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    AN ACT concerning elections.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:



 
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    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
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Sections 9-1.7 and 9-1.8 as follows:
 



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    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)
  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)



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    Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the 
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candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, 
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committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or 
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group of persons which:


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        (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes 
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    expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate 
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    amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
opposition to a 
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    candidate or candidates for public office who are required

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    by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements 
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    of economic
interests with the county clerk,
or on behalf 
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    of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for 
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    election to
the office of ward or township committeeman in 
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    counties of 3,000,000 or more
population;


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        (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
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    any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 
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    in support of or in
opposition to any question of public 
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    policy to be submitted to the electors
of an area 
 


 






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    encompassing no more than one county.  The $3,000 threshold 
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    established in this paragraph (b) applies to any receipts 
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    or expenditures received or made with the purpose of 
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    securing a place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat 
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    or passage of, or engaging in electioneering communication 
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    regarding the question of public policy regardless of the 
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    method of initiation of the question of public policy and 
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    regardless of whether petitions have been circulated or 
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    filed with the appropriate office or whether the question 
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    has been adopted and certified by the governing body;


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        (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
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    any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 
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    and has as its primary
purpose the furtherance of 
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    governmental, political or social values, is
organized on a 
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    not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or

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    publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public 
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    office who are
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics 
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    Act to file statements of
economic interest with the County 
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    Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the
office of ward 
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    or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more

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    population; or


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        (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during 
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    any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 
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    for electioneering communications relating to any 
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    candidate or
candidates described in paragraph (a) or any 
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    question of public policy
described in paragraph (b).

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)



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    Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the 
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candidate himself or any
individual, trust, partnership, 
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committee, association, corporation, or
any other organization 
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or group of persons which--

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    (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures 
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during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding 
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$3,000 on behalf of or
in opposition to a candidate or 
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candidates for public office who are
required by the Illinois 
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Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
economic 
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interests with the Secretary of State,

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    (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
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12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in 
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support of or in
opposition to any question of public policy to 
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be submitted to the
electors of an area encompassing more than 
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one county.  The $3,000 threshold established in this paragraph 
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(b) applies to any receipts or expenditures received or made 
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with the purpose of securing a place on the ballot for, 
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advocating the defeat or passage of, or engaging in 
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electioneering communication regarding the question of public 
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policy regardless of the method of initiation of the question 
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of public policy and regardless of whether petitions have been 
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circulated or filed with the appropriate office or whether the 
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question has been adopted and certified by the governing body,

 


 






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    (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
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12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has 
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as its primary purpose
the
furtherance of governmental, 
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political or social values, is organized on
a not-for-profit 
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basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes
a 
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candidate or candidates for public office who are required by 
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the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of 
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economic interest
with the Secretary of State, or

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    (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 
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12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $3,000 for 
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electioneering communications relating to any candidate or

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candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public 
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policy
described in paragraph (b).

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(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)