HB3963 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3963

Introduced 11/13/2019, by Rep. Tim Butler - Grant Wehrli, Ryan Spain, Mark Batinick, Darren Bailey, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1A-14

from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14

Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections, or a spouse of a member, from serving as an officer of a political committee or directing the actions of or the funds of a political committee. Requires any member of the State Board of Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of Elections, to dissolve any political committee associated with the member as a candidate for office. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 1A-14 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)

Sec. 1A-14. No member of the State Board of Elections may become a candidate for nomination for, or election to, or accept appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or public employment or any office in a political party. No member, or spouse of a member, of the State Board of Elections shall serve as an officer of a political committee or otherwise direct the actions of, or the use of funds held by, a political committee. Any member of the State Board of Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of Elections, must dissolve any political committee associated with the member as a candidate for office. Violation of any prohibition in this Section shall disqualify a member of the Board and a vacancy is thereby created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of any of the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the case of an elective office.

(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.