95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1843


 
Introduced 5/16/2007, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger - Larry K. Bomke
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














5 ILCS 430/5-40






10 ILCS 5/9-27.5









    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.  Prohibits State executive branch constitutional officers, General Assembly members, candidates for those offices, General Assembly political caucuses, and  political committees of any of the foregoing from holding fundraising functions in Sangamon County or Cook County (now, Sangamon County) during certain periods of the legislative session.  amends the Election Code to make conforming changes.
















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    AN ACT concerning elections.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 430/5-40)

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    Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County or Cook County.  
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Except as provided in this
Section, any executive branch 
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constitutional officer, any candidate for an
executive branch 
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constitutional office, any member of the General Assembly,
any 
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candidate for the General Assembly, any political caucus of the 
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General
Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any 
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of the foregoing may not
hold a fundraising function in 
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Sangamon County or Cook County on any day the legislature is
in 
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session (i) during the period beginning February 1 and ending 
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on the later
of the actual adjournment dates
of either house of 
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the spring session and (ii) during fall veto session.
For 
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purposes of this Section, the legislature is not considered to 
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be in
session on a day that is solely a perfunctory session day 
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or on a day when only
a committee is meeting.


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    During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first 
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day of fall veto
session each year, this Section does not apply 
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to (i) a member of the General
Assembly whose legislative or 
 


 






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representative district is entirely within (A)
Sangamon County 
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(with respect to the prohibition against fundraising functions 
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in Sangamon County) or (B) Cook County (with respect to the 
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prohibition against fundraising functions in Cook County) or 
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(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that
legislative 
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or representative district.


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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
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    Section 10. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 9-27.5 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/9-27.5)

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    Sec. 9-27.5. Fundraising in Sangamon County or Cook County.  
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In addition to any other provision of this Code, fundraising

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events in Sangamon County or Cook County by certain executive 
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branch officers and candidates,
legislative branch members and 
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candidates, political caucuses, and political
committees are 
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subject to
the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
If a 
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political committee receives and retains a contribution that is 
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in
violation of
Section 5-40 of the State Officials and 
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Employees Ethics Act, then the State
Board may impose a civil 
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penalty upon that political committee in an amount
equal to 
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100% of that contribution.

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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)