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90_HB0479
10 ILCS 5/9-1.9a new
10 ILCS 5/9-3 from Ch. 46, par. 9-3
10 ILCS 5/9-4 from Ch. 46, par. 9-4
10 ILCS 5/9-8 from Ch. 46, par. 9-8
10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new
Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates for
statewide executive office and the General Assembly to
designate a single principal campaign organization to receive
contributions and make expenditures; if none is designated,
the candidate is the principal campaign organization. Limits
campaign contributions from State vendors to statewide
executive office holders and candidates, General Assembly
members and candidates, and State political committees.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Sections
2 9-1.9a and 9-25.5 and changing Sections 9-3, 9-4, and 9-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
6 Sections 9-1.9a and 9-25.5 and changing Sections 9-3, 9-4,
7 and 9-8 as follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.9a new)
9 Sec. 9-1.9a. "Principal campaign organization" means the
10 political committee designated by a candidate for statewide
11 executive office or the General Assembly, or the holder of
12 one of those offices between elections who maintains an
13 active political committee, as the committee authorized to
14 receive contributions and make expenditures in connection
15 with the nomination for election or election of that
16 candidate or office holder. When there is no political
17 committee receiving contributions or making expenditures on
18 behalf of a candidate for statewide executive office or the
19 General Assembly or for the holder of one of those offices,
20 or when the candidate or office holder has not designated a
21 political committee as his or her principal campaign
22 organization, "principal campaign organization" means the
23 candidate or office holder. A candidate for statewide
24 executive office or the General Assembly or the holder of one
25 of those offices shall not have more than one principal
26 campaign organization.
27 (10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3)
28 Sec. 9-3. Every state political committee and every
29 local political committee shall file with the State Board of
30 Elections, and every local political committee shall file
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1 with the county clerk, a statement of organization within 30
2 days of the creation of such committee. A political
3 committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
4 local political committee shall file a copy of each statement
5 of organization with the State Board of Elections and the
6 county clerk.
7 The statement of organization shall include -
8 (a) the name and address of the political committee;
9 (b) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation,
10 candidate affiliation and his county of residence, and
11 purposes of the political committee;
12 (c) the name, address, and position of each custodian of
13 the committee's books and accounts;
14 (d) the name, address, and position of the committee's
15 principal officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and
16 officers and members of its finance committee, if any;
17 (e) a statement whether the committee is a continuing
18 one;
19 (f) a statement of what specific disposition of residual
20 fund will be made in the event of the dissolution or
21 termination of the committee;
22 (g) a listing of all banks or other financial
23 institutions, safety deposit boxes, and any other
24 repositories or custodians of funds used by the committee;
25 (h) the amount of funds available for campaign
26 expenditures as of the filing date of the committee's
27 statement of organization;.
28 (i) for a political committee serving as the principal
29 campaign organization of a candidate or office holder, a
30 written statement, signed by the candidate or office holder,
31 authorizing the committee to receive contributions and make
32 expenditures in connection with the nomination for election
33 or election of the candidate or office holder.
34 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/9-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-4)
2 Sec. 9-4. The statement of organization required by this
3 Article to be filed in accordance with Section 9-3 shall be
4 verified, dated, and signed by either the treasurer of the
5 political committee making the statement or the candidate on
6 whose behalf the statement is made, and shall contain
7 substantially the following:
8 STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
9 (a) name and address of the political committee:
10 .............................................................
11 (b) scope, area of activity, party affiliation,
12 candidate affiliation and his county of residence, and
13 purposes of the political committee:
14 .............................................................
15 .............................................................
16 .............................................................
17 .............................................................
18 (c) name, address, and position of each custodian of the
19 committee's books and accounts:
20 .............................................................
21 .............................................................
22 (d) name, address, and position of the committee's
23 principal officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and
24 officers and members of its finance committee, if any:
25 .............................................................
26 .............................................................
27 .............................................................
28 (e) a statement whether the committee is a continuing
29 one:
30 .............................................................
31 (f) a statement of what specific disposition of residual
32 funds will be made in the event of the dissolution or
33 termination of the committee:
34 .............................................................
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1 .............................................................
2 (g) a listing of all banks or other financial
3 institutions, safety deposit boxes, and any other
4 repositories or custodians of funds used by the committee:
5 .............................................................
6 .............................................................
7 (h) the amount of funds available for campaign
8 expenditures as of the filing date of the committee's
9 statement of organization:
10 .............................................................
11 VERIFICATION:
12 "I declare that this statement of organization (including
13 any accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined
14 by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a true,
15 correct and complete statement of organization as required by
16 Article 9 of The Election Code. I understand that the penalty
17 for willfully filing a false or incomplete statement shall be
18 a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in a penal
19 institution other than the penitentiary not to exceed 6
20 months, or both fine and imprisonment."
21 ...................... ...................................
22 (date of filing) (signature of person making
23 the statement)
24 In the case of a political committee serving as the
25 principal campaign organization of a candidate or office
26 holder, the statement of organization shall also include a
27 statement by the candidate or office holder in substantially
28 the following form:
29 AUTHORIZATION OF PRINCIPAL
30 CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
31 I designate the committee regarding which this statement
32 is filed as the exclusive committee authorized by me to
33 receive contributions and make expenditures in connection
34 with my campaign for public office.
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1 ..................... ............................
2 (date of filing) (signature of person
3 making this statement)
4 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/9-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-8)
6 Sec. 9-8. Any political committee which solicits or
7 receives contributions or makes expenditures on behalf of any
8 candidate that is not authorized in writing by such candidate
9 to do so, or is not the principal campaign organization of
10 the candidate, shall include a notice on the face or front
11 page of all literature and advertisements published and
12 following all commercials broadcast, in connection with such
13 candidate's campaign by such committee or on its behalf
14 stating that the committee is not authorized by such
15 candidate and that such candidate is not responsible for the
16 activities of such committee.
17 (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
19 Sec. 9-25.5. Vendor contribution limits.
20 (a) No person who has done business with the State in
21 the preceding 4 years or is seeking to do business with the
22 State may make contributions in an aggregate amount exceeding
23 $1,500 to:
24 (1) a candidate for statewide executive office or
25 the General Assembly or a statewide executive officer or
26 General Assembly member during a single election period;
27 (2) a statewide executive officer or General
28 Assembly member during a non-election year of his or her
29 term; or
30 (3) a State political committee during a single
31 year.
32 (b) For purposes of subsection (a), a "person" includes
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1 an entity's subsidiaries, parent company, affiliated
2 companies, and their employees, officers, directors, and
3 partners who make contributions for which they are reimbursed
4 by the entity, parent company, or affiliated company.
5 "Doing business" means one or a combination of sales,
6 purchases, leases, or contracts in excess of $10,000 in 12
7 consecutive months. "Seeking to do business" means taking
8 action in the past 6 months to obtain a contract or business
9 when the action, if successful, would result in doing
10 business with the State.
11 "Election period" means, for the general primary, the
12 first day of circulation of a candidate's nominating petition
13 until the general primary and, for the general election, the
14 date of the general primary until the general election.