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 1        AN ACT concerning campaign financing.

 2        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    Clean Election Act.

 6        Section  5.  Legislative findings.  It is hereby declared
 7    to be in the public interest and to be  the  policy  of  this
 8    State  that  primary  and  general election campaigns for the
 9    Offices  of  Governor  and  Lieutenant  Governor   shall   be
10    partially  financed by public support under the provisions of
11    this Act.  It is the intention of this Act that the financing
12    be sufficient so that candidates for election to the  Offices
13    of   Governor  and  Lieutenant  Governor  may  conduct  their
14    campaigns free from  the  predominance  of  special  interest
15    influence  and so that persons of limited financial means may
16    seek election to office.

17        Section 10.  Definitions.  As used in  this  Act,  unless
18    the context clearly indicates otherwise:
19        "Act" means this Act.
20        "Board" means the State Board of Elections.
21        "Candidate" means any individual who seeks nomination for
22    election,   or   election,  to  the  Office  of  Governor  or
23    Lieutenant Governor whether or not the individual is elected.
24    An individual seeks nomination for election, or election,  if
25    he  or  she  (1) takes the action necessary under the laws of
26    this State to attempt to qualify for nomination for election,
27    or election, to the Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
28    or (2) receives contributions or makes expenditures, or gives
29    consent for another  individual  or  political  committee  to
30    receive  contributions  or  make  expenditures with a view to
 
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 1    bring about the  individual's  nomination  for  election,  or
 2    election, to office.
 3        "Consumer  Price Index" means the consumer price index as
 4    defined and officially reported by the United  States  Bureau
 5    of Labor Statistics or its successor agency.
 6        "Contribution" means:
 7             (1)  a  gift,  subscription,  donation,  dues, loan,
 8        deposit of money, or anything of value, that is knowingly
 9        given or received in connection with  the  nomination  or
10        election  of  any individual to the Office of Governor or
11        Lieutenant Governor;
12             (2)  the purchase of tickets for fundraising events,
13        including  but  not  limited  to,   dinners,   luncheons,
14        cocktail parties, shows, and rallies;
15             (3)  the  payment by any individual, other than by a
16        candidate or his or her principal campaign committee,  of
17        compensation   for   the  personal  services  of  another
18        individual  that  are  rendered  without  charge  to  the
19        candidate;
20             (4)  a   transfer   of   funds   between   political
21        committees; or
22             (5)  a  donation,   gift,   purchase   of   tickets,
23        assumption  of  credit,  or  anything  of value knowingly
24        given or received in connection with the repayment of any
25        candidate's campaign debt.
26        "Contribution" does not include services provided without
27    compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all  of
28    their time on behalf of any candidate or candidates.
29        "Expenditure"  means  any  payments  made,  or  debts and
30    obligations incurred, by a candidate, a pair  of  candidates,
31    or  a  principal  campaign  committee  in connection with the
32    election of any individuals to the  Offices  of  Governor  or
33    Lieutenant Governor.
34        "Family" means the spouse, father, mother, father-in-law,
 
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 1    mother-in-law, children, or siblings of any candidate.
 2        "General  election"  means  the  election  at  which  the
 3    Governor  and  Lieutenant  Governor  are  elected.   For  the
 4    purposes  of  this  Act, the "general election" includes that
 5    period beginning with the day after the primary election  and
 6    concludes July 1 of the year after the general election.
 7        "Primary  election"  means  the primary election at which
 8    nominees to the Offices of Governor and  Lieutenant  Governor
 9    are  elected.   For  the  purposes  of this Act, the "primary
10    election" includes that period beginning with July 1  of  the
11    year  after  the  general  election  and  leading  up  to and
12    including the date of the next primary election.
13        "Political  committee"  means  political   committee   as
14    defined in Section 9-1.9 of the Election Code.
15        "Political  party"  means  political  party as defined in
16    Section 7-2 of the Election Code.
17        "Principal  campaign  committee"  means   the   committee
18    designated  by  a  candidate  to  the  Office  of Governor or
19    Lieutenant Governor as the committee  authorized  to  receive
20    contributions,  make  expenditures,  and receive public funds
21    under this Act.
22        "Public matching funds" means any moneys disbursed  under
23    Section 60 of this Act.
24        "Eligible Governor candidate" means:
25             (1)  any candidate of any political party whose name
26        has been certified by the Board to appear on the official
27        primary  ballot  for  the  Office  of  Governor and whose
28        principal campaign committee has  received  contributions
29        in  amounts  of  $1,000  or  less,  totalling $200,000 as
30        adjusted by Section 25, as documented  by  reports  filed
31        with the Board; or
32             (2)  any candidate who has been nominated by primary
33        under Article 7 of the Election Code or any candidate who
34        has filed valid nomination papers under Article 10 of the
 
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 1        Election  Code  for  the  Office  of  Governor  and whose
 2        principal campaign committee has  received  contributions
 3        in  amounts  of  $1,000  or  less,  totalling $200,000 as
 4        adjusted by Section 25, as documented  by  reports  filed
 5        with the Board.
 6        "Eligible Lieutenant Governor candidate" means:
 7             (1)  any candidate of any political party whose name
 8        has been certified by the Board to appear on the official
 9        primary  ballot for the Office of Lieutenant Governor and
10        whose   principal   campaign   committee   has   received
11        contributions in amounts of  $1,000  or  less,  totalling
12        $10,000  as  adjusted  by  Section  25,  as documented by
13        reports filed with the Board; or
14             (2)  any Lieutenant Governor candidate who has  been
15        nominated by primary under Article 7 of the Election Code
16        to  run  a  joint  election  campaign  with the nominated
17        candidate for Governor of each  political  party  or  any
18        candidate running independently.
19        "Reports"   means   those   reports  filed  by  political
20    committees under Article 9 of the Election Code or any  other
21    reports required by the Board under this Act.
22        "Qualified  contribution"  means the entire amount of all
23    contributions of $1,000 or less, as adjusted by  Section  25,
24    given  by  an individual, corporation, or political committee
25    in connection with the election  of  any  candidates  to  the
26    Offices  of Governor or Lieutenant Governor and includes only
27    the  first  $1,000,  as  adjusted  by  Section  25,  of   any
28    individual's,  corporation's,  or political committee's total
29    aggregate contributions given during  a  primary  or  general
30    election.   "Qualified  contribution" does not include a loan
31    or  advance   or   a   credit,   subscription,   or   in-kind
32    contribution.

33        Section  15.  Application of this Act.  The provisions of
 
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 1    this Act shall apply to the  primary  and  general  elections
 2    held in 2002, and to all subsequent elections covered by this
 3    Act.

 4        Section 20.  Use of funds.
 5        (a)  A  candidate  receiving  public  matching  funds may
 6    accept  contributions  from  individuals,  corporations,  and
 7    political committees as defined by Article 9 of the  Election
 8    Code   as   long   as  those  contributions  are  within  the
 9    contribution limits of this Act.
10        (b)  Communications of any subject by  a  corporation  to
11    its   stockholders   and   their  families,  or  by  a  labor
12    organization  or  association  to  its  members   and   their
13    families,  and  nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote
14    campaigns by a corporation aimed at its stockholders or by  a
15    labor organization or association aimed at its members, shall
16    not be construed to be in connection with the election of any
17    candidates  to  the Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor
18    during any primary or general election.
19        (c)  A knowing violation of this Section  is  a  Class  A
20    misdemeanor.

21        Section  25. Inflationary adjustment.  The dollar amounts
22    specified in this Act are subject to a biennial  inflationary
23    adjustment  to  be determined by rule of the Board under this
24    Section. The Board must determine the  cumulative  percentage
25    difference  in  the  Consumer  Price Index between June 30 of
26    each year preceding a general election and the base period of
27    2002. All dollar amounts  specified  in  this  Act  shall  be
28    adjusted  by  that  amount  by August 1 of each year before a
29    general election, rounding to the nearest multiple of $25.

30        Section 30. Loans  to  a  candidate.   No  candidate  for
31    nomination  or  election to office covered under this Act may
 
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 1    accept any loan or any other form of credit under  any  terms
 2    in  any  way  deviating  from  the  regular  practices of the
 3    lending institution making the loan. A knowing  violation  of
 4    this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.

 5        Section   35.   Principal  campaign  committee.  For  the
 6    purposes  of  this  Act,  the  candidates  for  Governor  and
 7    Lieutenant  Governor  of  each  political   party,   or   any
 8    candidates  running  independently,  must run a joint general
 9    election campaign.  Each  pair  of  candidates  must  jointly
10    organize  a  single  principal  campaign  committee  and must
11    jointly designate its officers, as is required under  Article
12    9  of the Election Code. A principal campaign committee shall
13    jointly  accept  contributions  and  make   expenditures   in
14    connection with the election of any pair of candidates to the
15    Offices  of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Nothing in this
16    Section  shall  require  candidates  to  run  joint   primary
17    campaigns.

18        Section 40. Campaign bank accounts.
19        (a) Each candidate in the primary election for nomination
20    to  the Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor must create
21    a bank account in a national or State  bank  or  savings  and
22    loan  institution.  The  candidate, or any official of his or
23    her principal campaign committee, must promptly  deposit  all
24    contributions  and  public  matching funds  received into the
25    account. All campaign  expenditures  made  by  the  principal
26    campaign committee  must be made out of this account.
27        (b)  Each  candidate  in  the  general  election  for the
28    Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor must create a  bank
29    account  in  a  national  or  State  bank or savings and loan
30    institution.  The candidate or any official  of  his  or  her
31    principal   campaign  committee  must  promptly  deposit  all
32    contributions and public matching  funds  received  into  the
 
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 1    account.   All  campaign  expenditures  made by the principal
 2    campaign committee must be made out of this account.
 3        (c)  No moneys deposited in any candidate's  account  for
 4    the  primary election may be commingled with general election
 5    funds or used  to  pay  for  general  election  expenses.   A
 6    candidate may, however, transfer a combined total of not more
 7    than  $25,000,  as  adjusted  by Section 25, from the primary
 8    election account for general election expenses.   Any  moneys
 9    transferred  do  not count toward the qualifying amount under
10    Section 50.  No moneys deposited in a candidates' account for
11    the general election may be transferred or expended until the
12    day following the primary election or  may  be  expended  for
13    primary election expenses.
14        (d)  No  State  or  national  bank  or  savings  and loan
15    institution that acts as a depository for election  funds  as
16    provided  in  this Act may be held accountable for the proper
17    application of funds deposited or withdrawn from the accounts
18    by the individuals in whose name or names  the  accounts  are
19    opened or maintained, nor shall the State or national bank or
20    savings  and  loan institution be under any duty to determine
21    whether the funds deposited in  the  account  are  deposited,
22    withdrawn,  or  transmitted  for the purposes and at the time
23    prescribed by law, or are received from sources and in amount
24    limited by law.

25        Section 45.  Clean Election Fund.
26        (a) There is established a  special  fund  in  the  State
27    Treasury  known  as  the Clean Election Fund.  The Board must
28    maintain a separate record for  each  candidate  or  pair  of
29    candidates who is eligible under this Act.
30        (b)  The  Clean  Election  Fund is established to finance
31    the  election  campaigns  of  eligible   candidates.    Money
32    received  from  the  following sources must be deposited into
33    the Fund:
 
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 1             (1)  voluntary tax check-off  funds  designated  for
 2        the Clean Election Fund;
 3             (2)  appropriations;
 4             (3)  Clean   Election  Fund  moneys  distributed  to
 5        eligible candidates remaining unspent after a candidate's
 6        primary loss and after the general election;
 7             (4)  other  unspent  Clean  Election   Fund   moneys
 8        distributed to any eligible candidate who does not remain
 9        a  candidate  throughout  a  general  primary  or general
10        election cycle; and
11             (5)  voluntary donations made directly to the Fund.
12        (c)  If,  after  an  election  and  after  all   eligible
13    candidates  have been paid the amount which they are entitled
14    to receive under this Act, there are moneys remaining in  the
15    Fund,   the  State  Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer  shall
16    transfer the remaining moneys to the General Revenue Fund.
17        (d)  Upon receipt of a certification from the Board under
18    subsection (b) of Section 60  for  payment  to  the  eligible
19    candidates,  the State Comptroller must within 5 working days
20    pay to the candidate out of the Fund the amount certified  by
21    the  Board.   Amounts  paid  to  any candidates are under the
22    control of the candidates.
23        (e)  If,  after  the  date  of  the  primary  or  general
24    election campaign, any candidate or pair  of  candidates  who
25    has  received public matching funds has surplus moneys in his
26    or  her  account,  the  moneys  may  be  retained   for   the
27    liquidation  of  all  obligations and for payment of expenses
28    incurred during the primary  or  general  election  campaign.
29    Moneys from the primary election campaign may be retained for
30    a  period  not to exceed 6 months after the primary election.
31    Moneys from the general election campaign may be retained for
32    a period not to extend after June 30 of the year following an
33    election.  All moneys remaining available to any candidate or
34    pair of candidates after all obligations have been liquidated
 
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 1    shall be paid into the Clean Election Fund,  except  that  no
 2    candidate  or  pair  of  candidates  shall  pay into the Fund
 3    moneys in excess of  the  amount  of  public  matching  funds
 4    received from the Fund.
 5        (f)  No  obligations  may  be  incurred by a candidate or
 6    pair of candidates after the date of the primary  or  general
 7    election other than those expenses necessary to close out his
 8    or  her  campaign  account.   The  Board shall determine what
 9    costs are allowable under this subsection.
10        (g)  All provisions outlined in this Section shall  apply
11    equally  to  any candidate or pair of candidates who withdraw
12    for any reason before the  election for which public matching
13    funds were received.

14        Section 50.  Requirements for public matching funds.
15        (a) In order to receive any public matching  funds  under
16    this  Act,  an  eligible candidate or pair of candidates in a
17    primary or general election must fulfill  all  the  following
18    requirements:
19             (1)  Have  a  principal  campaign committee that has
20        accepted contributions in amounts of $1,000  or  less  as
21        adjusted by Section 25, totaling at least:
22                  (i)  $200,000 as adjusted by Section 25 for the
23             Office of Governor; and
24                  (ii)  $10,000 as adjusted by Section 25 for the
25             Office of Lieutenant Governor.
26             (2)  Agree  in  writing to deposit all contributions
27        and public matching funds into a single  account  and  to
28        make all campaign expenditures from that account.
29             (3)  Agree  in  writing  not to contribute more than
30        $1,000, adjusted  by  Section  25,  of  his  or  her  own
31        personal or family funds to his or her primary or general
32        election campaign.
33             (4)  Agree  in  writing to obtain and furnish to the
 
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 1        Board  any  evidence  that  it   may   request   of   the
 2        contributions  of  $1,000 or less, as adjusted by Section
 3        25, with respect to which payment is sought.
 4             (5)  Agree in writing to keep  and  furnish  to  the
 5        Board  any relevant records, books, and other information
 6        that it may request.
 7             (6)  Agree in writing to an audit and examination by
 8        the Board.
 9             (7)  Agree in writing to expend not more than:
10                  (i)  $2,000,000  in  a  primary  election   and
11             $6,000,000  in  a  general  election, as adjusted by
12             Section 25, for the Office of Governor; and
13                  (ii)  $100,000  in  a  primary   election,   as
14             adjusted by Section 25, for the Office of Lieutenant
15             Governor.
16        (b)  None of these expenditure limitations shall apply to
17    any expenditures made before the filing with the Board of the
18    nomination petition of the candidate or pair of candidates.
19        (c)  None  of  these  requirements  shall be construed to
20    apply to any candidates  who  elect  not  to  receive  public
21    matching funds.

22        Section  55.   Ratio  of  public  matching funds to funds
23    raised by the candidate.
24        (a)  Public matching funds to eligible  candidates  shall
25    be  made  on  a  ratio of 4 matching dollars for every dollar
26    raised by the candidate.
27        (b)  Upon  application  to  and  approval  of  the  Board
28    commencing with the primary  election  in  2002  and  in  all
29    subsequent  elections,  each  eligible candidate in a primary
30    election shall receive, but not before August 1 of  the  year
31    before  the  election,  public  matching funds from the Clean
32    Election Fund equal to the qualified contributions in amounts
33    of $1,000 or less as adjusted by Section 25 accepted  by  his
 
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 1    or her principal campaign committee. No public matching funds
 2    may match contributions received before the date on which the
 3    candidate  files  his  or  her  nomination  petition with the
 4    Board.
 5        (c)  Upon application  to  and  approval  of  the  Board,
 6    commencing  with  the  general  election  in  2002 and in all
 7    subsequent elections, each  eligible  candidate  or  pair  of
 8    candidates  in  a  general  election  shall  receive, but not
 9    before the date of  the  primary  election,  public  matching
10    funds  from  the  Clean  Election Fund equal to the qualified
11    contributions in amounts of $1,000 or less,  as  adjusted  by
12    Section 25, accepted by the principal campaign committee.  No
13    public  matching  funds  shall be made to match contributions
14    received before  the  primary  date  or  the  date  on  which
15    candidate  files  his  or  her  nomination  petition with the
16    Board, whichever is later.

17        Section 60.  Reports.
18        (a)  During a primary or general election, each  eligible
19    candidate  or pair of candidates for election must, from time
20    to time as the Board may require,  furnish  to  the  Board  a
21    detailed statement, in any form that the Board may prescribe,
22    of  all  contributions  of  $1,000  or  less,  as adjusted by
23    Section  25,  received  by  his  or  her  principal  campaign
24    committee before the date of the statement.  The Board  shall
25    require a statement under this Section from the candidates at
26    least  once  every  other  week  following  qualification for
27    public matching funds, at least once  each  week  during  the
28    second, third, and fourth weeks before the day of the primary
29    or  general  election,  and  at  least  twice during the week
30    before the primary or general election day. The Board may not
31    require any statement before the date on which the  candidate
32    or  pair of candidates files its nomination petition with the
33    Board.
 
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 1        (b)  On the  basis  of  the  evidence  furnished  by  the
 2    eligible  candidates  and  before  the  examination and audit
 3    under Section 65, the Board may certify from time to time  to
 4    the  State  Comptroller  for  payment  to  the candidates the
 5    public matching funds to which the  candidates  are  entitled
 6    under  Section 55.  Where public matching funds are required,
 7    the Board must make the certifications at  least  once  every
 8    other  week  after  the primary date, at least once each week
 9    during the second, third, and fourth weeks before the day  of
10    the  primary  or  general election, and at least twice during
11    the week before the primary day.
12        (c)  Certifications by the Board of public matching funds
13    due to the  candidates  under  this  Section  are  final  and
14    conclusive,  except  to  the  extent that they are subject to
15    examination and audit by the Board  and  to  judicial  review
16    under this Act.

17        Section 65.  Audit.
18        (a)  After  each  general and primary election, the Board
19    must conduct a thorough examination and audit of the campaign
20    contributions to the candidates.
21        The  audit  following  the  primary  election  shall   be
22    conducted  not  later  than  6  months  after the date of the
23    primary.  There shall be 2  audits  conducted  following  the
24    general  election.   One of the audits must cover that period
25    included in the Post-Election Campaign Disclosure Report.
26        A final audit  must  be  conducted  when  the  Board  has
27    received   a   certification   from   a  candidate,  pair  of
28    candidates, or the principal  campaign  committee,  that  all
29    obligations  have  been  met  or  the account is closed.  The
30    Board must receive the certification from the  candidates  or
31    their  principal campaign committee not later than June 30 of
32    the year after the general election.
33        (b)  If the Board determines  that  any  portion  of  the
 
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 1    public  matching  funds made to the eligible candidates under
 2    Section 55 was in excess of the  aggregate  amount  to  which
 3    candidates were entitled under Section 50, it must notify the
 4    candidates,   and  the  candidates  must  pay  to  the  State
 5    Treasurer within 15 days an amount equal to that portion.
 6        If the Board determines that any  amount  of  any  public
 7    matching  funds  received  by  the  eligible candidates under
 8    Section 55 was used for  any  purpose  other  than    (i)  to
 9    defray  the  campaign  expenses  with  respect  for which the
10    public matching funds were received, or (ii)  to repay loans,
11    the proceeds of which were used to  restore  funds  otherwise
12    used  to  defray  the  campaign  expenses, it must notify the
13    candidates of the amount so used, and the candidates must pay
14    to the State Treasurer moneys equal to that amount.
15        No notification may be  made  by  the  Board  under  this
16    subsection  (b) with respect to an election more than 3 years
17    after the day of the election.
18        All payments received by the State Treasurer  under  this
19    subsection  (b)  must be deposited by him or her in the Clean
20    Election Fund.
21        (c) All provisions outlined in this Section apply equally
22    to any candidate or pair of candidates who withdraws for  any
23    reason  prior to the election for which public matching funds
24    were received.

25        Section 70. Report to the General  Assembly.   The  Board
26    must,  as soon as possible after each election, submit a full
27    report to the General Assembly setting forth:
28             (1)  the aggregate amount of contributions of $1,000
29        or less, as adjusted by Section 25,  received,  shown  in
30        any  detail  that  the Board determines necessary, by the
31        candidates and their principal campaign committees;
32             (2)  the amounts certified by it  under  Section  60
33        for public matching funds to the eligible candidates; and
 
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 1             (3)  the  amount  of payments, if any, required from
 2        the candidates under Section 60, and the reasons for each
 3        payment required.

 4        Section   75.  Investigations;   civil   court   actions;
 5    advisory opinions.
 6        (a) The Board may adopt rules to conduct examinations and
 7    audits in addition to the examinations and audits required by
 8    Section 65, to conduct investigations,  and  to  require  the
 9    keeping and submission of any books, records, and information
10    that it deems necessary to carry out the functions and duties
11    imposed  on  it  by  this  Act. The Board may not require the
12    submission of any books, records, or  information  concerning
13    contributions  received  by a candidate or pair of candidates
14    until the candidate or  pair  of  candidates  has  filed  its
15    nomination petition with the Board.
16        (b)  The  Board  may  appear  in  and  defend against any
17    action filed under this Section, and may  be  represented  in
18    the  actions either by attorneys employed in its office or by
19    counsel whom it may appoint for that purpose  without  regard
20    to the provisions of the Personnel Code.
21        (c)  The  Board  may through attorneys and counsel appear
22    in the circuit court in Sangamon County to seek  recovery  of
23    any  amounts  determined to be payable to the State Treasurer
24    as a result of examination and audit made under Section 65.
25        (d)  The Board may through attorneys and counsel petition
26    the circuit court  in  Sangamon  County  for  declaratory  or
27    injunctive  relief concerning any civil matter covered by the
28    provisions of this Act.  The actions shall be  heard  at  the
29    earliest  practical  date and expedited in every way possible
30    in order to prevent injury to the respective parties.
31        (e)  The Board may through attorneys and counsel  appeal,
32    or  seek  review  of,  any  judgment  entered with respect to
33    actions in which it appears under this Section.  The  appeals
 
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 1    shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the  same
 2    conditions as provided by Supreme Court Rules for other civil
 3    actions.
 4        (f)  The  Board,  through  its  legal counsel, may render
 5    advisory opinions as to the interpretation and  clarification
 6    of  any  of  the  provisions  of this Act and as to whether a
 7    given set of  facts  and  circumstances  would  constitute  a
 8    violation  of  any  provisions  of  this Act.  The Board must
 9    render its advisory opinion  within  10  working  days  after
10    receipt  of  any  request,  unless  an  extension  of time is
11    consented to by the person making the request.

12        Section 80.  Judicial review.
13        (a)  Any certification  or  final  determination  by  the
14    Board  made  or  taken  under  the  provisions of this Act is
15    subject to direct  review  by  the  Appellate  Court  in  the
16    Judicial  District  in  which  Springfield  is  located  upon
17    petition  filed  in  the court by any interested person.  Any
18    petition filed under this Section must  be  filed  within  30
19    days  after the certification, determination, or other action
20    by the Board for which review is sought.
21        (b)  The Board  and  individuals  eligible  to  vote  are
22    authorized  to  institute  any actions, including actions for
23    declaratory  judgment  or  injunctive  relief,  that  may  be
24    appropriate to implement or construe any  provision  of  this
25    Act.
26        (c)  The   circuit   court   in   Sangamon   County   has
27    jurisdiction  of  proceedings instituted under subsection (b)
28    and must exercise its jurisdiction without regard to  whether
29    a  person asserting rights under subsection (b) has exhausted
30    any administrative or other remedies that  may  be  provided.
31    The  proceedings must be heard at the earliest practical date
32    and expedited in every  way  possible  in  order  to  prevent
33    injury  to  the  respective  parties.  Appeals shall be as in
 
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 1    other civil cases.

 2        Section 85.  Violations.
 3        (a) It is unlawful for any individual  who  receives  any
 4    public  matching  funds  under  Section  55  to knowingly and
 5    willfully use, or authorize the use of, the  public  matching
 6    funds or any portion for any purpose other than:
 7             (1)  to defray the campaign expenses with respect to
 8        which the public matching funds were received, or
 9             (2)  to repay loans, the proceeds of which were used
10        to  restore  funds  otherwise  used  to  defray qualified
11        campaign expenses.
12        Any individual who knowingly violates this subsection (a)
13    is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
14        (b)  It is unlawful  for  any  individual  knowingly  and
15    willfully:
16             (1)  to furnish any false, fictitious, or fraudulent
17        evidence,  books,  or information to the Board under this
18        Act, or to include in any evidence, books, or information
19        so furnished any misrepresentation of a material fact, or
20        to falsify or conceal any evidence, books, or information
21        relevant  to  a  certification  by  the   Board   or   an
22        examination and audit by the Board under this Act; or
23             (2)  to  fail  to  furnish to the Board any records,
24        books,  or  information  requested  of  him  or  her  for
25        purposes of this Act.
26        Any individual who violates this subsection (b) is guilty
27    of a Class 4 felony.
28        (c)  It is unlawful  for  any  individual  knowingly  and
29    willfully  to  give  or  accept  any unreported refund or any
30    illegal payment in connection with any  campaign  expense  of
31    eligible candidates.
32        Any individual who knowingly violates this subsection (c)
33    is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
 
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 1        In addition to any penalty provided under this subsection
 2    (c),  any  individual  who  accepts  any unreported refund or
 3    illegal payment in connection with any  campaign  expense  of
 4    eligible  candidates  shall  pay  to the State Treasurer, for
 5    deposit in the Clean Election Fund, an amount equal  to  200%
 6    of the unreported refund or payment received.

 7        Section  700.  The State Finance Act is amended by adding
 8    Section 5.545 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
10        Sec. 5.545.  The Clean Election Fund.

11        Section  800.  The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by
12    changing  Sections  509  and  510  and adding Section 507W as
13    follows:

14        (35 ILCS 5/507W new)
15        Sec. 507W.  Clean Election  Fund.   The  Department  must
16    print  on its standard individual income tax form a provision
17    indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute  to  the
18    Clean  Election Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of
19    the 92nd General Assembly, he or she may do so and  that  the
20    contribution  will  reduce  the taxpayer's refund or increase
21    the amount of payment to accompany the return.    Failure  to
22    remit   any   amount   of   increased   payment  reduces  the
23    contribution accordingly.  This Section does not apply to any
24    amended return.

25        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
26        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
27    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
28    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
29    contributions to the Child  Abuse  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
 
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 1    Community  Health  Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
 2    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
 3    Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease  Research
 4    Fund  as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
 5    the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this  Act,
 6    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
 7    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
 8    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
 9    White   AIDS   Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to  the  Assistive
10    Technology  for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to   the
11    Domestic  Violence  Shelter  and  Service Fund, to the United
12    States Olympians Assistance Fund, to  the  Youth  Drug  Abuse
13    Prevention  Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
14    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
15    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
16    Checkoff Fund, to  the  Penny  Severns  Breast  and  Cervical
17    Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
18    Heart   Disease   Treatment   and  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
19    Hemophilia Treatment Fund,  to  the  Mental  Health  Research
20    Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
21    Association Fund, to the National World War II Memorial Fund,
22    to  the  Prostate Cancer Research Fund, to the Clean Election
23    Fund, and to the  Meals  on  Wheels  Fund.  Each  form  shall
24    contain  a  statement  that the contributions will reduce the
25    taxpayer's refund  or  increase  the  amount  of  payment  to
26    accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
27    increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
28        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
29    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
30    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
31    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
32    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
33    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
34    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A.  90-171,  eff.  7-23-97;  91-104, eff. 7-13-99;
 2    91-107, eff. 7-13-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.
 3    1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01.)

 4        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
 5        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
 6    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
 7    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
 8    Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
 9    Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
10    Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
11    Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
12    AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
13    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
14    and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
15    Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
16    Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
17    Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
18    Special  Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and
19    Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial  Fund,
20    the   Heart   Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,  the
21    Hemophilia Treatment Fund, the Mental Health  Research  Fund,
22    the   Children's   Cancer   Fund,   the   American   Diabetes
23    Association Fund, the National World War  II  Memorial  Fund,
24    the  Prostate  Cancer Research Fund, the Clean Election Fund,
25    and the Meals on Wheels Fund;  and  shall  notify  the  State
26    Comptroller  and  the  State  Treasurer  of the amounts to be
27    transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each  fund,  and
28    upon  receipt  of  such  notification the State Treasurer and
29    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-171, eff.  7-23-97;  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;
31    91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
32    1-1-01.)
 
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 1        Section  900.  Repeal.   This  Clean  Election   Act   is
 2    repealed June 30, 2009.

 3        Section 999.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.

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