Full Text of SB1548 96th General Assembly
SB1548sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1548
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1548 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 |
| 9-2.5 and 9-8.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (10 ILCS 5/9-2.5 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 9-2.5. Single political committee; dissolution of | 8 |
| committee. | 9 |
| (a) Except as provided by this Section, no public official | 10 |
| or candidate for public office may establish more than one | 11 |
| political committee for each office that public official or | 12 |
| candidate occupies or is seeking. | 13 |
| (b) A public official with one or more pre-existing | 14 |
| committees bound by the limits of any subsection of Section | 15 |
| 9-8.5 considering a candidacy for any office covered by the | 16 |
| limits of any different subsection of Section 9-8.5 must form a |
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| new committee, to be termed an exploratory committee. A | 2 |
| pre-existing committee created for the primary purpose of | 3 |
| aiding that candidate's election to other offices that ceases | 4 |
| all fundraising after the creation of an exploratory committee | 5 |
| may transfer funds without limit to an exploratory committee. | 6 |
| Should the candidate decide against running for the new office, | 7 |
| fail to qualify for the ballot at the next election, or lose | 8 |
| the next election, any remaining funds held by the exploratory | 9 |
| committee shall be returned to contributors or donated to | 10 |
| charity, and the committee shall be closed, within 90 days. | 11 |
| (c) The public officials elected President of the Senate, | 12 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of | 13 |
| Representatives, and Minority Leader of the House of | 14 |
| Representatives may each establish and operate one additional | 15 |
| political committee for the purpose of supporting the election | 16 |
| of candidates to the General Assembly. The committees provided | 17 |
| for in this subsection (c) shall not be considered established | 18 |
| by the President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, | 19 |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives, or Minority Leader of | 20 |
| the House of Representatives for purposes of Section 9-8.5. | 21 |
| (d) A political committee established in accordance with | 22 |
| subsection (a) or (b) must be dissolved within 30 days after | 23 |
| (i) the candidate's withdrawal from the campaign or defeat for | 24 |
| the nomination or election sought or (ii) the public official | 25 |
| no longer holds the public office for which the committee was | 26 |
| established. All funds of a committee that is not dissolved as |
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| required by this subsection shall escheat to the State and be | 2 |
| deposited into the State treasury.
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 9-8.5. Contribution limit. | 5 |
| (a) An individual, corporation, labor organization, | 6 |
| association, or other group may not make one or more | 7 |
| contributions, including cash and in-kind contributions, in | 8 |
| excess of $10,000 in the aggregate in one calendar year to any | 9 |
| candidate for public office. A political committee of which a | 10 |
| State or local political party is the sponsoring entity may not | 11 |
| make one or more transfers in excess of $10,000 in the | 12 |
| aggregate in one calendar year to any candidate for public | 13 |
| office.
For the purpose of this Section, "candidate" includes | 14 |
| the candidate personally and any one or more political | 15 |
| committees established by, on behalf of, or to promote that | 16 |
| candidate. | 17 |
| (b) An individual, corporation, labor organization, | 18 |
| association, or other group may not make one or more | 19 |
| contributions, including cash and in-kind contributions, in | 20 |
| excess of $10,000 in the aggregate in one calendar year to one | 21 |
| or more committees in support of or in opposition to a question | 22 |
| of public policy to be submitted to electors. A political | 23 |
| committee of which a State or local political party is the | 24 |
| sponsoring entity may not make one or more transfers in excess | 25 |
| of $10,000 in the aggregate in one calendar year to one or more |
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| committees in support of or in opposition to a question of | 2 |
| public policy to be submitted to electors. | 3 |
| (c) When (i) a corporation and any of its subsidiaries, | 4 |
| branches, divisions, departments, or local units, (ii) a labor | 5 |
| organization and any of its subsidiaries, branches, divisions, | 6 |
| departments, or local units, or (iii) an association or any of | 7 |
| its affiliates, subsidiaries, branches, divisions, | 8 |
| departments, or local units contribute to one or more political | 9 |
| committees or establish, maintain, or control more than one | 10 |
| separate segregated fund qualified as a political committee, | 11 |
| all of the related contributing entities shall be treated as a | 12 |
| single contributing entity for the purposes of the limitations | 13 |
| established by this Section. | 14 |
| (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit a | 15 |
| candidate's or public official's contribution of his or her | 16 |
| personal funds to the political committee established by that | 17 |
| candidate or public official. | 18 |
| (e) The dollar amounts established in this Section shall be | 19 |
| adjusted annually by the State Board of Elections in accordance | 20 |
| with the federal Consumer Price Index. | 21 |
| (f) As used in this Section: | 22 |
| (1) "Association" means any group, club, meeting, | 23 |
| collective, membership organization, collection of | 24 |
| persons, entity organized under Section 501 or 527 of the | 25 |
| Internal Revenue Code, or other entity other than a natural | 26 |
| person, except that an association does not include a |
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| political committee organized under this Article. | 2 |
| (2) "Corporation" includes a limited liability | 3 |
| company, partnership, professional practice, cooperative, | 4 |
| or sole proprietorship, whether organized on a for-profit | 5 |
| or non-profit basis. | 6 |
| (3) "Labor organization" means any organization of any | 7 |
| kind or any agency or employee representation committee or | 8 |
| plan in which employees participate and that exists for the | 9 |
| purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers | 10 |
| concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of | 11 |
| pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work. ".
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