Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
Filed: 3/9/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4821
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4821 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 9-15 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board- | ||||||
| 8 | (1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political | ||||||
| 9 | committees of
their obligations under this Article and for | ||||||
| 10 | identification of persons
examining statements or reports | ||||||
| 11 | filed under this Article, and to supply
such forms, and the | ||||||
| 12 | forms for filing statements of organization and required | ||||||
| 13 | reports , reports of
campaign contributions, and annual reports | ||||||
| 14 | of campaign contributions and
expenditures to the appropriate | ||||||
| 15 | persons and election authorities; | ||||||
| 16 | (2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate | ||||||
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| 1 | persons and
election authorities a manual of instructions | ||||||
| 2 | setting forth recommended
uniform methods of bookkeeping and | ||||||
| 3 | reporting under this Article; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry | ||||||
| 5 | out the
provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations | ||||||
| 6 | shall be published
and made available to the public at | ||||||
| 7 | reasonable cost. The Board may
determine which of its | ||||||
| 8 | prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on
the county | ||||||
| 9 | clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article; | ||||||
| 10 | (4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary | ||||||
| 11 | election in
even numbered years, to the chairman of each | ||||||
| 12 | regularly constituted
State central committee, county central | ||||||
| 13 | committee and, in counties with a
population of more than | ||||||
| 14 | 3,000,000, to the committeemen of each township and
ward | ||||||
| 15 | organization of each political party notice of their | ||||||
| 16 | obligations under
this Article, along with a form for filing | ||||||
| 17 | the statement of organization; . | ||||||
| 18 | (5) to promptly make all reports and statements filed under | ||||||
| 19 | this Article available for public inspection and copying no | ||||||
| 20 | later than 2 business days after their receipt and to permit | ||||||
| 21 | copying of any such report or statement at the expense of the | ||||||
| 22 | person requesting the copy; | ||||||
| 23 | (6) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system | ||||||
| 24 | consistent with the purposes of this Article; | ||||||
| 25 | (7) to compile and maintain a list of all statements or | ||||||
| 26 | parts of statements pertaining to each candidate; | ||||||
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| 1 | (8) to prepare and publish such reports as the Board may | ||||||
| 2 | deem appropriate; and | ||||||
| 3 | (9) to annually notify each political committee that has | ||||||
| 4 | filed a statement of organization with the Board of the filing | ||||||
| 5 | dates for each quarterly report, provided that such | ||||||
| 6 | notification shall be made by first-class mail unless the | ||||||
| 7 | political committee opts to receive notification | ||||||
| 8 | electronically via email. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 11 | 1, 2011.".
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