HB0557ham003 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Steven A. Andersson

Filed: 3/3/2016

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 557

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 557, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 2, as follows:

on page 1, line 5, after "2A-48", by inserting "and by adding Section 9-37"; and

on page 8, immediately below line 19, by inserting the following:

"(10 ILCS 5/9-37 new)

Sec. 9-37. Conflicts of interest in certain school board elections.

(a) As used in this Section, "sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as defined in Section 9-3 of this Code.

(b) It is unlawful for a candidate political committee established to support a candidate seeking nomination or election to the school board of a school district subject to Article 34 of the School Code to accept contributions from: (i) any labor organization that represents employees of that district; (ii) any other labor organization of which a labor organization described in clause (i) is an affiliate; (iii) any political action committee for which a labor organization described in clause (i) or (ii) is the sponsoring entity or any tax-exempt organization described in Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of federal tax law) established by a labor organization described in clause (i) or (ii); or (iv) any tax-exempt organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of federal tax law) established by a labor organization described in clause (i) or (ii).

(c) A candidate political committee that receives a contribution or transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, to the contributor or transferor or by donating the contribution or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided in this subsection (c) within 30 days after the Board sends notification to the political committee of the contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.

(d) The State Board of Elections shall have rulemaking authority to implement this Section.".