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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 9-8.15 and 9-25.5 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-8.15)
7 Sec. 9-8.15. Contributions on State property.
8 Contributions shall not be knowingly solicited, offered, or
9 accepted on a face-to-face basis by public officials or
10 employees or by candidates on State property except as
11 provided in this Section. For purposes of this Section,
12 "State property" means any building or structure located on
13 real property owned, leased, managed, controlled, or
14 otherwise occupied by any governmental entity of the State.
15 Contributions may be solicited, offered, or accepted on
16 State property on a face-to-face basis by public officials or
17 employees or by candidates at a fundraising event for which
18 the State property is leased or rented.
19 Anyone who knowingly solicits, offers, or accepts
20 contributions on State property in violation of this Section
21 is guilty of a business offense subject to a fine of $5,000,
22 except that for contributions solicited, offered, or accepted
23 for State officers and candidates and political committees
24 formed for statewide office, the fine shall not exceed
25 $10,000. For the purpose of this Section, "statewide office"
26 and "State officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
27 Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and
28 Treasurer.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/9-27.5)
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1 Sec. 9-27.5. Fundraising in or within 50 miles of the
2 State Capitol building Springfield. Except as provided in
3 this Section, any executive branch constitutional officer,
4 any candidate for an executive branch constitutional office,
5 any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for the
6 General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
7 Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
8 foregoing may not hold a fundraising function in or within 50
9 miles of the State Capitol building Springfield on any day
10 the legislature is in session (i) during the period beginning
11 90 days before the later of the dates scheduled by either
12 house of the General Assembly for the adjournment of the
13 spring session and ending on the later of the actual
14 adjournment dates of either house of the spring session and
15 (ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of this Section,
16 the legislature is not considered to be in session on a day
17 that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when
18 only a committee is meeting.
19 This Section does not apply to members and political
20 committees of members of the General Assembly whose districts
21 are located, in whole or in part, in or within 50 miles of
22 the State Capitol building Springfield and candidates and
23 political committees of candidates for the General Assembly
24 from districts located, in whole or in part, in or within 50
25 miles of the State Capitol building Springfield, provided
26 that the fundraising function takes place within the member's
27 or candidate's district.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)