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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3578
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3578 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 9-1.4 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
7 Sec. 9-1.4. Contribution. "Contribution" means-
8 (1) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance,
9 or deposit of money or anything of value, knowingly received
10 in connection with the nomination for election, or election,
11 of any person to public office, in connection with the
12 election of any person as ward or township committeeman in
13 counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection
14 with any question of public policy;
15 (2) the purchase of tickets for fund-raising events,
16 including but not limited to dinners, luncheons, cocktail
17 parties, and rallies made in connection with the nomination
18 for election, or election, of any person to public office, in
19 connection with the election of any person as ward or
20 township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
21 population, or in connection with any question of public
22 policy;
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1 (3) a transfer of funds between political committees;
2 and
3 (4) the services of an employee donated by an employer,
4 in which case the contribution shall be listed in the name of
5 the employer, except that any individual services provided
6 voluntarily and without promise or expectation of
7 compensation from any source shall not be deemed a
8 contribution; but
9 (5) does not include--
10 (a) the use of real or personal property and the
11 cost of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily
12 provided by an individual in rendering voluntary personal
13 services on the individual's residential premises for
14 candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
15 service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in
16 a reporting period;
17 (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor
18 for use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than
19 the normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
20 candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of
21 such food or beverage to the vendor.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)".