101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5846

 

Introduced 11/10/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29B-10  from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly   Ch. 46, par. 1103

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that at the time a candidate for President or Vice President of the United States files a statement of candidacy, the State Board of Elections shall give the candidate a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy of its provisions. Effective immediately.


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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
529B-10 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/29B-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch.
7      46, par. 1103)
8    Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time a
9political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
10statements of organization, or at the time a candidate for
11President or Vice President of the United States files a
12statement of candidacy under Section 7-11 of this Code, the
13State Board of Elections, in the case of a candidate for the
14President or Vice President of the United States, a state
15political committee, or a political committee acting as both a
16state political committee and a local political committee, or
17the county clerk, in the case of a local political committee,
18shall give the candidate or political committee a blank form of
19the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy of the
20provisions of this Article. The State Board of Elections or
21county clerk shall inform each political committee that
22subscription to the Code is voluntary. The text of the Code
23shall read as follows:

 

 

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1
CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
2    There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair
3play that every candidate for public office in the State of
4Illinois has a moral obligation to observe and uphold, in order
5that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted
6campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional
7right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the
8people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
9    THEREFORE:
10    (1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and
11limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to his
12record.
13    (2) I will not use or permit the use of character
14defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or
15scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family
16life.
17    (3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative
18prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or
19national origin.
20    (4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that
21misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor
22will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at
23creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to the
24personal integrity or patriotism of my opposition.
25    (5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or
26unethical practice that tends to corrupt or undermine our

 

 

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1American system of free elections or that hampers or prevents
2the full and free expression of the will of the voters.
3    (6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified
4American voter to full and equal participation in the electoral
5process.
6    (7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and
7tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to
8use or condone. I shall take firm action against any
9subordinate who violates any provision of this Code or the laws
10governing elections.
11    I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public office
12in the State of Illinois or chair of a political committee in
13support of or opposition to a question of public policy, hereby
14voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly pledge myself
15to conduct my campaign in accordance with the above principles
16and practices.
 
17   ..............           ...............................
18      Date                            Signature
19(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.