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91_HB4650eng
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1 AN ACT concerning campaign contributions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
5 Section 9-25.5 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-25.5 new)
7 Sec. 9-25.5. Office of the Governor contributions
8 prohibited.
9 (a) An employee under the jurisdiction of the Governor
10 may not solicit contributions for or on behalf of the
11 Governor or his or her political committee, regardless of the
12 time, place, or manner of solicitation.
13 (b) For the purposes of this Section, an employee under
14 the jurisdiction of the Governor means a salaried full or
15 part-time State employee or salaried appointed officer of any
16 office, agency, department, board, or commission under the
17 jurisdiction of the Office of the Governor.
18 (c) A violation of this Section constitutes grounds for
19 disciplinary action against the violating employee, up to and
20 including suspension from or termination of employment or
21 dismissal from appointed office. The penalty provided in
22 this subsection is in place of, and not in addition to, any
23 other penalty prescribed by this Article for a violation of
24 this Article.
25 (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits an employee under
26 the jurisdiction of the Office of the Governor from
27 soliciting contributions from the employees of another
28 executive branch constitutional officer or any other person,
29 to the extent that solicitation is not otherwise prohibited.
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.
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