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90_HB3059
10 ILCS 5/9-1.15 new
10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new
10 ILCS 5/9-11 from Ch. 46, par. 9-11
10 ILCS 5/9-25 from Ch. 46, par. 9-25
10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a General Assembly
candidate, once he or she passes certain contribution
thresholds, from accepting more contributions from
corporations, trusts, labor organizations, persons not within
his or her district, and political committees than from
individuals and businesses residing within the candidate's
district. Makes violators ineligible for General Assembly
membership or subject to removal from office. In all
campaign contribution reports, requires categorization of
contributors as family members within the district, district
residents, nondistrict residents, or corporations, trusts,
and labor organizations. Defines family member to include
the candidate. In General Assembly candidates' reports,
requires disclosure of contributors of $150 or less if their
contributions are included in determining the amount of
contributions from district residents; permits disclosure of
those contributors in all other reports. Classifies the
making or acceptance of an anonymous contribution or a
contribution in another's name a Class C misdemeanor.
Effective January 1, 1999.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by adding Sections
2 9-1.15, 9-1.20, and 9-25.5 and changing Sections 9-11 and
3 9-25.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
7 Sections 9-1.15, 9-1.20, and 9-25.5 and changing Sections
8 9-11 and 9-25 as follows:
9 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.15 new)
10 Sec. 9-1.15. Person within the district. "Person within
11 the district" means an individual who resides in, or a
12 business with its principal place of business located within,
13 the district in which the candidate is seeking office. A
14 "person within the district" does not include family members
15 within the district, corporations, trusts, labor
16 organizations, or political committees.
17 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.20 new)
18 Sec. 9-1.20. Family member within the district. "Family
19 member within the district" means a candidate or a
20 candidate's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,
21 aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother, sister, first cousin,
22 brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law,
23 son-in-law, or daughter-in-law residing within the district.
24 (10 ILCS 5/9-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
25 Sec. 9-11. Each report of campaign contributions under
26 Section 9-10 shall disclose-
27 (1) the name and address of the political committee;
28 (2) (Blank);
29 (3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
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1 reporting period;
2 (4) in separate contributor categories for family
3 members within the district, persons within the district,
4 persons not within the district, and corporations, trusts,
5 and labor organizations, the full name and mailing address of
6 each contributor of person who has made one or more
7 contributions to or for such committee within the reporting
8 period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150,
9 together with the amount and date of such contributions;
10 (5) the total sum of individual contributions made to or
11 for such committee during the reporting period and not
12 reported under item (4);
13 (6) the name and address of each political committee
14 from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
15 committee made, any transfer of funds, in any aggregate
16 amount or value in excess of $150, together with the amounts
17 and dates of all transfers;
18 (7) the total sum of transfers made to or from such
19 committee during the reporting period and not reported under
20 item (6);
21 (8) each loan to or from any person within the reporting
22 period by or to such committee in an aggregate amount or
23 value in excess of $150, together with the full names and
24 mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any, and
25 the date and amount of such loans;
26 (9) the total amount of proceeds received by such
27 committee from (a) the sale of tickets for each dinner,
28 luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising
29 events; (b) mass collections made at such events; and (c)
30 sales of items such as political campaign pins, buttons,
31 badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners, literature, and
32 similar materials;
33 (10) each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
34 in excess of $150 received by such committee not otherwise
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1 listed under items (4) through (9);
2 (11) the total sum of all receipts by or for such
3 committee or candidate during the reporting period.
4 Each report of campaign contributions under Section 9-10
5 may disclose the full name and mailing address of each
6 contributor of one or more contributions to or for the
7 committee within the reporting period of an aggregate amount
8 or value of $150 or less. Names disclosed shall be
9 categorized as family members within the district, persons
10 within the district, persons not within the district, or
11 corporations, trusts, and labor organizations.
12 The reports of campaign contributions filed under this
13 Article shall be cumulative during the reporting period to
14 which they relate.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 1-1-98.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
17 Sec. 9-25. No person shall make an anonymous contribution
18 or a contribution in the name of another person, and no
19 person shall knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
20 contribution made by one person in the name of another
21 person. Anonymous contributions shall escheat to the State of
22 Illinois. Any political committee that receives such a
23 contribution shall forward it immediately to the State
24 Treasurer. Violation of this Section is a Class C
25 misdemeanor.
26 (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
28 Sec. 9-25.5. Contribution limit.
29 (a) At any time during a campaign contribution reporting
30 period prescribed in Section 9-10, a candidate for the office
31 of State Senator or State Representative may not accept
32 contributions from corporations, trusts, labor organizations,
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1 persons not within the district, and political committees in
2 an aggregate amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of
3 contributions that the candidate has received during the same
4 reporting period from persons within the district.
5 (b) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to
6 candidates for the office of State Representative receiving
7 less than $30,000 in aggregated contributions from persons
8 not within the district, corporations, trusts, labor
9 organizations, and political committees.
10 (c) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to
11 candidates for the office of State Senator receiving less
12 than $45,000 in aggregated contributions from persons not
13 within the district, corporations, trusts, labor
14 organizations, and political committees.
15 (d) If contributions in an aggregate amount of $150 or
16 less per contributor are included in the determination of the
17 aggregate amount of contributions from persons within the
18 district, the full name and mailing address of each person
19 within the district who made aggregate contributions of $150
20 or less during the reporting period shall be disclosed in the
21 campaign contribution report for that period.
22 (e) A candidate who violates this Section is ineligible
23 for appointment or election to the General Assembly until the
24 second general election after the violation occurs. A
25 candidate who violates this Section and is elected to the
26 General Assembly shall be removed from office.
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
28 January 1, 1999.