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91_HB4453

 
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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   seperate   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, and
10    if a contributor is an individual who contributed  more  than
11    $500,  the  occupation and employer of the contributor or, if
12    the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown, a
13    statement that the committee has made a good faith effort  to
14    ascertain this information;
15        (5)  the total sum of individual contributions made to or
16    for  such  committee  during  the  reporting  period  and not
17    reported under item (4);
18        (6)  the name and address  of  each  political  committee
19    from which the reporting committee received, or to which that
20    committee  made,  any  transfer  of  funds,  in any aggregate
21    amount or value in excess of $150, together with the  amounts
22    and dates of all transfers;
23        (7)  the  total  sum  of  transfers  made to or from such
24    committee during the reporting period and not reported  under
25    item (6);
26        (8)  each loan to or from any person within the reporting
27    period  by  or  to  such  committee in an aggregate amount or
28    value in excess of $150, together with  the  full  names  and
29    mailing  addresses  of  the lender and endorsers, if any, and
30    the date and amount  of  such  loans,  and  if  a  lender  or
31    endorser  is  an  individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of
32    more  than  $500,  the  occupation  and  employer   of   that
33    individual,   or  if  the  occupation  and  employer  of  the
34    individual are unknown, a statement that  the  committee  has
 
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 1    made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
 2        (9)  the  total  amount  of  proceeds  received  by  such
 3    committee  from  (a)  the  sale  of  tickets for each dinner,
 4    luncheon,  cocktail  party,  rally,  and  other  fund-raising
 5    events; (b) mass collections made at  such  events;  and  (c)
 6    sales  of  items  such  as  political campaign pins, buttons,
 7    badges,  flags,  emblems,  hats,  banners,  literature,   and
 8    similar materials;
 9        (10)  each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt
10    in  excess  of  $150 received by such committee not otherwise
11    listed under items (4) through (9), and if a  contributor  is
12    an  individual who contributed more than $500, the occupation
13    and employer of the contributor or,  if  the  occupation  and
14    employer of the contributor are unknown, a statement that the
15    committee  has  made  a  good  faith effort to ascertain this
16    information;
17        (11)  the total sum  of  all  receipts  by  or  for  such
18    committee or candidate during the reporting period.
19        Each  report of campaign contributions under Section 9-10
20    may disclose the  full  name  and  mailing  address  of  each
21    contributor  of  one  or  more  contributions  to  or for the
22    committee within the reporting period of an aggregate  amount
23    or   value  of  $150  or  less.   Names  disclosed  shall  be
24    categorized as family members within  the  district,  persons
25    within  the  district,  persons  not  within the district, or
26    corporations, trusts, and labor organizations.
27        The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
28        The reports of campaign contributions  filed  under  this
29    Article  shall  be  cumulative during the reporting period to
30    which they relate.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 1-1-98; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)

32        (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
33        Sec. 9-25. No person shall make an anonymous contribution
 
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 1    or a contribution in the  name  of  another  person,  and  no
 2    person  shall  knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
 3    contribution made by  one  person  in  the  name  of  another
 4    person. Anonymous contributions shall escheat to the State of
 5    Illinois.  Any  political  committee  that  receives  such  a
 6    contribution  shall  forward  it  immediately  to  the  State
 7    Treasurer.    Violation   of   this  Section  is  a  Class  C
 8    misdemeanor.
 9    (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)

10        (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
11        Sec. 9-25.5.  Contribution limit.
12        (a)  At any time during a campaign contribution reporting
13    period prescribed in Section 9-10, a candidate for the office
14    of State Senator  or  State  Representative  may  not  accept
15    contributions from corporations, trusts, labor organizations,
16    persons  not within the district, and political committees in
17    an aggregate amount that  exceeds  the  aggregate  amount  of
18    contributions that the candidate has received during the same
19    reporting period from persons within the district.
20        (b)  Subsection  (a)  of  this Section shall not apply to
21    candidates for the office of State  Representative  receiving
22    less  than  $30,000  in aggregated contributions from persons
23    not  within  the  district,   corporations,   trusts,   labor
24    organizations, and political committees.
25        (c)  Subsection  (a)  of  this Section shall not apply to
26    candidates for the office of  State  Senator  receiving  less
27    than  $45,000  in  aggregated  contributions from persons not
28    within   the   district,    corporations,    trusts,    labor
29    organizations, and political committees.
30        (d)  If  contributions  in an aggregate amount of $150 or
31    less per contributor are included in the determination of the
32    aggregate amount of contributions  from  persons  within  the
33    district,  the  full  name and mailing address of each person
 
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 1    within the district who made aggregate contributions of  $150
 2    or less during the reporting period shall be disclosed in the
 3    campaign contribution report for that period.
 4        (e)  A  candidate who violates this Section is ineligible
 5    for appointment or election to the General Assembly until the
 6    second  general  election  after  the  violation  occurs.   A
 7    candidate who violates this Section and  is  elected  to  the
 8    General Assembly shall be removed from office.

 9        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
10    January 1, 2001.

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