100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3046

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/7-12  from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/9-1.9  from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9
10 ILCS 5/9-8.5
10 ILCS 5/9-8.6
10 ILCS 5/9-11  from Ch. 46, par. 9-11
10 ILCS 5/9-23.5
10 ILCS 5/9-35
10 ILCS 5/10-6.1  from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1
10 ILCS 5/29B-10  from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly   Ch. 46, par. 1103
10 ILCS 5/29B-15  from Ch. 46, par. 29B-15; formerly   Ch. 46, par. 1104
10 ILCS 5/29B-20  from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly   Ch. 46, par. 1105

    Amends the Election Code. Changes the frequency of certain reports from semi-annual or annual to quarterly. Makes changes to the definitions of certain election cycles. Removes certain limitations on campaign contributions for political party committees during certain periods and removes provisions concerning statements of nonparticipation that became ineffective on July 1, 2013. Changes the threshold for reporting independent expenditures from an aggregate value of $3,000 to an aggregate value of $5,000 and makes related changes. Removes a reference to the now-repealed Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform. Provides that certain certificates of registration shall be electronic. In provisions concerning fair campaign practices, removes requirements that county clerks provide and track documentation for certain candidates and instead provides that the State Board of Elections shall provide and track documentation for all candidates. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 7-12, 9-1.9, 9-8.5, 9-8.6, 9-11, 9-23.5, 9-35, 10-6.1,
629B-10, 29B-15, and 29B-20 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
8    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
9mail or in person as follows:
10        (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
11    congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
12    nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
13    district which comprises more than one county or is partly
14    in one county and partly in another county or counties,
15    then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
16    petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
17    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
18    and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
19    primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
20    fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
21    representative in Congress from this State, such petition
22    for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
23    the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not

 

 

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1    less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
2        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
3    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
4    preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
5    petitions for nomination for the office in which the
6    vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office
7    of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less
8    than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
9    election.
10        Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
11    alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
12    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
13    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
14    than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
15    the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
16    policies of a national political party conflict with such
17    requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
18    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
19    convention, the chairman of the State central committee of
20    such national political party shall notify the Board in
21    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
22    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
23    Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance
24    with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state
25    central committee of such national political party.
26        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county

 

 

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1    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
2    shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
3    than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the
4    primary.
5        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
6    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
7    filed in the office of the local election official, not
8    more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
9    primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
10    boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
11    jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
12    commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
13    of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
14    of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
15    authority.
16        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
17    committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
18    State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less than
19    106 days prior to the date of the primary.
20        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
21    ward committeemen shall be filed in the office of the
22    county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
23    to the date of the primary.
24        (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
25    election authorities and local election officials with
26    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify

 

 

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1    the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
2    shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each
3    petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting
4    in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as
5    of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such
6    day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal
7    opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
8    and received after midnight of the first day for filing and
9    in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be
10    deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
11    normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
12    petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
13    the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
14    filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
15    deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are
16    received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or
17    the various election authorities or local election
18    officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break
19    ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
20    lottery or other fair and impartial method of random
21    selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such
22    lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last
23    day for petition filing and shall be open to the public.
24    Seven days written notice of the time and place of
25    conducting such random selection shall be given by the
26    State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State

 

 

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1    central committee of each established political party, and
2    by each election authority or local election official, to
3    the County Chairman of each established political party,
4    and to each organization of citizens within the election
5    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
6    next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on
7    the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election
8    authority or local election official shall post in a
9    conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
10    office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The
11    State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations
12    governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
13    All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
14    their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
15    filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
16    determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
17    same office at a later time.
18        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
19    election authority or local election official with whom
20    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
21    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of
22    the obligation to file statements of organization, reports
23    of campaign contributions, and quarterly annual reports of
24    campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of
25    this Act. Such notice shall be given in the manner
26    prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.

 

 

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1        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
2    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
3    statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
4    Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with
5    the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
6    filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement
7    of economic interests in relation to the same governmental
8    unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on
9    which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination
10    papers of any candidate and the statement of economic
11    interest of that candidate are not required to be filed
12    with the same officer, the candidate must file with the
13    officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt
14    from the officer with whom the statement of economic
15    interests is filed showing the date on which such statement
16    was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than
17    the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
18        (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
19    for committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
20    national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
21    name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him
22    and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
23    acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
24    permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or
25    with the appropriate election authority or local election
26    official, not later than the date of certification of

 

 

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1    candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
2    ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed
3    on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have
4    been filed for the same person with respect to more than
5    one political party, his name shall not be certified nor
6    printed on the primary ballot of any party. If petitions
7    for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
8    more offices which are incompatible so that the same person
9    could not serve in more than one of such offices if
10    elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all
11    but one of such offices within the 5 business days
12    following the last day for petition filing. A candidate in
13    a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for
14    only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a
15    circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for
16    nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
17    more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the
18    same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only
19    for the first vacancy for which the petitions for
20    nomination were filed. If he fails to withdraw as a
21    candidate for all but one of such offices within such time
22    his name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary
23    ballot, for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing
24    provisions, an office in a political party is not
25    incompatible with any other office.
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1    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
2    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
3    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
4    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
5    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
6    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
7    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
8    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
9    thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
10    such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
11    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
12    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
13    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
14    Article, the nomination of an established political party
15    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
16    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
17    be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
18    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
19    office.
20        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
21    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
22    established political party for any special primary
23    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
24    office of representative in the United States Congress
25    where the nomination of such political party for said
26    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,

 

 

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1    the nomination of an established political party of a
2    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
3    uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
4    nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
5    seeking the nomination of such established party for
6    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
7    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
8    scheduled election day.
9        (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
10    and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
11    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
12    become a write-in candidate for a political party's
13    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
14    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
15    intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
16    election official with whom nomination papers for such
17    office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
18    primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
19    notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
20    this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
21    ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
22    and address of the person intending to become a write-in
23    candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified
24    primary elector of the political party from whom the
25    nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
26    intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's

 

 

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1    nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
2    write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
3    duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
4    any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
5    statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
6    Section is filed in a timely manner.
7        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
8    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
9    Elections, appropriate election authority or local
10    election official where the petitions are filed shall
11    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
12    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
13    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
14    State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
15    or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
16    sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
17    Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
18    local election official, the last set of petitions filed
19    shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
20    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
21    election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
22    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
23    election official then only the first set of petitions
24    filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
25    void.
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1    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
2    not less than 6 months.
3(Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.9)   (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
5    Sec. 9-1.9. Election cycle. "Election cycle" means any of
6the following:
7    (1) For a candidate political committee organized to
8support a candidate to be elected at a general primary election
9or general election, (i) the period beginning January 1
10following the general election for the office to which a
11candidate seeks nomination or election and ending on the day of
12the general primary election for that office or (ii) the period
13beginning the day after a general primary election for the
14office to which the candidate seeks nomination or election and
15through December 31 following the general election.
16    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for a candidate
17political committee organized to support a candidate for the
18General Assembly, (i) the period beginning January 1 following
19a general election and ending on the day of the next general
20primary election or (ii) the period beginning the day after the
21general primary election and ending on December 31 following a
22general election.
23    (3) For a candidate political committee organized to
24support a candidate for a retention election, (i) the period
25beginning January 1 following the general election at which the

 

 

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1candidate was elected through the day the candidate files a
2declaration of intent to seek retention or (ii) the period
3beginning the day after the candidate files a declaration of
4intent to seek retention through December 31 following the
5retention election.
6    (4) For a candidate political committee organized to
7support a candidate to be elected at a consolidated primary
8election or consolidated election, (i) the period beginning
9July 1 following the a consolidated election for the office to
10which a candidate seeks nomination or election and ending on
11the day of the consolidated primary election for that office or
12(ii) the period beginning the day after the consolidated
13primary election for the office to which the candidate seeks
14nomination or election and ending on June 30 following the a
15consolidated election.
16    (5) For a political party committee, political action
17committee, ballot initiative committee, or independent
18expenditure committee, the period beginning on January 1 and
19ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
20(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
22    Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
23    (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
24contributions except as provided in this Section.
25    (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political

 

 

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1committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
2over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
3$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
4association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
5committee or political action committee. A candidate political
6committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
7political party committee except during an election cycle in
8which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
9During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
10nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
11committee may not accept contributions from political party
12committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
13$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
14support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
15(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
16to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
17Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
18District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
191,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
20political committee established to support a candidate seeking
21nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
22or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the First
23Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a county
24of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and county
25offices in Cook County other than those elected by all voters
26of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate political

 

 

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1committee established to support the nomination of a candidate
2to any other office. A candidate political committee
3established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
4accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
5committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
6contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
7independent expenditure committee.
8    (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
9may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
10following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
11any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
12$50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
13committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
14political party committee or a candidate political committee,
15except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this Section
16shall limit the amounts that may be transferred between a
17political party committee established under subsection (a) of
18Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated federal political
19committee established under the Federal Election Code by the
20same political party. A political party committee may not
21accept contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from
22an independent expenditure committee. A political party
23committee established by a legislative caucus may not accept
24contributions from another political party committee
25established by a legislative caucus.
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1candidates may begin circulating petitions for a primary
2election and ending on the day of the primary election, a
3political party committee may not accept contributions with an
4aggregate value over $50,000 from a candidate political
5committee or political party committee. A political party
6committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
7candidate political committee or political party committee if
8the political party committee receiving the contribution filed
9a statement of nonparticipation in the primary as provided in
10subsection (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform
11shall study and make recommendations on the provisions of this
12subsection to the Governor and General Assembly by September
1330, 2012. This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013
14and thereafter no longer applies.
15    (c-10) (Blank). A political party committee that does not
16intend to make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a
17general primary election or consolidated primary election may
18file a Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with
19the Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a
20verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the
21committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions or
22coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a
23candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary
24election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be
25held on (insert date), (ii) the political party committee may
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1committees and political party committees, provided that the
2political party committee does not make contributions to a
3candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary
4election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements
5shall deem the political party committee in violation of this
6Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than
7150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures
8made by the committee in violation of this Article. This
9subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter
10no longer applies.
11    (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
12may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
13following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
14any corporation, labor organization, political party
15committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
16action committee or candidate political committee. A political
17action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
18initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
19committee.
20    (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions
21in any amount from any source, provided that the committee
22files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and
23files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of this
24Article.
25    (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept
26contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the

 

 

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1committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
2Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
3provisions of this Article.
4    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
5committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
6efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
7than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
8independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
9fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
10political party committee.
11    (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State Board
12of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution
13limitations established in this Section for inflation as
14determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
15as issued by the United States Department of Labor and rounded
16to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this
17information on its official website.
18    (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
19candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
20family contributes or loans to the public official's or
21candidate's political committee or to other political
22committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
23candidate's political committee or makes independent
24expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
25candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
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1office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
2the public official or candidate shall file with the State
3Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
4Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
5by the public official, the candidate, or the public official's
6or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business days after
7the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the notification
8shall be posted on the Board's website and the Board shall give
9official notice of the filing to each candidate for the same
10office as the public official or candidate making the filing,
11including the public official or candidate filing the
12Notification of Self-funding. Notice shall be sent via first
13class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
14candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
15the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee if
16the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided
17the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on
18the Board's website, all candidates for that office, including
19the public official or candidate who filed a Notification of
20Self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
21excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If
22a public official or candidate filed a Notification of
23Self-funding during an election cycle that includes a general
24primary election or consolidated primary election and that
25public official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for
26that office, including the nominee who filed the notification

 

 

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1of self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
2excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
3the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
4subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
5child of a public official or candidate.
6    (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
7committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
8opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
9candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
10statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
11offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
12disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
13subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
14Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of the
15disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and give
16official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for the
17same office as the public official or candidate for whose
18benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
19expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
20posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
21for that office in that election, including the public official
22or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the natural person
23or independent expenditure committee made independent
24expenditures, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
25excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
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1notification or determines that a natural person or persons, an
2independent expenditure committee or committees, or
3combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
4support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
5public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
6than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all
7other elective offices in an election cycle, then the Board
8shall, within 2 business days after discovering the independent
9expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the threshold set
10forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post notice of this
11fact on the Board's website and give official notice to each
12candidate for the same office as the public official or
13candidate for whose benefit or detriment the independent
14expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via first class
15mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's
16committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to the candidate
17and the treasurer of the candidate's committee if the candidate
18and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided the Board with
19an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on the Board's
20website, all candidates of that office in that election,
21including the public official or candidate for whose benefit or
22detriment the independent expenditures were made, may accept
23contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
24subsection (b).
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1established by a corporation, labor organization, or
2association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
3to a political action committee of contributions made through
4dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
5committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
6provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
7similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
8labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
9exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
10corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
11action committee established by a corporation, labor
12organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
13contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
14corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
15the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
16contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
17(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
18assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
19organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly
20reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's quarterly
21report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A political
22action committee facilitating the delivery of contributions or
23receiving contributions shall disclose the amount of
24contributions made through dues delivered or received and the
25name of the corporation, labor organization, association, or
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1applicable. On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
2Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution
3limitations established in this subsection for inflation as
4determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
5as issued by the United States Department of Labor and rounded
6to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this
7information on its official website.
8    (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
9transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
10contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
11transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
12to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
13or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
14transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
15violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
16in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
17notification to the political committee of the excess
18contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
19Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
20violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
21exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
22    (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
23means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
24Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
25    (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
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1formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
2associations, or labor organizations established by or
3pursuant to federal law.
4(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.6)
6    Sec. 9-8.6. Independent expenditures.
7    (a) An independent expenditure is not considered a
8contribution to a political committee. An expenditure made by a
9natural person or political committee for an electioneering
10communication in connection, consultation, or concert with or
11at the request or suggestion of the public official or
12candidate, the public official's or candidate's candidate
13political committee, or the agent or agents of the public
14official, candidate, or political committee or campaign shall
15not be considered an independent expenditure but rather shall
16be considered a contribution to the public official's or
17candidate's candidate political committee.
18    A natural person who makes an independent expenditure
19supporting or opposing a public official or candidate that,
20alone or in combination with any other independent expenditure
21made by that natural person supporting or opposing that public
22official or candidate during any 12-month period, equals an
23aggregate value of at least $5,000 $3,000 must file a written
24disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 business
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1person meeting or exceeding the $5,000 $3,000 threshold. A
2natural person who has made a written disclosure with the State
3Board of Elections shall have a continuing obligation to report
4further expenditures in relation to the same election, in
5$1,000 increments, to the State Board until the conclusion of
6that election. A natural person who makes an independent
7expenditure supporting or opposing a public official or
8candidate that, alone or in combination with any other
9independent expenditure made by that natural person supporting
10or opposing that public official or candidate during the
11election cycle, equals an aggregate value of more than (i)
12$250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other
13elective offices must file a written disclosure with the State
14Board of Elections within 2 business days after making any
15expenditure that results in the natural person exceeding the
16applicable threshold. Each disclosure must identify the
17natural person, the public official or candidate supported or
18opposed, the date, amount, and nature of each independent
19expenditure, and the natural person's occupation and employer.
20    (b) Any entity other than a natural person that makes
21independent expenditures of any kind in an aggregate amount
22exceeding $5,000 $3,000 during any 12-month period supporting
23or opposing a public official or candidate must organize as a
24political committee in accordance with this Article.
25    (c) Every political committee that makes independent
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1required under Section 9-10 of this Article.
2    (d) In the event that a political committee organized as an
3independent expenditure committee makes a contribution to any
4other political committee other than another independent
5expenditure committee or a ballot initiative committee, the
6State Board shall assess a fine equal to the amount of any
7contribution received in the preceding 2 years by the
8independent expenditure committee that exceeded the limits for
9a political action committee set forth in subsection (d) of
10Section 9-8.5.
11(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/9-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
13    Sec. 9-11. Financial reports.
14    (a) Each quarterly report of campaign contributions,
15expenditures, and independent expenditures under Section 9-10
16shall disclose the following:
17        (1) the name and address of the political committee;
18        (2) the name and address of the person submitting the
19    report on behalf of the committee, if other than the
20    chairman or treasurer;
21        (3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
22    reporting period;
23        (4) the full name and mailing address of each person
24    who has made one or more contributions to or for the
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1    amount or value in excess of $150, together with the
2    amounts and dates of those contributions, and, if the
3    contributor is an individual who contributed more than
4    $500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or, if
5    the occupation and employer of the contributor are unknown,
6    a statement that the committee has made a good faith effort
7    to ascertain this information;
8        (5) the total sum of individual contributions made to
9    or for the committee during the reporting period and not
10    reported under item (4);
11        (6) the name and address of each political committee
12    from which the reporting committee received, or to which
13    that committee made, any transfer of funds in the aggregate
14    amount or value in excess of $150, together with the
15    amounts and dates of all transfers;
16        (7) the total sum of transfers made to or from the
17    committee during the reporting period and not reported
18    under item (6);
19        (8) each loan to or from any person, political
20    committee, or financial institution within the reporting
21    period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or
22    value in excess of $150, together with the full names and
23    mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any; the
24    dates and amounts of the loans; and, if a lender or
25    endorser is an individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of
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1    individual or, if the occupation and employer of the
2    individual are unknown, a statement that the committee has
3    made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
4        (9) the total amount of proceeds received by the
5    committee from (i) the sale of tickets for each dinner,
6    luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising
7    events; (ii) mass collections made at those events; and
8    (iii) sales of items such as political campaign pins,
9    buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners,
10    literature, and similar materials;
11        (10) each contribution, rebate, refund, income from
12    investments, or other receipt in excess of $150 received by
13    the committee not otherwise listed under items (4) through
14    (9) and, if the contributor is an individual who
15    contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of
16    the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the
17    contributor are unknown, a statement that the committee has
18    made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
19        (11) the total sum of all receipts by or for the
20    committee or candidate during the reporting period;
21        (12) the full name and mailing address of each person
22    to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or
23    candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate
24    amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and
25    purpose of each of those expenditures; and the question of
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1    sought by, each candidate on whose behalf that expenditure
2    was made;
3        (13) the full name and mailing address of each person
4    to whom an expenditure for personal services, salaries, and
5    reimbursed expenses in excess of $150 has been made and
6    that is not otherwise reported, including the amount, date,
7    and purpose of the expenditure;
8        (14) the value of each asset held as an investment, as
9    of the final day of the reporting period;
10        (15) the total sum of expenditures made by the
11    committee during the reporting period; and
12        (16) the full name and mailing address of each person
13    to whom the committee owes debts or obligations in excess
14    of $150 and the amount of those debts or obligations.
15    For purposes of reporting campaign receipts and expenses,
16income from investments shall be included as receipts during
17the reporting period they are actually received. The gross
18purchase price of each investment shall be reported as an
19expenditure at time of purchase. Net proceeds from the sale of
20an investment shall be reported as a receipt. During the period
21investments are held they shall be identified by name and
22quantity of security or instrument on each quarterly
23semi-annual report during the period.
24    (b) Each report of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or
25more required under subsection (c) of Section 9-10 shall
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1        (1) the name and address of the political committee;
2        (2) the name and address of the person submitting the
3    report on behalf of the committee, if other than the
4    chairman or treasurer; and
5        (3) the full name and mailing address of each person
6    who has made a contribution of $1,000 or more.
7    (c) Each quarterly report shall include the following
8information regarding any independent expenditures made during
9the reporting period: (1) the full name and mailing address of
10each person to whom an expenditure in excess of $150 has been
11made in connection with an independent expenditure; (2) the
12amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure; (3) a statement
13whether the independent expenditure was in support of or in
14opposition to a particular candidate; (4) the name of the
15candidate; (5) the office and, when applicable, district,
16sought by the candidate; and (6) a certification, under penalty
17of perjury, that such expenditure was not made in cooperation,
18consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion
19of, any candidate or any authorized committee or agent of such
20committee. The report shall also include (I) the total of all
21independent expenditures of $150 or less made during the
22reporting period and (II) the total amount of all independent
23expenditures made during the reporting period.
24    (d) The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
25    The reports of campaign contributions filed under this
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1which they relate.
2    (e) Each report shall be verified, dated, and signed by
3either the treasurer of the political committee or the
4candidate on whose behalf the report is filed and shall contain
5the following verification:
6    "I declare that this report (including any accompanying
7schedules and statements) has been examined by me and, to the
8best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, correct, and
9complete report as required by Article 9 of the Election Code.
10I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete
11statement is subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000.".
12    (f) A political committee may amend a report filed under
13subsection (a) or (b). The Board may reduce or waive a fine if
14the amendment is due to a technical or inadvertent error and
15the political committee files the amended report, except that a
16report filed under subsection (b) must be amended within 5
17business days. The State Board shall ensure that a description
18of the amended information is available to the public. The
19Board may promulgate rules to enforce this subsection.
20(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/9-23.5)
22    Sec. 9-23.5. Public database of founded complaints. The
23State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain on its
24official website a searchable database, freely accessible to
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1Article with respect to which Board action was taken, including
2all Board actions and penalties imposed, if any. The Board must
3update the database within 5 business days after an action is
4taken or a penalty is imposed to include that complaint,
5action, or penalty in the database. The Task Force on Campaign
6Finance Reform shall make recommendations on improving access
7to information related to founded complaints.
8(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
9    (10 ILCS 5/9-35)
10    Sec. 9-35. Registration of business entities.
11    (a) This Section governs the procedures for the
12registration required under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
13Procurement Code.
14    For the purposes of this Section, the terms "officeholder",
15"State contract", "business entity", "State agency",
16"affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the meanings
17ascribed to those terms in Section 50-37 of the Illinois
18Procurement Code.
19    (b) Registration under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
20Procurement Code, and any changes to that registration, must be
21made electronically, and the State Board of Elections by rule
22shall provide for electronic registration; except that the
23State Board may adopt emergency rules providing for a temporary
24filing system, effective through August 1, 2009, under which
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1provided by the Board via e-mail attachment in a PDF file or
2via another type of mail service and must receive from the
3State Board registration certificates via e-mail or paper
4registration certificates. The State Board shall retain the
5registrations submitted by business entities via e-mail or
6another type of mail service for at least 6 months following
7the establishment of the electronic registration system
8required by this subsection.
9    Each registration must contain substantially the
10following:
11        (1) The name and address of the business entity.
12        (2) The name and address of any affiliated entity of
13    the business entity, including a description of the
14    affiliation.
15        (3) The name and address of any affiliated person of
16    the business entity, including a description of the
17    affiliation.
18    (c) The Board shall provide a certificate of registration
19to the business entity. The certificate shall be electronic,
20except as otherwise provided in this Section, and accessible to
21the business entity through the State Board of Elections'
22website and protected by a password. Within 60 days after
23establishment of the electronic system, each business entity
24that submitted a registration via e-mail attachment or paper
25copy pursuant to this Section shall re-submit its registration
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1of Elections shall provide an electronic certificate of
2registration to that business entity.
3    (d) Any business entity required to register under Section
420-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall provide a copy of
5the registration certificate, by first class mail or hand
6delivery within 10 days after registration, to each affiliated
7entity or affiliated person whose identity is required to be
8disclosed. Failure to provide notice to an affiliated entity or
9affiliated person is a business offense for which the business
10entity is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,001.
11    (e) In addition to any penalty under Section 20-160 of the
12Illinois Procurement Code, intentional, willful, or material
13failure to disclose information required for registration is
14subject to a civil penalty imposed by the State Board of
15Elections. The State Board shall impose a civil penalty of
16$1,000 per business day for failure to update a registration.
17    (f) Any business entity required to register under Section
1820-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall notify any
19political committee to which it makes a contribution, at the
20time of the contribution, that the business entity is
21registered with the State Board of Elections under Section
2220-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code. Any affiliated entity
23or affiliated person of a business entity required to register
24under Section 20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall
25notify any political committee to which it makes a contribution
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1the State Board of Elections under Section 20-160 of the
2Illinois Procurement Code.
3    (g) The State Board of Elections on its official website
4shall have a searchable database containing (i) all information
5required to be submitted to the Board under Section 20-160 of
6the Illinois Procurement Code and (ii) all reports filed under
7this Article with the State Board of Elections by all political
8committees. For the purposes of databases maintained by the
9State Board of Elections, "searchable" means able to search by
10"political committee", as defined in this Article, and by
11"officeholder", "State agency", "business entity", "affiliated
12entity", and "affiliated person". The Board shall not place the
13name of a minor child on the website. However, the Board shall
14provide a link to all contributions made by anyone reporting
15the same residential address as any affiliated person. In
16addition, the State Board of Elections on its official website
17shall provide an electronic connection to any searchable
18database of State contracts maintained by the Comptroller,
19searchable by business entity.
20    (h) The State Board of Elections shall have rulemaking
21authority to implement this Section.
22(Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/10-6.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1)
24    Sec. 10-6.1. The board or clerk with whom a certificate of
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1person for whom such papers are filed of the obligation to file
2statements of organization, reports of campaign contributions,
3and quarterly annual reports of campaign contributions and
4expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall be
5given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16
6of this Code.
7(Source: P.A. 81-1189.)
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/29B-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch.
9      46, par. 1103)
10    Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time a
11political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
12statements of organization, the State Board of Elections, in
13the case of a state political committee or a political
14committee acting as both a state political committee and a
15local political committee, or the county clerk, in the case of
16a local political committee, shall give the political committee
17a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy
18of the provisions of this Article. The State Board of Elections
19or county clerk shall inform each political committee that
20subscription to the Code is voluntary. The text of the Code
21shall read as follows:
22
CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
23    There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair
24play that every candidate for public office in the State of
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1that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted
2campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional
3right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the
4people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
5    THEREFORE:
6    (1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and
7limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to his
8record.
9    (2) I will not use or permit the use of character
10defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or
11scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family
12life.
13    (3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative
14prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or
15national origin.
16    (4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that
17misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor
18will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at
19creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to the
20personal integrity or patriotism of my opposition.
21    (5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or
22unethical practice that tends to corrupt or undermine our
23American system of free elections or that hampers or prevents
24the full and free expression of the will of the voters.
25    (6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified
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1process.
2    (7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and
3tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to
4use or condone. I shall take firm action against any
5subordinate who violates any provision of this Code or the laws
6governing elections.
7    I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public office
8in the State of Illinois or chairman of a political committee
9in support of or opposition to a question of public policy,
10hereby voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly pledge
11myself to conduct my campaign in accordance with the above
12principles and practices.
13   ______________           _______________________________
14      Date                            Signature
15(Source: P.A. 86-873; 87-1052.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/29B-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-15; formerly Ch.
17      46, par. 1104)
18    Sec. 29B-15. Responsibility of State Board of Elections for
19printing and supplying of forms. The State Board of Elections
20shall print, or cause to be printed, copies of the Code of Fair
21Campaign Practices. The State Board of Elections shall supply
22the forms to the county clerks in quantities and at times
23requested by the clerks.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/29B-20)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly Ch.
2      46, par. 1105)
3    Sec. 29B-20. Acceptance of completed forms; retentions for
4public inspection. The State Board of Elections and the county
5clerks shall accept, at all times prior to an election, all
6completed copies of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices that
7are properly subscribed to by a candidate or the chairman of a
8political committee in support of or opposition to a question
9of public policy, and shall retain them for public inspection
10until 30 days after the election.
11(Source: P.A. 86-873; 87-1052.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.