Public Act 095-0963
 		





SB2190 Enrolled
LRB095 15837 JAM 41846 b






    AN ACT concerning elections.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 9-1.7 and 9-1.8 as follows:
 



    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)
  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)



    Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the 
candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, 
committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or 
group of persons which:


        (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes 
    expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate 
    amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
opposition to a 
    candidate or candidates for public office who are required

    by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements 
    of economic
interests with the county clerk,
or on behalf 
    of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for 
    election to
the office of ward or township committeeman in 
    counties of 3,000,000 or more
population;


        (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
    any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 
    in support of or in
opposition to any question of public 
    policy to be submitted to the electors
of an area 
    encompassing no more than one county.  The $3,000 threshold 
    established in this paragraph (b) applies to any receipts 
    or expenditures received or made with the purpose of 
    securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat 
    or passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication 
    regarding the question of public policy regardless of the 
    method of initiation of the question of public policy and 
    regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or 
    filed with the appropriate office or whether the question 
    has been adopted and certified by the governing body;


        (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
    any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 
    and has as its primary
purpose the furtherance of 
    governmental, political or social values, is
organized on a 
    not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or

    publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public 
    office who are
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics 
    Act to file statements of
economic interest with the County 
    Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the
office of ward 
    or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more

    population; or


        (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
    any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 
    for electioneering communications relating to any 
    candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (a) or any 
    question of public policy
described in paragraph (b).

(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

 



    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)



    Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the 
candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, 
committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization 
or group of persons which--

    (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures 
during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding 
$3,000 on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate or 
candidates for public office who are
required by the Illinois 
Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic 
interests with the Secretary of State,

    (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in 
support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to 
be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than 
one county.  The $3,000 threshold established in this paragraph 
(b) applies to any receipts or expenditures received or made 
with the purpose of securing a place on the ballot for, 
advocating the defeat or passage of, or engaging in 
electioneering communication regarding the question of public 
policy regardless of the method of initiation of the question 
of public policy and regardless of whether petitions have been 
circulated or filed with the appropriate office or whether the 
question has been adopted and certified by the governing body,

    (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has 
as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, 
political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit 
basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a 
candidate or candidates for public office who are required by 
the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of 
economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or

    (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for 
electioneering communications relating to any candidate or

candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public 
policy
described in paragraph (b).

(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)