102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2835

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Tim Butler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1A-14  from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14

    Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections, or a spouse of a member, from serving as an officer of a political committee or directing the actions of or the funds of a political committee. Requires any member of the State Board of Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of Elections, to dissolve any political committee associated with the member as a candidate for office. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 1A-14 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
7    Sec. 1A-14. No member of the State Board of Elections may
8become a candidate for nomination for, or election to, or
9accept appointment to or hold any other remunerative public
10office or public employment or any office in a political
11party. No member, or spouse of a member, of the State Board of
12Elections shall serve as an officer of a political committee
13or otherwise direct the actions of, or the use of funds held
14by, a political committee. Any member of the State Board of
15Elections, prior to appointment to the State Board of
16Elections, must dissolve any political committee associated
17with the member as a candidate for office. Violation of any
18prohibition in this Section shall disqualify a member of the
19Board and a vacancy is thereby created. A vacancy also exists
20upon the occurrence of any of the events enumerated in Section
2125-2 of this Act as in the case of an elective office.
22(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.