101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3458

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Steve Stadelman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new
10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 rep.

    Amends the Election Code. Moves provisions concerning election interference to the prohibitions and penalties article of the Code. 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 adding Section
529-21 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
7    Sec. 29-21. Election interference.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "public funds" means any funds
9appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or by any
10political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
11    (b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to
12vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be
13appropriated for political or campaign purposes to any
14candidate or political organization. This Section shall not
15prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual
16information relative to any proposition appearing on an
17election ballot, or for dissemination of information and
18arguments published and distributed under law in connection
19with a proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of
20Illinois.
21    (c) The first time any person violates any provision of
22this Section, that person shall be guilty of a Class B
23misdemeanor. Upon the second or any subsequent violation of any

 

 

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1provision of this Section, the person violating any provision
2of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1 rep.)
4    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
5Section 9-25.1.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.