96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3764


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








5 ILCS 430/5-40






10 ILCS 5/9-27.5










     Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Election Code.  Prohibits State executive branch constitutional officers and candidates, General Assembly members and candidates, legislative political caucuses, and political committees on behalf of any of those persons  or caucuses from holding political fundraising functions (now, fundraising functions in Sangamon County) during certain periods when the General Assembly is in session.
  















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    AN ACT concerning ethics.
  
 
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 5-40 as follows:
 
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    (5 ILCS 430/5-40)

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    Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County.  Any Except as 
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provided in this
Section, any executive branch constitutional 
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officer, any candidate for an
executive branch constitutional 
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office, any member of the General Assembly,
any candidate for 
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the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General

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Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the 
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foregoing may not
hold a political fundraising function in 
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Sangamon County on any day the legislature is
in session (i) 
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during the period beginning February 1 and ending on the later

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of the actual adjournment dates
of either house of the spring 
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session and (ii) during fall veto session.
For purposes of this 
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Section, the legislature is not considered to be in
session on 
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a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when 
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only
a committee is meeting.


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    During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first 
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day of fall veto
session each year, this Section does not apply 
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to (i) a member of the General
Assembly whose legislative or 
 


 






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representative district is entirely within
Sangamon County or 
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(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that
legislative 
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or representative district.


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(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
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    Section 10. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 9-27.5 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/9-27.5)

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    Sec. 9-27.5. Fundraising in Sangamon County.  In addition to 
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any other provision of this Code, fundraising
events in 
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Sangamon County by certain executive branch officers and 
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candidates,
legislative branch members and candidates, 
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political caucuses, and political
committees are subject to
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State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
If a political 
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committee receives and retains a contribution that is in

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violation of
Section 5-40 of the State Officials and Employees 
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Ethics Act, then the State
Board may impose a civil penalty 
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upon that political committee in an amount
equal to 100% of 
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that contribution.


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(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)