Full Text of HB5181 97th General Assembly
HB5181 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5181 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a "candidate political committee", "political action committee", or "ballot initiative committee" means a committee that makes contributions or makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 (now, exceeding $3,000) on behalf of a candidate, on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, or related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the electors, respectively. Effective July 1, 2012.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 9-1.8 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
| 7 | | Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. | 8 | | (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political | 9 | | committee, a political party committee, a political action | 10 | | committee, and a ballot initiative committee. | 11 | | (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate | 12 | | himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, | 13 | | corporation, or other organization or group of persons | 14 | | designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes | 15 | | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | 16 | | exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of the candidate. | 17 | | (c) "Political party committee" means the State central | 18 | | committee of a political party, a county central committee of a | 19 | | political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a committee | 20 | | formed by a ward or township committeeman of a political party. | 21 | | For purposes of this Article, a "legislative caucus committee" | 22 | | means a committee established for the purpose of electing | 23 | | candidates to the General Assembly by the person elected |
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| 1 | | President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker | 2 | | of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the House | 3 | | of Representatives, or a committee established by 5 or more | 4 | | members of the same caucus of the Senate or 10 or more members | 5 | | of the same caucus of the House of Representatives. | 6 | | (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person, | 7 | | trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or | 8 | | other organization or group of persons, other than a candidate, | 9 | | political party, candidate political committee, or political | 10 | | party committee, that accepts contributions or makes | 11 | | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | 12 | | exceeding $5,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a | 13 | | candidate or candidates for public office. "Political action | 14 | | committee" includes any natural person, trust, partnership, | 15 | | committee, association, corporation, or other organization or | 16 | | group of persons, other than a candidate, political party, | 17 | | candidate political committee, or political party committee, | 18 | | that makes electioneering communications during any 12-month | 19 | | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 related | 20 | | to any candidate or candidates for public office. | 21 | | (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural | 22 | | person, trust, partnership, committee, association, | 23 | | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | 24 | | accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 25 | | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 | 26 | | in support of or in opposition to any question of public policy |
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| 1 | | to be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" | 2 | | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | 3 | | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | 4 | | persons that makes electioneering communications during any | 5 | | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 $3,000 | 6 | | related to any question of public policy to be submitted to the | 7 | | voters. The $5,000 $3,000 threshold applies to any | 8 | | contributions or expenditures received or made with the purpose | 9 | | of securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or | 10 | | passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication | 11 | | regarding the question of public policy, regardless of the | 12 | | method of initiation of the question of public policy and | 13 | | regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or filed | 14 | | with the appropriate office or whether the question has been | 15 | | adopted and certified by the governing body.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 95-963, eff. 1-1-09; 96-832, eff. 1-1-11 .)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 18 | | 2012.
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