100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3636
 
Introduced 11/7/2018, by Sen. Chris Nybo - Michael Connelly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
10 ILCS 5/1-18 new

     Amends the Election Code. Requires each candidate to provide to the Board of Elections a notarized certification that he or she has not been convicted of tax fraud and has not been found by any taxing body or court to have intentionally engaged in an act or acts of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation to achieve a reduction in the amount of taxes due or to avoid paying taxes that would otherwise be owed. Provides that State Board of Elections shall not certify the name of any person who (i) has not filed the certification or (ii) has been convicted of tax fraud or has been found by any taxing body or other unit of government to have intentionally engaged in an act or acts of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation to achieve a reduction in the amount of taxes due or to avoid paying taxes that would otherwise be owed. Requires the State Board of Elections to generate a list of all such candidates and transmit that list to the election authority.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by adding Section 
51-18 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1-18 new)
7    Sec. 1-18. Ballot forfeiture; indebtedness. 
8    (a) No later than 30 days before the date required for 
9certification, each candidate shall provide to the Board of 
10Elections a notarized certification, sworn under penalty of 
11perjury, that he or she has not been convicted of tax fraud and 
12has not been found by any taxing body or court to have 
13intentionally engaged in an act or acts of fraud, deceit, or 
14misrepresentation to achieve a reduction in the amount of taxes 
15due or to avoid paying taxes that would otherwise be owed.
16    (b) The State Board of Elections shall not certify the name 
17of any person who (i) has not filed the certification required 
18by subsection (a) or (ii) has been convicted of tax fraud or 
19has been found by any taxing body or other unit of government 
20to have intentionally engaged in an act or acts of fraud, 
21deceit, or misrepresentation to achieve a reduction in the 
22amount of taxes due or to avoid paying taxes that would 
23otherwise be owed. 
 
 
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1    (c) The State Board of Elections shall generate a list of 
2all candidates specified in subsection (b). Such list shall be 
3transmitted to any election authority whose duty it is to place 
4the name of any such candidate on the ballot. The election 
5authority shall not place upon the ballot the name of any 
6candidate who has been convicted of tax fraud or who has been 
7found by any taxing body or other unit of government to have 
8intentionally engaged in an act or acts of fraud, deceit, or 
9misrepresentation to achieve a reduction in the amount of taxes 
10due or to avoid paying taxes that would otherwise be owed.