97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3516

 

Introduced 2/24/2011___________, by

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new

    Amends the Election Code. Prohibits campaign contributions to the Cook County Assessor, a Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, or a declared candidate for either of those offices from a property owner with a tax assessment appeal currently or previously before the Assessor or the Board or from a person or entity representing the property owner in the appeal. Makes the prohibition effective from the initiation of the appeal through the longer of (i) 2 years after the assessment year in which the appeal was disposed of or (ii) the conclusion of the term of office of the Assessor or Commissioner during which the appeal was disposed of. Requires the Assessor and the Board to report to the State Board of Elections the names of property owners with pending appeals and their representatives. Requires payment to the State Board of Elections of contributions received in violation of the prohibition. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
59-8.7 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.7 new)
7    Sec. 9-8.7. Contributions to Cook County Assessor and Board
8of Review Commissioners; prohibition.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "declared candidate" means a
10person who has filed a statement of candidacy and a nomination
11petition, nomination papers, or a declaration of intent to be a
12write-in candidate with the county clerk of Cook County.
13    (b) Any property owner whose appeal of the tax assessment
14of that property is or was pending before the Cook County
15Assessor or the Cook County Board of Review, or any person or
16entity representing the property owner in that appeal, is
17prohibited from making any contribution to any political
18committee established to promote the candidacy of (i) the Cook
19County Assessor, (ii) a Commissioner of the Cook County Board
20of Review, or (iii) any declared candidate for the office of
21Cook County Assessor or Commissioner of the Cook County Board
22of Review. This prohibition shall be effective beginning on the
23date the appeal is initiated and through a period ending 2 tax

 

 

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1assessment years after the conclusion of the tax assessment
2year in which the appeal was disposed of or a period ending
3upon the conclusion of the term of office of the Cook County
4Assessor or Commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review, as
5appropriate, during which the appeal was disposed of, whichever
6period is longer.
7    (c) The Cook County Assessor and the Cook County Board of
8Review each shall report semi-monthly to the State Board of
9Elections the names of property owners with pending tax
10assessment appeals, the names of the persons or entities
11representing those owners in their appeals, and, except in the
12initial report, the names of property owners whose tax
13assessment appeals were disposed of since the last reporting
14date, the dates of the dispositions, and the names of persons
15or entities who represented those property owners in their
16appeals. The State Board of Elections by rule shall establish
17the reporting dates and forms. The State Board of Elections
18promptly shall post the names reported under this subsection on
19its official website in a manner searchable by the political
20committees subject to this Section.
21    (d) Any political committee that receives a contribution in
22violation of subsection (b) shall pay to the State Board of
23Elections an amount equal to the value of the contribution
24within 30 days after the contribution is received. Payments
25received by the State Board of Elections pursuant to this
26subsection shall be deposited into the State's general revenue

 

 

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1fund.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.