HB4821enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4821 Enrolled LRB096 16468 JAM 31738 b

AN ACT concerning elections.

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

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 9-15 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/9-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15)

Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board-

(1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political committees of their obligations under this Article and for identification of persons examining statements or reports filed under this Article, and to supply such forms, and the forms for filing statements of organization and required reports , reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign contributions and expenditures to the appropriate persons and election authorities;

(2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate persons and election authorities a manual of instructions setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting under this Article;

(3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations shall be published and made available to the public at reasonable cost. The Board may determine which of its prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on the county clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article;

(4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary election in even numbered years, to the chairman of each regularly constituted State central committee, county central committee and, in counties with a population of more than 3,000,000, to the committeemen of each township and ward organization of each political party notice of their obligations under this Article, along with a form for filing the statement of organization; .

(5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under this Article available for public inspection and copying no later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the person requesting the copy;

(6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consistent with the purposes of this Article;

(7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or parts of statements pertaining to each candidate;

(8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may deem appropriate; and

(9) to annually notify each political committee that has filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing dates for each quarterly report, provided that such notification shall be made by first-class mail unless the political committee opts to receive notification electronically via email.

(Source: P.A. 86-873.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2011.