96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2448

 

Introduced 3/25/2009, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 430/5-40

    Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits holders of and candidates for executive branch constitutional offices and General Assembly seats, their political committees, and legislative caucus political committees from holding fundraising functions in Sangamon County at any time (now, those persons and entities are prohibited at certain times of the year). Preserves the exception for General Assembly members and candidates from districts entirely within Sangamon County. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 430/5-40)
7     Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County. Except as
8 provided in this Section, any executive branch constitutional
9 officer, any candidate for an executive branch constitutional
10 office, any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for
11 the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
12 Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
13 foregoing may not hold a fundraising function in Sangamon
14 County at any time on any day the legislature is in session (i)
15 during the period beginning February 1 and ending on the later
16 of the actual adjournment dates of either house of the spring
17 session and (ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of this
18 Section, the legislature is not considered to be in session on
19 a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when
20 only a committee is meeting.
21     During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first
22 day of fall veto session each year, this Section does not apply
23 to (i) a member of the General Assembly whose legislative or

 

 

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1 representative district is entirely within Sangamon County or
2 (ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that legislative
3 or representative district.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.