Full Text of SB4017 101st General Assembly
SB4017 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB4017 Introduced 1/4/2021, by Sen. Dan McConchie - John F. Curran - Dale A. Righter - Jil Tracy, Paul Schimpf, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new | | 10 ILCS 5/1A-14 | from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14 | 10 ILCS 5/9-1.8 | from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8 | 10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new | | 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 | | 25 ILCS 170/11.4 new | |
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Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections from contributing to a political committee, serving as an officer of a political committee, or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Provides options for the person to remedy the violation. Requires a person who is in violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act to come into compliance within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines a "limited activity committee" to mean a political committee for which a person who is nominated to a position that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a member of the State Board of Elections, or a person registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbyist Registration Act is either an officer or a candidate the committee has designated to support. Prohibits a limited activity committee from accepting contributions, except that the person who is either an officer or a candidate the committee has designated to support may contribute personal funds in order to pay maintenance expenses. Provides that a limited activity committee may only make specified expenditures. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits an appointee subject to Senate confirmation and a registered lobbyist from serving as an officer of a candidate political committee in which the person is the designated candidate or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Provides options for the person to remedy the violation. Requires a person who is in violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act to come into compliance within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 3A-50 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3A-50. Political activity. No person whose | 8 | | appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate | 9 | | shall: (1) serve as an officer of a candidate political | 10 | | committee; or (2) be a candidate who is designated as the | 11 | | candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee. A | 12 | | person whose appointment requires the advice and consent of the | 13 | | Senate who is either an officer of a candidate political | 14 | | committee or a candidate who is designated as the candidate to | 15 | | be supported by a candidate political committee shall within 30 | 16 | | days after confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer | 17 | | of the candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name | 18 | | removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate | 19 | | political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections | 20 | | of the person's intent to convert the candidate political | 21 | | committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8 | 22 | | of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited | 23 | | activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) |
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| 1 | | dissolve the candidate political committee. A person whose | 2 | | appointment requires the advice and consent of the Senate who | 3 | | is in violation of this Section on the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly must come into | 5 | | compliance within 30 days after the effective date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. As used in this | 7 | | Section, "candidate political committee" has the meaning given | 8 | | to that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the | 9 | | person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as | 10 | | the candidate to be supported by the candidate political | 11 | | committee under Section 9-2 of the Code. | 12 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | 13 | | Sections 1A-14, 9-1.8, and 9-8.5 and by adding Section 9-3.5 as | 14 | | follows:
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
| 16 | | Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by the State Board of | 17 | | Elections. | 18 | | (a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a | 19 | | candidate
for nomination for, or election to,
or accept | 20 | | appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or | 21 | | public
employment or any office in a political party. | 22 | | (b) No member of the State Board of Elections shall: (1) | 23 | | contribute, either financially or in services or goods or any | 24 | | other way, to any political committee; (2) serve as an officer |
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| 1 | | of any political committee; or (3) be a candidate who is | 2 | | designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate | 3 | | political committee. A member of the State Board of Elections | 4 | | who is either an officer of a political committee or a | 5 | | candidate who is designated as the candidate to be supported by | 6 | | a candidate political committee shall within 30 days after | 7 | | confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the | 8 | | political committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the | 9 | | candidate to be supported by a political committee; (iii) | 10 | | notify the Board of the member's intent to convert the | 11 | | political committee to a limited activity committee under | 12 | | Section 9-1.8, and complete the transition to a limited | 13 | | activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv) | 14 | | dissolve the committee. A member of the State Board of | 15 | | Elections who is in violation of this subsection (b) on the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 17 | | Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days after the | 18 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | 19 | | Assembly. As used in this Section, "political committee" | 20 | | includes both the meaning provided in Section 9-1.8 of this | 21 | | Code and the meaning provided in 52 U.S.C. 30101. | 22 | | (c) Violation of any prohibition
in this Section shall | 23 | | disqualify a member of the Board and a
vacancy is thereby | 24 | | created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of
any of | 25 | | the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the | 26 | | case
of an elective office.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1178.)
| 2 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
| 3 | | Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. | 4 | | (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political | 5 | | committee, a political party committee, a political action | 6 | | committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent | 7 | | expenditure committee. | 8 | | (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate | 9 | | himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, | 10 | | corporation, or other organization or group of persons | 11 | | designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes | 12 | | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | 13 | | exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate. | 14 | | (c) "Political party committee" means the State central | 15 | | committee of a political party, a county central committee of a | 16 | | political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a committee | 17 | | formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a political | 18 | | party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative caucus | 19 | | committee" means a committee established for the purpose of | 20 | | electing candidates to the General Assembly by the person | 21 | | elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, | 22 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the | 23 | | House of Representatives, or a committee established by 5 or | 24 | | more members of the same caucus of the Senate or 10 or more | 25 | | members of the same caucus of the House of Representatives. |
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| 1 | | (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person, | 2 | | trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or | 3 | | other organization or group of persons, other than a candidate, | 4 | | political party, candidate political committee, or political | 5 | | party committee, that accepts contributions or makes | 6 | | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | 7 | | exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate | 8 | | or candidates for public office. "Political action committee" | 9 | | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | 10 | | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | 11 | | persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate | 12 | | political committee, or political party committee, that makes | 13 | | electioneering communications during any 12-month period in an | 14 | | aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or | 15 | | candidates for public office. | 16 | | (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural | 17 | | person, trust, partnership, committee, association, | 18 | | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | 19 | | accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | 20 | | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in | 21 | | support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to | 22 | | be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" | 23 | | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | 24 | | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | 25 | | persons that makes electioneering communications during any | 26 | | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related |
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| 1 | | to any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. | 2 | | The $5,000 threshold applies to any contributions or | 3 | | expenditures received or made with the purpose of securing a | 4 | | place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or passage of, | 5 | | or engaging in electioneering communication regarding the | 6 | | question of public policy, regardless of the method of | 7 | | initiation of the question of public policy and regardless of | 8 | | whether petitions have been circulated or filed with the | 9 | | appropriate office or whether the question has been adopted and | 10 | | certified by the governing body. | 11 | | (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust, | 12 | | partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other | 13 | | organization or group of persons formed for the exclusive
| 14 | | purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month | 15 | | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in support of or | 16 | | in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, election, | 17 | | retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or | 18 | | (ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the | 19 | | electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also includes | 20 | | any trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, | 21 | | or other organization or group of persons that makes | 22 | | electioneering communications that are not made in connection, | 23 | | consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion | 24 | | of a public official or candidate, a public official's or | 25 | | candidate's designated political committee or campaign, or an | 26 | | agent or agents of the public official, candidate, or political |
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| 1 | | committee or campaign during any 12-month period in an | 2 | | aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to (i) the nomination | 3 | | for election, election, retention, or defeat of any public | 4 | | official or candidate or (ii) any question of public policy to | 5 | | be submitted to the voters. | 6 | | (g) "Limited activity committee" means a political | 7 | | committee for which a person who is nominated to a position | 8 | | that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a | 9 | | member of the State Board of Elections, or a person registered | 10 | | as a lobbyist under the Lobbyist Registration Act is either an | 11 | | officer or a candidate the committee has designated to support.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new) | 14 | | Sec. 9-3.5. Candidate political committee restrictions. | 15 | | (a) A person who is registered as a lobbyist under the | 16 | | Lobbyist Registration Act or who is nominated to a position | 17 | | that is subject to confirmation by the Senate shall not: (1) | 18 | | serve as an officer of a candidate political committee that is | 19 | | designated to support or oppose that person as a candidate; or | 20 | | (2) be a candidate who is designated as the candidate to be | 21 | | supported by a candidate political committee. | 22 | | (b) Within 30 days after registering as a lobbyist under | 23 | | the Lobbyist Registration Act or after confirmation by the | 24 | | Senate, the person shall: (1) dissolve the candidate political | 25 | | committee; (2) resign as an officer of the candidate political |
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| 1 | | committee; (3) have his or her name removed as the candidate to | 2 | | be supported by the candidate political committee; or (iv) | 3 | | notify the Board of the person's intent to convert the | 4 | | candidate political committee to a limited activity candidate | 5 | | political committee. | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5) | 7 | | Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions. | 8 | | (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept | 9 | | contributions except as provided in this Section. | 10 | | (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political | 11 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 12 | | over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii) | 13 | | $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or | 14 | | association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political | 15 | | committee or political action committee. A candidate political | 16 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from a | 17 | | political party committee except during an election cycle in | 18 | | which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election. | 19 | | During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks | 20 | | nomination at a primary election, a candidate political | 21 | | committee may not accept contributions from political party | 22 | | committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i) | 23 | | $200,000 for a candidate political committee established to | 24 | | support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office, | 25 | | (ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established |
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| 1 | | to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the | 2 | | Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial | 3 | | District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with | 4 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate | 5 | | political committee established to support a candidate seeking | 6 | | nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court | 7 | | or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the First | 8 | | Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a county | 9 | | of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and county | 10 | | offices in Cook County other than those elected by all voters | 11 | | of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate political | 12 | | committee established to support the nomination of a candidate | 13 | | to any other office.
A candidate political committee | 14 | | established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may | 15 | | accept contributions from only one legislative caucus | 16 | | committee. A candidate political committee may not accept | 17 | | contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
| 18 | | independent expenditure committee. | 19 | | (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee | 20 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 21 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 22 | | any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii) | 23 | | $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party | 24 | | committee may accept contributions in any amount from another | 25 | | political party committee or a candidate political committee, | 26 | | except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this Section |
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| 1 | | shall limit the amounts that may be transferred between a | 2 | | political party committee established under subsection (a) of | 3 | | Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated federal political | 4 | | committee established under the Federal Election Code by the | 5 | | same political party. A political party committee may not | 6 | | accept contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from | 7 | | an
independent expenditure committee. A political party | 8 | | committee established by a legislative caucus may not accept | 9 | | contributions from another political party committee | 10 | | established by a legislative caucus. | 11 | | (c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates | 12 | | may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and | 13 | | ending on the day of the primary election, a political party | 14 | | committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value | 15 | | over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political | 16 | | party committee. A political party committee may accept | 17 | | contributions in any amount from a candidate political | 18 | | committee or political party committee if the political party | 19 | | committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of | 20 | | nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection | 21 | | (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study | 22 | | and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection | 23 | | to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012. | 24 | | This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and | 25 | | thereafter no longer applies. | 26 | | (c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to |
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| 1 | | make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general | 2 | | primary election or consolidated primary election may file a | 3 | | Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the | 4 | | Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a | 5 | | verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the | 6 | | committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions or | 7 | | coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a | 8 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary | 9 | | election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be | 10 | | held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may | 11 | | accept unlimited contributions from candidate political | 12 | | committees and political party committees, provided that the | 13 | | political party committee does not make contributions to a | 14 | | candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary | 15 | | election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements | 16 | | shall deem the political party committee in violation of this | 17 | | Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than | 18 | | 150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures | 19 | | made by the committee in violation of this Article. This | 20 | | subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter | 21 | | no longer applies. | 22 | | (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee | 23 | | may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the | 24 | | following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from | 25 | | any corporation, labor organization, political party | 26 | | committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political |
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| 1 | | action committee or candidate political committee. A political | 2 | | action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot | 3 | | initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure | 4 | | committee. | 5 | | (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions | 6 | | in any amount from any source, provided that the committee | 7 | | files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and | 8 | | files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of this | 9 | | Article. | 10 | | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept | 11 | | contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the | 12 | | committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this | 13 | | Article and files the disclosure reports required by the | 14 | | provisions of this Article. | 15 | | (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept | 16 | | contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the | 17 | | committee has designated to support may contribute personal | 18 | | funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited | 19 | | activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (1) | 20 | | necessary for maintenance of the committee; (2) for rent or | 21 | | lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time | 22 | | the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate or | 23 | | registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbyist Registration Act; | 24 | | (3) contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (4) returning | 25 | | contributions to original contributors. | 26 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political |
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| 1 | | committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising | 2 | | efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more | 3 | | than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an | 4 | | independent
expenditure committee may not conduct joint | 5 | | fundraising efforts with a
candidate political committee or a | 6 | | political party committee. | 7 | | (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State Board | 8 | | of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution | 9 | | limitations established in this Section for inflation as | 10 | | determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers | 11 | | as issued by the United States Department of Labor and rounded | 12 | | to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this | 13 | | information on its official website. | 14 | | (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a | 15 | | candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate | 16 | | family contributes or loans to the public official's or | 17 | | candidate's political committee or to other political | 18 | | committees that transfer funds to the public official's or | 19 | | candidate's political committee or makes independent | 20 | | expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or | 21 | | candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election | 22 | | in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide | 23 | | office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then | 24 | | the public official or candidate shall file with the State | 25 | | Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of | 26 | | Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made |
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| 1 | | by the public official, the candidate, or the public official's | 2 | | or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business days after | 3 | | the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the notification | 4 | | shall be posted on the Board's website and the Board shall give | 5 | | official notice of the filing to each candidate for the same | 6 | | office as the public official or candidate making the filing, | 7 | | including the public official or candidate filing the | 8 | | Notification of Self-funding. Notice shall be sent via first | 9 | | class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the | 10 | | candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to | 11 | | the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee if | 12 | | the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided | 13 | | the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on | 14 | | the Board's website, all candidates for that office, including | 15 | | the public official or candidate who filed a Notification of | 16 | | Self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | 17 | | excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If | 18 | | a public official or candidate filed a Notification of | 19 | | Self-funding during an election cycle that includes a general | 20 | | primary election or consolidated primary election and that | 21 | | public official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for | 22 | | that office, including the nominee who filed the notification | 23 | | of self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | 24 | | excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for | 25 | | the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this | 26 | | subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or |
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| 1 | | child of a public official or candidate. | 2 | | (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure | 3 | | committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in | 4 | | opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or | 5 | | candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for | 6 | | statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective | 7 | | offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written | 8 | | disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or | 9 | | subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of | 10 | | Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of the | 11 | | disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and give | 12 | | official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for the | 13 | | same office as the public official or candidate for whose | 14 | | benefit or detriment the natural person or independent | 15 | | expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon | 16 | | posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates | 17 | | for that office in that election, including the public official | 18 | | or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the natural person | 19 | | or independent expenditure committee made independent | 20 | | expenditures, shall be permitted to accept contributions in | 21 | | excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). | 22 | | (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives | 23 | | notification or determines that a natural person or persons, an | 24 | | independent expenditure committee or committees, or | 25 | | combination thereof has made independent expenditures in | 26 | | support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular |
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| 1 | | public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more | 2 | | than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all | 3 | | other elective offices in an election cycle, then the Board | 4 | | shall, within 2 business days after discovering the independent | 5 | | expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the threshold set | 6 | | forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post notice of this | 7 | | fact on the Board's website and give official notice to each | 8 | | candidate for the same office as the public official or | 9 | | candidate for whose benefit or detriment the independent | 10 | | expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via first class | 11 | | mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's | 12 | | committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to the candidate | 13 | | and the treasurer of the candidate's committee if the candidate | 14 | | and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided the Board with | 15 | | an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on the Board's | 16 | | website, all candidates of that office in that election, | 17 | | including the public official or candidate for whose benefit or | 18 | | detriment the independent expenditures were made, may accept | 19 | | contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by | 20 | | subsection (b). | 21 | | (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor | 22 | | organization, association, or a political action committee | 23 | | established by a corporation, labor organization, or | 24 | | association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery | 25 | | to a political action committee of contributions made through | 26 | | dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action |
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| 1 | | committee may report the contributions in the aggregate, | 2 | | provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or | 3 | | similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, | 4 | | labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not | 5 | | exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the | 6 | | corporation, labor organization, association, or a political | 7 | | action committee established by a corporation, labor | 8 | | organization, or association facilitating the delivery of | 9 | | contributions maintains a list of natural persons, | 10 | | corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid | 11 | | the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the | 12 | | contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and | 13 | | (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar | 14 | | assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor | 15 | | organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly | 16 | | reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's quarterly | 17 | | report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A political | 18 | | action committee facilitating the delivery of contributions or | 19 | | receiving contributions shall disclose the amount of | 20 | | contributions made through dues delivered or received and the | 21 | | name of the corporation, labor organization, association, or | 22 | | political action committee delivering the contributions, if | 23 | | applicable. On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State | 24 | | Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution | 25 | | limitations established in this subsection for inflation as | 26 | | determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers |
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| 1 | | as issued by the United States Department of Labor and rounded | 2 | | to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this | 3 | | information on its official website. | 4 | | (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or | 5 | | transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the | 6 | | contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or | 7 | | transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, | 8 | | to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution | 9 | | or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or | 10 | | transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in | 11 | | violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided | 12 | | in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends | 13 | | notification to the political committee of the excess | 14 | | contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General | 15 | | Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in | 16 | | violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to | 17 | | exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution. | 18 | | (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office" | 19 | | means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, | 20 | | Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer. | 21 | | (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States | 22 | | Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees | 23 | | formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations, | 24 | | associations, or labor organizations established by or | 25 | | pursuant to federal law.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) |
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by | 2 | | adding Section 11.4 as follows: | 3 | | (25 ILCS 170/11.4 new) | 4 | | Sec. 11.4. Political activity. No person registered under | 5 | | this Act shall: (1) serve as an officer of a political | 6 | | committee; or (2) be a candidate who is designated as the | 7 | | candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee. A | 8 | | person registered under this Act who is either an officer of a | 9 | | political committee or a candidate who is designated as the | 10 | | candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee | 11 | | shall: (i) resign as an officer of the candidate political | 12 | | committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate | 13 | | to be supported by a candidate political committee within 30 | 14 | | days after confirmation by the Senate; (iii) notify the State | 15 | | Board of Elections of the person's intent to convert the | 16 | | candidate political committee to a limited activity committee | 17 | | pursuant to Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code within 30 days | 18 | | after registering under this Act and complete the transition to | 19 | | a limited activity committee within 60 days after registration; | 20 | | or (iv) dissolve the candidate political committee. A person | 21 | | registered under this Act who is in violation of this Section | 22 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 23 | | General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days after | 24 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General |
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| 1 | | Assembly. As used in this Section, "political committee" has | 2 | | the meaning given to that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election | 3 | | Code in which the person registered under this Act is | 4 | | designated as the candidate to be supported by the candidate | 5 | | political committee under Section 9-2 of the Code.
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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