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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3808
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3808 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Sections
5 9-2.5 and 9-8.5."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
9 Sections 9-2.5 and 9-8.5 as follows:
10 (10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new)
11 Sec. 9-2.5. Single political committee.
12 (a) No public official or candidate for public office
13 may establish more than one political committee for each
14 office that public official or candidate is seeking.
15 (b) The public officials elected President of the
16 Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House,
17 and Minority Leader of the House may each establish and
18 operate one additional political committee for the purpose of
19 supporting the election of candidates to the General
20 Assembly. The committees provided for in this subsection (b)
21 shall be considered established by the President of the
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1 Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House,
2 and Minority Leader of the House for purposes of Section
3 9-8.5.
4 (c) No corporation, labor union, or association of
5 individuals, however described or organized, may establish,
6 singly or with others, more than one political committee.
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new)
8 Sec. 9-8.5. Contribution and transfer limits.
9 (a) No individual may make contributions to any
10 political committee of more than $1,500 during a primary
11 election period or of more than $1,500 during a general
12 election period.
13 (b) No corporation, labor union, or association of
14 individuals, however described or organized, that has not
15 established a political committee may make contributions to
16 any political committee of more than $3,000 during a primary
17 election period or of more than $3,000 during a general
18 election period.
19 (c) No political committee established by a corporation,
20 labor union, or association of individuals, however described
21 or organized, may make contributions to any political
22 committee of more than $5,000 during a primary election
23 period or of more than $5,000 during a general election
24 period. Nothing in this subsection (c) shall prohibit or
25 limit the amount of transfers by a political committee
26 established by a candidate for public office or public
27 official.
28 (d) For purposes of this Section, a primary election
29 period begins July 1 of an odd-numbered year and ends the day
30 of the next primary election. A general election period
31 begins the day after a primary election and ends June 30 of
32 the next odd-numbered year.
33 (e) With respect to contributions to political
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1 committees established by a candidate for public office or a
2 public official, the limitations established in this Section
3 apply in the aggregate to all political committees
4 established by that candidate for public office or public
5 official.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".