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90_HB3808
10 ILCS 5/9-1.4 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4
Amends the Election Code in the campaign finance Article
by adding a caption to the Section that defines
"contribution".
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 9-1.4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 9-1.4 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
8 Sec. 9-1.4. Contribution. "Contribution" means-
9 (1) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance,
10 or deposit of money or anything of value, knowingly received
11 in connection with the nomination for election, or election,
12 of any person to public office, in connection with the
13 election of any person as ward or township committeeman in
14 counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection
15 with any question of public policy;
16 (2) the purchase of tickets for fund-raising events,
17 including but not limited to dinners, luncheons, cocktail
18 parties, and rallies made in connection with the nomination
19 for election, or election, of any person to public office, in
20 connection with the election of any person as ward or
21 township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
22 population, or in connection with any question of public
23 policy;
24 (3) a transfer of funds between political committees;
25 and
26 (4) the services of an employee donated by an employer,
27 in which case the contribution shall be listed in the name of
28 the employer, except that any individual services provided
29 voluntarily and without promise or expectation of
30 compensation from any source shall not be deemed a
31 contribution; but
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1 (5) does not include--
2 (a) the use of real or personal property and the
3 cost of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily
4 provided by an individual in rendering voluntary personal
5 services on the individual's residential premises for
6 candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
7 service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in
8 a reporting period;
9 (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor
10 for use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than
11 the normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
12 candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of
13 such food or beverage to the vendor.
14 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)