Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

Filed: 3/9/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4821

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4821 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 9-15 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/9-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15)
7     Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board-
8     (1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political
9 committees of their obligations under this Article and for
10 identification of persons examining statements or reports
11 filed under this Article, and to supply such forms, and the
12 forms for filing statements of organization and required
13 reports , reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports
14 of campaign contributions and expenditures to the appropriate
15 persons and election authorities;
16     (2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate

 

 

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1 persons and election authorities a manual of instructions
2 setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and
3 reporting under this Article;
4     (3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry
5 out the provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations
6 shall be published and made available to the public at
7 reasonable cost. The Board may determine which of its
8 prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on the county
9 clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article;
10     (4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary
11 election in even numbered years, to the chairman of each
12 regularly constituted State central committee, county central
13 committee and, in counties with a population of more than
14 3,000,000, to the committeemen of each township and ward
15 organization of each political party notice of their
16 obligations under this Article, along with a form for filing
17 the statement of organization; .
18     (5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under
19 this Article available for public inspection and copying no
20 later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit
21 copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the
22 person requesting the copy;
23     (6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system
24 consistent with the purposes of this Article;
25     (7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or
26 parts of statements pertaining to each candidate;

 

 

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1     (8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may
2 deem appropriate; and
3     (9) to annually notify each political committee that has
4 filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing
5 dates for each quarterly report, provided that such
6 notification shall be made by first-class mail unless the
7 political committee opts to receive notification
8 electronically via email.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
11 1, 2011.".