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91_SB0499
LRB9105218MWsbA
1 AN ACT to amend the Election code by changing Section
2 9-25.
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 changing
6 Section 9-25 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
8 Sec. 9-25. Anonymous contributions and contributions in
9 the name of another person prohibited.
10 (a) No person shall make an anonymous contribution or a
11 contribution in the name of another person, and no person
12 shall knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
13 contribution made by one person in the name of another
14 person.
15 (b) Anonymous contributions and contributions in the
16 name of another person shall escheat to the State of
17 Illinois. Any political committee that receives such a
18 contribution shall forward it immediately to the State
19 Treasurer.
20 (c) Any person who knowingly makes an anonymous
21 contribution or a contribution in the name of another person
22 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined an amount
23 no greater than 3 times the amount of the prohibited
24 contribution.
25 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "contribution in
26 the name of another person" means a contribution in which (i)
27 the source of the contribution and (ii) the person or entity
28 causing the contribution to be made are not reported under
29 this Article.
30 (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)