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92_SB0169
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1 AN ACT in relations to political committees.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 9-1.7, 9-1.8, and 9-1.9 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
7 Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the
8 candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
9 committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
10 group of persons which:
11 (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes
12 expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
13 amount exceeding $4,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in
14 opposition to a candidate or candidates for public office
15 who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
16 to file statements of economic interests with the county
17 clerk, or on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
18 candidates for election to the office of ward or township
19 committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population;
20 (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures
21 during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
22 exceeding $4,000 $3,000 in support of or in opposition to
23 any question of public policy to be submitted to the
24 electors of an area encompassing no more than one county;
25 or
26 (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures
27 during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
28 exceeding $4,000 $3,000 and has as its primary purpose
29 the furtherance of governmental, political or social
30 values, is organized on a not-for-profit basis, and which
31 publicly endorses or publicly opposes a candidate or
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1 candidates for public office who are required by the
2 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
3 economic interest with the County Clerk or a candidate or
4 candidates for the office of ward or township
5 committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
8 Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the
9 candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
10 committee, association, corporation, or any other
11 organization or group of persons which--
12 (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes
13 expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
14 amount exceeding $4,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition
15 to a candidate or candidates for public office who are
16 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file
17 statements of economic interests with the Secretary of State,
18 (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
19 any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $4,000
20 $3,000 in support of or in opposition to any question of
21 public policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
22 encompassing more than one county, or
23 (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
24 any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $4,000
25 $3,000 and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
26 governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
27 not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly
28 opposes a candidate or candidates for public office who are
29 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file
30 statements of economic interest with the Secretary of State.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
32 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.9) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
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1 Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State central
2 and county central committees of any political party, and
3 also includes local political committees and state political
4 committees, but does not include any candidate who does not
5 accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month
6 period in an aggregate amount exceeding $4,000 $3,000, nor
7 does it include, with the exception of State central and
8 county central committees of any political party, any
9 individual, trust, partnership, committee, association,
10 corporation, or any other organization or group of persons
11 which does not accept contributions or make expenditures
12 during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
13 $4,000 $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
14 candidates or to any question of public policy, and such
15 candidates and persons shall not be required to comply with
16 any filing provisions in this Article.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.