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90_HB2704

      5 ILCS 420/2-105 new
      10 ILCS 5/9-5.5 new
          Amends the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act  and  the
      Election  Code.   Prohibits  a legislator from distributing a
      newsletter produced at State  expense  during  the  3  months
      before   a  general  primary  or  general  election.   Limits
      campaign expenditures of candidates and  nominees  for  State
      Senate  to $100,000 per primary and $100,000 per election and
      for State Representative to $50,000 per primary  and  $50,000
      per election.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT concerning legislators and legislative campaigns,
 2    amending named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act is
 6    amended by adding Section 2-105 as follows:
 7        (5 ILCS 420/2-105 new)
 8        Sec. 2-105.  Legislator's newsletter.  A  legislator  may
 9    not  distribute, by mail or otherwise, a newsletter, produced
10    at State expense,  during  the  3  months  before  a  general
11    primary  election  and  during  the 3 months before a general
12    election, regardless whether the legislator is a candidate or
13    nominee for public office at the elections.
14        Section 10.  The  Election  Code  is  amended  by  adding
15    Section 9-5.5 as follows:
16        (10 ILCS 5/9-5.5 new)
17        Sec. 9-5.5.  Expenditure limits.
18        (a)  A  political  committee  of  a  candidate  for State
19    Senator shall not make expenditures in excess of an aggregate
20    amount of $100,000 for  seeking  nomination  of  his  or  her
21    political  party  to that office.  A political committee of a
22    candidate   for   State   Representative   shall   not   make
23    expenditures in excess of an aggregate amount of $50,000  for
24    seeking  nomination  of  his  or  her political party to that
25    office.
26        (b)  A political committee of a nominee  of  a  political
27    party  for  the  office  of  State  Senator  shall  not  make
28    expenditures in excess of an aggregate amount of $100,000 for
29    seeking  election to that office.  A political committee of a
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 1    nominee  of  a  political  party  for  the  office  of  State
 2    Representative shall not make expenditures in  excess  of  an
 3    aggregate  amount  of  $50,000  for  seeking election to that
 4    office.
 5        (c)  The limitations of expenditures under subsection (a)
 6    apply for the period beginning with the  circulation  of  the
 7    candidate's  nominating petitions and ending with the date of
 8    the general primary election at  which  the  candidate  seeks
 9    nomination for election to office.
10        The  limitations  of  expenditures  under  subsection (b)
11    apply for the period  beginning  after  the  general  primary
12    election and ending with the date of the general election.
13        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.

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