HB0824sam004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 4/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 824

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 824, AS AMENDED, with reference to the page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 3, on page 1, in line 4, by replacing "Section 5." with the following:

"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 9-7.10 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/9-7.10 new)

Sec. 9-7.10. Business entities; registration; reporting; notice to contribution recipients.

(a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "business entity", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 50-37 of the Illinois Procurement Code.

(b) Within 30 days after the date that a State contract is awarded to a business entity whose contracts with State agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000, that business entity shall register with the State Board of Elections, stating that the business entity has such a contract or contracts. The registration statement shall include the following:

Name and address of the business entity

Name and address of the business entity's authorized representative or representatives

The identity of the affiliated entities and affiliated persons of the business entity

VERIFICATION:

"I declare that this statement (including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct, and complete statement as required by Article 9 of the Election Code. I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a business offense subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000." .............................. (date of filing) (signature of person making the statement - authorized representative of the business entity)

The State Board shall enter the registration in an Internet database accessible to the public, searchable by identity of each business entity, affiliated entity, and affiliated person.

(c) Each business entity required to register under subsection (b) shall report to the State Board the recipient, amount, and date of each contribution made by the business entity or by an affiliated entity or an affiliated person of the business entity to a political committee subject to this Article. The reports required under this subsection shall be filed at the same times and for the same reporting periods as required for the filing by political committees of reports of campaign contributions under subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 9-10 and of semi-annual reports of campaign contributions and expenditures under subsection (c) of Section 9-10.

(d) Each report of contributions under subsection (c) shall disclose:

(1) the full name and mailing address of the business entity, affiliated entity, or affiliated person who has made one or more contributions or transfers of funds to a political committee within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $500;

(2) the name and address of the political committee to which each contribution was made;

(3) the amount of each contribution or transfer made;

(4) the date of each contribution or transfer; and

(5) each loan to a political committee within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $500, together with the full names and mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any, and the date and amount of such loans.

(e) Any business entity required to register under subsection (b), and any affiliated entity or affiliated person whose identity is required to be disclosed under subsection (b), shall give notice to any political committee to which it makes a contribution, at the time of the contribution, of the fact that the relevant business entity has contracts with State agencies that, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000.

Section 10."; and

on page 5, in line 15 by replacing "fund." with the following: "fund.

(f) Business entities, affiliated entities, and affiliated persons subject to this Section are subject to Section 9-7.10 of the Election Code.".