11of the political party and only if that designated person files 12nominating petitions with the number of signatures required for 13an established party candidate for that office within 75 days 14after the day of the general primary. The circulation period 15for those petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee 16designates that person. The person shall file his or her 17nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of 18appointment by the appropriate committee, a certificate of 19ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by 20the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and receipt of 21filing his or her statement of economic interests together. 22These documents shall be filed at the same location as provided 23in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having jurisdiction under 24Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon objections to nominating 25petitions also shall hear and pass upon objections to 26nomination petitions filed by candidates under this paragraph. HB3184- 34 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a 2partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated 3for his or her nomination at such primary election, is 4ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or 5consolidated election as a candidate of another political 6party. 7 A candidate seeking election to an office for which 8candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is 9a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her 10nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the 11ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate 12of another political party. 13 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a 14vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct, 15township, ward, county or congressional district, as the case 16may be, shall through its representative on such central or 17managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot 18voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or congressional 19district, as the case may be, by the primary electors of its 20party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting 21at which such vacancy is to be filled. 22 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and 23"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring 24the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the 25official ballot at an election and directing election 26authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the HB3184- 35 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to 2the local election official, election authority or the State 3Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination 4papers, including certificates of nomination and resolutions 5to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and whose duty it is 6to "certify" candidates. 7(Source: P.A. 96-809, eff. 1-1-10; 96-848, eff. 1-1-10.) 8 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8) 9 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no 10candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary 11ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed 12in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such 13petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by 14Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by the 15candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This 16statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the 17office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the 18candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which 19the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified and 20has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the 21Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and a certificate of ethics 22and campaign finance training if required to do so by the State 23Officials and Employees Ethics Act, shall request that the 24candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall 25be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some officer HB3184- 36 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and 2may be in substantially the following form: 3State of Illinois) 4 ) ss. 5County ..........) 6 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... 7street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... 8State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a 9qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate 10for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the 11primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally 12qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement 13of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental 14Ethics Act and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance 15training if required to do so by the State Officials and 16Employees Ethics Act, and I hereby request that my name be 17printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for 18such office. 19 Signed .................... 20 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., 21who is to me personally known, on (insert date). 22Signed .... (Official Character) 23(Seal if officer has one.) 24 The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating 25that the candidate has filed the statement of economic 26interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must HB3184- 37 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in 2subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code. The certificate of 3ethics and campaign finance training, if required under the 4State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, must be filed with 5the petitions for nomination as provided in subsection (8.5) of 6Section 7-12 of this Code. 7 All petitions for nomination for the office of State 8Senator shall be signed by 1% or 1,000 , whichever is greater, 9of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in 10his legislative district, except that for the first primary 11following a redistricting of legislative districts, such 12petitions shall be signed by at least 1,000 qualified primary 13electors of the candidate's party in his legislative district. 14 All petitions for nomination for the office of 15Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at 16least 1% or 500 , whichever is greater, of the qualified 17primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her 18representative district, except that for the first primary 19following a redistricting of representative districts such 20petitions shall be signed by at least 500 qualified primary 21electors of the candidate's party in his or her representative 22district. 23 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector 24who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State 25Representative or State Senator such elector's residence 26address shall be written or printed. The residence address HB3184- 38 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1required to be written or printed opposite each qualified 2primary elector's name shall include the street address or 3rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well 4as the signer's county and city, village or town. 5 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary 6electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in 7the applicable district, for the candidate for such political 8party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at 9the last general election in the State at which electors for 10President of the United States were elected. 11 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign 12petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one 13party. 14 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition 15circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who 16is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her 17street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as 18well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state; 19and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the 20petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify 21that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that to the 22best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing 23were at the time of signing the petition qualified primary 24voters for which the nomination is sought. 25 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the 26petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on HB3184- 39 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the 2first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) 3certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed 4more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the 5petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 6days preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the 7filing of such petition. 8 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of 9Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed 10by the voters and by the circulator, and not photocopies or 11duplicates of such sheets. 12 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on 13whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any 14signature from the petition, provided that: 15 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the 16 petition at the place where the signature is struck; and 17 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a 18 certification listing the page number and line number of 19 each signature struck from the petition. Such 20 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition. 21(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.) 22 (10 ILCS 5/8-17.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17.1) 23 Sec. 8-17.1. Whenever a vacancy in the office of State 24Senator is to be filled by election pursuant to Article IV, 25Section 2(d) of the Constitution and Section 25-6 of this Code, HB3184- 40 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1nominations shall be made and any vacancy in nomination shall 2be filled pursuant to this Section: 3 (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first 4 date provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers 5 for the primary in the next even-numbered year following 6 the commencement of the term, the nominations for the 7 election for filling such vacancy shall be made as 8 otherwise provided in Article 8. 9 (2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time 10 provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers for 11 the office of State Senator for the primary in the next 12 even-numbered year following commencement of the term of 13 office in which such vacancy occurs, the time for filing 14 nomination papers for such office for the primary shall be 15 not more than 105 days and not less than 99 days prior to 16 the date of the primary election. 17 (3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day 18 provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers for 19 the office of State Senator, a vacancy in nomination shall 20 be deemed to have occurred and the legislative committee of 21 each established political party shall nominate, by 22 resolution, a candidate to fill such vacancy in nomination 23 for the election to such office at such general election. 24 In the proceedings to fill the vacancy in nomination the 25 voting strength of the members of the legislative committee 26 shall be as provided in Section 8-6. The name of the HB3184- 41 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 candidate so nominated shall not appear on the ballot at 2 the general primary election. Such vacancy in nomination 3 shall be filled prior to the date of certification of 4 candidates for the general election. 5 (4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly 6 acknowledged before an officer qualified to take 7 acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, 8 the following information: ; 9 (a) the names of the original nominee and the 10 office vacated; 11 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred; 12 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to 13 fill the vacancy and the date of selection. 14 The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be accompanied 15 by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in Section 7-10, 16 completed by the selected nominee, a certificate of ethics 17 and campaign finance training if required to do so by the 18 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt 19 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of 20 economic interests as required by the Illinois 21 Governmental Ethics Act. 22 The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to 23objections to nomination papers, hearings on objections and 24judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to 25nomination papers and resolutions for filling vacancies in 26nomination filed pursuant to this Section. HB3184- 42 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and 2election provided for in this Section shall be governed by this 3Code. 4(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10; revised 9-16-10.) 5 (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5) 6 Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides 7containing the names of candidates, specify as to each: 8 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or 9candidates shall be nominated. 10 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed 11in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear 12the same name as, nor include the name of any established 13political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition 14does not preclude any established political party from making 15nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so. 16 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or 17candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the 18case of electors for President and Vice-President of the United 19States, the names of candidates for President and 20Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation. 21 Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in 22addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by 23Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of 24candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except 25candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of the HB3184- 43 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of 2such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall 3state that the candidate is qualified for the office specified 4and has filed (or will file before the close of the petition 5filing period) a statement of economic interests as required by 6the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and a certificate of 7ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by 8the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, shall request 9that the candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot 10and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before 11some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in 12this State, and may be in substantially the following form: 13State of Illinois) 14 ) SS. 15County of........) 16 I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at.... 17street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of.... 18State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein; 19that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be 20voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day 21of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such 22office and that I have filed (or will file before the close of 23the petition filing period) a statement of economic interests 24as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and a 25certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required 26to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and I HB3184- 44 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot 2for election to such office. 3 Signed................. 4 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who 5is to me personally known, this.... day of....,...... 6 Signed................. 7 (Official Character) 8(Seal, if officer has one.) 9 In addition, a new political party petition shall have 10attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses 11of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in 12nomination pursuant to Section 10-11. 13 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if 14the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of 15economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental 16Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate 17officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination 18papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in 19relation to the same governmental unit with that officer during 20the same calendar year as the year in which such nomination 21papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate 22and the statement of economic interest of that candidate are 23not required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate 24must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are 25filed a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of 26economic interests is filed showing the date on which such HB3184- 45 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later 2than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed. 3 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if 4the candidate for the General Assembly named therein fails to 5file a certificate evidencing completion of the ethics and 6campaign finance training with the appropriate officer by the 7end of the period for the filing of nomination papers, if 8required to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics 9Act. 10(Source: P.A. 84-551.) 11 (10 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11) 12 Sec. 10-11. Any vacancy in the nomination of a new 13political party candidate occurring prior to the date of 14certification of candidates for the ballot by the certifying 15board or officer must be filled prior to the date of 16certification. The resolution to fill such vacancy shall be 17sent by U.S. mail or personal delivery to the certifying 18officer or board within 3 days of the action by which the 19vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is sent by 20mail and the U.S. postmark on the envelope containing such 21resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day 22limit, the notice or resolution shall be deemed filed within 23such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit the notice or 24resolution within the time specified in this Section shall 25authorize the certifying officer or board to certify the HB3184- 46 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the new 2political party officers. 3 Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification 4but prior to 15 days before a regular election shall be filled 5by the new political party officers within 8 days after the 6event creating the vacancy in the manner heretofore prescribed. 7 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be 8duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take 9acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the 10following information: 11 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office 12vacated; 13 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred; 14 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill 15the vacancy and the date of selection. 16 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be 17accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in 18Section 10-5, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt 19indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic 20interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act 21and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if 22required to so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. 23 The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to 24objections to certificates of nomination and nomination 25papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall 26apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a HB3184- 47 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1vacancy in nomination. 2 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before 3a regular election shall not be filled. In this event the 4certification of the original candidate shall stand and his 5name shall appear on the official ballot to be voted at the 6election. 7 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has 8been nominated under the provisions of Section 10-2 dies before 9the election, or declines the nomination; provided that 10nomination may become vacant for other reasons. 11 However, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to 12any vacancy in nomination for a municipal office for which the 13Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, provides a 14different method for filling such vacancy, and the applicable 15provision of the Municipal Code shall govern in such cases. 16 Any vacancy in a nomination by caucus of an established 17political party for a township or municipal office shall be 18filled in accordance with Section 7-61 of this Code. 19 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and 20"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring 21the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the 22official ballot at an election and directing election 23authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the 24official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to 25the local election official, election authority or the State 26Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination HB3184- 48 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1papers, certificates of nomination papers and resolutions to 2fill vacancies in nomination are filed and whose duty it is to 3"certify" candidates. 4(Source: P.A. 84-757.) 5 (10 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1) 6 Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the 7close of the election at which candidates for offices 8hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the election 9authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns 10and make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of 11the following: 12 A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor; 13 B. For State officers; 14 C. For presidential electors; 15 D. For United States Senators and Representatives to 16 Congress; 17 E. For judges of the Supreme Court; 18 F. For judges of the Appellate Court; 19 G. For judges of the circuit court; 20 H. For Senators and Representatives to the General 21 Assembly; 22 I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more 23 counties; 24 J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other 25 propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; HB3184- 49 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 K. For county officers and for propositions submitted 2 to the electors of the county only; 3 L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools; 4 M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and 5 N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees. 6 Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward. 7 Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared 8and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the 9county central committee of each of the then existing 10established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or 11his duly authorized representative immediately after the 12completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals 13have been compiled. 14 The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the election 15authority in its office. 16 Whenever any county clerk is unable to canvass the vote, 17the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall 18serve in his or her place. 19 The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing 20the votes are limited to those specified in this Section. 21 No person who is shown by the election authority's 22proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election 23or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office 24unless that person has first filed with the certifying office 25or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or 26Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a HB3184- 50 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required 2to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a 3receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in 4relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been 5elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the 6certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the 7receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue 8the certification of election under the provisions of Section 922-18. 10(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 1195-331, eff. 8-21-07.) 12 (10 ILCS 5/22-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7) 13 Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation 14of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within 1531 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns are 16received, to canvass the votes given for United States Senators 17and Representatives to Congress, State executive officers, 18judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate Court, 19judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the 20General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional 21Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties, 22respectively, and the persons having the highest number of 23votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly 24elected, but if it appears that more than the number of persons 25to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for HB3184- 51 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which 2of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly 3elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or 4commission, as the case may require, and shall cause 5proclamation to be made of the result of the canvass, and they 6shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote 7cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other 8propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and 9the Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the 10result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The 11State Board of Elections shall transmit to the State 12Comptroller a list of the persons elected to the various 13offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to 14the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in 15adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win 16retention in office. 17 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's 18proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election 19or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office 20unless that person has first filed with the certifying office 21or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or 22Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a 23certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required 24to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a 25receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in 26relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been HB3184- 52 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the 2certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the 3receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue 4the certification of election under the provisions of Section 522-18. 6(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.) 7 (10 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17) 8 Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 9canvass of votes cast at the consolidated election shall be 10conducted by the election authority within 21 days after the 11close of such elections. 12 (b) The board of election commissioners as provided in 13Section 22-8 shall canvass the votes cast at the consolidated 14election for offices of any political subdivision entirely 15within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election 16commissioners. 17 (c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions 18submitted to the voters of any political subdivision, or any 19precinct or combination of precincts within a political 20subdivision, at any regular election or at any emergency 21referendum election, including votes cast by voters outside of 22the political subdivision where the question is for annexation 23thereto, shall be canvassed by the same election authority as 24for the canvass of votes of the officers of such political 25subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout a county HB3184- 53 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1and referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are elected 2at general elections shall be canvassed by the county clerk. 3The votes cast on a public question for the formation of a 4political subdivision shall be canvassed by the relevant 5election authority and filed with the circuit court that 6ordered the question submitted. 7 (c-5) No person who is shown by the election authority's 8proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election 9or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office 10unless that person has first filed with the certifying office 11or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or 12Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a 13certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required 14to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a 15receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in 16relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been 17elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the 18certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the 19receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue 20the certification of election under the provisions of Section 2122-18. 22 (d) The canvass of votes for offices of political 23subdivisions cast at special elections to fill vacancies held 24on the day of any regular election shall be conducted by the 25election authority which is responsible for canvassing the 26votes at the regularly scheduled election for such office. HB3184- 54 -LRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b 1 (e) Abstracts of votes prepared pursuant to canvasses under 2this Section shall report returns by precinct or ward. 3(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 495-331, eff. 8-21-07.) 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 6becoming law.

Public Act 097-0004 HB3184 EnrolledLRB097 06424 JDS 46506 b AN ACT concerning government. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Sections 5.707 and 6z-72 as follows: (30 ILCS 105/5.707) Sec. 5.707. The Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. (Source: P.A. 95-711, eff. 6-1-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.) (30 ILCS 105/6z-72) Sec. 6z-72. Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. The Married Families Domestic Violence Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation and subject to approval by the Attorney General, the moneys in the Fund shall be paid as grants to public or private nonprofit agencies solely for the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to married or formerly married victims of domestic violence related to order of protection proceedings, dissolution of marriage proceedings, declaration of invalidity of marriage proceedings, legal separation proceedings, child custody proceedings, visitation proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies for domestic violence. The Attorney General shall adopt rules concerning application for and disbursement of the moneys in the Fund. (Source: P.A. 95-711, eff. 6-1-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.) Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing Sections 4-4001 and 4-12003 as follows: (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001) Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first and second class, except when increased by county ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be: For each official copy of any process, file, record or other instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each 100 words, and $1 additional for certifying and sealing the same. For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1, except that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of economic interest pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code. For issuance of fireworks permits, $2. For issuance of liquor licenses, $5. For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of each public official, $3. For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any process, file, record or other instrument of and pertaining to his office, $1. For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1. For issuing each license in all matters except where the fee for the issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4. For issuing each civil union or marriage license, the certificate thereof, and for recording the same, including the recording of the parent's or guardian's consent where indicated, a fee to be determined by the county board of the county, not to exceed $75, which shall be the same, whether for a civil union or marriage license $20. $5 from all civil union and marriage license fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any instrument, except where herein otherwise provided for, $1. For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission, the fee for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1. For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing certificates of redemption, $3. For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of forfeited tax, $2. For trying and sealing weights and measures by county standard, together with all actual expenses in connection therewith, $1. For services in case of estrays, $2. The following fees shall be allowed for services attending the sale of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs against the delinquent property and be collected with the taxes thereon: For services in attending the tax sale and issuing certificate of sale and sealing the same, for each tract or town lot sold, $4. For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to be filed with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold, 10¢. The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum fees that may be collected from any officer, agency, department or other instrumentality of the State. The county board may, however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed by this Section and also the notary public recordation fees allowed by Section 2-106 of the Illinois Notary Public Act and the indexing and filing of assumed name certificate fees allowed by Section 3 of the Assumed Business Name Act and collect such increased fees from all persons and entities other than officers, agencies, departments and other instrumentalities of the State if the increase is justified by an acceptable cost study showing that the fees allowed by these Sections this Section are not sufficient to cover the cost of providing the service. A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program and activity shall be prepared by the county board. All supporting documents shall be public record and subject to public examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as defined in the United States Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87, may be included in the determination of the costs of each service, program and activity. The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the payment of all fees for services in advance so far as the same can be ascertained. The county board of any county of the first or second class may by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records as defined in Section 1 of the Vital Records Act, for the purpose of developing, maintaining, and improving technology in the office of the County Clerk. The county board of any county of the first or second class may by ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a special fund for deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in the special fund shall be used solely to provide the equipment, material and necessary expenses incurred to help defray the cost of implementing and maintaining such document storage system. (Source: P.A. 95-711, eff. 6-1-08; 95-837, eff. 1-1-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.) (55 ILCS 5/4-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003) Sec. 4-12003. Fees of county clerk in third class counties. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the third class are: For issuing each civil union or marriage license, sealing, filing and recording the same and the certificate thereto (one charge), a fee to be determined by the county board of the county, not to exceed $75, which shall be the same, whether for a civil union or marriage license $35. $5 from all civil union and marriage license fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. For taking, certifying to and sealing the acknowledgment of a deed, power of attorney, or other writing, $1. For filing and entering certificates in case of estrays, and furnishing notices for publication thereof (one charge), $1.50. For recording all papers and documents required by law to be recorded in the office of the county clerk, $2 plus 30¢ for every 100 words in excess of 600 words. For certificate and seal, not in a case in a court whereof he is clerk, $1. For making and certifying a copy of any record or paper in his office, $2 for every page. For filing papers in his office, 50¢ for each paper filed, except that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of economic interest pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code. For making transcript of taxable property for the assessors, 8¢ for each tract of land or town lot. For extending other than State and county taxes, 8¢ for each tax on each tract or lot, and 8¢ for each person's personal tax, to be paid by the authority for whose benefit the transcript is made and the taxes extended. The county clerk shall certify to the county collector the amount due from each authority for such services and the collector in his settlement with such authority shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by him to such authority. For adding and bringing forward with current tax warrants amounts due for forfeited or withdrawn special assessments, 8¢ for each lot or tract of land described and transcribed. For computing and extending each assessment or installment thereof and interest, 8¢ on each description; and for computing and extending each penalty, 8¢ on each description. These fees shall be paid by the city, village, or taxing body for whose benefit the transcript is made and the assessment and penalties are extended. The county clerk shall certify to the county collector the amount due from each city, village or taxing body, for such services, and the collector in his settlement with such taxing body shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by him to such city, village or other taxing body. For cancelling certificates of sale, $4 for each tract or lot. For making search and report of general taxes and special assessments for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of redemption from sales or forfeitures or withdrawals or for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of purchase of forfeited property, or for use in preparation of order on the county collector for searches requested by buyers at annual tax sale, for each lot or tract, $4 for the first year searched, and $2 for each additional year or fraction thereof. For preparing from tax search report estimate of cost of redemption concerning property sold, forfeited or withdrawn for non-payment of general taxes and special assessments, if any, $1 for each lot or tract. For certificate of deposit for redemption, $4. For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order to county collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of general taxes, $3 for each lot or tract. For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order to county collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of special assessments, $4 for each lot or tract. For issuing certificate of sale of forfeited property, $10. For noting on collector's warrants tax sales subject to redemption, 20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to be paid by either the person making the redemption from tax sale, the person surrendering the certificate of sale for cancellation, or the person taking out tax deed. For noting on collector's warrant special assessments withdrawn from collection 20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to be charged against the lot assessed in the withdrawn special assessment when brought forward with current tax or when redeemed by the county clerk. The county clerk shall certify to the county collector the amount due from each city, village or taxing body for such fees, each year, and the county collector in his settlement with such taxing body shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by him to such taxing body. For taking and approving official bond of a town assessor, filing and recording same, and issuing certificate of election or qualification to such official or to the Secretary of State, $10, to be paid by the officer-elect. For certified copies of plats, 20¢ for each lot shown in copy, but no charge less than $4. For tax search and issuing Statement regarding same on new plats to be recorded, $10. For furnishing written description in conformity with permanent real estate index number, $2 for each written description. The following fees shall be allowed for services in matters of taxes and assessments, and shall be charged as costs against the delinquent property, and collected with the taxes thereon: For entering judgment, 8¢ for each tract or lot. For services in attending the tax sale and issuing certificates of sale and sealing the same, $10 for each tract or lot. For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to be filed with the State Comptroller, 10¢ for each tract or lot sold. The following fees shall be audited and allowed by the board of county commissioners and paid from the county treasury. For computing State or county taxes, on each description of real estate and each person's, firm's or corporation's personal property tax, for each extension of each tax, 4¢, which shall include the transcribing of the collector's books. For computing, extending and bringing forward, and adding to the current tax, the amount due for general taxes on lands and lots previously forfeited to the State, for each extension of each tax, 4¢ for the first year, and for computing and extending the tax and penalty for each additional year, 6¢. For making duplicate or triplicate sets of books, containing transcripts of taxable property, for the board of assessors and board of review, 3¢ for each description entered in each book. For filing, indexing and recording or binding each birth, death or stillbirth certificate or report, 15¢, which fee shall be in full for all services in connection therewith, including the keeping of accounts with district registrars. For posting new subdivisions or plats in official atlases, 25¢ for each lot. For compiling new sheets for atlases, 20¢ for each lot. For compiling new atlases, including necessary record searches, 25¢ for each lot. For investigating and reporting on each new plat, referred to county clerk, $2. For attending sessions of the board of county commissioners thereof, $5 per day, for each clerk in attendance. For recording proceedings of the board of county commissioners, 15¢ per 100 words. For filing papers which must be kept in office of comptroller of Cook County, 10¢ for each paper filed. For filing and indexing contracts, bonds, communications, and other such papers which must be kept in office of comptroller of Cook County, 15¢ for each document. For swearing any person to necessary affidavits relating to the correctness of claims against the county, 25¢. For issuing warrants in payment of salaries, supplies and other accounts, and all necessary auditing and bookkeeping work in connection therewith, 10¢ each. The fee requirements of this Section do not apply to units of local government or school districts. (Source: P.A. 95-711, eff. 6-1-08.) Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.