SB1637 EngrossedEnrolled SRS094 00007 JEJ 30007 b AN ACT concerning elections.
However, no petition, SB1637 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - SRS094 00007 JEJ 30007 b resolution or ordinance initiating the submission of a public question, other than a legislative resolution initiating an amendment to the Constitution, may specify such submission at an election more than one year after the date on which it is filed or adopted, as the case may be.
The legal sufficiency of that form, if provided by the secretary or clerk of the political SB1637 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - SRS094 00007 JEJ 30007 b subdivision, cannot be the basis of a challenge to placing the back door referendum on the ballot.
SB1637 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - SRS094 00007 JEJ 30007 b Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection (g) or any other provisions of this Code, the publication of notice and affidavit requirements of this subsection (g) shall not apply to any petition filed under Article 7, 7A, 11A, 11B, or 11D of the School Code nor to any referendum held pursuant to any such petition, and neither any petition filed under any of those Articles nor any referendum held pursuant to any such petition shall be rendered null and void because of the failure to file an affidavit or publish a notice with respect to the petition or referendum as required under this subsection (g) for petitions that are not filed under any of those Articles of the School Code.