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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1251
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1251  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to amend the Election Code by changing Sections
 5    9-3 and 9-4."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  5.   The  Election  Code is amended by changing
 9    Sections 9-3 and 9-4 as follows:
10        (10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3)
11        Sec.  9-3.   Statement  of  organization.   Every   state
12    political committee and every local political committee shall
13    file  with  the  State  Board  of  Elections, and every local
14    political committee shall  file  with  the  county  clerk,  a
15    statement  of  organization within 30 days of the creation of
16    such committee.  A political committee that acts  as  both  a
17    state  political  committee  and  a local political committee
18    shall file a copy of each statement of organization with  the
19    State Board of Elections and  the county clerk.
20        The statement of organization shall include -
21        (a)  the name and address of the political committee;
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 1        (b)  the  scope,  area  of  activity,  party affiliation,
 2    candidate  affiliation  and  his  county  of  residence,  and
 3    purposes of the political committee;
 4        (c)  the name, address, and position of each custodian of
 5    the committee's books and accounts, including  the  name  and
 6    address  of  the  candidate, officer, or other person who has
 7    authority to decide how committee funds are to be disbursed;
 8        (d)  the name, address, and position of  the  committee's
 9    principal  officers,  including  the chairman, treasurer, and
10    officers and members of its finance committee, if any;
11        (e)  a statement whether the committee  is  a  continuing
12    one;
13        (f)  a statement of what specific disposition of residual
14    fund  will  be  made  in  the  event  of  the  dissolution or
15    termination of the committee;
16        (g)  a  listing  of  all   banks   or   other   financial
17    institutions,   safety   deposit   boxes,   and   any   other
18    repositories or custodians of funds used by the committee;
19        (h)  the   amount   of   funds   available  for  campaign
20    expenditures  as  of  the  filing  date  of  the  committee's
21    statement of organization.
22    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
23        (10 ILCS 5/9-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-4)
24        Sec. 9-4.  Statement of organization form.  The statement
25    of organization required by  this  Article  to  be  filed  in
26    accordance  with  Section  9-3  shall be verified, dated, and
27    signed by either the treasurer  of  the  political  committee
28    making  the  statement  or  the candidate on whose behalf the
29    statement  is  made,  and  shall  contain  substantially  the
30    following:
31                      STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
32        (a)  name and address of the political committee:
33    .............................................................
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 1        (b)  scope,  area   of   activity,   party   affiliation,
 2    candidate  affiliation  and  his  county  of  residence,  and
 3    purposes of the political committee:
 4    .............................................................
 5    .............................................................
 6    .............................................................
 7    .............................................................
 8        (c)  name, address, and position of each custodian of the
 9    committee's  books  and  accounts,  including  the  name  and
10    address  of  the  candidate, officer, or other person who has
11    authority to decide how committee funds are to be disbursed:
12    .............................................................
13    .............................................................
14        (d)  name,  address,  and  position  of  the  committee's
15    principal officers, including the  chairman,  treasurer,  and
16    officers and members of its finance committee, if any:
17    .............................................................
18    .............................................................
19    .............................................................
20        (e)  a  statement  whether  the committee is a continuing
21    one:
22    .............................................................
23        (f)  a statement of what specific disposition of residual
24    funds will be  made  in  the  event  of  the  dissolution  or
25    termination of the committee:
26    .............................................................
27    .............................................................
28        (g)  a   listing   of   all   banks  or  other  financial
29    institutions,   safety   deposit   boxes,   and   any   other
30    repositories or custodians of funds used by the committee:
31    .............................................................
32    .............................................................
33        (h)  the  amount  of   funds   available   for   campaign
34    expenditures  as  of  the  filing  date  of  the  committee's
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 1    statement of organization: ..................................
 2                            VERIFICATION:
 3        "I declare that this statement of organization (including
 4    any  accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined
 5    by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is  a  true,
 6    correct and complete statement of organization as required by
 7    Article 9 of The Election Code. I understand that the penalty
 8    for willfully filing a false or incomplete statement shall be
 9    a  fine  not  to  exceed  $500  or  imprisonment  in  a penal
10    institution other than  the  penitentiary  not  to  exceed  6
11    months, or both fine and imprisonment."
12    ......................    ...................................
13       (date of filing)            (signature of person making
14                                        the statement)
15    (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
16        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
17    January 1, 1998.".

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