Sen. Christine Radogno

Filed: 5/27/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2206

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2206 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing the
5 heading of Article 9 and Sections 9-1, 9-1.4, 9-1.5, 9-10,
6 9-18, 9-21, 9-23, and 9-28 and by adding Sections 9-1.16,
7 9-1.18, 9-1.19, 9-1.20, 9-1.21, 9-1.22, 9-1.23, 9-2.5, 9-2.7,
8 9-8.5, 9-8.6, 9-8.7, 9-8.9, and 9-23.5 as follows:
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/Art. 9 heading)
10
ARTICLE 9. DISCLOSURE AND REGULATION OF CAMPAIGN
11
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

 
12     (10 ILCS 5/9-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1)
13     Sec. 9-1. As used in this Article, unless the context
14 otherwise requires, the terms defined in Sections 9-1.1 through
15 9-1.23 9-1.13, have the respective meanings as defined in those

 

 

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1 Sections.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 
3     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
4     Sec. 9-1.4. "Contribution" means-
5     (1) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance, or
6 deposit of money or anything of value, knowingly received in
7 connection with the nomination for election, or election, or
8 retention of any person to or in public office, in connection
9 with the election of any person as ward or township
10 committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in
11 connection with any question of public policy;
12     (1.5) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance,
13 deposit of money, or anything of value that constitutes an
14 electioneering communication regardless of whether the
15 communication is made in concert or cooperation with or at the
16 request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a candidate's
17 authorized local political committee, a State political
18 committee, a political committee in support of or opposition to
19 a question of public policy, or any of their agents;
20     (2) the purchase of tickets for fund-raising events,
21 including but not limited to dinners, luncheons, cocktail
22 parties, and rallies made in connection with the nomination for
23 election, or election, or retention of any person to or in
24 public office, in connection with the election of any person as
25 ward or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more

 

 

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1 population, or in connection with any question of public
2 policy;
3     (3) a transfer of funds between political committees; and
4     (4) the services of an employee donated by an employer, in
5 which case the contribution shall be listed in the name of the
6 employer, except that any individual services provided
7 voluntarily and without promise or expectation of compensation
8 from any source shall not be deemed a contribution; but
9     (5) does not include--
10         (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
11     of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
12     by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
13     on the individual's residential premises for
14     candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
15     service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
16     reporting period;
17         (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
18     use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
19     normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
20     candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
21     food or beverage to the vendor.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5)
24     Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined.
25     "Expenditure" means-

 

 

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1     (1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
2 deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, in connection
3 with the nomination for election, or election, or retention of
4 any person to or in public office, in connection with the
5 election of any person as ward or township committeeman in
6 counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection with
7 any question of public policy. "Expenditure" also includes a
8 payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance, deposit, or
9 gift of money or anything of value that constitutes an
10 electioneering communication regardless of whether the
11 communication is made in concert or cooperation with or at the
12 request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a candidate's
13 authorized local political committee, a State political
14 committee, a political committee in support of or opposition to
15 a question of public policy, or any of their agents. However,
16 expenditure does not include -
17         (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
18     of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
19     by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
20     on the individual's residential premises for
21     candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
22     service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
23     reporting period;
24         (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
25     use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
26     normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a

 

 

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1     candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
2     food or beverage to the vendor.
3     (2) a transfer of funds between political committees.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
5 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.16 new)
7     Sec. 9-1.16. Regular election period.
8     (a) "Regular election period" means, for purposes of (i)
9 contributions to political committees designated by
10 established political parties and candidates for nomination or
11 election to offices to be filled at a general election and (ii)
12 independent expenditures benefiting candidates for nomination
13 or election to offices to be filled at a general election, each
14 of the following:
15         (1) The period beginning on January 1 immediately
16     following the date of the most recent general election for
17     the office to which a candidate seeks nomination or
18     election and ending the day of the next general primary
19     election for that office.
20         (2) The period beginning on the day after the most
21     recent general primary election for the office to which the
22     candidate seeks nomination or election and ending on the
23     December 31 after the general election for that office.
24     (b) "Regular election period" means, for purposes of (i)
25 contributions to a political committee designated by an

 

 

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1 incumbent judge seeking retention in office and (ii)
2 independent expenditures benefiting incumbent judges seeking
3 retention in office, the period beginning on the date on which
4 an incumbent judge declares his or her intention to seek
5 retention in office and ending 90 days after the retention
6 election.
7     (c) "Regular election period" means, for purposes of (i)
8 contributions made to political committees designated by
9 candidates for nomination or election to offices to be filled
10 at a consolidated primary or consolidated election and (ii)
11 independent expenditures benefiting candidates for nomination
12 or election to offices to be filled at a consolidated primary
13 or consolidated election, the period beginning on July 1
14 immediately following the date of the most recent consolidated
15 primary election or consolidated election at which the office
16 for which the candidate seeks nomination or election was filled
17 and ending on June 30 immediately after the date of the next
18 consolidated primary election or consolidated election for
19 that office.
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.18 new)
21     Sec. 9-1.18. Labor organization. The term "labor
22 organization" means any organization of any kind or any agency
23 or employee representation committee or plan in which employees
24 participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in
25 part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor

 

 

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1 disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or
2 conditions of work, including any parent, subsidiary,
3 affiliate, branch, division, department or local unit thereof.
 
4     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.19 new)
5     Sec. 9-1.19. Corporation. The term "corporation" includes
6 a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited
7 partnership, limited liability partnership, professional
8 association, professional corporation, professional practice,
9 cooperative, sole proprietorship, or any other
10 legally-recognized business entity, whether organized on a
11 for-profit or non-profit basis, whether organized under the
12 laws of Illinois or of another state. The term "corporation"
13 shall not include a labor organization as defined in Section
14 19-1.18.
 
15     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new)
16     Sec. 9-1.20. Association. The term "association" means any
17 group, club, collective, membership organization, collection
18 of persons, entity organized under Section 501 or 527 of the
19 Internal Revenue Code, or other entity other than a natural
20 person; except that an association does not include a political
21 committee organized under this Article.
 
22     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.21 new)
23     Sec. 9-1.21. Affiliated person. "Affiliated person" means

 

 

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1 (i) any person with any ownership interest or distributive
2 share of an affiliated entity in excess of 7.5% and (ii) for
3 each affiliated entity, any "executive employee" as that term
4 is defined in Section 50-37 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
 
5     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.22 new)
6     Sec. 9-1.22. Affiliated entity. "Affiliated entity" means
7 (i) any parent or subsidiary or local of the entity, (ii) any
8 member of the same unitary business group, (iii) any
9 organization recognized by the United States Internal Revenue
10 Service as a tax-exempt organization described in Section
11 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor
12 provision of federal tax law) established by the entity, or
13 (iv) any political Committee for which any of the
14 aforementioned is the sponsoring entity.
 
15     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.23 new)
16     Sec. 9-1.23. Statewide office. For purposes of this Article
17 9, "statewide office" means the offices of Governor, Lieutenant
18 Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
19 and Treasurer.
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new)
21     Sec. 9-2.5. Single political committee.
22     (a) Except as provided by this Section, no public official
23 or candidate for public office may establish more than one

 

 

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1 political committee for each office that public official or
2 candidate occupies or is seeking.
3     (b) A public official with one or more pre-existing
4 committees bound by the limits of any subsection of Section
5 9-8.5 considering a candidacy for any office covered by the
6 limits of any different subsection of Section 9-8.5 must form a
7 new committee, to be termed an exploratory committee. A
8 pre-existing committee created for the primary purpose of
9 aiding that candidate's election to other offices that ceases
10 all fundraising after the creation of an exploratory committee
11 may transfer funds without limit to an exploratory committee.
12 If the candidate decides against running for the new office,
13 fails to qualify for the ballot at the next election, or loses
14 the next election, but remains in the office for which the
15 pre-existing committee was designated, the pre-existing
16 committee may be continued to be used as the designated
17 committee for that candidate. If the candidate decides against
18 running for the new office, fails to qualify for the ballot at
19 the next election, or loses the next election, then the
20 exploratory committee must return any remaining funds to
21 contributors, including returning funds to the candidate's
22 pre-existing designated committee in an amount not to exceed
23 the amount the pre-existing committee transferred to the
24 exploratory committee, or donate the funds to charity, and
25 close the exploratory committee within 90 days following the
26 candidate's decision not to run, failure to qualify, or loss.

 

 

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1     (c) As described in 5/9-2.7(c), the President of the
2 Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of
3 Representatives, and Minority Leader of the House of
4 Representatives may each establish and operate one additional
5 political committee for the purpose of supporting the election
6 of candidates to the General Assembly. The committees provided
7 for in this subsection (c) shall not be considered established
8 by the President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate,
9 Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of
10 the House of Representatives for purposes of Section 9-2.5.
 
11     (10 ILCS 5/9-2.7 new)
12     Sec. 9-2.7. Designated Political Committees.
13     (a) Candidate committees.
14         (1) Each candidate shall designate in writing one and
15     only one political committee to serve as the political
16     committee of the candidate. The candidate shall file this
17     designation with the State Board of Elections no later than
18     15 business days after becoming a candidate or establishing
19     the committee. The designation shall become effective upon
20     filing with the State Board of Elections. Any committee so
21     designated may, within 10 business days after notification
22     of the designation, reject the designation. If a committee
23     rejects a candidate designation, the committee must return
24     to donors any funds raised as a result of the designation,
25     and the candidate must create and designate a new committee

 

 

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1     within 5 business days after the rejection.
2         (2) The name of the designated committee shall include
3     the name of the candidate who authorized the committee
4     under paragraph (1). No political committee that is not a
5     designated candidate committee may include the full name of
6     that candidate in its name.
7     (b) Party committees.
8         (1) Any political organization or party may designate
9     in writing one and only one political committee to support
10     candidates of a specific political party seeking elective
11     office within a specific jurisdiction. The designation
12     shall be made no later than 15 business days after the
13     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
14     Assembly, or 15 business days after formation of the
15     committee, and shall be filed with the State Board of
16     Election. The designation of a party committee may be
17     changed only upon the replacement of the party chairman.
18         (2) The name of the designated committee shall include
19     the name of the party that authorized the committee under
20     paragraph (1). No political committee that is not a
21     designated party committee may include the full name of
22     that party in its name.
23     (c) Caucus committees.
24         (1) The President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
25     Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
26     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives may each

 

 

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1     designate in writing one and only one political committee
2     to serve as the political committee of his or her caucus.
3     The designation shall be made no later than 15 business
4     days after the start of the General Assembly, and shall be
5     filed with the State Board of Election. The designation of
6     a caucus committee may not be changed, revoked, or altered
7     until the start of the next General Assembly unless the
8     person elected to the office authorized to designate the
9     caucus committee also changes; the new leader may designate
10     a new committee within 15 business days after taking
11     office.
12         (2) The name of the designated committee shall include
13     a clear and unambiguous reference to the caucus that
14     authorized the committee under paragraph (1). No political
15     committee that is not a designated caucus committee may
16     include the name of that caucus in its name.
17     (d) All designations, statements, and reports required to
18 be filed under this Section shall be filed with the Board. The
19 Board shall retain and make the designations, statements, and
20 reports received under this Section available for public
21 inspection and copying on-line in the same manner as statements
22 of organization.
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new)
24     Sec. 9-8.5. Limitation on contributions.
25     (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make

 

 

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1 contributions to a political committee except as provided in
2 this Section.
3     (b) To political committees designated by a candidate for
4 the General Assembly:
5         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
6     during any regular election period.
7         (2) Political committees established by a State
8     political party may contribute no more than $30,000 during
9     the regular election period. All committees established by
10     a State political party, under State or federal law, shall
11     be considered as one committee for the purpose of this
12     Section.
13         (3) Political committees established by a partisan
14     legislative caucus may contribute no more than $30,000
15     during any regular election period.
16         (4) Any other political committee not designated by the
17     candidate may contribute no more than $5,000 during a
18     regular election period.
19         (5) A corporation, labor organization, or association
20     may contribute from its own treasuries no more than $5,000
21     during a regular election period. All contributions from
22     affiliated persons and affiliated entities shall be
23     aggregated for the purposes of this Section.
24     (c) To political committees designated by a candidate for a
25 (i) local office or (ii) for ward or township committeeman in
26 counties of 3,000,000 or more population:

 

 

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1         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
2     during any regular election period.
3         (2) The candidate may designate one and only one
4     political party whose political committees may contribute
5     no more than $10,000 during the regular election period.
6     All committees established by the political party, under
7     State or federal law, shall be considered as one committee
8     for the purpose of this Section.
9         (3) Any other political committee not designated by the
10     candidate may contribute no more than $5,000 during any
11     regular election period.
12         (3.5) A corporation, labor organization, or
13     association may contribute from its own treasuries no more
14     than $5,000 during any regular election period. All
15     contributions from affiliated persons and affiliated
16     entities shall be aggregated for the purposes of this
17     Section.
18     (d) To political committees designated by a candidate for
19 judicial office:
20         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
21     during any regular election period.
22         (2) The candidate may designate one and only one
23     political party whose political committees may contribute
24     no more than $10,000 during the regular election period.
25     All committees established by the political party, under
26     State or federal law, shall be considered as one committee

 

 

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1     for the purpose of this Section.
2         (3) Any other political committee not designated by the
3     candidate may contribute no more than $5,000 during a
4     regular election period.
5         (4) A corporation, labor organization, or association
6     may contribute from its own treasuries no more than $5,000
7     during a regular election period. All contributions from
8     affiliated persons and affiliated entities shall be
9     aggregated for the purposes of this Section.
10     (e) To political committees designated by a candidate for
11 statewide office:
12         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
13     during any regular election period.
14         (2) The candidate may designate one and only one
15     political party whose political committees may contribute
16     no more than $50,000 during the regular election period.
17     All committees established by the political party, under
18     State or federal law, shall be considered as one committee
19     for the purpose of this Section.
20         (3) Any other political committee not designated by the
21     candidate may contribute no more than $5,000 during a
22     regular election period.
23         (4) A corporation, labor organization, or association
24     may contribute from its own treasuries no more than $5,000
25     during a regular election period. All contributions from
26     affiliated persons and affiliated entities shall be

 

 

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1     aggregated for the purposes of this Section.
2     (f) To political committees designated by an established
3 political party:
4         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
5     during any regular election period.
6         (2) Any other political committee may contribute no
7     more than $5,000 during any regular election period.
8         (3) A corporation, labor organization, or association
9     may contribute from its own treasuries no more than $5,000
10     during a regular election period. All contributions from
11     affiliated persons and affiliated entities, shall be
12     aggregated for the purposes of this Section.
13     (g) To political committees designated by a legislative
14 caucus:
15         (1) Natural persons may contribute no more than $2,400
16     during any regular election period during which any
17     candidate actively supported by the caucus is seeking
18     nomination or election.
19         (2) Any other political committee may contribute no
20     more than $5,000 during any regular election period during
21     which any candidate actively supported by the caucus is
22     seeking nomination or election.
23         (3) A corporation, labor organization, or association
24     may contribute from its own treasuries no more than $5,000
25     during any regular election period. All contributions from
26     affiliated persons and affiliated entities shall be

 

 

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1     aggregated for the purposes of this Section.
2     (h) For any other political committee, natural persons may
3 contribute no more than $2,400 during any period beginning on
4 January 1 of an odd-numbered year and ending on December 31 of
5 an even-numbered year. A corporation, labor organization,
6 association, or other political committee may contribute no
7 more than $5,000 during a regular election period described in
8 subsection (a) of Section 9-1.16. All contributions from
9 affiliated persons and affiliated entities shall be aggregated
10 for the purposes of this Section.
11     (i) Political committees may divide the proceeds of joint
12 fundraising efforts but must disclose all donations as from
13 their true origin, and no political committee may receive more
14 then the aggregate limit from any one donor.
15     (j) On January 1 of every odd-numbered year, the State
16 Board of Elections shall adjust the limits established in this
17 Section for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index
18 for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United States
19 Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
20     (k) In any instance when a corporation and any of its
21 subsidiaries, branches, divisions, departments, or local
22 units; a labor organization and any of its subsidiaries,
23 branches, divisions, departments, or local units; or an
24 association or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, branches,
25 divisions, departments, or local units contribute to one or
26 more political committees or establish, maintain, or control

 

 

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1 more than one separate segregated fund qualified as a political
2 committee, all of the related contributing entities shall be
3 treated as a single contributing entity for the purposes of the
4 limitations provided by this Section.
5     (l) Expenditures.
6         (1) Expenditures made by any person in cooperation,
7     consultation, or concert with a candidate, his or her
8     designated committee, State party committee, legislative
9     caucus committee or their agents, shall be considered a
10     contribution to the relevant candidate's designated
11     political committee, State party committee, or legislative
12     caucus committee for the purpose of this Section.
13         (2) The financing by any person of the dissemination,
14     distribution, or republication, in whole or in part, of any
15     broadcast or any written, graphic, or other form of
16     campaign materials prepared by the candidate, his or her
17     political committee, State party committee, legislative
18     caucus committee, or their authorized agents shall be
19     considered to be a contribution to the candidate's
20     designated political committee for the purposes of this
21     Section if the amount spent exceeds $150 in any regular
22     election period.
23     (m) No candidate or political committee shall knowingly
24 accept any contribution in violation of the provisions of this
25 Section.
26     (n) Multiple designations.

 

 

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1         (1) No committee may accept donations larger than those
2     specified in this Section, regardless of the number of
3     candidates that may designate that committee under Section
4     9-2.7.
5         (2) Any committee designated by candidates who
6     individually qualify under different subsections of this
7     Section shall be bound by the lower limit.
8     (o) The Board shall bring complaints and investigations on
9 its own initiative when the Board has reason to believe that a
10 person, candidate, or political committee has knowingly
11 violated this Section.
12     In addition to any other penalties authorized by this
13 Article, the State Board of Elections, any political committee,
14 or any person may apply to the circuit court for a temporary
15 restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction
16 against a political committee or any other entity to cease the
17 expenditure of contributions made or accepted in violation of
18 this Section and to cease operations until the Board determines
19 that the committee or entity is in compliance with this
20 Section.
21     (p) Penalties.
22         (1) Any person, corporation, labor organization,
23     association, or political committee, that knowingly
24     violates this Section of contributing more than amounts
25     allowed under this Section 9-8.5, shall be fined the
26     greater of $5,000 or 3 times the value of the unlawful

 

 

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1     contribution.
2         (2) The State Board of Elections shall assess a penalty
3     of up to $5,000 for each violation against the recipient
4     political committee of any contribution in violation of
5     this Section if the recipient political committee knew that
6     the contribution was in violation of this Section. For
7     purposes of this Section, a recipient political committee
8     knew that the contribution was in violation of this Section
9     if the candidate, the committee chairman or treasurer, or
10     any natural person paid to perform regular campaign tasks
11     knew that the contribution was in violation of this
12     Section.
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/9-8.6 new)
14     Sec. 9-8.6. Disclosure of independent expenditures.
15     (a) As used in this Article:
16     "Benefiting public official or candidate" means the public
17 official or candidate whose nomination or election or whose
18 opponent's defeat is expressly advocated by the person making
19 the independent expenditure.
20     "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure (i) that is
21 made by a person expressly advocating the nomination, election,
22 or defeat of a clearly identifiable public official or
23 candidate and (ii) that is not made in connection,
24 consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion
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1 candidate's designated political committee, or the agent or
2 agents of the public official, candidate, or political
3 committee.
4     (b) A person that makes an independent expenditure with
5 respect to a benefiting public official or candidate that,
6 alone or in combination with any other independent expenditure
7 made by that person with respect to that benefiting public
8 official or candidate during the same regular election period,
9 equals an aggregate value of at least $5,000 must file a
10 written disclosure with the benefiting public official or
11 candidate and the State Board of Elections within 5 business
12 days after making each expenditure that results in the person
13 meeting or exceeding the $5,000 threshold. Each disclosure must
14 identify the person, his or her occupation and employer, the
15 benefiting public official or candidate, and the date, amount,
16 recipient, and nature of each independent expenditure.
17     (c) Penalties.
18         (1) Any person, corporation, labor organization,
19     association, or political committee, that knowingly
20     violates this Section by contributing more than amounts
21     allowed under this Section 9-8.6, shall be fined the
22     greater of $5,000 or 3 times the value of the unlawful
23     contribution.
24         (2) The State Board of Elections shall assess a penalty
25     of up to $5,000 for each violation against the recipient
26     political committee of any contribution in violation of

 

 

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1     this Section if the recipient political committee knew that
2     the contribution was in violation of this Section. For
3     purposes of this Section, a recipient political committee
4     knew that the contribution was in violation of this Section
5     if the candidate, the committee chairman or treasurer, or
6     any natural person paid to perform regular campaign tasks
7     knew that the contribution was in violation of this
8     Section.
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new)
10     Sec. 9-8.7. Disclosure by contribution coordinator.
11     (a) As used in this Section:
12     "Contribution bundle" means one or more contributions (i)
13 made by at least one contributor other than the contribution
14 coordinator and (ii) with an aggregate value of at least
15 $16,000 during any regular election period (this amount to be
16 indexed for inflation).
17     "Contribution coordinator" means a person, other than a
18 political committee subject to the reporting requirements of
19 Section 9-10, or an employee of the political committee that:
20 (i) physically or electronically forwards contributions from
21 one or more other persons to a political committee; (ii) is
22 credited by a candidate, public official, or political
23 committee, through records, designations, or other means of
24 recognition, with raising contributions made by one or more
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1 committee; or (iii) a candidate, public official, or political
2 committee knows, or reasonably should know, has raised
3 contributions made by one or more other persons to the
4 candidate, public official, or political committee.
5 "Contribution coordinator" shall not mean any common carrier,
6 bank, other regulated financial institution, money
7 transmitter, or other person that transmits the contribution in
8 physical or electronic form in the ordinary course of its
9 business of transporting or transferring money or other
10 property.
11     (b) Contribution coordinators must include a written
12 disclosure identifying their name, occupation, and employer
13 with each contribution they forward physically or
14 electronically to a political committee.
15     (c) The political committee must disclose the name,
16 occupation, and employer of the individual contributor, the
17 date and amount of the individual contribution, and the
18 contribution coordinator's name, occupation, and employer for
19 every contribution bundle received during any regular election
20 period.
21     (d) The political committee that receives a contribution
22 bundle must electronically file the disclosure under
23 subsection (c) with the State Board of Elections within 5
24 business days after the candidate, public official, or
25 political committee receives the contribution that causes the
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1 contribution coordinator's efforts to exceed $16,000 (as
2 indexed for inflation) and become a contribution bundle.
3     (e) For the purpose of the contribution limits established
4 by this Article, each contribution in a contribution bundle is
5 attributed to the person that made the contribution to the
6 contribution coordinator and is not attributed to the
7 contribution coordinator unless the contribution coordinator
8 personally made that contribution.
9     (f) A political committee that accepts a contribution in
10 violation of this Section shall return the contribution to the
11 contribution coordinator, or donate the contribution to a
12 charitable organization approved by the State Board of
13 elections, within 10 business days after receipt. A
14 contribution accepted in violation of this Section and not
15 disposed of as provided in this subsection shall escheat to the
16 General Revenue Fund.
17     (g) Penalties.
18         (1) Any person, corporation, labor organization,
19     association, or political committee, that knowingly
20     violates this Section by contributing more than amounts
21     allowed under this Section 9-8.7, shall be fined the
22     greater of $5,000 or 3 times the value of the unlawful
23     contribution.
24         (2) The State Board of Elections shall assess a penalty
25     of up to $5,000 for each violation against the recipient
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1     this Section if the recipient political committee knew that
2     the contribution was in violation of this Section. For
3     purposes of this Section, a recipient political committee
4     knew that the contribution was in violation of this Section
5     if the candidate, the committee chairman or treasurer, or
6     any natural person paid to perform regular campaign tasks
7     knew that the contribution was in violation of this
8     Section.
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/9-8.9 new)
10     Sec. 9-8.9. Certain contributions prohibited.
11     (a) For the purpose of this Section, "State employee" and
12 "executive branch constitutional officer" are defined as in the
13 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
14     (b) A State employee of the executive branch of State
15 government may not make a contribution to (i) the executive
16 branch constitutional officer with authority to appoint the
17 Executive Inspector General with jurisdiction over that State
18 employee, (ii) a candidate for that executive branch
19 constitutional office, or (iii) a political committee
20 established to promote the candidacy of a person described in
21 (i) or (ii). A State employee of the legislative branch of
22 State government may not make a contribution to a member of the
23 General Assembly, a General Assembly candidate, or the
24 designated political committees established to promote the
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1 candidate, the designated State party committee, or the
2 designated legislative caucus committees.
3     (c) A person that engages in an activity (i) subject to
4 regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission or the Division
5 of Insurance or Division of Financial Institutions of the
6 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or (ii)
7 subject to the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 or the
8 Riverboat Gambling Act, and that person's affiliated persons
9 and affiliated entities, may not make a contribution to an
10 executive branch constitutional officer, a General Assembly
11 member, a candidate for an executive branch constitutional
12 office or the General Assembly, or a designated political
13 committee established to promote the candidacy of that officer,
14 member, or candidate, the designated State party committee, or
15 the designated legislative caucus committees.
16     (d) A person required to register under the Lobbyist
17 Registration Act may not make a contribution to a public
18 official, candidate, political committee, or other person.
19     (e) A trust may not make a contribution to a public
20 official, candidate, political committee, or other person.
21     (f) A candidate, public official, or political committee
22 that accepts a contribution made in violation of this Section
23 shall return the contribution to the contributor, or donate the
24 contribution to a charitable organization approved by the State
25 Board of Elections, within 10 business days after receipt. A
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1 of as provided in this subsection shall escheat to the State
2 treasury.
3     (g) Penalties.
4         (1) Any person, corporation, labor organization,
5     association, or political committee, that knowingly
6     violates this Section by contributing more than amounts
7     allowed under this Section 9-8.9, shall be fined the
8     greater of $5,000 or 3 times the value of the unlawful
9     contribution.
10         (2) The State Board of Elections shall assess a penalty
11     of up to $5,000 for each violation against the recipient
12     political committee of any contribution in violation of
13     this Section if the recipient political committee knew that
14     the contribution was in violation of this Section. For
15     purposes of this Section, a recipient political committee
16     knew that the contribution was in violation of this Section
17     if the candidate, the committee chairman or treasurer, or
18     any natural person paid to perform regular campaign tasks
19     knew that the contribution was in violation of this
20     Section.
 
21     (10 ILCS 5/9-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
22     Sec. 9-10. Financial reports.
23     (a) The treasurer of every state political committee and
24 the treasurer of every local political committee shall file
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1 committee shall file with the county clerk, reports of campaign
2 contributions, and semi-annual reports of campaign
3 contributions and expenditures on forms to be prescribed or
4 approved by the Board. The treasurer of every political
5 committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
6 local political committee shall file a copy of each report with
7 the State Board of Elections and the county clerk. Entities
8 subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required by that
9 Section at times provided in this Section and are subject to
10 the penalties provided in this Section.
11     (b) This subsection does not apply with respect to general
12 primary elections. Reports of campaign contributions shall be
13 filed no later than the 15th day next preceding each election
14 in connection with which the political committee has accepted
15 or is accepting contributions or has made or is making
16 expenditures. Such reports shall be complete as of the 30th day
17 next preceding each election. The Board shall assess a civil
18 penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a violation of this
19 subsection, except that for State officers and candidates and
20 political committees formed for statewide office, the civil
21 penalty may not exceed $10,000. The fine, however, shall not
22 exceed $500 for a first filing violation for filing less than
23 10 days after the deadline. There shall be no fine if the
24 report is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours prior to the
25 filing deadline. For the purpose of this subsection and
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1 the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary
2 of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. However, a continuing
3 political committee that does not make an expenditure or
4 expenditures in an aggregate amount of more than $500 on behalf
5 of or in opposition to any (i) candidate or candidates, (ii)
6 public question or questions, or (iii) candidate or candidates
7 and public question or questions on the ballot at an election
8 shall not be required to file the reports prescribed in this
9 subsection (b) and subsection (b-5) but may file in lieu
10 thereof a Statement of Nonparticipation in the Election with
11 the Board or the Board and the county clerk ; except that if
12 the political committee, by the terms of its statement of
13 organization filed in accordance with this Article, is
14 organized to support or oppose a candidate or public question
15 on the ballot at the next election or primary, that committee
16 must file reports required by this subsection (b) and by
17 subsection (b-5).
18     (b-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and
19 Section 1.25 of the Statute on Statutes, any contribution of
20 more than $500 received (i) with respect to elections other
21 than the general primary election, in the interim between the
22 last date of the period covered by the last report filed under
23 subsection (b) prior to the election and the date of the
24 election or (ii) with respect to general primary elections, in
25 the period beginning January 1 of the year of the general
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1 election shall be filed electronically with and must actually
2 be received by the State Board of Elections within 2 business
3 days after receipt of such contribution. A report of any
4 contribution received at any other time in the amount of more
5 than $500, or more than $1,000 in the case of a State officer
6 or a candidate for statewide office or political committee
7 formed for a State officer or candidate for statewide office,
8 in the interim between the last date of the period covered by
9 the last report filed under subsections (b) and (c) shall be
10 filed electronically with and must actually be received by the
11 State Board of Elections within 5 business days after receipt
12 of the contribution. For the purpose of this subsection,
13 "statewide office" and "State officer" means the Governor,
14 Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
15 Comptroller, and Treasurer. A continuing political committee
16 that does not support or oppose a candidate or public question
17 on the ballot at a general primary election and does not make
18 expenditures in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to
19 any candidate or public question on the ballot at the general
20 primary election shall not be required to file the report
21 prescribed in this subsection unless the committee makes an
22 expenditure in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to
23 any candidate or public question on the ballot at the general
24 primary election. The committee shall timely file the report
25 required under this subsection beginning with the date the
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1 Board shall allow filings of reports of contributions of more
2 than $500 under this subsection (b-5) by political committees
3 that are not required to file electronically to be made by
4 facsimile transmission. For the purpose of this subsection, a
5 contribution is considered received on the date the public
6 official, candidate, or political committee (or equivalent
7 person in the case of a reporting entity other than a political
8 committee) actually receives it or, in the case of goods or
9 services, 2 business days after the date the public official,
10 candidate, committee, or other reporting entity receives the
11 certification required under subsection (b) of Section 9-6.
12 Failure to report each contribution is a separate violation of
13 this subsection. In the final disposition of any matter by the
14 Board on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
15 the 93rd General Assembly, the Board may impose fines for
16 violations of this subsection not to exceed 100% of the total
17 amount of the contributions that were untimely reported, but in
18 no case when a fine is imposed shall it be less than 10% of the
19 total amount of the contributions that were untimely reported.
20 When considering the amount of the fine to be imposed, the
21 Board shall consider, but is not limited to, the following
22 factors:
23         (1) whether in the Board's opinion the violation was
24     committed inadvertently, negligently, knowingly, or
25     intentionally;
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1     late; and
2         (3) past violations of Sections 9-3 and 9-10 of this
3     Article by the committee.
4     (c) In addition to such reports the treasurer of every
5 political committee shall file semi-annual reports of campaign
6 contributions and expenditures no later than July 20th,
7 covering the period from January 1st through June 30th
8 immediately preceding, and no later than January 20th, covering
9 the period from July 1st through December 31st of the preceding
10 calendar year. Reports of contributions and expenditures must
11 be filed to cover the prescribed time periods even though no
12 contributions or expenditures may have been received or made
13 during the period. The Board shall assess a civil penalty not
14 to exceed $5,000 for a violation of this subsection, except
15 that for State officers and candidates and political committees
16 formed for statewide office, the civil penalty may not exceed
17 $10,000. The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a first
18 filing violation for filing less than 10 business days after
19 the deadline. There shall be no fine if the report is mailed
20 and postmarked at least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline.
21 For the purpose of this subsection, "statewide office" and
22 "State officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
23 Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and
24 Treasurer.
25     (c-5) A political committee that acts as either (i) a State
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1 committee and that files reports electronically under Section
2 9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports with the
3 appropriate county clerk if the county clerk has a system that
4 permits access to, and duplication of, reports that are filed
5 with the State Board of Elections. A State and local political
6 committee or a local political committee shall file with the
7 county clerk a copy of its statement of organization pursuant
8 to Section 9-3.
9     (d) A copy of each report or statement filed under this
10 Article shall be preserved by the person filing it for a period
11 of two years from the date of filing. Within 5 business days
12 after the Board imposes or waives fines under this Section, the
13 Board shall publish on its website a summary of fines
14 considered and imposed, identifying the person, candidate, or
15 political committee subject to the determination, the total
16 amount of contributions that were untimely reported, and the
17 amount of penalties assessed in each instance.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-957,
19 eff. 1-1-09.)
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/9-18)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-18)
21     Sec. 9-18. The Board shall may hold investigations,
22 inquiries, and hearings concerning any matter covered by this
23 Article in which the Board has reason to believe this Article
24 has been knowingly violated, subject to such rules and
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1 holding such investigations, inquiries, and hearings, the
2 Board may administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all
3 official acts, issue subpoenas to be authorized by a vote of 5
4 members of the Board, compel the attendance and testimony of
5 witnesses, and the production of papers, books, accounts, and
6 documents. Hearings conducted by the Board shall be open to the
7 public.
8 (Source: P.A. 81-1117.)
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/9-21)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-21)
10     Sec. 9-21. Upon receipt of a such complaint as provided in
11 Section 9-20, the Board shall hold a public closed preliminary
12 hearing to determine whether or not the complaint appears to
13 have been filed on justifiable grounds. Such closed preliminary
14 hearing shall be conducted as soon as practicable after
15 affording reasonable notice, a copy of the complaint, and an
16 opportunity to testify at such hearing to both the person
17 making the complaint and the person against whom the complaint
18 is directed. If the Board fails to determine that the complaint
19 has been filed on justifiable grounds, it shall dismiss the
20 complaint without further hearing.
21     Whenever in the judgment of the Board in an open meeting
22 determines, after affording due notice and an opportunity for a
23 public hearing, any person has engaged or is about to engage in
24 an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute a
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1 order issued thereunder, the Board shall issue an order
2 directing such person to take such action as the Board
3 determines may be necessary in the public interest to correct
4 the violation. In addition, if the act or practice engaged in
5 consists of the failure to file any required report within the
6 time prescribed by this Article, the Board, as part of its
7 order, shall further provide that if, within the 12-month
8 period following the issuance of the order, such person fails
9 to file within the time prescribed by this Article any
10 subsequent report as may be required, such person may be
11 subject to a civil penalty pursuant to Section 9-23. The Board
12 shall render its final judgment within 60 days of the date the
13 complaint is filed; except that during the 60 days preceding
14 the date of the election in reference to which the complaint is
15 filed, the Board shall render its final judgment within 7 days
16 of the date the complaint is filed, and during the 7 days
17 preceding such election, the Board shall render such judgment
18 before the date of such election, if possible.
19     At any time prior to the issuance of the Board's final
20 judgment, the parties may dispose of the complaint by a written
21 stipulation, agreed settlement or consent order. Any such
22 stipulation, settlement or order shall, however, be submitted
23 in writing to the Board and shall become effective only if
24 approved by the Board in an open meeting. If the act or
25 practice complained of consists of the failure to file any
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1 such stipulation, settlement or order may provide that if,
2 within the 12-month period following the approval of such
3 stipulation, agreement or order, the person complained of fails
4 to file within the time prescribed by this Article any
5 subsequent reports as shall may be required, such person may be
6 subject to a civil penalty pursuant to Section 9-23.
7     Any person filing a complaint pursuant to Section 9-20 may,
8 upon written notice to the other parties and to the Board,
9 voluntarily withdraw the complaint at any time prior to the
10 issuance of the Board's final determination.
11 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/9-23)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-23)
13     Sec. 9-23. Whenever the Board, pursuant to Section 9-21,
14 has issued an order, or has approved a written stipulation,
15 agreed settlement or consent order, directing a person
16 determined by the Board to be in violation of any provision of
17 this Article or any regulation adopted thereunder, to cease or
18 correct such violation or otherwise comply with this Article
19 and such person fails or refuses to comply with such order,
20 stipulation, settlement or consent order within the time
21 specified by the Board, the Board in an open meeting, after
22 affording notice and an opportunity for a public hearing, may
23 impose a civil penalty on such person in an amount not to
24 exceed $5,000; except that for State officers and candidates
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1 penalty may not exceed $10,000. For the purpose of this
2 Section, "statewide office" and "State officer" means the
3 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
4 State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
5     Civil penalties imposed on any such person by the Board
6 shall be enforceable in the Circuit Court. The Board shall
7 petition the Court for an order to enforce collection of the
8 penalty and, if the Court finds it has jurisdiction over the
9 person against whom the penalty was imposed, the Court shall
10 issue the appropriate order. Any civil penalties collected by
11 the Court shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer.
12     In addition to or in lieu of the imposition of a civil
13 penalty, the board may report such violation and the failure or
14 refusal to comply with the order of the Board to the Attorney
15 General and the appropriate State's Attorney.
16 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
17     (10 ILCS 5/9-23.5 new)
18     Sec. 9-23.5. Public database of complaints. The State Board
19 of Elections shall establish and maintain on its official
20 website a searchable database, freely accessible to the public,
21 of each complaint filed with the Board under this Article and
22 the disposition of that complaint, including all board actions
23 and penalties imposed, if any. The Board must update the
24 database within 5 business days after a complaint is filed, an
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1 action, or penalty in the database.
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/9-28)
3     Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board
4 shall by rule provide for the electronic filing of expenditure
5 and contribution reports as follows:
6     Beginning July 1, 1999, or as soon thereafter as the Board
7 has provided adequate software to the political committee,
8 electronic filing is required for all political committees that
9 during the reporting period (i) had at any time a balance or an
10 accumulation of contributions of $25,000 or more, (ii) made
11 aggregate expenditures of $25,000 or more, or (iii) received
12 loans of an aggregate of $25,000 or more.
13     Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing is required for
14 all political committees that during the reporting period (i)
15 had at any time a balance or an accumulation of contributions
16 of $10,000 or more, (ii) made aggregate expenditures of $10,000
17 or more, or (iii) received loans of an aggregate of $10,000 or
18 more.
19     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
20 political committee filing a report under subsection (b-5) of
21 Section 9-10 must file that report electronically.
22     The Board may provide by rule for the optional electronic
23 filing of expenditure and contribution reports for all other
24 political committees. The Board shall promptly make all reports
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1 available by means of a searchable database that is accessible
2 through the World Wide Web.
3     The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply
4 with this Section to candidates, public officials, political
5 committees, and election authorities.
6     The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access
7 and assistance to candidates, public officials, political
8 committees, and election authorities with respect to
9 electronic filings required under this Article.
10     For the purposes of this Section, "political committees"
11 includes entities required to report to the Board under Section
12 9-7.5.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 8-18-97; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
14     Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
15 changing Section 50-37 as follows:
 
16     (30 ILCS 500/50-37)
17     Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
18     (a) As used in this Section:
19         The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
20     with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
21     this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let
22     or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract",
23     "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" do not
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1     agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68 of this Code;
2     contracts for projects eligible for full or partial
3     federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by the
4     Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but are
5     not limited to grants for job training or transportation;
6     and grants, loans, or tax credit agreements for economic
7     development purposes.
8         "Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
9     Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
10         "Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
11     statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
12     election in the principal office of the State Board of
13     Elections.
14         "State agency" means and includes all boards,
15     commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
16     bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in
17     accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
18     statute, of the executive or legislative branch of State
19     government and does include colleges, universities, public
20     employee retirement systems, and institutions under the
21     jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
22     Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
23     University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
24     University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
25     University, Governors State University, Northeastern
26     Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher

 

 

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1     Education.
2         "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
3     Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
4     Comptroller, or Treasurer or a member of the General
5     Assembly. The Governor shall be considered the
6     officeholder responsible for awarding all contracts by all
7     officers and employees of, and vendors and others doing
8     business with, executive branch State agencies under the
9     jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission and not
10     within the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the
11     Secretary of State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer.
12         "Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
13     defined in Section 9-3 of the Election Code.
14         "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
15     ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
16     contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
17     executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
18     entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children of any such
19     persons.
20         "Affiliated entity" means (i) any subsidiary of the
21     bidding or contracting business entity, (ii) any member of
22     the same unitary business group, (iii) any organization
23     recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as
24     a tax-exempt organization described in Section 501(c) of
25     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor
26     provision of federal tax law) established by the bidding or

 

 

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1     contracting business entity, any affiliated entity of that
2     business entity, or any affiliated person of that business
3     entity, or (iv) any political committee for which the
4     bidding or contracting business entity, or any 501(c)
5     organization described in item (iii) related to that
6     business entity, is the sponsoring entity.
7         "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
8     profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
9     sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
10     partnership, or otherwise.
11         "Executive employee" means the President, Chairman,
12     Chief Executive Officer, or other employee with executive
13     decision-making authority over the long-term and
14     day-to-day affairs of the entity employing the employee, or
15     an employee whose compensation is determined directly, in
16     whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts by a
17     State agency to the entity employing the employee.
18     (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
19 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
20 and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
21 business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
22 to any political committees established to promote the
23 candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
24 contracts, or (ii) any other declared candidate for that
25 office, (iii) any State or statewide officer or candidate for
26 that office, and (iv) any legislative member of the General

 

 

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1 Assembly. This prohibition shall be effective for the duration
2 of the term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding
3 the contracts or for a period of 2 years following the
4 expiration or termination of the contracts, whichever is
5 longer.
6     (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
7 proposals on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose
8 aggregate pending bids and proposals on State contracts
9 combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total
10 value of State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated
11 entities or affiliated persons of such business entity, are
12 prohibited from making any contributions to any political
13 committee established to promote the candidacy of the
14 officeholder responsible for awarding the contract on which the
15 business entity has submitted a bid or proposal, any
16 constitutional officer, or any legislative member of the
17 General Assembly, during the period beginning on the date the
18 invitation for bids or request for proposals is issued and
19 ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded.
20     (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
21 entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
22 under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
23 (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
24 contracts between State agencies and that business entity shall
25 be void, and that business entity shall not bid or respond to
26 any invitation to bid or request for proposals from any State

 

 

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1 agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any State
2 agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
3 notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
4 published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
5 Register.
6     (e) Any political committee that has received a
7 contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an
8 amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no
9 more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
10 contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
11 received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
12 deposited into the general revenue fund.
13 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
 
14     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
15 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June
17 15, 2009, but the State Board of Elections shall have 120 days
18 to implement new electronic reporting requirements and any
19 needed regulations.".