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Public Act 096-1263 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
9-15 as follows: | ||||
(10 ILCS 5/9-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15) | ||||
Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board- | ||||
(1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political | ||||
committees of
their obligations under this Article and for | ||||
identification of persons
examining statements or reports | ||||
filed under this Article, and to supply
such forms, and the | ||||
forms for filing statements of organization and required | ||||
reports , reports of
campaign contributions, and annual reports | ||||
of campaign contributions and
expenditures to the appropriate | ||||
persons and election authorities ; | ||||
(2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate | ||||
persons and
election authorities a manual of instructions | ||||
setting forth recommended
uniform methods of bookkeeping and | ||||
reporting under this Article; | ||||
(3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry | ||||
out the
provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations | ||||
shall be published
and made available to the public at | ||||
reasonable cost. The Board may
determine which of its |
prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on
the county | ||
clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article ; | ||
(4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary | ||
election in
even numbered years, to the chairman of each | ||
regularly constituted
State central committee, county central | ||
committee and, in counties with a
population of more than | ||
3,000,000, to the committeemen of each township and
ward | ||
organization of each political party notice of their | ||
obligations under
this Article, along with a form for filing | ||
the statement of organization ; . | ||
(5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under | ||
this Article available for public inspection and copying no | ||
later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit | ||
copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the | ||
person requesting the copy; | ||
(6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system | ||
consistent with the purposes of this Article; | ||
(7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or | ||
parts of statements pertaining to each candidate; | ||
(8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may | ||
deem appropriate; and | ||
(9) to annually notify each political committee that has | ||
filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing | ||
dates for each quarterly report, provided that such | ||
notification shall be made by first-class mail unless the | ||
political committee opts to receive notification |
electronically via email. | ||
(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2011.
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