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90_HB0886
10 ILCS 5/9-1.15 new
10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new
10 ILCS 5/9-11 from Ch. 46, par. 9-11
10 ILCS 5/9-25 from Ch. 46, par. 9-25
10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a General Assembly
candidate from accepting more contributions from
corporations, trusts, labor organizations, persons not within
his or her district, and political committees than from
individuals and businesses residing within the candidate's
district. In all campaign contribution reports, requires
categorization of contributors as family members within the
district, district residents, nondistrict residents, or
corporations, trusts, and labor organizations. Defines
family member to include the candidate. Permits disclosure
of contributors of $150 or less. Classifies the making or
acceptance of an anonymous contribution or a contribution in
another's name a Class C misdemeanor. Effective January 1,
1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Sections
2 9-1.15, 9-1.20, and 9-25.5 and changing Sections 9-11 and
3 9-25.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
7 Sections 9-1.15, 9-1.20, and 9-25.5 and changing Sections
8 9-11 and 9-25 as follows:
9 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.15 new)
10 Sec. 9-1.15. Person within the district. "Person within
11 the district" means an individual who resides in, or a
12 business with its principal place of business located within,
13 the district in which the candidate is seeking office. A
14 "person within the district" does not include family members
15 within the district, corporations, trusts, labor
16 organizations, or political committees.
17 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new)
18 Sec. 9-1.20. Family member within the district. "Family
19 member within the district" means a candidate or a
20 candidate's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,
21 aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother, sister, first cousin,
22 brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
23 son-in-law, or daughter-in-law residing within the district.
24 (10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
25 Sec. 9-11. Each report of campaign contributions under
26 Section 9-10 shall disclose-
27 (1) the name and address of the political committee;
28 (2) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation,
29 candidate affiliation, and purposes of the political
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1 committee;
2 (3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
3 reporting period;
4 (4) in separate contributor categories for family
5 members within the district, persons within the district,
6 persons not within the district, and corporations, trusts,
7 and labor organizations, the full name and mailing address of
8 each contributor of person who has made one or more
9 contributions to or for such committee within the reporting
10 period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150,
11 together with the amount and date of such contributions;
12 (5) the total sum of individual contributions made to or
13 for such committee during the reporting period and not
14 reported under item (4);
15 (6) the name and address of each political committee
16 from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
17 committee made, any transfer of funds, in any aggregate
18 amount or value in excess of $150, together with the amounts
19 and dates of all transfers;
20 (7) the total sum of transfers made to or from such
21 committee during the reporting period and not reported under
22 item (6);
23 (8) each loan to or from any person within the reporting
24 period by or to such committee in an aggregate amount or
25 value in excess of $150, together with the full names and
26 mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any, and
27 the date and amount of such loans;
28 (9) the total amount of proceeds received by such
29 committee from (a) the sale of tickets for each dinner,
30 luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising
31 events; (b) mass collections made at such events; and (c)
32 sales of items such as political campaign pins, buttons,
33 badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners, literature, and
34 similar materials;
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1 (10) each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
2 in excess of $150 received by such committee not otherwise
3 listed under items (4) through (9);
4 (11) the total sum of all receipts by or for such
5 committee or candidate during the reporting period.
6 Each report of campaign contributions under Section 9-10
7 may disclose the full name and mailing address of each
8 contributor of one or more contributions to or for the
9 committee within the reporting period of an aggregate amount
10 or value of $150 or less. Names disclosed shall be
11 categorized as family members within the district, persons
12 within the district, persons not within the district, or
13 corporations, trusts, and labor organizations.
14 The reports of campaign contributions filed under this
15 Article shall be cumulative during the reporting period to
16 which they relate, but where there has been no change in an
17 item reported in a previous report during such year, only the
18 amount need be carried forward.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
21 Sec. 9-25. No person shall make an anonymous contribution
22 or a contribution in the name of another person, and no
23 person shall knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
24 contribution made by one person in the name of another
25 person. Anonymous contributions shall escheat to the State of
26 Illinois. Any political committee that receives such a
27 contribution shall forward it immediately to the State
28 Treasurer. Violation of this Section is a Class C
29 misdemeanor.
30 (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
32 Sec. 9-25.5. Contribution limit. At any time during a
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1 campaign contribution reporting period prescribed in Section
2 9-10, a candidate for the office of State Senator or State
3 Representative may not accept contributions from
4 corporations, trusts, labor organizations, persons not within
5 the district, and political committees in an aggregate amount
6 that exceeds the aggregate amount of contributions that the
7 candidate has received during the same reporting period from
8 persons within the district. If contributions in an
9 aggregate amount of $150 or less per contributor are included
10 in the determination of the aggregate amount of contributions
11 from persons within the district, the full name and mailing
12 address of each person within the district who made aggregate
13 contributions of $150 or less during the reporting period
14 shall be disclosed in the campaign contribution report for
15 that period.
16 A candidate who violates this Section is ineligible for
17 appointment or election to the General Assembly until the
18 second general election after the violation occurs. A
19 candidate who violates this Section and is elected to the
20 General Assembly shall be removed from office.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
22 January 1, 1998.