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90_SB0092
10 ILCS 5/9-17 from Ch. 46, par. 9-17
Amends the Election Code. Deletes provisions that a
person examining campaign finance statements and reports fill
out a form identifying the person's name, occupation,
address, and phone number and that each political committee
be notified of examination of its statements and reports.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 9-17.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 9-17 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-17)
8 Sec. 9-17. All statements and reports filed under this
9 Article with the board or county clerk shall be available for
10 examination and copying by the public at all reasonable
11 times. Such person examining a statement or report must first
12 fill out a form prepared by the Board identifying the
13 examiner by name, occupation, address and telephone number,
14 and listing the date of examination and reason for such
15 examination. The board shall supply such forms to the county
16 clerks annually and replenish such forms upon request.
17 The Board or county clerk, as the case may be, shall
18 promptly notify each political committee required to file a
19 statement or report under this Article of each instance of an
20 examination of its statement or report by sending it a
21 duplicate original of the identification form filled out by
22 the person examining its report.
23 Any person who alters or falsifies information on a copy
24 of a statement or report obtained from the State Board of
25 Elections or the county clerk pursuant to Article 9 of this
26 Code and publishes, circulates or distributes such altered or
27 falsified information with the intent to misrepresent
28 contributions received or expenditures made by a candidate or
29 political committee shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
30 Any person who shall sell or utilize information copied
31 from statements and reports filed with the State Board of
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1 Elections or the county clerk pursuant to Article 9 of this
2 Code for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for the
3 purpose of business solicitation shall be guilty of a Class B
4 misdemeanor.
5 (Source: P.A. 81-310.)
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