HB0824sam004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 4/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 824

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 824, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to the page and line numbers of Senate Amendment
4 No. 3, on page 1, in line 4, by replacing "Section 5." with the
5 following:
 
6     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
7 9-7.10 as follows:
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/9-7.10 new)
9     Sec. 9-7.10. Business entities; registration; reporting;
10 notice to contribution recipients.
11     (a) For the purposes of this Section, the terms "business
12 entity", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the
13 meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 50-37 of the
14 Illinois Procurement Code.
15     (b) Within 30 days after the date that a State contract is
16 awarded to a business entity whose contracts with State

 

 

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1 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
2 that business entity shall register with the State Board of
3 Elections, stating that the business entity has such a contract
4 or contracts. The registration statement shall include the
5 following:
 
6     Name and address of the business entity
7     Name and address of the business entity's authorized
8 representative or representatives
9     The identity of the affiliated entities and affiliated
10 persons of the business entity
 
11 VERIFICATION:
12     "I declare that this statement (including any accompanying
13 schedules and statements) has been examined by me and to the
14 best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct, and
15 complete statement as required by Article 9 of the Election
16 Code. I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete
17 statement is a business offense subject to a fine of at least
18 $1,001 and up to $5,000."
19 .............................. 
20 (date of filing)  (signature of person making the statement -
21  authorized representative of the business entity) 
 
22     The State Board shall enter the registration in an Internet
23 database accessible to the public, searchable by identity of

 

 

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1 each business entity, affiliated entity, and affiliated
2 person.
3     (c) Each business entity required to register under
4 subsection (b) shall report to the State Board the recipient,
5 amount, and date of each contribution made by the business
6 entity or by an affiliated entity or an affiliated person of
7 the business entity to a political committee subject to this
8 Article. The reports required under this subsection shall be
9 filed at the same times and for the same reporting periods as
10 required for the filing by political committees of reports of
11 campaign contributions under subsections (b) and (b-5) of
12 Section 9-10 and of semi-annual reports of campaign
13 contributions and expenditures under subsection (c) of Section
14 9-10.
15     (d) Each report of contributions under subsection (c) shall
16 disclose:
17         (1) the full name and mailing address of the business
18     entity, affiliated entity, or affiliated person who has
19     made one or more contributions or transfers of funds to a
20     political committee within the reporting period in an
21     aggregate amount or value in excess of $500;
22         (2) the name and address of the political committee to
23     which each contribution was made;
24         (3) the amount of each contribution or transfer made;
25         (4) the date of each contribution or transfer; and
26         (5) each loan to a political committee within the

 

 

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1     reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess
2     of $500, together with the full names and mailing addresses
3     of the lender and endorsers, if any, and the date and
4     amount of such loans.
5     (e) Any business entity required to register under
6 subsection (b), and any affiliated entity or affiliated person
7 whose identity is required to be disclosed under subsection
8 (b), shall give notice to any political committee to which it
9 makes a contribution, at the time of the contribution, of the
10 fact that the relevant business entity has contracts with State
11 agencies that, in the aggregate, annually total more than
12 $50,000.
 
13     Section 10."; and
 
14 on page 5, in line 15 by replacing "fund." with the following:
15 "fund.
16     (f) Business entities, affiliated entities, and affiliated
17 persons subject to this Section are subject to Section 9-7.10
18 of the Election Code.".