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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3581
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3581, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 9-25 and by adding Section 9-25.5 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25)
8 Sec. 9-25. Anonymous contributions and contributions in
9 the name of another person prohibited.
10 (a) No person shall make an anonymous contribution or a
11 contribution in the name of another person, and no person
12 shall knowingly accept any anonymous contribution or
13 contribution made by one person in the name of another
14 person.
15 (b) Anonymous contributions and contributions in the
16 name of another person shall escheat to the State of
17 Illinois. Any political committee that receives such a
18 contribution shall forward it immediately to the State
19 Treasurer.
20 (c) Any person who knowingly makes an anonymous
21 contribution or a contribution in the name of another person
22 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined an amount
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1 no greater than 3 times the amount of the prohibited
2 contribution.
3 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "contribution in
4 the name of another person" means a contribution in which (i)
5 the source of the contribution and (ii) the person or entity
6 causing the contribution to be made are not reported under
7 this Article.
8 (Source: P.A. 78-1183.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
10 Sec. 9-25.5. Contributions from foreign nationals
11 prohibited. No candidate or political committee may solicit,
12 accept, or receive, directly or indirectly, a contribution
13 made by a foreign national. For the purposes of this Section,
14 "foreign national" means (i) a government of a foreign
15 country and a foreign political party; (ii) a person outside
16 of the United States, unless it established that the person
17 is an individual and a citizen of and domiciled within the
18 United States, or that the person is not an individual and is
19 organized under or created by the laws of the United States
20 or of any State or other place subject to the jurisdiction of
21 the United States and has its principal place of business
22 within the United States; (iii) a partnership, association,
23 corporation, organization, or other combination of persons
24 organized under the laws of or having its principal place of
25 business in a foreign country; and (iv) an individual who is
26 not a citizen of the United States and who is not lawfully
27 admitted for permanent residence, as defined in Section
28 1101(a)(20) of Title 8 of the United States Code. The term
29 "foreign national" does not include any individual who is a
30 citizen of the United States.
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.".