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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 changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9-3 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9-3. Every state political committee and every local
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| 8 | political committee shall file with the State Board of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Elections, and
every local political committee shall file with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the county clerk, a
statement of organization within 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | business days of the creation of
such
committee, except any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | political committee created within the 30 days before
an
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| 13 | election shall electronically file a statement of organization | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | within 24 hours
5 business days. A
political committee that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | acts as both a state political
committee and a local political | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | committee shall file a copy of each
statement of organization | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | with the State Board of Elections and the
county clerk.
The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Board shall impose a civil penalty of $25 per business day upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | political
committees for failing to file or late filing of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | statement of organization,
except that for committees formed to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | support candidates for statewide office,
the civil penalty | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | shall be $50 per business day. Such penalties shall not
exceed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | $5,000, and shall not exceed $10,000 for statewide office | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | political
committees.
There shall be no fine if the statement | ||||||
| 2 | is mailed and postmarked at least 72
hours prior to the filing | ||||||
| 3 | deadline.
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| 4 | In addition to the civil penalties authorized by this | ||||||
| 5 | Section, the State
Board of Elections or any other affected | ||||||
| 6 | political committee may apply to the
circuit court for a | ||||||
| 7 | temporary restraining
order or a preliminary or permanent | ||||||
| 8 | injunction against the political committee
to cease the | ||||||
| 9 | expenditure of funds and to cease operations until the | ||||||
| 10 | statement
of organization is filed.
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| 11 | For the purpose of this Section,
"statewide office" means | ||||||
| 12 | the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
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| 13 | Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller.
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| 14 | The statement of organization shall include -
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| 15 | (a) the name
and address of the political committee (the | ||||||
| 16 | name of the
political committee must include the name of any | ||||||
| 17 | sponsoring entity);
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| 18 | (b) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation, | ||||||
| 19 | candidate
affiliation and his county of residence, and purposes | ||||||
| 20 | of the political
committee;
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| 21 | (c) the name, address, and position of each custodian of | ||||||
| 22 | the
committee's books and accounts;
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| 23 | (d) the name, address, and position of the committee's | ||||||
| 24 | principal
officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and | ||||||
| 25 | officers and members of
its finance committee, if any;
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| 26 | (e) (Blank);
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| 1 | (f) a statement of what specific disposition of residual | ||||||
| 2 | fund will
be made in the event of the dissolution or
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| 3 | termination of the committee;
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| 4 | (g) a listing of all banks or other financial institutions, | ||||||
| 5 | safety
deposit boxes, and any other repositories or custodians | ||||||
| 6 | of funds used by
the committee;
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| 7 | (h) the amount of funds available for campaign expenditures | ||||||
| 8 | as of
the filing date of the committee's statement of | ||||||
| 9 | organization.
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| 10 | For purposes of this Section, a "sponsoring entity" is (i) | ||||||
| 11 | any person,
political committee, organization, corporation, or | ||||||
| 12 | association that contributes
at least 33% of the total funding | ||||||
| 13 | of the political committee or (ii) any person
or other entity | ||||||
| 14 | that is registered or is required to register under the
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| 15 | Lobbyist Registration Act and contributes at least 33% of the | ||||||
| 16 | total funding of
the political committee; except that a | ||||||
| 17 | political committee is not a "sponsoring entity" for purposes | ||||||
| 18 | of this Section if it is a political committee organized by (i) | ||||||
| 19 | an established political party as defined in Section 10-2, (ii) | ||||||
| 20 | a partisan caucus of either house of the General Assembly, or | ||||||
| 21 | (iii) the Speaker or Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 22 | Representatives or the President or Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 23 | Senate, in his or her capacity as a legislative leader of the | ||||||
| 24 | House of Representatives or Senate and not as a candidate for | ||||||
| 25 | Representative or Senator.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; | ||||||
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| 1 | 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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