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91_HB4650eng HB4650 Engrossed LRB9113266JMmb 1 AN ACT concerning campaign contributions. 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 adding 5 Section 9-25.5 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new) 7 Sec. 9-25.5. Office of the Governor contributions 8 prohibited. 9 (a) An employee under the jurisdiction of the Governor 10 may not solicit contributions for or on behalf of the 11 Governor or his or her political committee, regardless of the 12 time, place, or manner of solicitation. 13 (b) For the purposes of this Section, an employee under 14 the jurisdiction of the Governor means a salaried full or 15 part-time State employee or salaried appointed officer of any 16 office, agency, department, board, or commission under the 17 jurisdiction of the Office of the Governor. 18 (c) A violation of this Section constitutes grounds for 19 disciplinary action against the violating employee, up to and 20 including suspension from or termination of employment or 21 dismissal from appointed office. The penalty provided in 22 this subsection is in place of, and not in addition to, any 23 other penalty prescribed by this Article for a violation of 24 this Article. 25 (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits an employee under 26 the jurisdiction of the Office of the Governor from 27 soliciting contributions from the employees of another 28 executive branch constitutional officer or any other person, 29 to the extent that solicitation is not otherwise prohibited. 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon HB4650 Engrossed -2- LRB9113266JMmb 1 becoming law.