Full Text of SB2190 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 9-1.7 and 9-1.8 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
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| Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the | 8 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 9 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or | 10 |
| group of persons which:
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| (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes | 12 |
| expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate | 13 |
| amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
opposition to a | 14 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required
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| by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements | 16 |
| of economic
interests with the county clerk,
or on behalf | 17 |
| of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for | 18 |
| election to
the office of ward or township committeeman in | 19 |
| counties of 3,000,000 or more
population;
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| (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 21 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 | 22 |
| in support of or in
opposition to any question of public | 23 |
| policy to be submitted to the electors
of an area |
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| encompassing no more than one county . The $3,000 threshold | 2 |
| established in this paragraph (b) applies to any receipts | 3 |
| or expenditures received or made with the purpose of | 4 |
| securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat | 5 |
| or passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication | 6 |
| regarding the question of public policy regardless of the | 7 |
| method of initiation of the question of public policy and | 8 |
| regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or | 9 |
| filed with the appropriate office or whether the question | 10 |
| has been adopted and certified by the governing body ;
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| (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 12 |
| any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 | 13 |
| and has as its primary
purpose the furtherance of | 14 |
| governmental, political or social values, is
organized on a | 15 |
| not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
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| publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public | 17 |
| office who are
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics | 18 |
| Act to file statements of
economic interest with the County | 19 |
| Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the
office of ward | 20 |
| or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
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| population; or
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| (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during | 23 |
| any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 | 24 |
| for electioneering communications relating to any | 25 |
| candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (a) or any | 26 |
| question of public policy
described in paragraph (b).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
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| Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the | 4 |
| candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, | 5 |
| committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization | 6 |
| or group of persons which--
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| (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures | 8 |
| during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding | 9 |
| $3,000 on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate or | 10 |
| candidates for public office who are
required by the Illinois | 11 |
| Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic | 12 |
| interests with the Secretary of State,
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| (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 14 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in | 15 |
| support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to | 16 |
| be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than | 17 |
| one county . The $3,000 threshold established in this paragraph | 18 |
| (b) applies to any receipts or expenditures received or made | 19 |
| with the purpose of securing a place on the ballot for, | 20 |
| advocating the defeat or passage of, or engaging in | 21 |
| electioneering communication regarding the question of public | 22 |
| policy regardless of the method of initiation of the question | 23 |
| of public policy and regardless of whether petitions have been | 24 |
| circulated or filed with the appropriate office or whether the | 25 |
| question has been adopted and certified by the governing body ,
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| (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 2 |
| 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has | 3 |
| as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, | 4 |
| political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit | 5 |
| basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a | 6 |
| candidate or candidates for public office who are required by | 7 |
| the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of | 8 |
| economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or
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| (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 10 |
| 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for | 11 |
| electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
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| candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public | 13 |
| policy
described in paragraph (b).
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| (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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