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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 9-1, 9-1.4, 9-1.5, 9-1.8, 9-1.14, 9-1.15, 9-3, 9-10, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 9-22, and 9-28.5 and by adding Sections 9-1.16, 9-1.17, 9-3.6, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 9-3.10, 9-10.5, and 9.50 as follows:
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1)
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9 | Sec. 9-1.
As used in this Article, unless the context | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | otherwise requires,
the terms defined in Sections 9-1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | through 9-1.17 9-1.13 , have the respective
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12 | in those Sections.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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14 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
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15 | Sec. 9-1.4. Contribution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (A) "Contribution" means:
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17 | (1) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | deposit
of money, or anything of value, knowingly received in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | connection with the
nomination for election, election, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | retention of any candidate or person to or in public office or
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21 | in connection with any question of public policy;
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22 | (1.5) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance, |
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1 | deposit of money, or anything of value that constitutes | ||||||
2 | election spending an electioneering communication made in | ||||||
3 | concert or cooperation with or at the request, suggestion, or | ||||||
4 | knowledge of a candidate, a political committee, or any of | ||||||
5 | their agents;
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6 | (2) the purchase of tickets for fund-raising events, | ||||||
7 | including but
not limited to dinners, luncheons, cocktail | ||||||
8 | parties, and rallies made in
connection with the nomination | ||||||
9 | for election, election, or retention of any person in or
to | ||||||
10 | public office, or in
connection with any question of public | ||||||
11 | policy;
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12 | (3) a transfer of funds received by a political committee | ||||||
13 | from another political committee;
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14 | (4) the services of an employee donated by an employer, in | ||||||
15 | which
case the contribution shall be listed in the name of the | ||||||
16 | employer,
except that any individual services provided | ||||||
17 | voluntarily and without
promise or expectation of compensation | ||||||
18 | from any source shall not be deemed
a contribution; and
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19 | (5) an expenditure by a political committee made in | ||||||
20 | cooperation, consultation, or concert with another political | ||||||
21 | committee. | ||||||
22 | (A-5) "In-kind contribution" means anything of value, | ||||||
23 | other than a direct contribution of funds, knowingly received | ||||||
24 | in connection with the nomination for election, election, or | ||||||
25 | retention of any candidate or person to or in public office or | ||||||
26 | in connection with any question of public policy, including: |
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1 | (1) goods or services provided free of charge or at | ||||||
2 | less than their market value; and | ||||||
3 | (2) anything of value that constitutes election | ||||||
4 | spending made in concert or cooperation with or at the | ||||||
5 | request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a | ||||||
6 | political committee, or any of their agents. | ||||||
7 | (B) "Contribution" does not include:
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8 | (a) the use of real or personal property and the | ||||||
9 | cost of invitations,
food,
and beverages, voluntarily | ||||||
10 | provided by an individual in rendering voluntary
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11 | personal services on the individual's residential | ||||||
12 | premises for
candidate-related
activities; provided | ||||||
13 | the value of the service provided does not exceed an
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14 | aggregate of $150 in a reporting period;
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15 | (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor | ||||||
16 | for use in a candidate's
campaign at a charge less than | ||||||
17 | the normal comparable charge, if such charge
for use | ||||||
18 | in a candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost | ||||||
19 | of such
food or beverage to the vendor;
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20 | (c) communications by a corporation to its | ||||||
21 | stockholders and executive or administrative personnel | ||||||
22 | or their families; | ||||||
23 | (d) communications by an association to its | ||||||
24 | members and executive or administrative personnel or | ||||||
25 | their families; | ||||||
26 | (e) voter registration or other campaigns |
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1 | encouraging voting that make no mention of any clearly | ||||||
2 | identified candidate, public question, political | ||||||
3 | party, group, or combination thereof; | ||||||
4 | (f) a loan of money by a national or State bank or | ||||||
5 | credit union made in accordance with the applicable | ||||||
6 | banking laws and regulations and in the ordinary | ||||||
7 | course of business, but the loan shall be listed on | ||||||
8 | disclosure reports required by this Article; however, | ||||||
9 | the use, ownership, or control of any security for | ||||||
10 | such a loan, if provided by a person other than the | ||||||
11 | candidate or his or her committee, qualifies as a | ||||||
12 | contribution; or | ||||||
13 | (g) an independent expenditure. | ||||||
14 | (C) Interest or other investment income, earnings or | ||||||
15 | proceeds, and refunds or returns of all or part of a | ||||||
16 | committee's previous expenditures shall not be considered | ||||||
17 | contributions but shall be listed on disclosure reports | ||||||
18 | required by this Article. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11 .)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.5) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure. | ||||||
22 | (A) "Expenditure" means:
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23 | (1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance, | ||||||
24 | deposit,
gift of money, or anything of value, in | ||||||
25 | connection with the nomination
for election, election, or |
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1 | retention of any person to or in public office or in
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2 | connection with any question of public policy;
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3 | (2) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan,
advance, | ||||||
4 | deposit, gift of
money, or anything of value that | ||||||
5 | constitutes election spending an electioneering | ||||||
6 | communication
made in concert or cooperation with
or at | ||||||
7 | the request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a | ||||||
8 | political committee, or any of their
agents; or | ||||||
9 | (3) a transfer of funds by a political committee to | ||||||
10 | another political committee. | ||||||
11 | (B) "Expenditure" does not
include:
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12 | (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost | ||||||
13 | of invitations,
food,
and beverages, voluntarily provided | ||||||
14 | by an individual in rendering voluntary
personal services | ||||||
15 | on the individual's
residential premises for | ||||||
16 | candidate-related activities; provided the value
of the | ||||||
17 | service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a | ||||||
18 | reporting
period;
or
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19 | (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for | ||||||
20 | use in a candidate's
campaign at a charge less than the | ||||||
21 | normal comparable charge, if such charge
for use in a | ||||||
22 | candidate's
campaign is at least equal to the cost of such | ||||||
23 | food or beverage to the vendor.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11 .)
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25 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.8)
(from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
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1 | Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees. | ||||||
2 | (a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political | ||||||
3 | committee, a political party committee, a political action | ||||||
4 | committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent | ||||||
5 | expenditure committee. | ||||||
6 | (b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate | ||||||
7 | himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, | ||||||
8 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons | ||||||
9 | designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or | ||||||
10 | makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate | ||||||
11 | amount exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate. | ||||||
12 | (c) "Political party committee" means the State central | ||||||
13 | committee of a political party, a county central committee of | ||||||
14 | a political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a | ||||||
15 | committee formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a | ||||||
16 | political party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative | ||||||
17 | caucus committee" means a committee established for the | ||||||
18 | purpose of electing candidates to the General Assembly by the | ||||||
19 | person elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the | ||||||
20 | Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority | ||||||
21 | Leader of the House of Representatives, or a committee | ||||||
22 | established by 5 or more members of the same caucus of the | ||||||
23 | Senate or 10 or more members of the same caucus of the House of | ||||||
24 | Representatives. | ||||||
25 | (d) "Political action committee" means any natural person, | ||||||
26 | trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or |
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1 | other organization or group of persons, other than a | ||||||
2 | candidate, political party, candidate political committee, or | ||||||
3 | political party committee, that accepts contributions or makes | ||||||
4 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | ||||||
5 | exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate | ||||||
6 | or candidates for public office. "Political action committee" | ||||||
7 | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | ||||||
8 | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | ||||||
9 | persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate | ||||||
10 | political committee, or political party committee, that | ||||||
11 | engages in election spending makes electioneering | ||||||
12 | communications during any 12-month period in an aggregate | ||||||
13 | amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or candidates | ||||||
14 | for public office. | ||||||
15 | (e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural | ||||||
16 | person, trust, partnership, committee, association, | ||||||
17 | corporation, or other organization or group of persons that | ||||||
18 | accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any | ||||||
19 | 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in | ||||||
20 | support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to | ||||||
21 | be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee" | ||||||
22 | includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee, | ||||||
23 | association, corporation, or other organization or group of | ||||||
24 | persons that engages in election spending makes electioneering | ||||||
25 | communications during any 12-month period in an aggregate | ||||||
26 | amount exceeding $5,000 related to any question of public |
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1 | policy to be submitted to the voters. The $5,000 threshold | ||||||
2 | applies to any contributions or expenditures received or made | ||||||
3 | with the purpose of securing a place on the ballot for, | ||||||
4 | advocating the defeat or passage of, or engaging in election | ||||||
5 | spending electioneering communication regarding the question | ||||||
6 | of public policy, regardless of the method of initiation of | ||||||
7 | the question of public policy and regardless of whether | ||||||
8 | petitions have been circulated or filed with the appropriate | ||||||
9 | office or whether the question has been adopted and certified | ||||||
10 | by the governing body. | ||||||
11 | (f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust, | ||||||
12 | partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other | ||||||
13 | organization or group of persons that: | ||||||
14 | (1) makes independent expenditures during any 12-month | ||||||
15 | period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000; | ||||||
16 | (2) has as one of its major purposes influencing the | ||||||
17 | nomination or election of a candidate or candidates; and | ||||||
18 | (3) does not do any of the following: | ||||||
19 | (i) make contributions to any political committee | ||||||
20 | other than a ballot initiative committee or another | ||||||
21 | independent expenditure committee; | ||||||
22 | (ii) coordinate fundraising with any candidate or | ||||||
23 | another political committee, other than a ballot | ||||||
24 | initiative committee or another independent | ||||||
25 | expenditure committee; | ||||||
26 | (iii) coordinate fundraising or spending with any |
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1 | group established, financed, maintained, or controlled | ||||||
2 | by a candidate or another political committee, other | ||||||
3 | than a ballot initiative committee or another | ||||||
4 | independent expenditure committee; | ||||||
5 | (iv) employ the services of a person that during | ||||||
6 | the previous 2 years had provided campaign services | ||||||
7 | for a public official or candidate whom the trust, | ||||||
8 | partnership, committee, association, corporation, or | ||||||
9 | other organization or group supports, unless the | ||||||
10 | person establishes an effective firewall as described | ||||||
11 | in subsection (f) of Section 9-1.17. | ||||||
12 | In this subsection (f), "coordinate" means to make in | ||||||
13 | cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request | ||||||
14 | or suggestion of, a candidate, a candidate's committee, or a | ||||||
15 | political party committee. | ||||||
16 | formed for the exclusive
purpose of making independent | ||||||
17 | expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount | ||||||
18 | exceeding $5,000 in support of or in opposition to (i) the | ||||||
19 | nomination for election, election, retention, or defeat of any | ||||||
20 | public official or candidate or (ii) any question of public | ||||||
21 | policy to be submitted to the electors. "Independent | ||||||
22 | expenditure committee" also includes any trust, partnership, | ||||||
23 | committee, association, corporation, or other organization or | ||||||
24 | group of persons that makes electioneering communications that | ||||||
25 | are not made in connection, consultation, or concert with or | ||||||
26 | at the request or suggestion of a public official or |
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1 | candidate, a public official's or candidate's designated | ||||||
2 | political committee or campaign, or an agent or agents of the | ||||||
3 | public official, candidate, or political committee or campaign | ||||||
4 | during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding | ||||||
5 | $5,000 related to (i) the nomination for election, election, | ||||||
6 | retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or | ||||||
7 | (ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
8 | voters. | ||||||
9 | (g) "Limited activity committee" means a political | ||||||
10 | committee for which a person who is nominated to a position | ||||||
11 | that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a | ||||||
12 | member of the State Board of Elections, is either an officer or | ||||||
13 | a candidate the committee has designated to support.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.14)
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16 | Sec. 9-1.14. Electioneering communication and public | ||||||
17 | communication .
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18 | (a) "Electioneering communication" means, for the purposes | ||||||
19 | of this Article,
any broadcast, cable, or satellite | ||||||
20 | communication, including radio, television, or Internet | ||||||
21 | communication, that (1) refers to (i) a
clearly
identified | ||||||
22 | candidate or candidates who will appear on the ballot for | ||||||
23 | nomination for election, election, or retention, (ii) a | ||||||
24 | clearly identified political party, or (iii) a clearly | ||||||
25 | identified question of public policy that will appear on the |
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1 | ballot, (2) is made within (i) 60
days before a general | ||||||
2 | election
or consolidated election or (ii) 30 days before a | ||||||
3 | primary
election, (3) is targeted to the relevant electorate, | ||||||
4 | and (4) is susceptible to no reasonable interpretation other | ||||||
5 | than as an appeal to vote for or against a clearly identified | ||||||
6 | candidate for nomination for election, election, or retention, | ||||||
7 | a political party, or a question of public policy.
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8 | (b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:
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9 | (1) A communication, other than an advertisement, | ||||||
10 | appearing in a news
story,
commentary, or editorial
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11 | distributed through the facilities of any legitimate news | ||||||
12 | organization, unless
the
facilities are owned or | ||||||
13 | controlled by any political party, political committee,
or | ||||||
14 | candidate.
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15 | (2) A communication made solely to promote a | ||||||
16 | nonpartisan candidate debate or forum
that is made by or | ||||||
17 | on behalf of the person sponsoring the debate or forum.
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18 | (3) A communication made as part of a nonpartisan | ||||||
19 | non-partisan activity designed to
encourage individuals to | ||||||
20 | vote or to register to vote.
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21 | (4) A communication by an organization operating and | ||||||
22 | remaining in good
standing under Section 501(c)(3) of the | ||||||
23 | Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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24 | (5) A communication exclusively between a labor | ||||||
25 | organization, as defined under federal or State law, and | ||||||
26 | its members.
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1 | (6) A communication exclusively between an | ||||||
2 | organization formed under Section 501(c)(6) of the | ||||||
3 | Internal Revenue Code and its members.
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4 | (c) "Public communication" means, for the purposes of this | ||||||
5 | Article, any broadcast, cable, satellite, radio, television, | ||||||
6 | print, or Internet communication, or any other form of general | ||||||
7 | public political advertising or marketing regardless of | ||||||
8 | medium, including, but not limited to: | ||||||
9 | (1) advertising placed for a fee in a print | ||||||
10 | publication or on a website, or other digital medium; | ||||||
11 | (2) outdoor advertising, such as billboards; or | ||||||
12 | (3) mass mailing, phone banking, or text banking | ||||||
13 | delivering an identical or substantially similar message | ||||||
14 | intended to contact 500 or more persons within a 30-day | ||||||
15 | period. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10 .) | ||||||
17 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.15) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 9-1.15. Independent expenditure. | ||||||
19 | (a) "Independent expenditure" means any payment, gift, | ||||||
20 | donation, or expenditure of funds that: | ||||||
21 | (1) is made for election spending as defined in | ||||||
22 | Section 9-1.16; and | ||||||
23 | (2) is not made in connection, consultation, or | ||||||
24 | concert with or at the request or suggestion of a public | ||||||
25 | official or candidate, the public official or candidate's |
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1 | political committee, or the agent or agents of the public | ||||||
2 | official, candidate, or political committee or campaign. | ||||||
3 | (b) An independent expenditure is not considered a | ||||||
4 | contribution to a political committee. An expenditure made by | ||||||
5 | a person or political committee in connection, consultation, | ||||||
6 | or concert with or at the request or suggestion of the public | ||||||
7 | official or candidate, the public official's or candidate's | ||||||
8 | political committee, or the agent or agents of the public | ||||||
9 | official, candidate, or political committee or campaign shall | ||||||
10 | be considered a contribution to the public official's or | ||||||
11 | candidate's political committee. | ||||||
12 | (c) A person that is not a political committee and that | ||||||
13 | makes an independent expenditure that, alone or in combination | ||||||
14 | with any other independent expenditure made by that person | ||||||
15 | during any 12-month period, equals an aggregate value of at | ||||||
16 | least $5,000 must file a written disclosure with the State | ||||||
17 | Board of Elections within 2 business days after making any | ||||||
18 | expenditure that results in the person meeting or exceeding | ||||||
19 | the $5,000 threshold. A person who has made a written | ||||||
20 | disclosure with the State Board of Elections shall have a | ||||||
21 | continuing obligation to report further expenditures, in | ||||||
22 | $1,000 increments, to the State Board of Elections until the | ||||||
23 | conclusion of the next general election. | ||||||
24 | (d) A person that makes an independent expenditure | ||||||
25 | supporting or opposing a public official or candidate that, | ||||||
26 | alone or in combination with any other independent expenditure |
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1 | made by that person supporting or opposing that public | ||||||
2 | official or candidate during the election cycle, equals an | ||||||
3 | aggregate value of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office | ||||||
4 | or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices must file a | ||||||
5 | written disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 | ||||||
6 | business days after making any expenditure that results in the | ||||||
7 | person exceeding the applicable threshold. Each disclosure | ||||||
8 | must identify the person, the public official or candidate | ||||||
9 | supported or opposed, the date, amount, and nature of each | ||||||
10 | independent expenditure, and the person's occupation and | ||||||
11 | employer, if applicable. | ||||||
12 | (e) Every political committee that makes independent | ||||||
13 | expenditures must report all such independent expenditures as | ||||||
14 | required under Section 9-10. | ||||||
15 | (f) If a political committee organized as an independent | ||||||
16 | expenditure committee makes a contribution to any other | ||||||
17 | political committee other than another independent expenditure | ||||||
18 | committee or a ballot initiative committee, the State Board of | ||||||
19 | Elections shall assess a fine equal to the amount of any | ||||||
20 | contribution received in the preceding 2 years by the | ||||||
21 | independent expenditure committee that exceeded the limits for | ||||||
22 | a political action committee set forth in subsection (d) of | ||||||
23 | Section 9-8.5. | ||||||
24 | "Independent expenditure" means any payment, gift, | ||||||
25 | donation, or expenditure of funds (i) by a natural person or | ||||||
26 | political committee for the purpose of making electioneering |
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1 | communications or of expressly advocating for or against the | ||||||
2 | nomination for election, election, retention, or defeat of a | ||||||
3 | clearly identifiable public official or candidate or for or | ||||||
4 | against any question of public policy to be submitted to the | ||||||
5 | voters and (ii) that is not made in connection, consultation, | ||||||
6 | or concert with or at the request or suggestion of the public | ||||||
7 | official or candidate, the public official's or candidate's | ||||||
8 | designated political committee or campaign, or the agent or | ||||||
9 | agents of the public official, candidate, or political | ||||||
10 | committee or campaign.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) | ||||||
12 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.16 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 9-1.16. Election spending. As used in this Article, | ||||||
14 | "election spending" means any spending on: | ||||||
15 | (1) express advocacy for or against the nomination for | ||||||
16 | election, election, retention, or defeat of a clearly | ||||||
17 | identifiable public official or candidate or for or | ||||||
18 | against any question of public policy to be submitted to | ||||||
19 | the voters; | ||||||
20 | (2) an electioneering communication; | ||||||
21 | (3) a public communication that promotes, attacks, | ||||||
22 | supports, or opposes a clearly identifiable public | ||||||
23 | official or candidate or any question of public policy to | ||||||
24 | be submitted to the voters; | ||||||
25 | (4) encouraging partisan voter activity, including |
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1 | partisan voter registration, partisan get-out-the-vote | ||||||
2 | activity, or partisan generic campaign activity; or | ||||||
3 | (5) conducting research, design, production, polling, | ||||||
4 | data analytics, mailing or social media list acquisition, | ||||||
5 | or other activities conducted in preparation for or | ||||||
6 | conjunction with activities in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), | ||||||
7 | and (4). | ||||||
8 | (10 ILCS 5/9-1.17 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 9-1.17. Coordinated expenditures. | ||||||
10 | (a) As used in this Section, "coordinated expenditure" | ||||||
11 | means: | ||||||
12 | (1) the republication of a candidate's or political | ||||||
13 | party's campaign materials, unless such republication is | ||||||
14 | used to oppose the candidate or party that created the | ||||||
15 | materials; or | ||||||
16 | (2) an expenditure that meets at least one conduct | ||||||
17 | standard and one content standard. | ||||||
18 | "Coordinated expenditure" does not include: | ||||||
19 | (1) a communication that appears in a news story, | ||||||
20 | commentary, or editorial; or | ||||||
21 | (2) an expenditure for a nonpartisan candidate debate | ||||||
22 | or forum. | ||||||
23 | For purposes of defining coordinated expenditures: | ||||||
24 | (1) "candidate" includes any person who is a candidate | ||||||
25 | at the time of the expenditure, regardless of whether that |
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1 | person was a candidate at the time the conduct | ||||||
2 | constituting coordination took place; | ||||||
3 | (2) an expenditure "not made totally independently" | ||||||
4 | includes any expenditure made pursuant to any expressed or | ||||||
5 | implied agreement with, or any general or particular | ||||||
6 | understanding with, or pursuant to any request by or | ||||||
7 | communication with, the candidate, committee, or political | ||||||
8 | party about the expenditure; and | ||||||
9 | (3) references to candidates or parties include | ||||||
10 | agents, executives, or managers who worked for such | ||||||
11 | persons during the 2 years preceding the expenditure. | ||||||
12 | (b) Conduct constitutes coordination between a spender and | ||||||
13 | the candidate or political party that benefits from the | ||||||
14 | expenditure whenever: | ||||||
15 | (1) an expenditure is not made totally independently | ||||||
16 | of a candidate or party; | ||||||
17 | (2) during the 2 years preceding the expenditure, the | ||||||
18 | candidate, including immediate family members, or party | ||||||
19 | directly or indirectly established, maintained, | ||||||
20 | controlled, or principally funded the spender; | ||||||
21 | (3) during the 2 years preceding the expenditure, a | ||||||
22 | candidate or party official solicited funds for the | ||||||
23 | spender, provided fundraising information to the spender, | ||||||
24 | appeared as a speaker at a fundraiser for the spender, or | ||||||
25 | gave permission to be featured in the spender's | ||||||
26 | fundraising efforts; |
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1 | (4) the expenditure is based on information about the | ||||||
2 | candidate's or party's campaign needs that the candidate | ||||||
3 | or party provided to the spender; or | ||||||
4 | (5) during the 2 years preceding the expenditure, the | ||||||
5 | spender employed the services of a person who, during the | ||||||
6 | same period, had executive or managerial authority for the | ||||||
7 | candidate or party, was authorized to raise or expend | ||||||
8 | funds for the candidate or party, or provided the | ||||||
9 | candidate or party with professional services other than | ||||||
10 | accounting or legal services related to campaign or | ||||||
11 | fundraising strategy. | ||||||
12 | (c) An expenditure, when coordinated, constitutes funds | ||||||
13 | spent for the purpose of influencing an election whenever: | ||||||
14 | (1) regarding a candidate or a candidate's political | ||||||
15 | committee, the expenditure is for: | ||||||
16 | (i) a public communication that expressly | ||||||
17 | advocates for or against the nomination or election of | ||||||
18 | a candidate; that supports a candidate's election or | ||||||
19 | opposes a candidate's opponent; or refers to a clearly | ||||||
20 | identified candidate at any time from 120 days before | ||||||
21 | a primary election, nominating caucus or convention, | ||||||
22 | or retention election through the general election; | ||||||
23 | (ii) an expenditure for partisan voter activity, | ||||||
24 | including voter registration, get-out-the-vote | ||||||
25 | activity, phone banking, or generic campaign activity, | ||||||
26 | in the jurisdiction where the candidate is seeking |
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1 | election; or | ||||||
2 | (iii) an expenditure for research, design or | ||||||
3 | production costs, polling expenses, data analytics, | ||||||
4 | creating or purchasing mailing or social media lists, | ||||||
5 | or other activities related to those defined in | ||||||
6 | subdivisions (i) or (ii). | ||||||
7 | (2) regarding a political party, the expenditure is | ||||||
8 | for: | ||||||
9 | (i) a public communication that expressly | ||||||
10 | advocates for the election of a candidate of the | ||||||
11 | political party or against a candidate of an opposing | ||||||
12 | political party; that supports a candidate of the | ||||||
13 | political party or opposes a candidate of an opposing | ||||||
14 | political party, including generically advocating for | ||||||
15 | the political party or against an opposing political | ||||||
16 | party; or refers to a clearly identified candidate or | ||||||
17 | political party at any time from 120 days before a | ||||||
18 | primary election, nominating caucus or convention, or | ||||||
19 | retention election through the general election; | ||||||
20 | (ii) an expenditure for partisan voter activity, | ||||||
21 | including voter registration, get-out-the-vote | ||||||
22 | activity, phone banking, or generic campaign activity; | ||||||
23 | or | ||||||
24 | (iii) an expenditure for research, design or | ||||||
25 | production costs, polling expenses, data analytics, | ||||||
26 | creating or purchasing mailing or social media lists, |
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1 | or other activities related to those defined in | ||||||
2 | subdivisions (i) or (ii). | ||||||
3 | (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subsection (b), | ||||||
4 | expenditures involving former employees or common agents of a | ||||||
5 | candidate or party will not be deemed coordinated if the | ||||||
6 | spender implements, or causes another person to implement, an | ||||||
7 | effective firewall. A person who relies upon a firewall bears | ||||||
8 | the burden of proof of showing that the firewall was | ||||||
9 | effective. A firewall must: | ||||||
10 | (1) separate staff who provide a service to the | ||||||
11 | spender in relation to its covered expenditures from other | ||||||
12 | staff who provide services to a candidate or party | ||||||
13 | supported by the spender's expenditures; | ||||||
14 | (2) forbid an organization's owners, executives, | ||||||
15 | managers, and supervisors from simultaneously overseeing | ||||||
16 | the work of staff separated by a firewall; | ||||||
17 | (3) prohibit the flow of strategic nonpublic | ||||||
18 | information between the spender and the candidate or party | ||||||
19 | supported by the covered expenditure and between specific | ||||||
20 | staff who are separated by the firewall; | ||||||
21 | (4) provide for physical and technological separation | ||||||
22 | to ensure that strategic nonpublic information does not | ||||||
23 | flow between the spender and the candidate or party and | ||||||
24 | between the specific staff separated by the firewall; and | ||||||
25 | (5) be in written form and distributed to all relevant | ||||||
26 | employees and consultants before any relevant work is |
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1 | performed regarding both the general firewall policy and | ||||||
2 | any specific firewall created pursuant to the general | ||||||
3 | firewall policy, and provided to the Board of Elections | ||||||
4 | upon request. | ||||||
5 | (10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 9-3. Political committee statement of organization. | ||||||
7 | (a) Every political committee shall file with the State | ||||||
8 | Board of Elections a
statement of organization within 10 | ||||||
9 | business days of the creation of
such
committee, except any | ||||||
10 | political committee created within the 30 days before
an
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11 | election shall file a statement of organization within 2 | ||||||
12 | business days in person, by facsimile transmission, or by | ||||||
13 | electronic mail. Any change in information previously | ||||||
14 | submitted in a statement of organization shall be reported, as | ||||||
15 | required for the original statement of organization by this | ||||||
16 | Section, within 10 days following that change.
The Board shall | ||||||
17 | impose a civil penalty of $50 per business day upon political
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18 | committees for failing to file or late filing of a statement of | ||||||
19 | organization. Such penalties shall not
exceed $5,000, and | ||||||
20 | shall not exceed $10,000 for statewide office political
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21 | committees.
There shall be no fine if the statement is mailed | ||||||
22 | and postmarked at least 72
hours prior to the filing deadline.
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23 | In addition to the civil penalties authorized by this | ||||||
24 | Section, the State
Board of Elections or any other political | ||||||
25 | committee may apply to the
circuit court for a temporary |
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1 | restraining
order or a preliminary or permanent injunction | ||||||
2 | against the political committee
to cease the expenditure of | ||||||
3 | funds and to cease operations until the statement
of | ||||||
4 | organization is filed.
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5 | For the purpose of this Section,
"statewide office" means | ||||||
6 | the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
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7 | Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller.
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8 | (b) The statement of organization shall include:
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9 | (1) the name
and address of the political committee | ||||||
10 | and the designation required by Section 9-2;
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11 | (2) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation, | ||||||
12 | and purposes of the political
committee;
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13 | (3) the name, address, and position of each custodian | ||||||
14 | of the
committee's books and accounts;
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15 | (4) the name, address, and position of the committee's | ||||||
16 | principal
officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and | ||||||
17 | officers and members of
its finance committee, if any;
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18 | (5) the name and address of any sponsoring entity;
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19 | (6) a statement of what specific disposition of | ||||||
20 | residual fund will
be made in the event of the dissolution | ||||||
21 | or
termination of the committee;
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22 | (7) a listing of all banks or other financial | ||||||
23 | institutions, safety
deposit boxes, and any other | ||||||
24 | repositories or custodians of funds used by
the committee; | ||||||
25 | and
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26 | (8) the amount of funds available for campaign |
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1 | expenditures as of
the filing date of the committee's | ||||||
2 | statement of organization.
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3 | For purposes of this Section, a "sponsoring entity" is (i) | ||||||
4 | any person,
organization, corporation, or association that | ||||||
5 | contributes
at least 33% of the total funding of the political | ||||||
6 | committee or (ii) any person
or other entity that is | ||||||
7 | registered or is required to register under the
Lobbyist | ||||||
8 | Registration Act and contributes at least 33% of the total | ||||||
9 | funding of
the political committee.
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10 | (c) Each statement of organization required to be
filed in | ||||||
11 | accordance with this Section shall be verified, dated, and | ||||||
12 | signed
by either the treasurer of the political committee | ||||||
13 | making the statement or
the candidate on whose behalf the | ||||||
14 | statement is made and shall contain
substantially the | ||||||
15 | following verification: | ||||||
16 | "VERIFICATION: | ||||||
17 | I declare that this statement of organization (including | ||||||
18 | any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined | ||||||
19 | by me and, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, | ||||||
20 | correct, and complete statement
of organization as required by | ||||||
21 | Article 9 of the Election Code. I understand
that willfully | ||||||
22 | filing a false or incomplete statement is
subject to a civil | ||||||
23 | penalty of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000. | ||||||
24 | ................ ..........................................
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25 | (date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)". | ||||||
26 | (d) The statement of organization for a ballot initiative |
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1 | committee also shall include a verification signed by the | ||||||
2 | chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is formed | ||||||
3 | for the purpose of supporting or opposing a question of public | ||||||
4 | policy, (ii) all contributions received and expenditures made | ||||||
5 | by of the committee will be used for the purpose described in | ||||||
6 | the statement of organization, (iii) the committee may accept | ||||||
7 | unlimited contributions from any source, provided that the | ||||||
8 | ballot initiative committee does not make contributions or | ||||||
9 | expenditures in support of or opposition to a candidate or | ||||||
10 | candidates for nomination for election, election, or | ||||||
11 | retention, and (iv) failure to abide by these requirements | ||||||
12 | shall deem the committee in violation of this Article. | ||||||
13 | (d-5) The statement of organization for an independent | ||||||
14 | expenditure committee also shall include a verification signed | ||||||
15 | by the chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is | ||||||
16 | formed for the exclusive purpose of making independent | ||||||
17 | expenditures, (ii) all contributions received and expenditures | ||||||
18 | made by of the committee will be used for the purpose described | ||||||
19 | in the statement of organization, (iii) the committee may | ||||||
20 | accept unlimited contributions from any source, provided that | ||||||
21 | the independent expenditure committee does not make | ||||||
22 | contributions to any candidate political committee, political | ||||||
23 | party committee, or political action committee, and (iv) | ||||||
24 | failure to abide by these requirements shall deem the | ||||||
25 | committee in violation of this Article. | ||||||
26 | (e) For purposes of implementing the changes made by this |
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1 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, every political | ||||||
2 | committee in existence on the effective date of this | ||||||
3 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall file the | ||||||
4 | statement required by this Section with the Board by December | ||||||
5 | 31, 2010. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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7 | (10 ILCS 5/9-3.6 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 9-3.6. Transfer records for independent expenditures. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Article: | ||||||
10 | "Business income" means: | ||||||
11 | (1) funds received by a person in commercial | ||||||
12 | transactions in the ordinary course of a person's regular | ||||||
13 | trade, business, or investments; or | ||||||
14 | (2) membership or union dues to the extent that they | ||||||
15 | do not exceed $5,000 from a person in a calendar year. | ||||||
16 | "Covered entity" means any person, including a natural | ||||||
17 | person or political committee, who spends $10,000 or more in | ||||||
18 | an election cycle on independent expenditures, or who accepts | ||||||
19 | $10,000 or more in an election cycle of in-kind contributions | ||||||
20 | to enable independent expenditures, but not including: | ||||||
21 | (1) individuals who spend only their own personal | ||||||
22 | funds for independent expenditures; | ||||||
23 | (2) organizations that spend only their own business | ||||||
24 | income for independent expenditures; and | ||||||
25 | (3) a political committee that receives no more than |
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1 | $12,000 in contributions from any one person in a calendar | ||||||
2 | year. | ||||||
3 | "Identity" means: | ||||||
4 | (1) in the case of a natural person, the name, mailing | ||||||
5 | address, occupation, and employer of such individual; and | ||||||
6 | (2) in the case of any other entity, the full name and | ||||||
7 | address, federal tax status, and state of incorporation or | ||||||
8 | partnership, if any, of such entity. | ||||||
9 | "Original funds" means business income or the personal | ||||||
10 | funds of an individual. | ||||||
11 | "Personal funds" means: | ||||||
12 | (1) any asset of an individual that the individual has | ||||||
13 | legal control over and rightful title to; | ||||||
14 | (2) income received by an individual, including: | ||||||
15 | (A) salary and other earned income from bona fide | ||||||
16 | employment; | ||||||
17 | (B) dividends and proceeds from the individual's | ||||||
18 | personal investments; and | ||||||
19 | (C) bequests to the individual, including income | ||||||
20 | from trusts established by bequests; and | ||||||
21 | (3) a portion of assets that are jointly owned by the | ||||||
22 | individual and the individual's spouse equal to the | ||||||
23 | individual's share of the asset under the instrument of | ||||||
24 | conveyance or ownership, but if no specific share is | ||||||
25 | indicated by an instrument of conveyance or ownership, | ||||||
26 | then the value of one-half of the property. |
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1 | "Personal funds" does not include any asset or income | ||||||
2 | received from any person for the purpose of influencing any | ||||||
3 | election. | ||||||
4 | "Traceable funds" means funds that have been given to a | ||||||
5 | covered entity and for which, pursuant to subsection (c), no | ||||||
6 | donor has opted out of their use or transfer for independent | ||||||
7 | expenditures, or funds used to finance in-kind contributions | ||||||
8 | to a covered entity to enable independent expenditures. | ||||||
9 | "Transfer records" means a written record of the identity | ||||||
10 | of the persons who directly or indirectly contributed or | ||||||
11 | transferred original funds used for independent expenditures, | ||||||
12 | the amounts of those contributions or transfers, and how such | ||||||
13 | funds are disbursed. | ||||||
14 | (b) A covered entity that spends $10,000 or more on | ||||||
15 | independent expenditures in the 12 months before an election, | ||||||
16 | or who accepts $10,000 or more in an election cycle of in-kind | ||||||
17 | contributions to enable independent expenditures, must | ||||||
18 | maintain transfer records. For the purposes of this Article, | ||||||
19 | the amount of a covered entity's expenditures includes | ||||||
20 | independent expenditures made by entities established, | ||||||
21 | financed, maintained, or controlled by that committee or its | ||||||
22 | officers. | ||||||
23 | (c) Before a covered entity can use or transfer a donor's | ||||||
24 | funds for independent expenditures, the donor must be notified | ||||||
25 | in writing that the funds may be so used and must be given an | ||||||
26 | opportunity to opt out of having the donation used or |
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1 | transferred for such spending. The notice under this | ||||||
2 | subsection: | ||||||
3 | (1) shall inform donors that their contributions may | ||||||
4 | be used for independent expenditures in Illinois and that | ||||||
5 | information about donors may have to be reported to the | ||||||
6 | State Board of Elections for disclosure to the public; | ||||||
7 | (2) shall inform donors that they can opt out of | ||||||
8 | having their contributions used or transferred for | ||||||
9 | independent expenditures in Illinois by so notifying the | ||||||
10 | covered entity in writing within 21 days; and | ||||||
11 | (3) may be provided to the donor before or after the | ||||||
12 | covered entity receives the contribution, but the | ||||||
13 | contribution may not be used or transferred for | ||||||
14 | independent expenditures until 21 days after the notice is | ||||||
15 | provided or until the donor provides written consent, | ||||||
16 | whichever is earlier. | ||||||
17 | (d) Any person who contributes $10,000 or more in | ||||||
18 | aggregate in traceable funds in an election cycle to a covered | ||||||
19 | entity must inform that entity, within 10 days after receiving | ||||||
20 | a written request from the covered entity, of the identities | ||||||
21 | of persons who directly or indirectly contributed $1,000 or | ||||||
22 | more in original funds being transferred, the amounts of such | ||||||
23 | persons' original funds being transferred, and any persons who | ||||||
24 | have previously transferred the original funds. If more than | ||||||
25 | one transfer has previously occurred, the contributor must | ||||||
26 | disclose all such previous transfers and intermediaries. The |
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1 | contributor must maintain these records for at least 5 years | ||||||
2 | and provide them, upon request, to the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Elections. | ||||||
4 | (e) Any person who makes an in-kind contribution to a | ||||||
5 | covered entity of $10,000 or more in an election cycle to | ||||||
6 | enable independent expenditures must inform that person, at | ||||||
7 | the time the in-kind contribution is made or promised to be | ||||||
8 | made, of the identities of persons who directly or indirectly | ||||||
9 | contributed or provided $1,000 or more in original funds used | ||||||
10 | to finance the in-kind contribution, the amounts of such | ||||||
11 | persons' original funds so used, and any persons who had | ||||||
12 | previously transferred such original funds. If more than one | ||||||
13 | transfer had previously occurred, the in-kind contributor must | ||||||
14 | disclose all such previous transfers and intermediaries. The | ||||||
15 | in-kind contributor must maintain these records for at least 5 | ||||||
16 | years and provide them, upon request, to the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Elections. | ||||||
18 | (10 ILCS 5/9-3.10 new) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 9-3.10. Additional reporting requirements for | ||||||
20 | entities making independent expenditures. | ||||||
21 | (a) A covered entity as defined in Section 9-3.6 that is | ||||||
22 | also a political committee registered with the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Elections shall, in addition to the reporting requirements set | ||||||
24 | forth elsewhere in this Article, include the following | ||||||
25 | information on reports that it makes to the State Board of |
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1 | Elections: | ||||||
2 | (1) On the committee statement of organization: | ||||||
3 | (A) the identity of any affiliated person who | ||||||
4 | maintains its own transfer records and that person's | ||||||
5 | relationship to the covered entity; and | ||||||
6 | (B) the name, address, and position of the | ||||||
7 | individual who is the custodian of the transfer | ||||||
8 | records. | ||||||
9 | (2) On reports disclosing contributions, including | ||||||
10 | regular quarterly reports and reports on contributions of | ||||||
11 | $1,000 or more as required by subsection (c) of Section | ||||||
12 | 9-10: | ||||||
13 | (A) each contributor of original funds who has | ||||||
14 | contributed, directly or indirectly, more than $5,000 | ||||||
15 | of traceable funds or in-kind contributions during the | ||||||
16 | election cycle to the covered entity, and the date and | ||||||
17 | amount of each of such contributor's contributions; | ||||||
18 | (B) the identity of persons who acted as | ||||||
19 | intermediaries who transferred, in whole or in part, | ||||||
20 | traceable funds from original sources to the covered | ||||||
21 | entity, and the date, amount, and source, original and | ||||||
22 | intermediate, of such transferred funds; | ||||||
23 | (C) the identity of each person who received from | ||||||
24 | the covered entity disbursements aggregating to $1,000 | ||||||
25 | or more of traceable funds during the election cycle | ||||||
26 | and the date and purpose of each disbursement, |
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1 | including the full name and office sought of any | ||||||
2 | candidate that was supported, opposed, or referenced | ||||||
3 | in a public communication that was financed, in whole | ||||||
4 | or in part, with the disbursement; and | ||||||
5 | (D) the identity of any person whose aggregate | ||||||
6 | contributions of traceable funds to the covered entity | ||||||
7 | constituted more than half of such funds of the | ||||||
8 | covered entity at the start of the election cycle. | ||||||
9 | (b) A covered entity as defined in Section 9-3.6 that is | ||||||
10 | not a political committee shall file the following reports | ||||||
11 | with the State Board of Elections: | ||||||
12 | (1) Within 10 days of first disbursing $10,000 or more | ||||||
13 | in aggregate during an election cycle on independent | ||||||
14 | expenditures, or accepting $10,000 or more in aggregate | ||||||
15 | during an election cycle of in-kind contributions to | ||||||
16 | enable independent expenditures, the covered entity shall | ||||||
17 | file an initial report that discloses: | ||||||
18 | (A) the identity of the person who owns or | ||||||
19 | controls the traceable funds; | ||||||
20 | (B) the identity of any affiliated person who | ||||||
21 | maintains its own transfer records and that person's | ||||||
22 | relationship to the covered entity; | ||||||
23 | (C) the name, address, and position of the | ||||||
24 | individual who is the custodian of the transfer | ||||||
25 | records; | ||||||
26 | (D) the name, address, and position of at least |
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1 | one individual who can control, directly or | ||||||
2 | indirectly, how the traceable funds are disbursed; | ||||||
3 | (E) the total amount of traceable funds owned or | ||||||
4 | controlled by the covered entity on the date of the | ||||||
5 | report; | ||||||
6 | (F) each contributor of original funds who has | ||||||
7 | contributed, directly or indirectly, more than $5,000 | ||||||
8 | of traceable funds or in-kind contributions during the | ||||||
9 | election cycle to the covered entity, and the date and | ||||||
10 | amount of each of such contributor's contributions; | ||||||
11 | (G) the identity of persons who acted as | ||||||
12 | intermediaries who transferred, in whole or in part, | ||||||
13 | traceable funds from original sources to the covered | ||||||
14 | entity, and the date, amount, and source, original and | ||||||
15 | intermediate, of such transferred funds; | ||||||
16 | (H) the identity of each person who received from | ||||||
17 | the covered entity disbursements aggregating to $1,000 | ||||||
18 | or more of traceable funds during the election cycle | ||||||
19 | and the date and purpose of each disbursement, | ||||||
20 | including the full name and office sought of any | ||||||
21 | candidate that was supported, opposed, or referenced | ||||||
22 | in a public communication that was financed, in whole | ||||||
23 | or in part, with the disbursement; and | ||||||
24 | (I) the identity of any person whose aggregate | ||||||
25 | contributions of traceable funds to the covered entity | ||||||
26 | constituted more than half of such funds of the |
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1 | covered entity at the start of the election cycle. | ||||||
2 | (2) After its initial report and each time the covered | ||||||
3 | entity disburses another $10,000 or more in aggregate | ||||||
4 | during the election cycle on independent expenditures, or | ||||||
5 | receives another $10,000 in aggregate during the election | ||||||
6 | cycle of in-kind contributions to enable independent | ||||||
7 | expenditures, the covered entity shall file an additional | ||||||
8 | report within 10 days that shall disclose any information | ||||||
9 | that has changed since it was previously reported pursuant | ||||||
10 | to paragraph (1). | ||||||
11 | (3) When information has changed since it was | ||||||
12 | previously reported pursuant to paragraph (1) of | ||||||
13 | subsection (b) but has not yet been reported, such changed | ||||||
14 | information shall be reported within 20 days, except the | ||||||
15 | reporting person need not report such changes that occur | ||||||
16 | more than 2 years after the most recent report pursuant to | ||||||
17 | this Section was filed. | ||||||
18 | (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
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19 | Sec. 9-10. Disclosure of contributions and expenditures.
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20 | (a) The treasurer of every political committee shall file | ||||||
21 | with the
Board reports of campaign contributions and | ||||||
22 | expenditures as required by this Section on forms to be
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23 | prescribed or approved by the Board.
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24 | (b) Every political committee shall file quarterly reports | ||||||
25 | of campaign contributions, expenditures, and independent |
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1 | expenditures. The reports shall cover the period January 1 | ||||||
2 | through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through | ||||||
3 | September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year. A | ||||||
4 | political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than | ||||||
5 | the 15th day of the month following each period. Reports of | ||||||
6 | contributions and expenditures must be filed to cover the | ||||||
7 | prescribed time periods even though no contributions or | ||||||
8 | expenditures may have been received or made during the period. | ||||||
9 | A report is considered timely filed if it is received by the | ||||||
10 | Board no later than 11:59 p.m. on the deadline or postmarked no | ||||||
11 | later than 3 days prior to the deadline. | ||||||
12 | (c) A political committee shall file a report of any | ||||||
13 | contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board | ||||||
14 | within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, | ||||||
15 | except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days | ||||||
16 | after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer | ||||||
17 | days before the date of an election and (ii) the political | ||||||
18 | committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question | ||||||
19 | on the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess | ||||||
20 | of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, | ||||||
21 | candidates, a public question, or public questions on the | ||||||
22 | ballot at that election.
The State Board shall allow filings | ||||||
23 | of reports of contributions of $1,000 or more by political | ||||||
24 | committees that are not required to file electronically to be | ||||||
25 | made by facsimile transmission. It is not a violation of this | ||||||
26 | subsection (c) and a political committee does not need to file |
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1 | a report of a contribution of $1,000 or more if the | ||||||
2 | contribution is received and returned within the same period | ||||||
3 | it is required to be disclosed on a quarterly report. | ||||||
4 | (d) For the purpose of this Section, a contribution is | ||||||
5 | considered received on the date (i) a monetary contribution | ||||||
6 | was deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other | ||||||
7 | repository of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a | ||||||
8 | committee receives notice a monetary contribution was | ||||||
9 | deposited by an entity used to process financial transactions | ||||||
10 | by credit card or other entity used for processing a monetary | ||||||
11 | contribution that was deposited in a bank, financial | ||||||
12 | institution, or other repository of funds for the committee, | ||||||
13 | or (iii) the public official, candidate, or political | ||||||
14 | committee receives the notification of contribution of goods | ||||||
15 | or services as required under subsection (b) of Section 9-6. | ||||||
16 | (e) A political committee that makes independent | ||||||
17 | expenditures of $1,000 or more shall file a report | ||||||
18 | electronically with the Board within 5 business days after | ||||||
19 | making the independent expenditure, except that the report | ||||||
20 | shall be filed within 2 business days after making the | ||||||
21 | independent expenditure during the 60-day period before an | ||||||
22 | election.
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23 | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee that makes an | ||||||
24 | independent expenditure supporting or opposing a public | ||||||
25 | official or candidate that, alone or in combination with any | ||||||
26 | other independent expenditure made by that independent |
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1 | expenditure committee supporting or opposing that public | ||||||
2 | official or candidate during the election cycle, equals an | ||||||
3 | aggregate value of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office | ||||||
4 | or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices must file a | ||||||
5 | written disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 | ||||||
6 | business days after making any expenditure that results in the | ||||||
7 | independent expenditure committee exceeding the applicable | ||||||
8 | threshold.
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9 | (f) A copy of each report or statement filed under this | ||||||
10 | Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | ||||||
11 | of two years from the
date of filing.
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12 | (g) The Board may assess a civil penalty against a | ||||||
13 | committee or covered entity for any violation of this Section , | ||||||
14 | Section 9-3.6, Section 9-3.10, or Section 9-10.5 . The Board | ||||||
15 | shall provide notice of any violation no later than 5 years 365 | ||||||
16 | days after the date of the violation and provide the committee | ||||||
17 | or covered entity with an opportunity to appeal a violation. A | ||||||
18 | committee shall not be fined if notice is not provided as | ||||||
19 | required by this subsection. The fine assessed by the Board | ||||||
20 | for a violation of this Section shall not be less than the | ||||||
21 | amount contributed or undisclosed, and not more than the | ||||||
22 | greater of double that amount or $10,000 exceed the amount of | ||||||
23 | the contribution and may be no more than $500 for the first | ||||||
24 | violation, no more than $1,000 for the second violation, no | ||||||
25 | more than $2,000 for a third violation, and no more than $3,000 | ||||||
26 | for any subsequent violations . When determining the amount of |
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1 | the fine whether to waive or reduce a fine , the Board shall | ||||||
2 | consider: (1) whether the political committee or covered | ||||||
3 | entity made an attempt to disclose the contribution and any | ||||||
4 | attempts made to correct the violation; (2) whether the | ||||||
5 | violation was inadvertent, knowingly, or intentional; (3) | ||||||
6 | whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or computer | ||||||
7 | error; (4) the amount of the contribution or total | ||||||
8 | contributions in the report; (5) whether the violation arose | ||||||
9 | from a discrepancy between the date the contribution was | ||||||
10 | reported and the date the contribution was received by a | ||||||
11 | political committee or covered entity ; (6) the number of days | ||||||
12 | the report was submitted late; and (7) any prior violations. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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14 | (10 ILCS 5/9-10.5 new) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 9-10.5. Disclosure of original contributors on | ||||||
16 | independent expenditures for public communications. | ||||||
17 | (a) Independent expenditures for public communications | ||||||
18 | financed by covered entities as defined in Section 9-3.6, | ||||||
19 | including in-kind contributions of such communications | ||||||
20 | accepted by covered entities, must include the following | ||||||
21 | information: | ||||||
22 | (1) Any public communication that has a visual | ||||||
23 | component shall clearly and conspicuously display the | ||||||
24 | names of the top 3 donors who directly or indirectly | ||||||
25 | donated $10,000 or more during the election cycle to the |
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1 | covered entity. This disclaimer shall include the | ||||||
2 | following written statement: "[3 persons determined | ||||||
3 | pursuant to subsection (b)] are the top 3 donors who | ||||||
4 | helped pay for this message"; and | ||||||
5 | (2) Any public communication that has an audio | ||||||
6 | component shall clearly and conspicuously state the names | ||||||
7 | of the top 3 donors who directly or indirectly donated | ||||||
8 | $10,000 or more during the election cycle to the covered | ||||||
9 | entities. This disclaimer shall include the following | ||||||
10 | audio statement: "[3 persons determined pursuant to | ||||||
11 | subsection (b)] are the top 3 donors who helped pay for | ||||||
12 | this message." | ||||||
13 | (b) The top 3 donors shall be determined by calculating | ||||||
14 | the 3 donors of traceable funds that have contributed the most | ||||||
15 | original funds, directly or indirectly, during the election | ||||||
16 | cycle to the covered entities. | ||||||
17 | (1) For purposes of this subsection (b), contributions | ||||||
18 | of traceable funds made in prior election cycles shall be | ||||||
19 | considered to have been contributed in the current | ||||||
20 | election cycle if the contributor's aggregate | ||||||
21 | contributions of original funds to the covered entities | ||||||
22 | constituted more than half of the person's traceable funds | ||||||
23 | at the start of the election cycle. | ||||||
24 | (2) If multiple contributors have contributed | ||||||
25 | identical amounts such that there is no difference in | ||||||
26 | contributed amounts between the third-highest contributor |
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1 | and the fourth-highest or lower contributor, the | ||||||
2 | contributor who most recently contributed to the covered | ||||||
3 | entity shall be deemed a top 3 donor. | ||||||
4 | (3) No contributor of traceable funds shall be deemed | ||||||
5 | a top 3 donor if its aggregate contributions of original | ||||||
6 | funds during the election cycle to the covered entity are | ||||||
7 | less than $10,000. | ||||||
8 | (4) If no person meets the $10,000 threshold in | ||||||
9 | paragraph (3), but one or more intermediaries transferred, | ||||||
10 | directly or indirectly, more than $10,000 of traceable | ||||||
11 | funds to the covered entity during the election cycle, | ||||||
12 | then such intermediaries' transfers shall be treated as | ||||||
13 | original funds for purposes of the disclaimer required by | ||||||
14 | this Section.
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/9-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-22)
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16 | Sec. 9-22.
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17 | (a) Any party to a Board hearing, any person who files a | ||||||
18 | complaint
on which a hearing was denied or not acted upon | ||||||
19 | within the time specified
in Section 9-21 of this Act, and any | ||||||
20 | party adversely affected by a judgment
of the Board may obtain | ||||||
21 | judicial review, which shall be governed by the
provisions of | ||||||
22 | the Administrative Review Law, as amended, and all amendments
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23 | and modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant | ||||||
24 | thereto, except that--
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25 | (1) such judicial review shall be afforded directly in the |
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1 | Appellate
Court for the District in which the cause of action | ||||||
2 | arose and not in the
Circuit Court,
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3 | (2) such judicial review shall be obtained by filing a | ||||||
4 | petition for
review within 7 days after entry of the order of | ||||||
5 | other action complained
of,
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6 | (3) the time limit for filing such petition for review may | ||||||
7 | be waived
with the consent of all parties involved, and
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8 | (4) if such petition for review is appealing
an order of | ||||||
9 | the Board, the
effect of such order of the Board shall not be | ||||||
10 | stayed unless the Appellate
Court so orders upon the motion of | ||||||
11 | the petitioner and upon prior notice to
the Board.
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12 | (b) In reviewing the Board's dismissal of or failure to | ||||||
13 | act upon a complaint, the court shall review de novo whether | ||||||
14 | the Board's dismissal or failure to act was reasonable. The | ||||||
15 | court shall disregard any claim or defense by the Board of | ||||||
16 | prosecutorial discretion as a basis for dismissing or failing | ||||||
17 | to act upon the complaint. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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19 | (10 ILCS 5/9-28.5)
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20 | Sec. 9-28.5. Injunctive relief for election spending | ||||||
21 | electioneering communications . | ||||||
22 | (a) Whenever the Attorney General, or a State's Attorney | ||||||
23 | with jurisdiction over any portion of the relevant electorate, | ||||||
24 | believes that any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, is | ||||||
25 | conducting election spending making, producing, publishing, |
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1 | republishing, or broadcasting an electioneering communication | ||||||
2 | paid for by any person, as defined in Section 9-1.6, who has | ||||||
3 | not first complied with the registration and disclosure | ||||||
4 | requirements of this Article, he or she may bring an action in | ||||||
5 | the name of the People of the State of Illinois or, in the case | ||||||
6 | of a State's Attorney, the People of the County, against such | ||||||
7 | person or persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent | ||||||
8 | injunction the conducting of election spending making, | ||||||
9 | producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting of such | ||||||
10 | electioneering communication until the registration and | ||||||
11 | disclosure requirements have been met. | ||||||
12 | (b) Any political committee that believes any person, as | ||||||
13 | defined in Section 9-1.6, is conducting election spending | ||||||
14 | making, producing, publishing, republishing, or broadcasting | ||||||
15 | an electioneering communication paid for by any person, as | ||||||
16 | defined in Section 9-1.6, who has not first complied with the | ||||||
17 | registration and disclosure requirements of this Article may | ||||||
18 | bring an action in the circuit court against such person or | ||||||
19 | persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction the | ||||||
20 | conducting of election spending making, producing, publishing, | ||||||
21 | republishing, or broadcasting of such electioneering | ||||||
22 | communication until the registration and disclosure | ||||||
23 | requirements have been met. | ||||||
24 | (c) Whenever the Attorney General, or a State's Attorney | ||||||
25 | with jurisdiction
over any portion of the relevant electorate, | ||||||
26 | believes that any person, as
defined in Section 9-1.6, is |
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1 | engaging in independent expenditures,
as defined in this | ||||||
2 | Article, who has not first complied with the registration
and | ||||||
3 | disclosure requirements of this Article, he or she may bring | ||||||
4 | an action
in the name of the People of the State of Illinois | ||||||
5 | or, in the case of a
State's Attorney, the People of the | ||||||
6 | County, against such person or persons
to restrain by | ||||||
7 | preliminary or permanent injunction the making of such | ||||||
8 | expenditures
until the registration and disclosure | ||||||
9 | requirements have been met. | ||||||
10 | (d) Any political committee that believes any person, as | ||||||
11 | defined in
Section 9-1.6, is engaging in independent | ||||||
12 | expenditures, as defined in
this Article, who has not first | ||||||
13 | complied with the registration and disclosure
requirements of | ||||||
14 | this Article may bring an action in the circuit court against
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15 | such person or persons to restrain by preliminary or permanent | ||||||
16 | injunction
the making of independent expenditures until the | ||||||
17 | registration and disclosure
requirements have been met.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) | ||||||
19 | (10 ILCS 5/9.50 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 9.50. Prohibition on structured contributions. No | ||||||
21 | person shall, for the purpose of evading the reporting | ||||||
22 | requirements of this Article or any rule adopted under this | ||||||
23 | Article, structure or assist in structuring, or attempt to | ||||||
24 | structure or assist in structuring, any solicitation, | ||||||
25 | contribution, expenditure, disbursement, or other transaction. |
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1 | The penalty for any violation of this Section shall be a | ||||||
2 | penalty of not less than the amount contributed or spent, and | ||||||
3 | not more than the greater of double that amount or $10,000. | ||||||
4 | (10 ILCS 5/9-8.6 rep.) | ||||||
5 | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing | ||||||
6 | Section 9-8.6.
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