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90_HB1070
10 ILCS 5/9-1.3 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.3
Amends the Election Code in the Article concerning
campaign finance by making technical changes to the Section
defining "candidate".
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 9-1.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 9-1.3 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.3)
8 Sec. 9-1.3. Candidate. "Candidate" means any person who
9 seeks nomination for election, election to, or retention in
10 public office, or any person who seeks election as ward or
11 township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
12 population, whether or not the such person is elected. A
13 person seeks nomination for election, election, or retention
14 if he (1) takes the action necessary under the laws of this
15 State to attempt to qualify for nomination for election,
16 election to, or retention in public office or election as
17 ward or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or
18 more population, or (2) receives contributions or makes
19 expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to
20 receive contributions or make expenditures with a view to
21 bringing about his nomination for election or election to or
22 retention in public office, or his or her election as ward or
23 township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
24 population.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)