101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3236

 

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/9-21  from Ch. 46, par. 9-21

    Amends the Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Article of the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to render a final judgment of a complaint of a violation of the Article filed during the 60 days before the date of the election in reference to which the complaint is filed before the date of the election, if possible (rather than rendering a final judgment within 7 days of the date the complaint is filed and, during the 7 days preceding such election, rendering a final judgment before the date of the election, if possible).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning Elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
59-21 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/9-21)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-21)
7    Sec. 9-21. Upon receipt of a complaint as provided in
8Section 9-20, the Board shall hold a closed preliminary hearing
9to determine whether or not the complaint appears to have been
10filed on justifiable grounds. Such closed preliminary hearing
11shall be conducted as soon as practicable after affording
12reasonable notice, a copy of the complaint, and an opportunity
13to testify at such hearing to both the person making the
14complaint and the person against whom the complaint is
15directed. If the Board fails to determine that the complaint
16has been filed on justifiable grounds, it shall dismiss the
17complaint without further hearing. Any additional hearings
18shall be open to the public.
19    Whenever the Board, in an open meeting, determines, after
20affording due notice and an opportunity for a public hearing,
21that any person has engaged or is about to engage in an act or
22practice which constitutes or will constitute a violation of
23any provision of this Article or any regulation or order issued

 

 

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1thereunder, the Board shall issue an order directing such
2person to take such action as the Board determines may be
3necessary in the public interest to correct the violation. In
4addition, if the act or practice engaged in consists of the
5failure to file any required report within the time prescribed
6by this Article, the Board, as part of its order, shall further
7provide that if, within the 12-month period following the
8issuance of the order, such person fails to file within the
9time prescribed by this Article any subsequent report as may be
10required, such person may be subject to a civil penalty
11pursuant to Section 9-23. The Board shall render its final
12judgment within 60 days of the date the complaint is filed;
13except that during the 60 days preceding the date of the
14election in reference to which the complaint is filed, the
15Board shall render its final judgment within 7 days of the date
16the complaint is filed, and during the 7 days preceding such
17election, the Board shall render such judgment before the date
18of such election, if possible.
19    At any time prior to the issuance of the Board's final
20judgment, the parties may dispose of the complaint by a written
21stipulation, agreed settlement or consent order. Any such
22stipulation, settlement or order shall, however, be submitted
23in writing to the Board and shall become effective only if
24approved by the Board in an open meeting. If the act or
25practice complained of consists of the failure to file any
26required report within the time prescribed by this Article,

 

 

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1such stipulation, settlement or order may provide that if,
2within the 12-month period following the approval of such
3stipulation, agreement or order, the person complained of fails
4to file within the time prescribed by this Article any
5subsequent reports as may be required, such person may be
6subject to a civil penalty pursuant to Section 9-23.
7    Any person filing a complaint pursuant to Section 9-20 may,
8upon written notice to the other parties and to the Board,
9voluntarily withdraw the complaint at any time prior to the
10issuance of the Board's final determination.
11(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)