Public Act 095-0963
 
SB2190 Enrolled LRB095 15837 JAM 41846 b

    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 9-1.7 and 9-1.8 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)   (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
    Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the
candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
group of persons which:
        (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes
    expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
    amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
    candidate or candidates for public office who are required
    by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements
    of economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf
    of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for
    election to the office of ward or township committeeman in
    counties of 3,000,000 or more population;
        (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
    any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
    in support of or in opposition to any question of public
    policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
    encompassing no more than one county. The $3,000 threshold
    established in this paragraph (b) applies to any receipts
    or expenditures received or made with the purpose of
    securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat
    or passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication
    regarding the question of public policy regardless of the
    method of initiation of the question of public policy and
    regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or
    filed with the appropriate office or whether the question
    has been adopted and certified by the governing body;
        (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
    any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
    and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
    governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
    not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
    publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public
    office who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
    Act to file statements of economic interest with the County
    Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the office of ward
    or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
    population; or
        (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
    any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
    for electioneering communications relating to any
    candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) or any
    question of public policy described in paragraph (b).
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)   (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
    Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the
candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
or group of persons which--
    (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures
during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
$3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
candidates for public office who are required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of economic
interests with the Secretary of State,
    (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in
support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to
be submitted to the electors of an area encompassing more than
one county. The $3,000 threshold established in this paragraph
(b) applies to any receipts or expenditures received or made
with the purpose of securing a place on the ballot for,
advocating the defeat or passage of, or engaging in
electioneering communication regarding the question of public
policy regardless of the method of initiation of the question
of public policy and regardless of whether petitions have been
circulated or filed with the appropriate office or whether the
question has been adopted and certified by the governing body,
    (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has
as its primary purpose the furtherance of governmental,
political or social values, is organized on a not-for-profit
basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes a
candidate or candidates for public office who are required by
the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic interest with the Secretary of State, or
    (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for
electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public
policy described in paragraph (b).
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2009