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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3458 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/29-21 new | | 10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 rep. | |
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Amends the Election Code. Moves provisions concerning election interference to the prohibitions and penalties article of the Code. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3458 | | LRB101 16524 SMS 65908 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 29-21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 29-21. Election interference. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "public funds" means any funds |
| 9 | | appropriated
by the Illinois General Assembly or by any |
| 10 | | political subdivision of the
State of Illinois. |
| 11 | | (b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to |
| 12 | | vote for or
against any candidate or proposition, or be |
| 13 | | appropriated for political or
campaign purposes to any |
| 14 | | candidate or political organization. This Section
shall not |
| 15 | | prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual
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| 16 | | information relative to any proposition appearing on an |
| 17 | | election ballot,
or for dissemination of information and |
| 18 | | arguments published and distributed
under law in connection |
| 19 | | with a proposition to amend the Constitution
of the State of |
| 20 | | Illinois. |
| 21 | | (c) The first time any person violates any provision of |
| 22 | | this Section, that
person shall be guilty of a Class B |
| 23 | | misdemeanor. Upon the second or any
subsequent violation of any |