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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 Section 
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9-15 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/9-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15)
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    Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board-
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    (1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political 
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committees of
their obligations under this Article and for 
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identification of persons
examining statements or reports 
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filed under this Article, and to supply
such forms, and the 
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forms for filing statements of organization and required 
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reports , reports of
campaign contributions, and annual reports 
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of campaign contributions and
expenditures to the appropriate 
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persons and election authorities;
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    (2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate 
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persons and
election authorities a manual of instructions 
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setting forth recommended
uniform methods of bookkeeping and 
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reporting under this Article;
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    (3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry 
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out the
provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations 
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shall be published
and made available to the public at 
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reasonable cost. The Board may
determine which of its 
 


 






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prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on
the county 
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clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article;
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    (4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary 
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election in
even numbered years, to the chairman of each 
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regularly constituted
State central committee, county central 
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committee and, in counties with a
population of more than 
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3,000,000, to the committeemen of each township and
ward 
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organization of each political party notice of their 
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obligations under
this Article, along with a form for filing 
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the statement of organization; .
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    (5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under 
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this Article available for public inspection and copying no 
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later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit 
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copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the 
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person requesting the copy;
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    (6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system 
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consistent with the purposes of this Article;
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    (7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or 
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parts of statements pertaining to each candidate;
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    (8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may 
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deem appropriate; and
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    (9) to annually notify each political committee that has 
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filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing 
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dates for each quarterly report, provided that such 
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notification shall be made by first-class mail unless the 
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political committee opts to receive notification 
 


 






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electronically via email. 
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(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2011.