HB 3602 — UTILITIES-ICC ELECTION

7-10) Sec.

7-10.

Form of petition for nomination.

The name of no candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the HB3602 - 8 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b following form:

We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the ....

party and qualified primary electors of the ....

party, in the ....

of ...., in the county of ....

and State of Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....

party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert date).

Name Office Address John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.

Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.

Name..................

Address.......................

State of Illinois)                  ) ss.

County of........) I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No.

....

street, in the ....

of ...., county of ...., and State of ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....

party, and that their respective residences are correctly HB3602 - 9 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b stated, as above set forth.

.........................

Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

.........................

6 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of candidacy and candidate’s statement shall be of uniform size and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate heading giving the information as to name of candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed;

the office, the political party represented and place of residence;

and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.

Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors residing in the political division for which the nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address shall be written or printed.

The residence address required to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector’s name shall include the street address or rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer’s county, and city, village or town, and state.

However the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village or town, and state.

Standard abbreviations may be used in HB3602 - 10 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b writing the residence address, including street number, if any.

At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city, village or town, and state;

and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine;

and either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a nomination is sought.

Such statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.

No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.

The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any signature from the petition, provided that:

(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the petition at the place where the signature is struck;

and HB3602 - 11 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a certification listing the page number and line number of each signature struck from the petition.

Such certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.

Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.

The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll.

All petition sheets which are filed with the proper local election officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.

Each petition must include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed.

This statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified (in the case of a candidate for State’s Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as required by the HB3602 - 12 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate’s name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:

Statement of Candidacy Name Address Office District Party John Jones 102 Main St.

Governor Statewide Republican Belvidere, Illinois State of Illinois)                  ) ss.

County of .......) I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....

Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ...., State of Illinois;

that I am a qualified voter therein and am a qualified primary voter of the ....

party;

that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the office of ....

to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date);

that I am legally qualified (including being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic HB3602 - 13 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.

Signed ......................

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., who is to me personally known, on (insert date).

Signed ....................

(Official Character) (Seal, if officer has one.) The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election official with whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.

Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.

A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on his or her petition for nomination.

(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating convention.

If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating HB3602 - 14 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b convention elected from the State at-large, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than 10,000 signatures.

(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a national nominating convention.

If a candidate seeks to run for United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating convention elected from a congressional district, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party in his or her congressional district.

In the first primary election following a redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary electors of the candidate’s political party in his or her congressional district.

(c) County office.

If a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office, including but not limited to county board chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her county.

If a candidate seeks to run for county board member elected from a county board district, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the HB3602 - 15 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party in the county board district.

In the first primary election following a redistricting of county board districts or the initial establishment of county board districts, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by the total number of county board districts comprising the county board;

provided that in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.

(d) County office;

Cook County only.

(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office in Cook County, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election in Cook County.

(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board Commissioner, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party in his or her county board district.

In the first primary election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of Commissioners districts, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures HB3602 - 16 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by the total number of county board districts comprising the county board;

provided that in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.

(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the total number of registered voters in his or her board of review district in the last general election at which a commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from that board of review district.

In no event shall the number of signatures required be greater than the requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this Section.

In the first primary election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures required for a countywide candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her party in the district.

(e) Municipal or township office.

If a candidate seeks to run for municipal or township office, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of HB3602 - 17 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party in the municipality or township.

If a candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party of the ward.

In the first primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or trustee districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of wards or districts, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political party who received the highest number of votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts.

In no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.

(f) State central committeeperson.

If a candidate seeks to run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her congressional district.

(g) Sanitary district trustee.

If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from wards, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal HB3602 - 18 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary district.

If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district.

In the first primary election following redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary district.

(h) Judicial office.

If a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a district, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her political party for the office of Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures.

If a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her political party who received the highest number of votes at the last general election at which a judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures.

HB3602 - 19 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson.

If a candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the precinct.

If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those same electors;

provided that the maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.

If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than 8% of those same electors;

provided that the maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.

(j) State’s attorney or regional superintendent of schools for multiple counties.

If a candidate seeks to run for State’s attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more than one county, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party in the territory comprising the counties.

(k) If for a candidate for member of the Illinois Commerce Commission, by at least 0.5% of the primary electors of his or HB3602 - 20 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b her party in the district in which the person is a candidate for nomination.

(l) (k) Any other office.

If a candidate seeks any other office, then the candidate’s petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures, whichever is greater.

For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the applicable district, for the candidate for that political party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the last general election in the State at which electors for President of the United States were elected.

For political subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for that political party who received the highest number of votes in the political subdivision at the last regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that subdivision.

For wards or districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for that political party who received the highest number of votes in the ward or district at the last regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward or district.

HB3602 - 21 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one party.

The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection (d).

Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for the same or different offices.

(Source:

P.A.

93-574, eff.

8-21-03;

94-645, eff.

8-22-05.) (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch.

46, par.

(1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional, Illinois Commerce Commission, or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is made for a territorial division or district which comprises more than one HB3602 Engrossed - 8 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b county or is partly in one county and partly in another county or counties, then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy HB3602 - 22 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b by special election in the office of representative in Congress from this State, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 57 days and not less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary.

provided, however, that if the rules or policies of a national political party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national HB3602 Engrossed - 9 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b nominating convention, the chairman of the State central committee of such national political party shall notify the Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the national political party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary.

HB3602 - 23 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.

(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or ward committeemen shall be filed in the office of the county clerk HB3602 Engrossed - 10 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b not more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.

(6) The State Board of Elections and the various election authorities and local election officials with whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse HB3602 - 24 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed.

Seven days written notice of the time and place of conducting such random selection shall be given by the HB3602 Engrossed - 11 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State central committee of each established political party, and by each election authority or local election official, to the County Chairman of each established political party, and to each organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding HB3602 - 25 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.

HB3602 Engrossed - 12 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in HB3602 - 26 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b relation to the same governmental unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on which such nomination papers were filed.

No names so HB3602 Engrossed - 13 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot.

If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the HB3602 - 27 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5 business days following the last day for petition filing.

provided HB3602 Engrossed - 14 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b that the primary ballot shall not include those offices within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested.

For purposes of this Article, the nomination of an established political party of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to HB3602 - 28 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the nomination of such party for election to such office.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has HB3602 Engrossed - 15 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party’s nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested files a written statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local election official with whom nomination papers for such HB3602 - 29 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held for that office.

(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days HB3602 Engrossed - 16 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions.

If the candidate notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or HB3602 - 30 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election official.

The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for State offices, nominations of candidates for congressional, legislative and HB3602 Engrossed - 17 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b judicial offices of districts, subcircuits, or circuits situated in more than one county, nominations of candidates for members of the Illinois Commerce Commission, nominations of candidates for the offices of State’s attorney or regional superintendent of schools to be elected from more than one county, and petitions for proposed amendments to the HB3602 - 31 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b Constitution of the State of Illinois as provided for in Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution.

HB3602 Engrossed - 18 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b 3.

The municipal officers electoral board to hear and pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for officers of municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or president of the board of trustees of the city, village or incorporated town, and the city, village or incorporated town clerk, and one member of the city council or board of trustees, that member HB3602 - 32 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b being designated who is eligible to serve on the electoral board and has served the greatest number of years as a member of the city council or board of trustees, of whom the mayor or president of the board of trustees shall be the chairman.

In all cases, however, where the Congressional or Legislative district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a HB3602 Engrossed - 19 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b board of election commissioners and in all cases where the school district or special district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners and in all cases where the municipality or township is wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners, the board of election commissioners HB3602 - 33 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b shall ex-officio constitute the electoral board.

HB3602 Engrossed - 20 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b c.

In the education officers electoral board by the eligible elected school or community college district board member who has had the second longest term of HB3602 - 34 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b continuous service as a board member.

The Chief HB3602 Engrossed - 21 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b Judge shall be so notified by a member of the electoral board or the officer or board with whom the objector’s petition was filed.

HB3602 - 35 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (Source:

HB3602 Engrossed - 22 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b J.

and HB3602 - 36 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b N.

No person who is shown by the election authority’s canvassing board’s proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election or general election as a write-in HB3602 Engrossed - 23 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b candidate shall take office unless that person has first filed with the certifying office or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been elected.

For officers elected at the HB3602 - 37 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b consolidated election, the certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue the certification of election under the provisions of Section 22-18.

The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within 31 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns are received, to canvass the votes given for United States Senators and Representatives to Congress, State executive officers, members of the Illinois Commerce Commission, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate Court, judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the General Assembly, State’s Attorneys and Regional Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties, respectively, and the persons having the highest number of votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly elected, but if it appears that HB3602 Engrossed - 24 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b more than the number of persons to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which of such persons shall be elected;

and to each person duly elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or commission, as the case may require, and shall cause proclamation to be made of the result HB3602 - 38 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b of the canvass, and they shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;

For officers elected at the consolidated election, the HB3602 Engrossed - 25 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue the certification of election under the provisions of Section 22-18.

8-22-05.) HB3602 - 39 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b Section 10.

If more than 28 months remain on the vacating HB3602 Engrossed - 26 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b member’s term, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until the second Monday in January after the next general election;

Each member of the Commission shall hold office for a term of 5 years from the second third Monday in January of the year in HB3602 - 40 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b which his predecessor’s term expires for a term as provided in Section 2-101.5.

Each respective successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which his predecessor’s term expires in accordance with the provisions of the first HB3602 Engrossed - 27 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b paragraph of this Section.

Each member shall serve until his successor is elected appointed and qualified, except that if the Senate refuses to consent to the appointment of any member, such office shall be deemed vacant, and within 2 weeks of the date the Senate refuses to consent to the reappointment of any member, such HB3602 - 41 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b member shall vacate such office.

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HB3602 - 42 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b (Source:

(a) There shall be 7 members elected to serve on the Commission andbeginning shallwith bethe electedgeneral accordingelection toin Judicial2008. Districts of Illinois.

Three members shall be elected from the First Judicial District of Illinois and one member shall be elected from each of the remaining 4 judicial districts.

Within 120 days before the general election held in 2012, the members shall meet and publicly by lot determine which members shall be the first group and which members shall be the second group.

The members or their successors from the first group shall be elected for successive terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years and members and their successors from the second group shall be elected for successive terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years.

prohibited HB3602 - 43 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b activities.

HB3602 Engrossed - 29 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall give bond, with security to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of $20,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as such commissioner.

If any person become so interested otherwise than voluntarily he shall within a reasonable time divest himself of such interest, and if he HB3602 - 44 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b fails to do so his office or employment shall become vacant.

No commissioner or person appointed or employed by the Commission shall solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, emolument or employment from any person or corporation subject HB3602 Engrossed - 30 - LRB095 07624 MJR 27774 b to the supervision of the Commission, or from any officer, agent or employee thereof;