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90_SB1581
10 ILCS 5/9-1.7 from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7
Amends the Election Code to make a technical change.
SRS90S0072PMaw
SRS90S0072PMaw
1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 9-1.7.
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 9-1.7 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
8 Sec. 9-1.7. "Local 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 $1,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
15 candidate or candidates for public office who are required by
16 the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
17 economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf of or
18 in opposition to a candidate or candidates for election to
19 the office of ward or township committeeman in counties of
20 3,000,000 or more population.
21 (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
22 any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000
23 in support of or in opposition to any question of public
24 policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
25 encompassing no more than one county, or
26 (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
27 any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000
28 and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
29 governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
30 not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly
31 opposes a candidate or candidates for public office who are
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1 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file
2 statements of economic interest with the County Clerk or a
3 candidate or candidates for the office of ward or township
4 committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)
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