Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 5/23/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4488

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4488, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5
"ARTICLE 5.

 
6    Section 5-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
7Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act. As used in this
8Article, "this Act" refers to this Article.
 
9    Section 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    "Cast" means accepted by the Secretary of State in
11accordance with subsection (b) of Section 5-30.
12    "Elector" means an individual selected as a presidential
13elector under Article 21 of the Election Code and this Act.
14    "President" means the President of the United States.
15    "Unaffiliated presidential candidate" means a candidate

 

 

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1for President who qualifies for the general election ballot in
2this State by means other than nomination by a political
3party.
4    "Vice President" means the Vice President of the United
5States.
 
6    Section 5-10. Designation of State's electors. For each
7elector position in this State, a political party contesting
8the position, or an unaffiliated presidential candidate, shall
9submit to the Secretary of State the names of 2 qualified
10individuals in accordance with Article 21 of the Election
11Code. One of the individuals must be designated "elector
12nominee" and the other "alternate elector nominee". Except as
13otherwise provided in Sections 5-20 through 5-35, this State's
14electors are the winning elector nominees under the laws of
15this State.
 
16    Section 5-15. Pledge. Each elector nominee and alternate
17elector nominee of a political party shall execute the
18following pledge: "If selected for the position of elector, I
19agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice
20President for the nominees for those offices of the party that
21nominated me.". Each elector nominee and alternate elector
22nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall
23execute the following pledge: "If selected for the position of
24elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated presidential

 

 

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1candidate, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for that
2candidate and for that candidate's vice-presidential running
3mate.". The executed pledges must accompany the submission of
4the corresponding names to the Secretary of State.
 
5    Section 5-20. Certification of electors. In submitting
6this State's certificate of ascertainment as required by 3
7U.S.C. 6, the Governor shall certify this State's electors and
8state in the certificate that:
9        (1) the electors will serve as electors unless a
10    vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of
11    the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case
12    an alternate elector will fill the vacancy; and
13        (2) if an alternate elector is appointed to fill a
14    vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate
15    of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of
16    this State's electors.
 
17    Section 5-25. Presiding officer; elector vacancy.
18    (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of
19electors described in Section 5-30.
20    (b) The position of an elector not present to vote is
21vacant. The Secretary of State shall appoint an individual as
22an alternate elector to fill a vacancy as follows:
23        (1) if the alternate elector is present to vote, by
24    appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position;

 

 

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1        (2) if the alternate elector for the vacant position
2    is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by
3    lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who
4    were nominated by the same political party or unaffiliated
5    presidential candidate;
6        (3) if the number of alternate electors present to
7    vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant
8    to paragraphs (1) and (2), by appointing any immediately
9    available individual who is qualified to serve as an
10    elector and chosen through nomination by and plurality
11    vote of the remaining electors, including nomination and
12    vote by a single elector if only one remains;
13        (4) if there is a tie between at least 2 nominees for
14    alternate elector in a vote conducted under paragraph (3),
15    by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those
16    nominees; or
17        (5) if all elector positions are vacant and cannot be
18    filled pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (4), by
19    appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining
20    vacant positions to be filled under paragraph (3) and, if
21    necessary, paragraph (4).
22    (c) To qualify as an alternate elector under subsection
23(b) of this Section, an individual who has not executed the
24pledge required under Section 5-15 shall execute the following
25pledge: "I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President
26and Vice President consistent with the pledge of the

 

 

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1individual to whose elector position I have succeeded.".
 
2    Section 5-30. Elector voting.
3    (a) At the time designated for elector voting and after
4all vacant positions have been filled under Section 5-25, the
5Secretary of State shall provide each elector with a
6presidential and a vice-presidential ballot. The elector shall
7mark the elector's presidential and vice-presidential ballots
8with the elector's votes for the offices of President and Vice
9President, respectively, along with the elector's signature
10and the elector's legibly printed name.
11    (b) Except as otherwise provided by law of this State
12other than this Act, each elector shall present both completed
13ballots to the Secretary of State, who shall examine the
14ballots and accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes
15are consistent with their pledges executed under Section 5-15
16or subsection (c) of Section 5-25. Except as otherwise
17provided by law of this State other than this Act, the
18Secretary of State may not accept and may not count either an
19elector's presidential or vice-presidential ballot if the
20elector has not marked both ballots or has marked a ballot in
21violation of the elector's pledge.
22    (c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents
23an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation
24of the elector's pledge executed under Section 5-15 or
25subsection (c) of Section 5-25 vacates the office of elector,

 

 

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1creating a vacant position to be filled under Section 5-25.
2    (d) The Secretary of State shall distribute ballots to and
3collect ballots from an alternate elector and repeat the
4process under this Section of examining ballots, declaring and
5filling vacant positions as required, and recording
6appropriately completed ballots from the alternate electors,
7until all of this State's electoral votes have been cast and
8recorded.
 
9    Section 5-35. Elector replacement; associated
10certificates.
11    (a) After the vote of this State's electors is completed,
12if the final list of electors differs from any list that the
13Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment
14prepared and transmitted under 3 U.S.C. 6, the Secretary of
15State immediately shall prepare an amended certificate of
16ascertainment and transmit it to the Governor for the
17Governor's signature.
18    (b) The Governor immediately shall deliver the signed
19amended certificate of ascertainment to the Secretary of State
20and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of
21ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive this
22State's certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the
23amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for
24the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted.
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1vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the
2certificate of vote. The Secretary of State shall process and
3transmit the signed certificate of vote with the amended
4certificate of ascertainment under 3 U.S.C. Sections 9, 10,
5and 11.
 
6    Section 5-40. Uniformity of application and construction.
7In applying and construing this uniform Act, consideration
8must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with
9respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
 
10    Section 5-90. The Election Code is amended by changing
11Sections 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, and 21-4 as follows:
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/21-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
13    Sec. 21-1. Choosing and election of electors of President
14and Vice-President of the United States shall be in the
15following manner:
16    (a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President
17of the United States are chosen, each political party or group
18in this State shall choose by its State Convention or State
19central committee electors and alternate electors of President
20and Vice-President of the United States and such State
21Convention or State central committee of such party or group
22shall also choose electors at large and alternate electors at
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1Convention or State central committee of such party or group
2shall by its chair and secretary certify the total list of such
3electors and alternate electors together with electors at
4large and alternate electors at large so chosen to the State
5Board of Elections.
6    The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such
7choosing of electors and alternate electors shall be deemed
8and taken to be the choosing and selection of the electors and
9alternate electors of this State, if such party or group is
10successful at the polls as herein provided in choosing their
11candidates for President and Vice-President of the United
12States.
13    (b) The names of the candidates of the several political
14parties or groups for electors and alternate electors of
15President and Vice-President shall not be printed on the
16official ballot to be voted in the election to be held on the
17day in this Act above named. In lieu of the names of the
18candidates for such electors and alternate electors of
19President and Vice-President, immediately under the
20appellation of party name of a party or group in the column of
21its candidates on the official ballot, to be voted at said
22election first above named in subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2
23and Section 2A-2, there shall be printed within a bracket the
24name of the candidate for President and the name of the
25candidate for Vice-President of such party or group with a
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1from the several lists or sets of electors and alternate
2electors so chosen and selected by the said respective
3political parties or groups, may choose and elect one of such
4lists or sets of electors and alternate electors by placing a
5cross in the square to the left of the bracket aforesaid of one
6of such parties or groups. Placing a cross within the square
7before the bracket enclosing the names of President and
8Vice-President shall not be deemed and taken as a direct vote
9for such candidates for President and Vice-President, or
10either of them, but shall only be deemed and taken to be a vote
11for the entire list or set of electors and alternate electors
12chosen by that political party or group so certified to the
13State Board of Elections as herein provided. Voting by means
14of placing a cross in the appropriate place preceding the
15appellation or title of the particular political party or
16group, shall not be deemed or taken as a direct vote for the
17candidates for President and Vice-President, or either of
18them, but instead to the Presidential vote, as a vote for the
19entire list or set of electors and alternate electors chosen
20by that political party or group so certified to the State
21Board of Elections as herein provided.
22    (c) Such certification by the respective political parties
23or groups in this State of electors and alternate electors of
24President and Vice-President shall be made to the State Board
25of Elections within 2 days after such State convention or
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1and alternate electors were chosen.
2    (d) Should more than one certificate of choice and
3selection of electors and alternate electors of the same
4political party or group be filed by contesting conventions or
5contesting groups, it shall be the duty of the State Board of
6Elections within 10 days after the adjournment of the last of
7such conventions to meet and determine which set of nominees
8for electors and alternate electors of such party or group was
9chosen and selected by the authorized convention of such party
10or group. The Board, after notice to the chair and secretaries
11or managers of the conventions or groups and after a hearing
12shall determine which set of electors and alternate electors
13was so chosen by the authorized convention and shall so
14announce and publish the fact, and such decision shall be
15final and the set of electors and alternate electors so
16determined upon by the electoral board to be so chosen shall be
17the list or set of electors and alternate electors to be deemed
18elected if that party shall be successful at the polls, as
19herein provided.
20    (e) Should a vacancy occur in the choice of an elector in a
21congressional district, such vacancy may be filled by the
22executive committee of the party or group for such
23congressional district, to be certified by such committee to
24the State Board of Elections. Should a vacancy occur in the
25office of elector at large, such vacancy shall be filled in
26accordance with Section 25 of the Uniform Faithful

 

 

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1Presidential Electors Act. by the State committee of such
2political party or group, and certified by it to the State
3Board of Elections.
4(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/21-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)
6    Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties
7shall, within 21 days next after holding the election named in
8subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2, make 2
9copies of the abstract of the votes cast for electors and
10alternate electors by each political party or group, as
11indicated by the voter, as aforesaid, by a cross in the square
12to the left of the bracket aforesaid, or as indicated by a
13cross in the appropriate place preceding the appellation or
14title of the particular political party or group, and transmit
15by mail one of the copies to the office of the State Board of
16Elections and retain the other in his office, to be sent for by
17the electoral board in case the other should be mislaid.
18Within 31 days after the holding of such election, and sooner
19if all the returns are received by the State Board of
20Elections, the State Board of Elections shall proceed to open
21and canvass said election returns and to declare which set of
22candidates for President and Vice-President received, as
23aforesaid, the highest number of votes cast at such election
24as aforesaid; and the electors and alternate electors of that
25party whose candidates for President and Vice-President

 

 

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1received the highest number of votes so cast shall be taken and
2deemed to be elected as electors and alternate electors of
3President and Vice-President, but should 2 or more sets of
4candidates for President and Vice-President be returned with
5an equal and the highest vote, the State Board of Elections
6shall cause a notice of the same to be published, which notice
7shall name some day and place, not less than 5 days from the
8time of such publication of such notice, upon which the State
9Board of Elections will decide by lot which of the sets of
10candidates for President and Vice-President so equal and
11highest shall be declared to be highest. And upon the day and
12at the place so appointed in the notice, the board shall so
13decide by lot and declare which is deemed highest of the sets
14of candidates for President and Vice-President so equal and
15highest, thereby determining only that the electors and
16alternate electors chosen as aforesaid by such candidates'
17party or group are thereby elected by general ticket to be such
18electors and alternate electors.
19(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/21-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 21-3)
21    Sec. 21-3. Within five days after the votes shall have
22been canvassed and the results declared or the result declared
23by lot as provided for in Section 21-2 above, the Governor
24shall cause the result of said election to be published, and
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1President and Vice-President so chosen composing the list so
2elected, by transmitting by mail to the several persons so
3chosen and composing the list or set elected, electors of
4President and Vice-President certificates in triplicate, under
5the Seal of State of their appointment, and shall also
6transmit under the Seal of State to the Secretary of State of
7the United States the certificate of the election of said
8electors and alternate electors as required by the laws of
9Congress.
10(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/21-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 21-4)
12    Sec. 21-4. Presidential electors; meeting; allowance. The
13electors and alternate electors, elected under this Article,
14shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State in a room to
15be designated by the Secretary in the Capitol at Springfield
16in this State, at the time appointed by the laws of the United
17States at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
18and give their votes for President and for Vice-President of
19the United States, in the manner provided by the Uniform
20Faithful Presidential Electors Act in this Article, and
21perform such duties as are or may be required by law. Each
22elector and alternate elector shall receive an allowance for
23food and lodging equal to the amount per day permitted to be
24deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code,
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1regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2) for
2the number of highway miles necessarily and conveniently
3traveled, for going to the seat of government to give his or
4her vote and returning to his or her residence and otherwise
5performing the official duties of an elector and alternate
6elector, to be paid on the warrant of the State Comptroller,
7out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
8and any person appointed by the electors assembled to fill a
9vacancy shall also receive the allowances provided for
10electors appointed. However, an elector who refuses to present
11a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot
12marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform
13Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an
14allowance for food and lodging.
15(Source: P.A. 92-359, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep.)
17    Section 5-95. The Election Code is amended by repealing
18Section 21-5.
 
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ARTICLE 10.

 
20    Section 10-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
21Sections 1-4, 1A-25, 1A-45, 7-5, 7-12, 8-9, 9-8.5, 9-11,
229-23.5, 9-35, 9-50, 10-1, 10-6, 10-6.1, 10-10.1, 13-6.1,
2314-5.1, 19-12.2, 19A-21, 28-8, 29B-10, 29B-15, and 29B-20 as

 

 

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1follows:
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/1-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4)
3    Sec. 1-4. (a) In any case in which this Act prescribes a
4period of time within which petitions for nomination must be
5filed, the office in which petitions must be filed shall
6remain open for the receipt of such petitions until 5:00 P.M.
7on the last day of the filing period.
8    (b) (Blank). For the 2013 consolidated election period, an
9election authority or local election official shall accept
10until 104 days before the election at which candidates are to
11be on the ballot any petitions for nomination or certificate
12of nomination required by this Code to be filed no earlier than
13113 and no later than 106 days before the consolidated
14election. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
15for purposes of this subsection (b) only, signatures and
16circulator statements on petitions for nomination filed with
17an election authority or local election official on the final
18day for filing petitions for nomination shall not be deemed
19invalid for the sole reason that the petitions were circulated
20between 90 and 92 days before the last day for filing
21petitions.
22(Source: P.A. 97-1134, eff. 12-3-12.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/1A-25)
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1    (a) The centralized statewide voter registration list
2required by Title III, Subtitle A, Section 303 of the Help
3America Vote Act of 2002 shall be created and maintained by the
4State Board of Elections as provided in this Section.
5        (1) The centralized statewide voter registration list
6    shall be compiled from the voter registration data bases
7    of each election authority in this State.
8        (2) With the exception of voter registration forms
9    submitted electronically through an online voter
10    registration system, all new voter registration forms and
11    applications to register to vote, including those reviewed
12    by the Secretary of State at a driver services facility,
13    shall be transmitted only to the appropriate election
14    authority as required by Articles 4, 5, and 6 of this Code
15    and not to the State Board of Elections. All voter
16    registration forms submitted electronically to the State
17    Board of Elections through an online voter registration
18    system shall be transmitted to the appropriate election
19    authority as required by Section 1A-16.5. The election
20    authority shall process and verify each voter registration
21    form and electronically enter verified registrations on an
22    expedited basis onto the statewide voter registration
23    list. All original registration cards shall remain
24    permanently in the office of the election authority as
25    required by this Code.
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1    shall:
2            (i) Be designed to allow election authorities to
3        utilize the registration data on the statewide voter
4        registration list pertinent to voters registered in
5        their election jurisdiction on locally maintained
6        software programs that are unique to each
7        jurisdiction.
8            (ii) Allow each election authority to perform
9        essential election management functions, including but
10        not limited to production of voter lists, processing
11        of vote by mail voters, production of individual,
12        pre-printed applications to vote, administration of
13        election judges, and polling place administration, but
14        shall not prevent any election authority from using
15        information from that election authority's own
16        systems.
17        (4) The registration information maintained by each
18    election authority shall be synchronized with that
19    authority's information on the statewide list at least
20    once every 24 hours.
21        (5) The vote by mail, early vote, and rejected ballot
22    information maintained by each election authority shall be
23    synchronized with the election authority's information on
24    the statewide list at least once every 24 hours. The State
25    Board of Elections shall maintain the information required
26    by this paragraph in an electronic format on its website,

 

 

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1    arranged by county and accessible to State and local
2    political committees.
3            (i) Within one day after receipt of a vote by mail
4        voter's ballot, the election authority shall transmit
5        by electronic means the voter's name, street address,
6        email address and precinct, ward, township, and
7        district numbers, as the case may be, to the State
8        Board of Elections.
9            (ii) Within one day after receipt of an early
10        voter's ballot, the election authority shall transmit
11        by electronic means the voter's name, street address,
12        email address and precinct, ward, township, and
13        district numbers, as the case may be, to the State
14        Board of Elections.
15            (iii) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected for any
16        reason, within one day after the rejection the
17        election authority shall transmit by electronic means
18        the voter's name, street address, email address and
19        precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the
20        case may be, to the State Board of Elections. If a
21        rejected vote by mail ballot is determined to be
22        valid, the election authority shall, within one day
23        after the determination, remove the name of the voter
24        from the list transmitted to the State Board of
25        Election.
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1    statewide voter registration list shall be updated on a
2    monthly basis by no sooner than the first of every month;
3    however, the information required in paragraph (5) shall
4    be updated at least every 24 hours and made available upon
5    request to permitted entities as described in this
6    Section.
7    (b) To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
8registration information, the disclosure of any portion of the
9centralized statewide voter registration list to any person or
10entity other than to a State or local political committee and
11other than to a governmental entity for a governmental purpose
12is specifically prohibited except as follows: (1) subject to
13security measures adopted by the State Board of Elections
14which, at a minimum, shall include the keeping of a catalog or
15database, available for public view, including the name,
16address, and telephone number of the person viewing the list
17as well as the time of that viewing, any person may view the
18list on a computer screen at the Springfield office of the
19State Board of Elections, during normal business hours other
20than during the 27 days before an election, but the person
21viewing the list under this exception may not print,
22duplicate, transmit, or alter the list; or (2) as may be
23required by an agreement the State Board of Elections has
24entered into with a multi-state voter registration list
25maintenance system.
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1election, the State Board of Elections shall make available to
2the public the statewide voter registration list, allowing for
3redaction of telephone numbers, social security numbers,
4street numbers of home addresses, birth dates, identifiable
5portions of email addresses, and other highly sensitive
6personal information. Information released under this
7subsection shall be used only for the purposes defined within
8the federal National Voter Registration Act, 52 U.S.C.
920507(i), ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists
10of eligible voters. The State Board of Elections may charge a
11reasonable fee under this subsection, consisting of the cost
12of duplication plus a 15% fee for administration. No sooner
13than 14 days after a request for voter registration records is
14made under this subsection, the State Board of Elections shall
15publicly disclose the request on a publicly accessible website
16regardless of whether the request was approved or denied.
17Voter registration records or data shall not be used for any
18personal, private, or commercial purpose, including, but not
19limited to, the intimidation, threat, or deception of any
20person or the advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of
21products or services. The State Board of Elections shall deny
22a request made under this subsection to any person or entity
23that is the subject of a court order finding a violation of
24this subsection. Upon the entry of a court order finding that a
25person or entity has violated this subsection, the clerk of
26the circuit court shall forward a copy of the order to the

 

 

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1State Board of Elections.
2(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/1A-45)
4    Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center.
5    (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an
6agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center
7effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of
8maintaining a statewide voter registration database. The State
9Board of Elections shall comply with the requirements of the
10Electronic Registration Information Center Membership
11Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall require a term
12in the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership
13Agreement that requires the State to share identification
14records contained in the Secretary of State's Driver Services
15Department and Vehicle Services Department, the Department of
16Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family
17Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of
18Employment Security databases (excluding those fields
19unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health
20information).
21    (b) The Secretary of State and the State Board of
22Elections shall enter into an agreement to permit the
23Secretary of State to provide the State Board of Elections
24with any information required for compliance with the
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1Agreement. The Secretary of State shall deliver this
2information as frequently as necessary for the State Board of
3Elections to comply with the Electronic Registration
4Information Center Membership Agreement.
5    (b-5) (Blank). The State Board of Elections and the
6Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and
7Family Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department
8of Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to
9require each department to provide the State Board of
10Elections with any information necessary to transmit member
11data under the Electronic Registration Information Center
12Membership Agreement. The director or secretary, as
13applicable, of each agency shall deliver this information on
14an annual basis to the State Board of Elections pursuant to the
15agreement between the entities.
16    (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a
17registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic
18Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall
19include at least the following message:
20        "Our records show people at this address may not be
21    registered to vote at this address, but you may be
22    eligible to register to vote or re-register to vote at
23    this address. If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of
24    Illinois, and will be 18 years old or older before the next
25    general election in November, you are qualified to vote.
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1    (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by
2    requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter
3    instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration
4    form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office
5    at (address of election authority)."
6    The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall
7be bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the
8message required by this subsection (c).
9    (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a
10potential registrant that has been identified by the
11Electronic Registration Information Center as eligible to vote
12but who is not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared
13and disseminated at the direction of the State Board of
14Elections. All other communications with potential registrants
15or re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration
16Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and
17disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election
18authority.
19    (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections
20or his or her designee shall serve as the Member
21Representative to the Electronic Registration Information
22Center.
23    (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules
24necessary to enforce this Section or comply with the
25Electronic Registration Information Center Membership
26Agreement.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/7-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5)
3    Sec. 7-5. (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates
4prescribed in Article 2A.
5    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute,
6no primary shall be held for an established political party in
7any township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the
8nomination of such party for every office to be voted upon by
9the electors of such township, municipality, or ward thereof,
10is uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of
11candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of
12the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township,
13municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held
14for that party in such township, municipality, or ward
15thereof; provided that the primary ballot shall not include
16those offices within such township, municipality, or ward
17thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes
18of this Article, the nomination of an established political
19party of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed
20to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
21be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking
22the nomination of such party for election to such office.
23    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute,
24no primary election shall be held for an established political
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1of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
2United States Congress where the nomination of such political
3party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this
4Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
5candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
6uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
7nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking
8the nomination of such established party for election to said
9office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such primary
10election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
11    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsection (b) and
12(c) of this Section, whenever a person who has not timely filed
13valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in
14candidate for a political party's nomination for any office
15for which the nomination is uncontested files a written
16statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of
17Elections or the local election official where the candidate
18is seeking to appear on the ballot with whom nomination papers
19for such office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared
20and a primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
21notice shall be filed on or before the date established in this
22Article for certifying candidates for the primary ballot. Such
23statement or notice shall contain (i) the name and address of
24the person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a
25statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of
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1a statement that the person intends to become a write-in
2candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv) the office the
3person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election
4authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
5primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
6uncontested, unless a statement or notice meeting the
7requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
8    (e) The polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
9(Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 
10    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
11    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
12mail or in person as follows:
13        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
14    the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,
15    or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
16    which is made for a territorial division or district which
17    comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
18    and partly in another county or counties (including the
19    Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
20    otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
21    nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
22    State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less
23    than 134 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the
24    case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
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1    Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
2    shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
3    of Elections not more than 113 days and not less than 110
4    days prior to the date of the primary.
5        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
6    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
7    preceding the 134th day before a general primary election,
8    petitions for nomination for the office in which the
9    vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
10    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120
11    nor less than 113 days prior to the date of the general
12    primary election.
13        Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
14    alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
15    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
16    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
17    than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of
18    the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
19    policies of a national political party conflict with such
20    requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
21    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
22    convention, the chair of the State central committee of
23    such national political party shall notify the Board in
24    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
25    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
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1    accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
2    state central committee of such national political party.
3        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
4    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
5    petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
6    not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date
7    of the primary.
8        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
9    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
10    filed in the office of the local election official, not
11    more than 127 nor less than 120 days prior to the date of
12    the primary; provided, where a municipality's or
13    township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
14    within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
15    commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
16    of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
17    of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
18    election authority.
19        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
20    committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
21    the State Board of Elections not more than 141 nor less
22    than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
23        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
24    ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
25    county clerk not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior
26    to the date of the primary.

 

 

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1        (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
2    election authorities and local election officials with
3    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
4    specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
5    receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
6    each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
7    waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
8    filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
9    involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
10    or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
11    filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
12    for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
13    day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
14    as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
15    be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
16    filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
17    petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
18    deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
19    more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
20    Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
21    local election officials with whom such petitions are
22    filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
23    by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
24    random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
25    Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
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1    public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
2    conducting such random selection shall be given by the
3    State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
4    committee of each established political party, and by each
5    election authority or local election official, to the
6    County Chair of each established political party, and to
7    each organization of citizens within the election
8    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
9    the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
10    on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
11    election authority or local election official shall post
12    in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
13    of the office, notice of the time and place of such
14    lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
15    and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
16    of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
17    order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
18    candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
19    certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
20    candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
21        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
22    election authority or local election official with whom
23    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
24    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
25    of the obligation to file statements of organization,
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1    reports of campaign contributions and expenditures under
2    Article 9 of this Code. Such notice shall be given in the
3    manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this
4    Code.
5        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
6    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
7    statement of economic interests as required by the
8    Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
9    candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
10    period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
11    filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
12    same governmental unit with that officer within a year
13    preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
14    filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
15    statement of economic interests of that candidate are not
16    required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
17    must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers
18    are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the
19    statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
20    on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
21    so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
22    papers may be filed.
23        (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
24    person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
25    committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
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1    his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
2    him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
3    take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
4    or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
5    or with the appropriate election authority or local
6    election official, not later than the date of
7    certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
8    or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
9    certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
10    for nomination have been filed for the same person with
11    respect to more than one political party, his name shall
12    not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
13    party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
14    same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
15    so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
16    such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
17    candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
18    business days following the last day for petition filing.
19    A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
20    nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
21    one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
22    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
23    person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
24    subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
25    shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
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1    withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
2    within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
3    printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
4    purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
5    political party is not incompatible with any other office.
6        (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
7    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
8    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
9    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
10    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
11    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
12    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
13    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
14    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
15    thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
16    such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
17    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
18    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
19    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
20    Article, the nomination of an established political party
21    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
22    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
23    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
24    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
25    office.
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1    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
2    established political party for any special primary
3    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
4    the office of representative in the United States Congress
5    where the nomination of such political party for said
6    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
7    the nomination of an established political party of a
8    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
9    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
10    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
11    seeking the nomination of such established party for
12    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
13    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
14    scheduled election day.
15        (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
16    and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
17    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
18    to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
19    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
20    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
21    intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
22    election official where the candidate is seeking to appear
23    on the ballot with whom nomination papers for such office
24    are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
25    primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
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1    this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
2    ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
3    name and address of the person intending to become a
4    write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
5    qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
6    the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
7    person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
8    party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
9    seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
10    shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
11    primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
12    uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
13    requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
14        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
15    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
16    Elections, appropriate election authority or local
17    election official where the petitions are filed shall
18    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
19    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
20    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
21    State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
22    or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
23    sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
24    Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
25    local election official, the last set of petitions filed
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1    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
2    election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
3    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
4    election official then only the first set of petitions
5    filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
6    void.
7        (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
8    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
9    not less than 6 months.
10(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
11103-586, eff. 5-3-24.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/8-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-9)
13    Sec. 8-9. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
14mail or in person as follows:
15        (1) Where the nomination is made for a legislative
16    office, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
17    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
18    than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days prior to the
19    date of the primary.
20        (2) The State Board of Elections shall, upon receipt
21    of each petition, endorse thereon the day and hour on
22    which it was filed. Petitions filed by mail and received
23    after midnight on the first day for filing and in the first
24    mail delivery or pickup of that day, shall be deemed as
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1    opening hour of such day as the case may be, and all
2    petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
3    the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
4    filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
5    deemed to have been filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more
6    petitions are received simultaneously, the State Board of
7    Elections shall break ties and determine the order of
8    filing, by means of a lottery as provided in Section 7-12
9    of this Code.
10        (3) Any person for whom a petition for nomination has
11    been filed, may cause his name to be withdrawn by a request
12    in writing, signed by him, duly acknowledged before an
13    officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and
14    filed in the principal or permanent branch office of the
15    State Board of Elections not later than the date of
16    certification of candidates for the general primary
17    ballot, and no names so withdrawn shall be certified by
18    the State Board of Elections to the county clerk, or
19    printed on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination
20    have been filed for the same person with respect to more
21    than one political party, his name shall not be certified
22    nor printed on the primary ballot of any party. If
23    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
24    person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so
25    that the same person could not serve in more than one of
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1    candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
2    business days following the last day for petition filing.
3    If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of
4    such offices within such time, his name shall not be
5    certified, nor printed on the primary ballot, for any
6    office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an
7    office in a political party is not incompatible with any
8    other office.
9        (4) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
10    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
11    Elections shall within 2 business days notify the
12    candidate of his or her multiple petition filings and that
13    the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
14    notice to notify the State Board of Elections that he or
15    she may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate
16    notifies the State Board of Elections the last set of
17    petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be
18    considered valid by the State Board of Elections. If the
19    candidate fails to notify the State Board then only the
20    first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all
21    subsequent petitions shall be void.
22(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
24    Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
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1contributions except as provided in this Section.
2    (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
3committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
4over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
5$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
6association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
7committee or political action committee. A candidate political
8committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
9political party committee except during an election cycle in
10which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
11During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
12nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
13committee may not accept contributions from political party
14committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
15$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
16support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
17(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
18to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
19Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
20District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
211,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
22political committee established to support a candidate seeking
23nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
24or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the
25First Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a
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1county offices in Cook County other than those elected by all
2voters of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate
3political committee established to support the nomination of a
4candidate to any other office. A candidate political committee
5established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
6accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
7committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
8contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
9independent expenditure committee.
10    (b-5) Judicial elections.
11        (1) In addition to any other provision of this
12    Section, a candidate political committee established to
13    support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination to the
14    Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not:
15            (A) accept contributions from any entity that does
16        not disclose the identity of those who make
17        contributions to the entity, except for contributions
18        that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or
19            (B) accept contributions from any out-of-state
20        person, as defined in this Article.
21        (1.1) In addition to any other provision of this
22    Section, a political committee that is self-funding, as
23    described in subsection (h) of this Section, and is
24    established to support or oppose a candidate seeking
25    nomination, election, or retention to the Supreme Court,
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1    contributions from any single person, other than the
2    judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in
3    a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election
4    cycle. Any contribution in excess of the limits in this
5    paragraph (1.1) shall escheat to the State of Illinois.
6    Any political committee that receives such a contribution
7    shall immediately forward the amount that exceeds $500,000
8    to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into
9    the State Treasury.
10        (1.2) In addition to any other provision of this
11    Section, an independent expenditure committee established
12    to support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination,
13    election, or retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate
14    Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions
15    from any single person in a cumulative amount that exceeds
16    $500,000 in any election cycle. Any contribution in excess
17    of the limits in this paragraph (1.2) shall escheat to the
18    State of Illinois. Any independent expenditure committee
19    that receives such a contribution shall immediately
20    forward the amount that exceeds $500,000 to the State
21    Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into the State
22    Treasury.
23        (1.3) In addition to any other provision of this
24    Section, if a political committee established to support
25    or oppose a candidate seeking nomination, election, or
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1    the Circuit Court receives a contribution in excess of
2    $500 from: (i) any committee that is not required to
3    disclose its contributors under this Act; (ii) any
4    association that is not required to disclose its
5    contributors under this Act; or (iii) any other
6    organization or group of persons that is not required to
7    disclose its contributors under this Act, then that
8    contribution shall be considered an anonymous contribution
9    that shall escheat to the State, unless the political
10    committee reports to the State Board of Elections all
11    persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the
12    same election cycle to the committee, association,
13    organization, or group making the contribution. Any
14    political committee that receives such a contribution and
15    fails to report this information shall forward the
16    contribution amount immediately to the State Treasurer who
17    shall deposit the funds into the State Treasury.
18        (2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the
19    meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the
20    following that are subject to the limits of this Section:
21            (A) expenditures made by any person in concert or
22        cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of,
23        a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their
24        agents; and
25            (B) the financing by any person of the
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1        whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written,
2        graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared
3        by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or
4        their designated agents.
5        (3) As to contributions to a candidate political
6    committee established to support a candidate seeking
7    nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or
8    Circuit Court:
9            (A) No person shall make a contribution in the
10        name of another person or knowingly permit his or her
11        name to be used to effect such a contribution.
12            (B) No person shall knowingly accept a
13        contribution made by one person in the name of another
14        person.
15            (C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement
16        from another person for a contribution made in his or
17        her own name.
18            (D) No person shall make an anonymous
19        contribution.
20            (E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous
21        contribution.
22            (F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit,
23        including, but not limited to, employment decisions,
24        including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and
25        transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or
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1                (i) the decision by the recipient of that
2            benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate;
3            or
4                (ii) the amount of any such donation.
5        (4) No judicial candidate or political committee
6    established to support a candidate seeking nomination to
7    the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall
8    knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure
9    in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer
10    or employee of a political committee established to
11    support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme
12    Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly
13    accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a
14    candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of
15    or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering
16    communications in relation to a candidate in violation of
17    any limitation designated for contributions and
18    expenditures under this Section.
19        (5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5)
20    conflict with any other provision of this Code, this
21    subsection (b-5) shall control.
22    (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
23may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
24following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
25any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
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1committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
2political party committee or a candidate political committee,
3except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this
4Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred
5between a political party committee established under
6subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated
7federal political committee established under the Federal
8Election Code by the same political party. A political party
9committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
10initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
11committee. A political party committee established by a
12legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another
13political party committee established by a legislative caucus.
14    (c-5) (Blank). During the period beginning on the date
15candidates may begin circulating petitions for a primary
16election and ending on the day of the primary election, a
17political party committee may not accept contributions with an
18aggregate value over $50,000 from a candidate political
19committee or political party committee. A political party
20committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
21candidate political committee or political party committee if
22the political party committee receiving the contribution filed
23a statement of nonparticipation in the primary as provided in
24subsection (c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform
25shall study and make recommendations on the provisions of this
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130, 2012. This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013
2and thereafter no longer applies.
3    (c-10) (Blank). A political party committee that does not
4intend to make contributions to candidates to be nominated at
5a general primary election or consolidated primary election
6may file a Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election
7with the Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall
8include a verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer
9of the committee that (i) the committee will not make
10contributions or coordinated expenditures in support of or
11opposition to a candidate or candidates to be nominated at the
12general primary election or consolidated primary election
13(select one) to be held on (insert date), (ii) the political
14party committee may accept unlimited contributions from
15candidate political committees and political party committees,
16provided that the political party committee does not make
17contributions to a candidate or candidates to be nominated at
18the primary election, and (iii) failure to abide by these
19requirements shall deem the political party committee in
20violation of this Article and subject the committee to a fine
21of no more than 150% of the total contributions or coordinated
22expenditures made by the committee in violation of this
23Article. This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013
24and thereafter no longer applies.
25    (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
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1following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
2any corporation, labor organization, political party
3committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
4action committee or candidate political committee. A political
5action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
6initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
7committee.
8    (e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions
9in any amount from any source, provided that the committee
10files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and
11files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of
12this Article.
13    (e-5) An independent expenditure committee may accept
14contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
15committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
16Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
17provisions of this Article.
18    (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
19contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
20committee has designated to support may contribute personal
21funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
22activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
23necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
24lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
25the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
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1contributions to original contributors.
2    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
3committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
4efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
5than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
6independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
7fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
8political party committee.
9    (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
10Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the
11contribution limitations established in this Section for
12inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All
13Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of
14Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall
15publish this information on its official website.
16    (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
17candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
18family contributes or loans to the public official's or
19candidate's political committee or to other political
20committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
21candidate's political committee or makes independent
22expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
23candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
24in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
25office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
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1Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
2Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
3by the public official, the candidate, or the public
4official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business
5days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the
6notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the
7Board shall give official notice of the filing to each
8candidate for the same office as the public official or
9candidate making the filing, including the public official or
10candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice
11shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the
12treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be
13sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
14candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as
15applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address.
16Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all
17candidates for that office, including the public official or
18candidate who filed a Notification of Self-funding, shall be
19permitted to accept contributions in excess of any
20contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public
21official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding
22during an election cycle that includes a general primary
23election or consolidated primary election and that public
24official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that
25office, including the nominee who filed the notification of
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1excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
2the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
3subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
4child of a public official or candidate.
5    (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
6committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
7opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
8candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
9statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
10offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
11disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
12subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
13Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of
14the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and
15give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for
16the same office as the public official or candidate for whose
17benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
18expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
19posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
20for that office in that election, including the public
21official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
22natural person or independent expenditure committee made
23independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept
24contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
25subsection (b).
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1notification or determines that a natural person or persons,
2an independent expenditure committee or committees, or
3combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
4support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
5public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
6than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for
7all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the
8Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the
9independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the
10threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post
11notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official
12notice to each candidate for the same office as the public
13official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
14independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via
15first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
16candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
17the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee
18if the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have
19provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the
20notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office
21in that election, including the public official or candidate
22for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures
23were made, may accept contributions in excess of any
24contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
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1established by a corporation, labor organization, or
2association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
3to a political action committee of contributions made through
4dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
5committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
6provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
7similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
8labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
9exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
10corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
11action committee established by a corporation, labor
12organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
13contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
14corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
15the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
16contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
17(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
18assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
19organization, or association that exceed $1,000 in a quarterly
20reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's
21quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A
22political action committee facilitating the delivery of
23contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the
24amount of contributions made through dues delivered or
25received and the name of the corporation, labor organization,
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1contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each
2odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust
3the amounts of the contribution limitations established in
4this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer
5Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
6States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
7The State Board shall publish this information on its official
8website.
9    (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
10transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
11contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
12transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
13to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
14or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
15transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
16violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
17in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
18notification to the political committee of the excess
19contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
20Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
21violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
22exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
23    (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
24means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
25Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
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1Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
2formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
3associations, or labor organizations established by or
4pursuant to federal law.
5(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
6102-909, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/9-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-11)
8    Sec. 9-11. Financial reports.
9    (a) Each quarterly report of campaign contributions,
10expenditures, and independent expenditures under Section 9-10
11shall disclose the following:
12        (1) the name and address of the political committee;
13        (2) the name and address of the person submitting the
14    report on behalf of the committee, if other than the chair
15    or treasurer;
16        (3) the amount of funds on hand at the beginning of the
17    reporting period;
18        (4) the full name and mailing address of each person
19    who has made one or more contributions to or for the
20    committee within the reporting period in an aggregate
21    amount or value in excess of $150, together with the
22    amounts and dates of those contributions, and, if the
23    contributor is an individual who contributed more than
24    $500, the occupation and employer of the contributor or,
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1    unknown, a statement that the committee has made a good
2    faith effort to ascertain this information;
3        (5) the total sum of individual contributions made to
4    or for the committee during the reporting period and not
5    reported under item (4);
6        (6) the name and address of each political committee
7    from which the reporting committee received, or to which
8    that committee made, any transfer of funds in the
9    aggregate amount or value in excess of $150, together with
10    the amounts and dates of all transfers;
11        (7) the total sum of transfers made to or from the
12    committee during the reporting period and not reported
13    under item (6);
14        (8) each loan to or from any person, political
15    committee, or financial institution within the reporting
16    period by or to the committee in an aggregate amount or
17    value in excess of $150, together with the full names and
18    mailing addresses of the lender and endorsers, if any; the
19    dates and amounts of the loans; and, if a lender or
20    endorser is an individual who loaned or endorsed a loan of
21    more than $500, the occupation and employer of that
22    individual or, if the occupation and employer of the
23    individual are unknown, a statement that the committee has
24    made a good faith effort to ascertain this information;
25        (9) the total amount of proceeds received by the
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1    luncheon, cocktail party, rally, and other fund-raising
2    events; (ii) mass collections made at those events; and
3    (iii) sales of items such as political campaign pins,
4    buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners,
5    literature, and similar materials;
6        (10) each contribution, rebate, refund, income from
7    investments, or other receipt in excess of $150 received
8    by the committee not otherwise listed under items (4)
9    through (9) and, if the contributor is an individual who
10    contributed more than $500, the occupation and employer of
11    the contributor or, if the occupation and employer of the
12    contributor are unknown, a statement that the committee
13    has made a good faith effort to ascertain this
14    information;
15        (11) the total sum of all receipts by or for the
16    committee or candidate during the reporting period;
17        (12) the full name and mailing address of each person
18    to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or
19    candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate
20    amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and
21    purpose of each of those expenditures; and the question of
22    public policy or the name and address of, and the office
23    sought by, each candidate on whose behalf that expenditure
24    was made;
25        (13) the full name and mailing address of each person
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1    and reimbursed expenses in excess of $150 has been made
2    and that is not otherwise reported, including the amount,
3    date, and purpose of the expenditure;
4        (14) the value of each asset held as an investment, as
5    of the final day of the reporting period;
6        (15) the total sum of expenditures made by the
7    committee during the reporting period; and
8        (16) the full name and mailing address of each person
9    to whom the committee owes debts or obligations in excess
10    of $150 and the amount of those debts or obligations.
11    For purposes of reporting campaign receipts and expenses,
12income from investments shall be included as receipts during
13the reporting period they are actually received. The gross
14purchase price of each investment shall be reported as an
15expenditure at time of purchase. Net proceeds from the sale of
16an investment shall be reported as a receipt. During the
17period investments are held they shall be identified by name
18and quantity of security or instrument on each quarterly
19semi-annual report during the period.
20    (b) Each report of a campaign contribution of $1,000 or
21more required under subsection (c) of Section 9-10 shall
22disclose the following:
23        (1) the name and address of the political committee;
24        (2) the name and address of the person submitting the
25    report on behalf of the committee, if other than the chair
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1        (3) the full name and mailing address of each person
2    who has made a contribution of $1,000 or more.
3    (c) Each quarterly report shall include the following
4information regarding any independent expenditures made during
5the reporting period: (1) the full name and mailing address of
6each person to whom an expenditure in excess of $150 has been
7made in connection with an independent expenditure; (2) the
8amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure; (3) a statement
9whether the independent expenditure was in support of or in
10opposition to a particular candidate; (4) the name of the
11candidate; (5) the office and, when applicable, district,
12sought by the candidate; and (6) a certification, under
13penalty of perjury, that such expenditure was not made in
14cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request
15or suggestion of, any candidate or any authorized committee or
16agent of such committee. The report shall also include (I) the
17total of all independent expenditures of $150 or less made
18during the reporting period and (II) the total amount of all
19independent expenditures made during the reporting period.
20    (d) The Board shall by rule define a "good faith effort".
21    The reports of campaign contributions filed under this
22Article shall be cumulative during the reporting period to
23which they relate.
24    (e) Each report shall be verified, dated, and signed by
25either the treasurer of the political committee or the
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1contain the following verification:
2    "I declare that this report (including any accompanying
3schedules and statements) has been examined by me and, to the
4best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, correct, and
5complete report as required by Article 9 of the Election Code.
6I understand that willfully filing a false or incomplete
7statement is subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000.".
8    (f) A political committee may amend a report filed under
9subsection (a) or (b). The Board may reduce or waive a fine if
10the amendment is due to a technical or inadvertent error and
11the political committee files the amended report, except that
12a report filed under subsection (b) must be amended within 5
13business days. The State Board shall ensure that a description
14of the amended information is available to the public. The
15Board may promulgate rules to enforce this subsection.
16(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/9-23.5)
18    Sec. 9-23.5. Public database of founded complaints. The
19State Board of Elections shall establish and maintain on its
20official website a searchable database, freely accessible to
21the public, of each complaint filed with the Board under this
22Article with respect to which Board action was taken,
23including all Board actions and penalties imposed, if any. The
24Board must update the database within 5 business days after an
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1complaint, action, or penalty in the database. The Task Force
2on Campaign Finance Reform shall make recommendations on
3improving access to information related to founded complaints.
4(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/9-35)
6    Sec. 9-35. Registration of business entities.
7    (a) This Section governs the procedures for the
8registration required under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
9Procurement Code.
10    For the purposes of this Section, the terms
11"officeholder", "State contract", "business entity", "State
12agency", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated person" have the
13meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 50-37 of the
14Illinois Procurement Code.
15    (b) Registration under Section 20-160 of the Illinois
16Procurement Code, and any changes to that registration, must
17be made electronically, and the State Board of Elections by
18rule shall provide for electronic registration; except that
19the State Board may adopt emergency rules providing for a
20temporary filing system, effective through August 1, 2009,
21under which business entities must file the required
22registration forms provided by the Board via e-mail attachment
23in a PDF file or via another type of mail service and must
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1shall retain the registrations submitted by business entities
2via e-mail or another type of mail service for at least 6
3months following the establishment of the electronic
4registration system required by this subsection.
5    Each registration must contain substantially the
6following:
7        (1) The name and address of the business entity.
8        (2) The name and address of any affiliated entity of
9    the business entity, including a description of the
10    affiliation.
11        (3) The name and address of any affiliated person of
12    the business entity, including a description of the
13    affiliation.
14    (c) The Board shall provide a certificate of registration
15to the business entity. The certificate shall be electronic,
16except as otherwise provided in this Section, and accessible
17to the business entity through the State Board of Elections'
18website and protected by a password. Within 60 days after
19establishment of the electronic system, each business entity
20that submitted a registration via e-mail attachment or paper
21copy pursuant to this Section shall re-submit its registration
22electronically. At the time of re-submission, the State Board
23of Elections shall provide an electronic certificate of
24registration to that business entity.
25    (d) Any business entity required to register under Section
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1of the registration certificate, by first class mail or hand
2delivery within 10 days after registration, to each affiliated
3entity or affiliated person whose identity is required to be
4disclosed. Failure to provide notice to an affiliated entity
5or affiliated person is a business offense for which the
6business entity is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,001.
7    (e) In addition to any penalty under Section 20-160 of the
8Illinois Procurement Code, intentional, willful, or material
9failure to disclose information required for registration is
10subject to a civil penalty imposed by the State Board of
11Elections. The State Board shall impose a civil penalty of
12$1,000 per business day for failure to update a registration.
13    (f) Any business entity required to register under Section
1420-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall notify any
15political committee to which it makes a contribution, at the
16time of the contribution, that the business entity is
17registered with the State Board of Elections under Section
1820-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code. Any affiliated entity
19or affiliated person of a business entity required to register
20under Section 20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code shall
21notify any political committee to which it makes a
22contribution that it is affiliated with a business entity
23registered with the State Board of Elections under Section
2420-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
25    (g) The State Board of Elections on its official website
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1information required to be submitted to the Board under
2Section 20-160 of the Illinois Procurement Code and (ii) all
3reports filed under this Article with the State Board of
4Elections by all political committees. For the purposes of
5databases maintained by the State Board of Elections,
6"searchable" means able to search by "political committee", as
7defined in this Article, and by "officeholder", "State
8agency", "business entity", "affiliated entity", and
9"affiliated person". The Board shall not place the name of a
10minor child on the website. However, the Board shall provide a
11link to all contributions made by anyone reporting the same
12residential address as any affiliated person. In addition, the
13State Board of Elections on its official website shall provide
14an electronic connection to any searchable database of State
15contracts maintained by the Comptroller, searchable by
16business entity.
17    (h) The State Board of Elections shall have rulemaking
18authority to implement this Section.
19(Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/9-50)
21    Sec. 9-50. Vendor providing automated traffic systems;
22contributions.
23    (a) No vendor that offers or provides equipment or
24services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated
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1enforcement systems to municipalities or counties, no
2political action committee created by such a vendor, and no
3vendor-affiliated person shall make a campaign contribution to
4any political committee established to promote the candidacy
5of a candidate or public official. An officer or agent of such
6a vendor may not consent to any contribution or expenditure
7that is prohibited by this Section. A candidate, political
8committee, or other person may not knowingly accept or receive
9any contribution prohibited by this Section. A political
10committee that receives a contribution in violation of this
11Section shall dispose of the contribution by returning the
12contribution or an amount equal to the contribution to the
13contributor or by donating the contribution or an amount equal
14to the contribution to a charity. A contribution received in
15violation of this Section that is not disposed of within 30
16days after the Board sends notification to the political
17committee of the excess contribution by certified mail shall
18escheat to the General Revenue Fund, and the political
19committee shall be deemed in violation of this Section and
20shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 150% of the
21total amount of the contribution.
22    (b) As used in this Section:
23    "Automated law enforcement system", "automated speed
24enforcement system", and "automated railroad grade crossing
25enforcement system" have the meanings given to those terms in
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1    "Vendor-affiliated person" means: (i) any person with an
2ownership interest in excess of 7.5% in a vendor that offers or
3provides equipment or services for automated traffic law
4enforcement, automated speed enforcement, or automated
5railroad grade crossing enforcement systems to municipalities
6or counties; (ii) any person with a distributive share in
7excess of 7.5% in a vendor that offers or provides equipment or
8services for automated traffic law enforcement, automated
9speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade crossing
10enforcement systems to municipalities or counties; (iii) any
11executive employees of a vendor that offers or provides
12equipment or services for automated traffic law enforcement,
13automated speed enforcement, or automated railroad grade
14crossing enforcement systems to municipalities or counties;
15and (iv) the spouse, minor child, or other immediate family
16member living in the residence of any of the persons
17identified in items (i) through (iii).
18(Source: P.A. 103-364, eff. 7-28-23.)
 
19    (10 ILCS 5/10-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-1)
20    Sec. 10-1. Application of Article to minor political
21parties.
22    (a) Political parties as defined in this Article and
23individual voters to the number and in the manner specified in
24this Article may nominate candidates for public offices whose
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1provided in this Article. No nominations may be made under
2this Article 10, however, by any established political party
3which, at the general election next preceding, polled more
4than 5% of the entire vote cast in the State, district, or unit
5of local government for which the nomination is made. Those
6nominations provided for in Section 45-5 of the Township Code
7shall be made as prescribed in Sections 45-10 through 45-45 of
8that Code for nominations by established political parties,
9but minor political parties and individual voters are governed
10by this Article. Any convention, caucus, or meeting of
11qualified voters of any established political party as defined
12in this Article may, however, make one nomination for each
13office therein to be filled at any election for officers of a
14municipality with a population of less than 5,000 by causing a
15certificate of nomination to be filed with the municipal clerk
16no earlier than 141 113 and no later than 134 106 days before
17the election at which the nominated candidates are to be on the
18ballot. The municipal caucuses shall be conducted on the first
19Monday in December of even-numbered years, except that, when
20that Monday is a holiday or the eve of a holiday, the caucuses
21shall be held on the next business day following the holiday.
22Every certificate of nomination shall state the facts required
23in Section 10-5 of this Article and shall be signed by the
24presiding officer and by the secretary of the convention,
25caucus, or meeting, who shall add to their signatures their
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1them to be true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and
2a certificate of the oath shall be annexed to the certificate
3of nomination.
4    (b) Publication of the time and place of holding the
5caucus shall be given by the municipal clerk. For
6municipalities of over 500 population, notice of the caucus
7shall be published in a newspaper published in the
8municipality. If there is no such newspaper, then the notice
9shall be published in a newspaper published in the county and
10having general circulation in the municipality. For
11municipalities of 500 population or less, notice of the caucus
12shall be given by the municipal clerk by posting the notice in
133 of the most public places in the municipality. The
14publication or posting shall be given at least 10 days before
15the caucus.
16    (c) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of
17the Illinois Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of
18nonpartisan primary and general elections for the election of
19village officers.
20    (d) Any city, village, or incorporated town with a
21population of 5,000 or less may, by ordinance, determine that
22established political parties shall nominate candidates for
23municipal office in the city, village, or incorporated town by
24primary in accordance with Article 7.
25    (e) Only those voters who reside within the territory for
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1part in the proceedings of any convention, caucus, or meeting
2of individual voters or of any political party held under this
3Section. No voter shall vote or take part in the proceedings of
4more than one convention, caucus, or meeting to make a
5nomination for the same office.
6(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
8    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise
9provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and
10nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices
11to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district
12not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state
13legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the
14principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than
15169 141 nor less than 162 134 days previous to the day of
16election for which the candidates are nominated. The State
17Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of
18nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
19date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
20provided in this Code, all other certificates for the
21nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
22of the respective counties not more than 169 141 but at least
23162 134 days previous to the day of such election.
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1filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the
2county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the
3county in which the principal office of the school district is
4located not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days before
5the consolidated election. Except as otherwise provided in
6this Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers
7for the nomination of candidates for the other offices of
8political subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other
9than the general election shall be filed with the local
10election official of such subdivision:
11        (1) (Blank);
12        (2) not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days
13    prior to the consolidated election; or
14        (3) not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days
15    prior to the general primary in the case of municipal
16    offices to be filled at the general primary election; or
17        (4) not more than 127 99 nor less than 120 92 days
18    before the consolidated primary in the case of municipal
19    offices to be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to
20    law (including, without limitation, those municipal
21    offices subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal
22    Code); or
23        (5) not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days
24    before the municipal primary in even numbered years for
25    such nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections
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1        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
2    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
3    with the election authority not more than 113 nor less
4    than 134 106 days before the consolidated election.
5    However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
6co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
7municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
8nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
9political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
10such Board.
11(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/10-6.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.1)
13    Sec. 10-6.1. The board or clerk with whom a certificate of
14nomination or nomination papers are filed shall notify the
15person for whom such papers are filed of the obligation to file
16statements of organization, reports of campaign contributions,
17and quarterly annual reports of campaign contributions and
18expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall be
19given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
209-16 of this Code.
21(Source: P.A. 81-1189.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/10-10.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1)
23    Sec. 10-10.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
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1an electoral board may secure judicial review of such decision
2in the circuit court of the county in which the hearing of the
3electoral board was held. The party seeking judicial review
4must file, within 5 days after service of the decision of the
5electoral board as provided in Section 10-10, a petition with
6the clerk of the court that names as respondents the electoral
7board, its members, and the prevailing candidates or objectors
8in the initial proceeding before the board. The party seeking
9judicial review and must serve a copy of the petition upon each
10of the respondents named in the petition for judicial review
11the electoral board and other parties to the proceeding by
12registered or certified mail within 5 days after service of
13the decision of the electoral board as provided in Section
1410-10. The petition shall contain a brief statement of the
15reasons why the decision of the board should be reversed. The
16petitioner shall file proof of service with the clerk of the
17court within 5 days after service of the decision of the
18electoral board as provided in Section 10-10. No answer to the
19petition need be filed, but the electoral board shall cause
20the record of proceedings before the electoral board to be
21filed with the clerk of the court on or before the date of the
22hearing on the petition or as ordered by the court.
23    The court shall set the matter for hearing to be held
24within 30 days after the filing of the petition and shall make
25its decision promptly after such hearing.
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1an electoral board regarding a petition filed pursuant to
2Section 18-120 of the Property Tax Code may secure a review of
3such decision by the State Board of Elections. The party
4seeking such review must file a petition therefor with the
5State Board of Elections within 10 days after the decision of
6the electoral board. Any such objector or proponent may apply
7for and obtain judicial review of a decision of the State Board
8of Elections entered under this amendatory Act of 1985, in
9accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Review
10Law, as amended.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/13-6.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-6.1)
13    Sec. 13-6.1. Each judge of election shall be identified as
14such by a suitable badge or label authorized and issued by the
15county clerk that: (1) clearly states it is authorized by the
16county clerk; (2) identifies the individual as an election
17judge; and (3) contains a unique identifier that consists of
18the precinct number and assigns the judge of election a single
19letter. In accordance with this Section, the badge shall
20follow the form of "Precinct number, Judge letter" and bearing
21the date of the election for which issued. On such badge, the
22judge shall print his or her name and the ward, township or
23road district and precinct number in which he or she is
24serving.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/14-5.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5.1)
2    Sec. 14-5.1. Each judge of election shall be identified as
3such by a suitable badge or label authorized and issued by the
4board of election commissioners that: (1) clearly states it is
5authorized by the board of election commissioners; (2)
6identifies the individual as an election judge; and (3)
7contains a unique identifier that consists of the precinct
8number and assigns the judge of election a single letter. In
9accordance with this Section, the badge shall follow the form
10of "Precinct number, Judge letter" and bearing the date of the
11election for which issued. On such badge, the judge shall
12print his or her name and the ward or township and precinct
13number in which he or she is serving.
14(Source: P.A. 84-971.)
 
15    (10 ILCS 5/19-12.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)
16    Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated electors
17who have made proper application to the election authority not
18later than 5 days before the regular primary and general
19election of 1980 and before each election thereafter shall be
20conducted either through the vote by mail procedures as
21detailed in this Article or on the premises of (i) federally
22operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in
23Illinois or (ii) facilities licensed or certified pursuant to
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1Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or
2the MC/DD Act for the sole benefit of residents of such homes,
3hospitals, and facilities. For the purposes of this Section,
4"federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility"
5means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA
6Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr.
7VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A.
8Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Such voting shall be
9conducted during any continuous period sufficient to allow all
10applicants to cast their ballots between the hours of 9 a.m.
11and 7 p.m. either on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday
12immediately preceding the regular election. This vote by mail
13voting on one of said days designated by the election
14authority shall be supervised by two election judges who must
15be selected by the election authority in the following order
16of priority: (1) from the panel of judges appointed for the
17precinct in which such home, hospital, or facility is located,
18or from a panel of judges appointed for any other precinct
19within the jurisdiction of the election authority in the same
20ward or township, as the case may be, in which the home,
21hospital, or facility is located or, only in the case where a
22judge or judges from the precinct, township or ward are
23unavailable to serve, (3) from a panel of judges appointed for
24any other precinct within the jurisdiction of the election
25authority. The two judges shall be from different political
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1the election authority shall have arranged with the chief
2administrative officer of each home, hospital, or facility in
3his or its election jurisdiction a mutually convenient time
4period on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately
5preceding the election for such voting on the premises of the
6home, hospital, or facility and shall post in a prominent
7place in his or its office a notice of the agreed day and time
8period for conducting such voting at each home, hospital, or
9facility; provided that the election authority shall not later
10than noon on the Thursday before the election also post the
11names and addresses of those homes, hospitals, and facilities
12from which no applications were received and in which no
13supervised vote by mail voting will be conducted. All
14provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers shall be
15applicable herein. To the maximum extent feasible, voting
16booths or screens shall be provided to insure the privacy of
17the voter. Voting procedures shall be as described in Article
1817 of this Code, except that ballots shall be treated as vote
19by mail ballots and shall not be counted until the close of the
20polls on the following day. After the last voter has concluded
21voting, the judges shall seal the ballots in an envelope and
22affix their signatures across the flap of the envelope.
23Immediately thereafter, the judges shall bring the sealed
24envelope to the office of the election authority who shall
25deliver such ballots to the election authority's central
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1the day of election. The judges of election shall also report
2to the election authority the name of any applicant in the
3home, hospital, or facility who, due to unforeseen
4circumstance or condition or because of a religious holiday,
5was unable to vote. In this event, the election authority may
6appoint a qualified person from his or its staff to deliver the
7ballot to such applicant on the day of election. This staff
8person shall follow the same procedures prescribed for judges
9conducting vote by mail voting in such homes, hospitals, or
10facilities and shall return the ballot to the central ballot
11counting location before the polls close. However, if the
12home, hospital, or facility from which the application was
13made is also used as a regular precinct polling place for that
14voter, voting procedures heretofore prescribed may be
15implemented by 2 of the election judges of opposite party
16affiliation assigned to that polling place during the hours of
17voting on the day of the election. Judges of election shall be
18compensated not less than $25.00 for conducting vote by mail
19voting in such homes, hospitals, or facilities.
20    Not less than 120 days before each regular election, the
21Department of Public Health shall certify to the State Board
22of Elections a list of the facilities licensed or certified
23pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental
24Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
25Act, or the MC/DD Act. The lists shall indicate the approved
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1of each such home, hospital, or facility, and the State Board
2of Elections shall certify the same to the appropriate
3election authority within 20 days thereafter.
4(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
599-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/19A-21)
7    Sec. 19A-21. Use of local public buildings for early
8voting polling places. Upon request by an election authority,
9a unit of local government (as defined in Section 1 of Article
10VII of the Illinois Constitution, which does not include
11school districts) shall make the unit's public buildings
12within the election authority's jurisdiction available as
13permanent or temporary early voting polling places without
14charge. Availability of a building shall include reasonably
15necessary time before and after the period early voting is
16conducted at that building. However, if upon receiving the
17election authority's request, a park district organized under
18the Park District Code demonstrates to the election authority
19that the use of a specific room as an early voting polling
20place would interfere with scheduled programming, the election
21authority and the park district shall work cooperatively to
22find an alternative room at the same location to serve as an
23early voting polling place. If the park district and the
24election authority are unable to identify a mutually agreeable
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1and election authority shall prepare documentation explaining
2the difficulties for their respective entities to the Board of
3County Commissioners who shall determine which room shall be
4used as an early voting polling place as soon as practicable to
5avoid delays in determining an early voting polling place.
6    A unit of local government making its public building
7available as a permanent or temporary early voting polling
8place shall ensure that any portion of the building made
9available is accessible to voters with disabilities and
10elderly voters.
11(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/28-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 28-8)
13    Sec. 28-8. If a referendum held in accordance with Section
1428-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of
15local government shall become a home rule unit or shall
16continue cease to be a home rule unit and if that referendum
17passed, then the clerk of that unit of local government shall,
18within 45 days after the referendum, file with the Secretary
19of State a certified statement showing the results of the
20referendum and the resulting status of the unit of local
21government as a home rule unit or a non-home rule unit. The
22Secretary of State shall maintain such certified statements in
23his office as a public record.
24    The question of whether a unit of local government shall
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1the following form:
2    Shall (name of the unit of local government) become a home
3rule unit?
4    Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
5    The question of whether a unit of local government shall
6continue cease to be a home rule unit shall be submitted in
7substantially the following form:
8    Shall (name of the unit of local government) continue
9cease to be a home rule unit?
10    Votes must be recorded as "yes" or "no".
11(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/29B-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly
13      Ch. 46, par. 1103)
14    Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time
15a political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
16statements of organization, the State Board of Elections, in
17the case of a state political committee or a political
18committee acting as both a state political committee and a
19local political committee, or the county clerk, in the case of
20a local political committee, shall give the political
21committee a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices
22and a copy of the provisions of this Article. The State Board
23of Elections or county clerk shall inform each political
24committee that subscription to the Code is voluntary. The text
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1
CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
2    There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair
3play that every candidate for public office in the State of
4Illinois has a moral obligation to observe and uphold, in
5order that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted
6campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional
7right to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the
8people may be fully and clearly expressed on the issues.
9    THEREFORE:
10    (1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and
11limit attacks on my opponent to legitimate challenges to his
12record.
13    (2) I will not use or permit the use of character
14defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or
15scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family
16life.
17    (3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative
18prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or
19national origin.
20    (4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that
21misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor
22will I use malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at
23creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to
24the personal integrity or patriotism of my opposition.
25    (5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or
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1American system of free elections or that hampers or prevents
2the full and free expression of the will of the voters.
3    (6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified
4American voter to full and equal participation in the
5electoral process.
6    (7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and
7tactics that may come from others that I have pledged not to
8use or condone. I shall take firm action against any
9subordinate who violates any provision of this Code or the
10laws governing elections.
11    I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public
12office in the State of Illinois or chair of a political
13committee in support of or opposition to a question of public
14policy, hereby voluntarily endorse, subscribe to, and solemnly
15pledge myself to conduct my campaign in accordance with the
16above principles and practices.
 
17   ..............           ...............................
18      Date                            Signature
19(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/29B-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-15; formerly
21      Ch. 46, par. 1104)
22    Sec. 29B-15. Responsibility of State Board of Elections
23for printing and supplying of forms. The State Board of
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1Code of Fair Campaign Practices. The State Board of Elections
2shall supply the forms to the county clerks in quantities and
3at times requested by the clerks.
4(Source: P.A. 86-873; 87-1052.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/29B-20)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-20; formerly
6      Ch. 46, par. 1105)
7    Sec. 29B-20. Acceptance of completed forms; retentions for
8public inspection. The State Board of Elections and the county
9clerks shall accept, at all times prior to an election, all
10completed copies of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices that
11are properly subscribed to by a candidate or the chair of a
12political committee in support of or opposition to a question
13of public policy, and shall retain them for public inspection
14until 30 days after the election.
15(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/9-45 rep.)
17    Section 10-10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
18Section 9-45.
 
19    Section 10-15. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
20changing Section 50-37 as follows:
 
21    (30 ILCS 500/50-37)
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1    (a) As used in this Section:
2        The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
3    with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
4    this Code, between a business entity and a State agency
5    let or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms
6    "contract", "State contract", and "contract with a State
7    agency" do not include cost reimbursement contracts;
8    purchase of care agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68
9    of this Code; contracts for projects eligible for full or
10    partial federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by
11    the Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but
12    are not limited to grants for job training or
13    transportation; and grants, loans, or tax credit
14    agreements for economic development purposes.
15        "Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
16    Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
17        "Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
18    statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
19    election in the principal office of the State Board of
20    Elections.
21        "State agency" means and includes all boards,
22    commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
23    bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or
24    in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
25    statute, of the executive branch of State government and
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1    retirement systems, and institutions under the
2    jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
3    Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
4    University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
5    University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
6    University, Governors State University, Northeastern
7    Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher
8    Education.
9        "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
10    Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
11    Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be
12    considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all
13    contracts by all officers and employees of, and potential
14    contractors and others doing business with, executive
15    branch State agencies under the jurisdiction of the
16    Executive Ethics Commission and not within the
17    jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the Secretary of
18    State, the Comptroller, or the Treasurer.
19        "Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
20    defined in Section 9-3 of the Election Code.
21        "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
22    ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
23    contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
24    executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
25    entity, and (iii) the spouse of any such persons.
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1    by federal law from making contributions or expenditures
2    in connection with a federal, state, or local election.
3        "Affiliated entity" means (i) any corporate parent and
4    each operating subsidiary of the bidding or contracting
5    business entity, (ii) each operating subsidiary of the
6    corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business
7    entity, (iii) any organization recognized by the United
8    States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt
9    organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal
10    Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of
11    federal tax law) established by the bidding or contracting
12    business entity, any affiliated entity of that business
13    entity, or any affiliated person of that business entity,
14    or (iv) any political committee for which the bidding or
15    contracting business entity, or any 501(c) organization
16    described in item (iii) related to that business entity,
17    is the sponsoring entity. "Affiliated entity" does not
18    include an entity prohibited by federal law from making
19    contributions or expenditures in connection with a
20    federal, state, or local election.
21        "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
22    profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
23    sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
24    partnership, or otherwise.
25        "Executive employee" means (i) the President,
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1    and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties
2    as the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief
3    Executive Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any
4    employee of a business entity whose compensation is
5    determined directly, in whole or in part, by the award or
6    payment of contracts by a State agency to the entity
7    employing the employee. A regular salary that is paid
8    irrespective of the award or payment of a contract with a
9    State agency shall not constitute "compensation" under
10    item (ii) of this definition. "Executive employee" does
11    not include any person prohibited by federal law from
12    making contributions or expenditures in connection with a
13    federal, state, or local election.
14    (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
15agencies, in the aggregate, total more than $50,000, and any
16affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such business
17entity, are prohibited from making any contributions to any
18political committees established to promote the candidacy of
19(i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the contracts or
20(ii) any other declared candidate for that office. This
21prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the term of
22office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the contracts or
23for a period of 2 years following the expiration or
24termination of the contracts, whichever is longer.
25    (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
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1aggregate pending bids and offers on State contracts combined
2with the business entity's aggregate total value of State
3contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated entities or
4affiliated persons of such business entity, are prohibited
5from making any contributions to any political committee
6established to promote the candidacy of the officeholder
7responsible for awarding the contract on which the business
8entity has submitted a bid or offer during the period
9beginning on the date the invitation for bids, request for
10proposals, or any other procurement opportunity is issued and
11ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded.
12    (c-5) For the purposes of the prohibitions under
13subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, (i) any contribution
14made to a political committee established to promote the
15candidacy of the Governor or a declared candidate for the
16office of Governor shall also be considered as having been
17made to a political committee established to promote the
18candidacy of the Lieutenant Governor, in the case of the
19Governor, or the declared candidate for Lieutenant Governor
20having filed a joint petition, or write-in declaration of
21intent, with the declared candidate for Governor, as
22applicable, and (ii) any contribution made to a political
23committee established to promote the candidacy of the
24Lieutenant Governor or a declared candidate for the office of
25Lieutenant Governor shall also be considered as having been
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1candidacy of the Governor, in the case of the Lieutenant
2Governor, or the declared candidate for Governor having filed
3a joint petition, or write-in declaration of intent, with the
4declared candidate for Lieutenant Governor, as applicable.
5    (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
6entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
7under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
8(b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
9contracts between State agencies and that business entity
10shall be void, and that business entity shall not bid or
11respond to any invitation to bid or request for proposals from
12any State agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any
13State agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
14notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
15published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
16Register.
17    (e) Any political committee that has received a
18contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay
19an amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State
20no more than 30 calendar days after notice of the violation
21concerning the contribution appears in the Illinois Register.
22Payments received by the State pursuant to this subsection
23shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.
24(Source: P.A. 103-570, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
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1Sections 45-10, 45-20, 45-25, 45-55, and 70-45 as follows:
 
2    (60 ILCS 1/45-10)
3    Sec. 45-10. Political party caucus in township; notice.
4    (a) On the third Tuesday following the first Monday of
5November first Tuesday in December preceding the date of the
6regular township election, a caucus shall be held by the
7voters of each established political party in a township to
8nominate its candidates for the various offices to be filled
9at the election. Notice of the caucus shall be given at least
1038 10 days before it is held by publication in some newspaper
11having a general circulation in the township. Not less than 58
1230 days before the caucus, the township clerk shall notify the
13chairman or membership of each township central committee by
14first-class mail of the chairman's or membership's obligation
15to report the time and location of the political party's
16caucus. Not less than 48 20 days before the caucus, each
17chairman of the township central committee shall notify the
18township clerk by first-class mail of the time and location of
19the political party's caucus. If the time and location of 2 or
20more political party caucuses conflict, the township clerk
21shall establish, by a fair and impartial public lottery, the
22time and location for each caucus.
23    If the chairperson of the township central committee fails
24to meet within the township or to meet any of the other
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1party shall not be permitted to nominate a candidate, either
2by caucus as provided for in this Section or as otherwise
3authorized by the Election Code, in the next upcoming
4consolidated election for any office for which a nomination
5could have been made at the caucus should the chairperson of
6the township central committee have met the requirements of
7this Section.
8    (b) Except as provided in this Section, the township board
9shall cause notices of the caucuses to be published. The
10notice shall state the time and place where the caucus for each
11political party will be held. The board shall fix a place
12within the township for holding the caucus for each
13established political party. When a new township has been
14established under Section 10-25, the county board shall cause
15notice of the caucuses to be published as required by this
16Section and shall fix the place within the new township for
17holding the caucuses.
18(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
19    (60 ILCS 1/45-20)
20    Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers;
21certifying candidates.
22    (a) The township central committee shall canvass and
23declare the result of the caucus.
24    (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall,
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1township election, file nomination papers as provided in this
2Section. The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
3certification by the chairman of the names of all candidates
4for office in the township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a
5statement of candidacy by each candidate in the form
6prescribed in the general election law. The nomination papers
7shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, except that
8if the township is entirely within the corporate limits of a
9city, village, or incorporated town under the jurisdiction of
10a board of election commissioners, the nomination papers shall
11be filed in the office of the board of election commissioners
12instead of the township clerk.
13    (c) The township clerk shall certify the candidates so
14nominated to the proper election authorities not less than 96
1568 days before the township election. The election shall be
16conducted in accordance with the general election law.
17(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
18    (60 ILCS 1/45-25)
19    Sec. 45-25. Caucus in multi-township district.
20    (a) On the third Tuesday following the first Monday of
21November first Wednesday in December preceding the date of any
22election at which township officers are to be elected, a
23caucus shall be held by the voters of each established
24political party in a multi-township district to nominate its
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1    (b) For purposes of this Code, the multi-township central
2committee of each established political party shall consist of
3the elected or appointed precinct committeemen of each
4established political party within the multi-township district
5and shall promulgate rules of procedure under Section 45-50.
6    (c) The multi-township central committee of each
7established political party shall cause notices of the
8caucuses to be published. The notices shall state the time and
9place where the caucus for each established political party
10will be held within the multi-township district and shall be
11published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
12district 38 10 days before the caucuses are held. Not less than
1358 30 days before the caucus, the multi-township clerk shall
14notify the chairman or membership of each multi-township
15central committee by first-class mail of the chairman's or
16membership's obligation to report the time and location of the
17political party's caucus. Not less than 48 20 days before the
18caucus, each chairman of the multi-township central committee
19shall notify the multi-township clerk by first-class mail of
20the time and location of the political party's caucus. If the
21time and location of 2 or more political party caucuses
22conflict, the multi-township clerk shall establish, by a fair
23and impartial public lottery, the time and location for each
24caucus.
25    (d) The result of the election shall be canvassed in the
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1    (e) The chairman of the multi-township central committee
2shall, not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days before
3the multi-township election, file nomination papers as
4provided in this Section. The nomination papers shall consist
5of (i) a certification by the chairman of the names of all
6candidates for office in the township nominated at the caucus
7and (ii) a statement of candidacy by each candidate in the form
8prescribed in the general election law. The nomination papers
9shall be filed in the office of the election authority. The
10election shall be conducted in accordance with the general
11election law.
12(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
13    (60 ILCS 1/45-55)
14    Sec. 45-55. Nomination by primary election. In (i)
15counties having a population of more than 3,000,000, the
16township central committee of a political party composed of
17the elected township committeeman and his or her appointed
18precinct committeemen and (ii) townships with a population of
19more than 15,000 in counties with a population of 3,000,000 or
20less, the township central committee of a political party
21composed of the precinct committeemen may, with respect to any
22regular township election, determine that its candidates for
23township offices shall be nominated by primary in accordance
24with the general election law, rather than in the manner
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1central committee makes that determination, it must file a
2statement of the determination with the county clerk no later
3than August 15 November 15 preceding the township election. If
4the township or any part of the township is within the
5jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the
6township central committee shall promptly notify the board of
7election commissioners of the determination. Upon the filing
8of the determination by the township central committee of a
9political party, the provisions of the general election law
10shall govern the nomination of candidates of that political
11party for township offices for the election with respect to
12which the determination was made.
13(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
14    (60 ILCS 1/70-45)
15    Sec. 70-45. Supervisors in Cook County. The supervisors of
16townships in Cook County shall perform the same duties as
17supervisors of townships in other counties under township
18organization, except that they shall not be members of the
19county board or exercise any of the powers of county board
20members. They shall have the same compensation for their
21services prescribed by law for similar services rendered by
22other township supervisors.
23    Township supervisors may serve as members of the Cook
24County Townships Public Aid Committee. The supervisors shall
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1the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee but shall be
2reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses related to
3service on the Committee.
4    The compensation for a supervisor of a township in Cook
5County may not be increased during the term of office for which
6the supervisor is elected or appointed. An ordinance
7establishing compensation, including an increase or decrease
8in a supervisor's compensation, shall apply uniformly to the
9supervisors whose terms start after enactment of the
10compensation ordinance. A township is prohibited from
11decreasing the salary for a person elected as supervisor of a
12township while maintaining the salary of an incumbent. An
13ordinance that violates this paragraph is null and void.
14(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
 
15    Section 10-25. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
16is amended by changing Sections 3c and 3c-1 and by adding
17Section 3c-2 as follows:
 
18    (70 ILCS 805/3c)
19    Sec. 3c. Elected board of commissioners in certain
20counties. If the boundaries of a district are co-extensive
21with the boundaries of a county having a population of more
22than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000, all commissioners of the
23forest preserve district shall be elected from the number of
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1of commissioners. Such a forest preserve district is a
2separate and distinct legal entity, and its board members are
3elected separate and apart from the elected county
4commissioners. Upon its formation, or as a result of decennial
5reapportionment, such a forest preserve district shall adopt a
6district map determining the boundary lines of each district.
7That map shall be adjusted and reapportioned subject to the
8same decennial reapportionment process stated in Section 3c-1.
9No more than one commissioner shall be elected from each
10district. At their first meeting after election in 2022 and at
11their first meeting after election next following each
12subsequent decennial reapportionment of the county under
13Section 3c-1, the elected commissioners shall publicly, by
14lot, divide themselves into 2 groups, as equal in size as
15possible. Commissioners from the first group shall serve for
16terms of 2, 4, and 4 years, and commissioners from the second
17group shall serve terms of 4, 4, and 2 years. The president of
18the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district
19shall be elected by the voters of the county, rather than by
20the commissioners. The president shall be a resident of the
21county and shall be elected throughout the county for a 4-year
22term without having been first elected as commissioner of the
23forest preserve district. Each commissioner shall be a
24resident of the forest preserve board district from which he
25or she was elected not later than the date of the commencement
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1commissioners elected under this Section shall commence on the
2first Monday of the month following the month of election.
3Neither a commissioner nor the president of the board of
4commissioners of that forest preserve district shall serve
5simultaneously as member or chairman of the county board. No
6person shall seek election to both the forest preserve
7commission and the county board at the same election, nor
8shall they be eligible to hold both offices at the same time.
9The president, with the advice and consent of the board of
10commissioners shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such
11other officers as deemed necessary by the board of
12commissioners, which officers need not be members of the board
13of commissioners. The president shall have the powers and
14duties as specified in Section 12 of this Act.
15    Candidates for president and commissioner shall be
16candidates of established political parties.
17    If a vacancy in the office of president or commissioner
18occurs, other than by expiration of the president's or
19commissioner's term, the forest preserve district board of
20commissioners shall declare that a vacancy exists and
21notification of the vacancy shall be given to the county
22central committee of each established political party within 3
23business days after the occurrence of the vacancy. If the
24vacancy occurs in the office of forest preserve district
25commissioner, the president of the board of commissioners
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1advice and consent of other commissioners then serving,
2appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired
3term. The appointee shall be affiliated with the same
4political party as the commissioner in whose office the
5vacancy occurred and be a resident of such district. If a
6vacancy in the office of president occurs, other than by
7expiration of the president's term, the remaining members of
8the board of commissioners shall, within 60 days after the
9vacancy, appoint one of the commissioners to serve as
10president for the remainder of the unexpired term. In that
11case, the office of the commissioner who is appointed to serve
12as president shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled within
1360 days by appointment of the president with the advice and
14consent of the other forest preserve district commissioners.
15The commissioner who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the
16office of president shall be affiliated with the same
17political party as the person who occupied the office of
18president prior to the vacancy. A person appointed to fill a
19vacancy in the office of president or commissioner shall
20establish his or her party affiliation by his or her record of
21voting in primary elections or by holding or having held an
22office in an established political party organization before
23the appointment. If the appointee has not voted in a party
24primary election or is not holding or has not held an office in
25an established political party organization before the
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1political party affiliation by his or her record of
2participating in an established political party's nomination
3or election caucus. If, however, more than 28 months remain in
4the unexpired term of a commissioner or the president, the
5appointment shall be until the next general election, at which
6time the vacated office of commissioner or president shall be
7filled by election for the remainder of the term.
8Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a vacancy occurs
9after the last day provided in Section 7-12 of the Election
10Code for filing nomination papers for the office of president
11of a forest preserve district where that office is elected as
12provided for in this Section, or as set forth in Section 7-61
13of the Election Code, a vacancy in nomination shall be filled
14by the passage of a resolution by the nominating committee of
15the affected political party within the time periods specified
16in the Election Code. The nominating committee shall consist
17of the chairman of the county central committee and the
18township chairmen of the affected political party. All other
19vacancies in nomination shall be filled in accordance with the
20provisions of the Election Code.
21    The president and commissioners elected under this Section
22may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually
23incurred in performing their official duties under this Act in
24accordance with the provisions of Section 3a. The
25reimbursement paid under this Section shall be paid by the
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1    Compensation for the president and the forest preserve
2commissioners elected under this Section shall be established
3by the board of commissioners of the forest preserve district.
4    This Section does not apply to a forest preserve district
5created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act.
6(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 805/3c-1)
8    Sec. 3c-1. Reapportionment plan for forest preserve
9districts under Section 3c.
10    (a) Beginning in 2021, the The Downstate Forest Preserve
11District board of commissioners shall develop an apportionment
12plan and specify the number of districts. Each district shall
13have one commissioner. Each such district:
14        (1) shall be substantially equal in population to each
15    other district; and
16        (2) shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as
17    nearly compact as practicable; and
18        (3) shall be created in such a manner so that no
19    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
20    insofar as is practicable.
21    (b) The president of the board of commissioners of a
22Downstate Forest Preserve District may develop a reappointment
23plan and that plan, as presented or as amended, shall be
24presented to the board by the third Wednesday in May in the
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1accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
2Section. If the president presents a plan to the board by the
3third Wednesday in May, the board shall conduct at least one
4public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
5apportionment plan. That hearing shall be held at least 6 days
6but not more than 21 days before the board may consider
7adopting the plan, and the public shall be given notice by
8publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the
9district of the hearing at least 6 days in advance of the
10hearing. The president of the board of commissioners shall
11have access to the federal decennial census available to the
12board.
13    (c) For the reapportionment in calendar year 2021, the
14president of the board of commissioners may develop and
15present (or redevelop and represent) to the board by the third
16Wednesday in November of 2021 an apportionment plan. If a plan
17is presented, the board shall conduct at least one hearing on
18the proposed plan before it may be adopted. That hearing shall
19be held at least 6 days but not more than 21 days before the
20board may consider adopting the plan, and the public shall be
21given notice by publication in a newspaper of general
22circulation in the district of the hearing at least 6 days in
23advance of the hearing.
24    (d) After each decennial census, the Downstate Forest
25Preserve District board is not obligated to reapportion the
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1deviation from each other based on the results of the
2decennial census.
3    (e) As used in this Section, "Downstate Forest Preserve
4District" means a district described in Section 3c.
5(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 805/3c-2 new)
7    Sec. 3c-2. Continuous effect of provisions; validation.
8The General Assembly declares that the changes made to
9Sections 3c and 3c-1 by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
10General Assembly shall be deemed to have been in continuous
11effect since November 15, 2021 (the effective date of Public
12Act 102-688) and shall continue to be in effect until they are
13lawfully repealed. All actions that were taken on or after
142021 and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
15the 103rd General Assembly by a downstate forest preserve
16district or any other person and that are consistent with or in
17reliance on the changes made to Sections 3c and 3c-1 by this
18amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly are hereby
19validated.
 
20    Section 10-30. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
21by changing Sections 3-6-3, 3-14-1, and 5-5-5 and by adding
22Sections 5-5-11 and 5-5-12 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 3-6-3.
Rules and regulations for sentence credit.
2    (a)(1) The Department of Corrections shall prescribe rules
3and regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
4persons committed to the Department of Corrections and the
5Department of Juvenile Justice shall prescribe rules and
6regulations for awarding and revoking sentence credit for
7persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice under
8Section 5-8-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections, which shall
9be subject to review by the Prisoner Review Board.
10    (1.5) As otherwise provided by law, sentence credit may be
11awarded for the following:
12        (A) successful completion of programming while in
13    custody of the Department of Corrections or the Department
14    of Juvenile Justice or while in custody prior to
15    sentencing;
16        (B) compliance with the rules and regulations of the
17    Department; or
18        (C) service to the institution, service to a
19    community, or service to the State.
20    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
21subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
22shall provide, with respect to offenses listed in clause (i),
23(ii), or (iii) of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June
2419, 1998 or with respect to the offense listed in clause (iv)
25of this paragraph (2) committed on or after June 23, 2005 (the
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1listed in clause (vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the
2effective date of Public Act 95-625) or with respect to the
3offense of being an armed habitual criminal committed on or
4after August 2, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-398)
5or with respect to the offenses listed in clause (v) of this
6paragraph (2) committed on or after August 13, 2007 (the
7effective date of Public Act 95-134) or with respect to the
8offense of aggravated domestic battery committed on or after
9July 23, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1224) or
10with respect to the offense of attempt to commit terrorism
11committed on or after January 1, 2013 (the effective date of
12Public Act 97-990), the following:
13        (i) that a prisoner who is serving a term of
14    imprisonment for first degree murder or for the offense of
15    terrorism shall receive no sentence credit and shall serve
16    the entire sentence imposed by the court;
17        (ii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for attempt to
18    commit terrorism, attempt to commit first degree murder,
19    solicitation of murder, solicitation of murder for hire,
20    intentional homicide of an unborn child, predatory
21    criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal
22    sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
23    kidnapping, aggravated battery with a firearm as described
24    in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3),
25    or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05, heinous battery as described
26    in Section 12-4.1 or subdivision (a)(2) of Section

 

 

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1    12-3.05, being an armed habitual criminal, aggravated
2    battery of a senior citizen as described in Section 12-4.6
3    or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 12-3.05, or aggravated
4    battery of a child as described in Section 12-4.3 or
5    subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 shall receive no
6    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
7    or her sentence of imprisonment;
8        (iii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for home
9    invasion, armed robbery, aggravated vehicular hijacking,
10    aggravated discharge of a firearm, or armed violence with
11    a category I weapon or category II weapon, when the court
12    has made and entered a finding, pursuant to subsection
13    (c-1) of Section 5-4-1 of this Code, that the conduct
14    leading to conviction for the enumerated offense resulted
15    in great bodily harm to a victim, shall receive no more
16    than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
17    her sentence of imprisonment;
18        (iv) that a prisoner serving a sentence for aggravated
19    discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading
20    to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily
21    harm to the victim, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
22    sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
23    imprisonment;
24        (v) that a person serving a sentence for gunrunning,
25    narcotics racketeering, controlled substance trafficking,
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1    aggravated methamphetamine-related child endangerment,
2    money laundering pursuant to clause (c) (4) or (5) of
3    Section 29B-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
4    Code of 2012, or a Class X felony conviction for delivery
5    of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled
6    substance with intent to manufacture or deliver,
7    calculated criminal drug conspiracy, criminal drug
8    conspiracy, street gang criminal drug conspiracy,
9    participation in methamphetamine manufacturing,
10    aggravated participation in methamphetamine
11    manufacturing, delivery of methamphetamine, possession
12    with intent to deliver methamphetamine, aggravated
13    delivery of methamphetamine, aggravated possession with
14    intent to deliver methamphetamine, methamphetamine
15    conspiracy when the substance containing the controlled
16    substance or methamphetamine is 100 grams or more shall
17    receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each
18    month of his or her sentence of imprisonment;
19        (vi) that a prisoner serving a sentence for a second
20    or subsequent offense of luring a minor shall receive no
21    more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his
22    or her sentence of imprisonment; and
23        (vii) that a prisoner serving a sentence for
24    aggravated domestic battery shall receive no more than 4.5
25    days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
26    sentence of imprisonment.

 

 

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1    (2.1) For all offenses, other than those enumerated in
2subdivision (a)(2)(i), (ii), or (iii) committed on or after
3June 19, 1998 or subdivision (a)(2)(iv) committed on or after
4June 23, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 94-71) or
5subdivision (a)(2)(v) committed on or after August 13, 2007
6(the effective date of Public Act 95-134) or subdivision
7(a)(2)(vi) committed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective
8date of Public Act 95-625) or subdivision (a)(2)(vii)
9committed on or after July 23, 2010 (the effective date of
10Public Act 96-1224), and other than the offense of aggravated
11driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
12or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
13thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of
14subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
15and other than the offense of aggravated driving under the
16influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating
17compound or compounds, or any combination thereof as defined
18in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of
19Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or
20after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act
2196-1230), the rules and regulations shall provide that a
22prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment shall receive
23one day of sentence credit for each day of his or her sentence
24of imprisonment or recommitment under Section 3-3-9. Each day
25of sentence credit shall reduce by one day the prisoner's
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1    (2.2) A prisoner serving a term of natural life
2imprisonment shall receive no sentence credit.
3    (2.3) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
4subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
5shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
6aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
7or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
8combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (F) of
9paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
10Illinois Vehicle Code, shall receive no more than 4.5 days of
11sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of
12imprisonment.
13    (2.4) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
14subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
15shall provide with respect to the offenses of aggravated
16battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any
17device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report
18of a firearm or aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a
19firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or
20used for silencing the report of a firearm, committed on or
21after July 15, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-121),
22that a prisoner serving a sentence for any of these offenses
23shall receive no more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each
24month of his or her sentence of imprisonment.
25    (2.5) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
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1shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
2aggravated arson committed on or after July 27, 2001 (the
3effective date of Public Act 92-176) shall receive no more
4than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or her
5sentence of imprisonment.
6    (2.6) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
7subsection (a), the rules and regulations on sentence credit
8shall provide that a prisoner who is serving a sentence for
9aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug
10or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds or any
11combination thereof as defined in subparagraph (C) of
12paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of the
13Illinois Vehicle Code committed on or after January 1, 2011
14(the effective date of Public Act 96-1230) shall receive no
15more than 4.5 days of sentence credit for each month of his or
16her sentence of imprisonment.
17    (3) In addition to the sentence credits earned under
18paragraphs (2.1), (4), (4.1), (4.2), and (4.7) of this
19subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
20that the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
21Justice may award up to 180 days of earned sentence credit for
22prisoners serving a sentence of incarceration of less than 5
23years, and up to 365 days of earned sentence credit for
24prisoners serving a sentence of 5 years or longer. The
25Director may grant this credit for good conduct in specific
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1in the custody of each Director's respective Department. The
2good conduct may include, but is not limited to, compliance
3with the rules and regulations of the Department, service to
4the Department, service to a community, or service to the
5State.
6    Eligible inmates for an award of earned sentence credit
7under this paragraph (3) may be selected to receive the credit
8at either Director's or his or her designee's sole discretion.
9Eligibility for the additional earned sentence credit under
10this paragraph (3) may be based on, but is not limited to,
11participation in programming offered by the Department as
12appropriate for the prisoner based on the results of any
13available risk/needs assessment or other relevant assessments
14or evaluations administered by the Department using a
15validated instrument, the circumstances of the crime,
16demonstrated commitment to rehabilitation by a prisoner with a
17history of conviction for a forcible felony enumerated in
18Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the inmate's
19behavior and improvements in disciplinary history while
20incarcerated, and the inmate's commitment to rehabilitation,
21including participation in programming offered by the
22Department.
23    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
24Justice shall not award sentence credit under this paragraph
25(3) to an inmate unless the inmate has served a minimum of 60
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1except nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit
2either Director to extend an inmate's sentence beyond that
3which was imposed by the court. Prior to awarding credit under
4this paragraph (3), each Director shall make a written
5determination that the inmate:
6        (A) is eligible for the earned sentence credit;
7        (B) has served a minimum of 60 days, or as close to 60
8    days as the sentence will allow;
9        (B-1) has received a risk/needs assessment or other
10    relevant evaluation or assessment administered by the
11    Department using a validated instrument; and
12        (C) has met the eligibility criteria established by
13    rule for earned sentence credit.
14    The Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile
15Justice shall determine the form and content of the written
16determination required in this subsection.
17    (3.5) The Department shall provide annual written reports
18to the Governor and the General Assembly on the award of earned
19sentence credit no later than February 1 of each year. The
20Department must publish both reports on its website within 48
21hours of transmitting the reports to the Governor and the
22General Assembly. The reports must include:
23        (A) the number of inmates awarded earned sentence
24    credit;
25        (B) the average amount of earned sentence credit
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1        (C) the holding offenses of inmates awarded earned
2    sentence credit; and
3        (D) the number of earned sentence credit revocations.
4    (4)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
5subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
6that any prisoner who is engaged full-time in
any full-time
7substance abuse programs, correctional industry assignments,
8educational programs (including, without limitation, peer-led
9programs for both the peer-educators and program
10participants), work-release programs or activities in
11accordance with Article 13 of Chapter III of this Code,
12behavior modification programs, life skills courses, or
13re-entry planning provided by the Department under this
14paragraph (4) and satisfactorily completes the assigned
15program as determined by the standards of the Department,
16shall receive one day of sentence credit for each day in which
17that prisoner is engaged in the activities described in this
18paragraph. The rules and regulations shall also provide that
19sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who was held in
20pre-trial detention prior to his or her current commitment to
21the Department of Corrections and successfully completed a
22full-time, 60-day or longer substance abuse program,
23educational program, behavior modification program, life
24skills course, or re-entry planning provided by the county
25department of corrections or county jail. Calculation of this
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1in Section 5-4.5-100 of this Code and shall be included in the
2sentencing order. The rules and regulations shall also provide
3that sentence credit may be provided to an inmate who is in
4compliance with programming requirements in an adult
5transition center.
6    (B) The Department shall award sentence credit under this
7paragraph (4) accumulated prior to January 1, 2020 (the
8effective date of Public Act 101-440) in an amount specified
9in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (4) to an inmate serving
10a sentence for an offense committed prior to June 19, 1998, if
11the Department determines that the inmate is entitled to this
12sentence credit, based upon:
13        (i) documentation provided by the Department that the
14    inmate engaged in any full-time substance abuse programs,
15    correctional industry assignments, educational programs
16    (including, without limitation, peer-led programs for both
17    the peer-educators and program participants), behavior
18    modification programs, life skills courses, or re-entry
19    planning provided by the Department under this paragraph
20    (4) and satisfactorily completed the assigned program as
21    determined by the standards of the Department during the
22    inmate's current term of incarceration; or
23        (ii) the inmate's own testimony in the form of an
24    affidavit or documentation, or a third party's
25    documentation or testimony in the form of an affidavit
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1    abuse programs, correctional industry assignments,
2    educational programs (including, without limitation,
3    peer-led programs for both the peer-educators and program
4    participants), behavior modification programs, life skills
5    courses, or re-entry planning provided by the Department
6    under paragraph (4) and satisfactorily completed the
7    assigned program as determined by the standards of the
8    Department during the inmate's current term of
9    incarceration.
10    (C) If the inmate can provide documentation that he or she
11is entitled to sentence credit under subparagraph (B) in
12excess of 45 days of participation in those programs, the
13inmate shall receive 90 days of sentence credit. If the inmate
14cannot provide documentation of more than 45 days of
15participation in those programs, the inmate shall receive 45
16days of sentence credit. In the event of a disagreement
17between the Department and the inmate as to the amount of
18credit accumulated under subparagraph (B), if the Department
19provides documented proof of a lesser amount of days of
20participation in those programs, that proof shall control. If
21the Department provides no documentary proof, the inmate's
22proof as set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall
23control as to the amount of sentence credit provided.
24    (D) If the inmate has been convicted of a sex offense as
25defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act,
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1(4) shall be awarded by the Department only if the conditions
2set forth in paragraph (4.6) of subsection (a) are satisfied.
3No inmate serving a term of natural life imprisonment shall
4receive sentence credit under subparagraph (B) of this
5paragraph (4).
6    (E) The rules and regulations shall provide for the
7recalculation of program credits awarded pursuant to this
8paragraph (4) prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
9Public Act 101-652) at the rate set for such credits on and
10after July 1, 2021.
11    Educational, vocational, substance abuse, behavior
12modification programs, life skills courses, re-entry planning,
13and correctional industry programs under which sentence credit
14may be earned under this paragraph (4) and paragraph (4.1) of
15this subsection (a) shall be evaluated by the Department on
16the basis of documented standards. The Department shall report
17the results of these evaluations to the Governor and the
18General Assembly by September 30th of each year. The reports
19shall include data relating to the recidivism rate among
20program participants
(including peer educators).
21    Availability of these programs shall be subject to the
22limits of fiscal resources appropriated by the General
23Assembly for these purposes. Eligible inmates who are denied
24immediate admission shall be placed on a waiting list under
25criteria established by the Department. The rules and
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1on a waiting list but is transferred for non-disciplinary
2reasons before beginning a program shall receive priority
3placement on the waitlist for appropriate programs at the new
4facility. The inability of any inmate to become engaged in any
5such programs by reason of insufficient program resources or
6for any other reason established under the rules and
7regulations of the Department shall not be deemed a cause of
8action under which the Department or any employee or agent of
9the Department shall be liable for damages to the inmate. The
10rules and regulations shall provide that a prisoner who begins
11an educational, vocational, substance abuse, work-release
12programs or activities in accordance with Article 13 of
13Chapter III of this Code, behavior modification program, life
14skills course, re-entry planning, or correctional industry
15programs but is unable to complete the program due to illness,
16disability, transfer, lockdown, or another reason outside of
17the prisoner's control shall receive prorated sentence credits
18for the days in which the prisoner did participate.
19    (4.1) Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
20subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall also provide
21that an additional 90 days of sentence credit shall be awarded
22to any prisoner who passes high school equivalency testing
23while the prisoner is committed to the Department of
24Corrections. The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph
25(4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award
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1but shall also be pursuant to the guidelines and restrictions
2set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
3The sentence credit provided for in this paragraph shall be
4available only to those prisoners who have not previously
5earned a high school diploma or a State of Illinois High School
6Diploma. If, after an award of the high school equivalency
7testing sentence credit has been made, the Department
8determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then the award
9shall be revoked. The Department may also award 90 days of
10sentence credit to any committed person who passed high school
11equivalency testing while he or she was held in pre-trial
12detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
13Corrections. Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this
14subsection (a), the rules and regulations shall provide that
15an additional 120 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to
16any prisoner who obtains an associate degree while the
17prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections,
18regardless of the date that the associate degree was obtained,
19including if prior to July 1, 2021 (the effective date of
20Public Act 101-652). The sentence credit awarded under this
21paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition to, and shall not affect,
22the award of sentence credit under any other paragraph of this
23Section, but shall also be under the guidelines and
24restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
25this Section. The sentence credit provided for in this
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1have not previously earned an associate degree prior to the
2current commitment to the Department of Corrections. If, after
3an award of the associate degree sentence credit has been made
4and the Department determines that the prisoner was not
5eligible, then the award shall be revoked. The Department may
6also award 120 days of sentence credit to any committed person
7who earned an associate degree while he or she was held in
8pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
9Department of Corrections.
10    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
11(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
12additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
13prisoner who obtains a bachelor's degree while the prisoner is
14committed to the Department of Corrections. The sentence
15credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall be in addition
16to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence credit under
17any other paragraph of this Section, but shall also be under
18the guidelines and restrictions set forth in paragraph (4) of
19this subsection (a). The sentence credit provided for in this
20paragraph shall be available only to those prisoners who have
21not earned a bachelor's degree prior to the current commitment
22to the Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the
23bachelor's degree sentence credit has been made, the
24Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
25the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
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1bachelor's degree while he or she was held in pre-trial
2detention prior to the current commitment to the Department of
3Corrections.
4    Except as provided in paragraph (4.7) of this subsection
5(a), the rules and regulations shall provide that an
6additional 180 days of sentence credit shall be awarded to any
7prisoner who obtains a master's or professional degree while
8the prisoner is committed to the Department of Corrections.
9The sentence credit awarded under this paragraph (4.1) shall
10be in addition to, and shall not affect, the award of sentence
11credit under any other paragraph of this Section, but shall
12also be under the guidelines and restrictions set forth in
13paragraph (4) of this subsection (a). The sentence credit
14provided for in this paragraph shall be available only to
15those prisoners who have not previously earned a master's or
16professional degree prior to the current commitment to the
17Department of Corrections. If, after an award of the master's
18or professional degree sentence credit has been made, the
19Department determines that the prisoner was not eligible, then
20the award shall be revoked. The Department may also award 180
21days of sentence credit to any committed person who earned a
22master's or professional degree while he or she was held in
23pre-trial detention prior to the current commitment to the
24Department of Corrections.
25    (4.2)(A) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
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1work, or work assignments that are not otherwise eligible
2activities under paragraph (4), shall receive up to 0.5 days
3of sentence credit for each day in which the prisoner is
4engaged in activities described in this paragraph.
5    (B) The rules and regulations shall provide for the award
6of sentence credit under this paragraph (4.2) for qualifying
7days of engagement in eligible activities occurring prior to
8July 1, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 101-652).
9    (4.5) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
10also provide that when the court's sentencing order recommends
11a prisoner for substance abuse treatment and the crime was
12committed on or after September 1, 2003 (the effective date of
13Public Act 93-354), the prisoner shall receive no sentence
14credit awarded under clause (3) of this subsection (a) unless
15he or she participates in and completes a substance abuse
16treatment program. The Director of Corrections may waive the
17requirement to participate in or complete a substance abuse
18treatment program in specific instances if the prisoner is not
19a good candidate for a substance abuse treatment program for
20medical, programming, or operational reasons. Availability of
21substance abuse treatment shall be subject to the limits of
22fiscal resources appropriated by the General Assembly for
23these purposes. If treatment is not available and the
24requirement to participate and complete the treatment has not
25been waived by the Director, the prisoner shall be placed on a
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1Director may allow a prisoner placed on a waiting list to
2participate in and complete a substance abuse education class
3or attend substance abuse self-help meetings in lieu of a
4substance abuse treatment program. A prisoner on a waiting
5list who is not placed in a substance abuse program prior to
6release may be eligible for a waiver and receive sentence
7credit under clause (3) of this subsection (a) at the
8discretion of the Director.
9    (4.6) The rules and regulations on sentence credit shall
10also provide that a prisoner who has been convicted of a sex
11offense as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
12Registration Act shall receive no sentence credit unless he or
13she either has successfully completed or is participating in
14sex offender treatment as defined by the Sex Offender
15Management Board. However, prisoners who are waiting to
16receive treatment, but who are unable to do so due solely to
17the lack of resources on the part of the Department, may, at
18either Director's sole discretion, be awarded sentence credit
19at a rate as the Director shall determine.
20    (4.7) On or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of
21Public Act 100-3), sentence credit under paragraph (3), (4),
22or (4.1) of this subsection (a) may be awarded to a prisoner
23who is serving a sentence for an offense described in
24paragraph (2), (2.3), (2.4), (2.5), or (2.6) for credit earned
25on or after January 1, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act
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1paragraph (4.7) shall not reduce the sentence of the prisoner
2to less than the following amounts:
3        (i) 85% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
4    required to serve 85% of his or her sentence; or
5        (ii) 60% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
6    required to serve 75% of his or her sentence, except if the
7    prisoner is serving a sentence for gunrunning his or her
8    sentence shall not be reduced to less than 75%.
9        (iii) 100% of his or her sentence if the prisoner is
10    required to serve 100% of his or her sentence.
11    (5) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate
12earlier than it otherwise would because of a grant of earned
13sentence credit under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
14Section given at any time during the term, the Department
15shall give reasonable notice of the impending release not less
16than 14 days prior to the date of the release to the State's
17Attorney of the county where the prosecution of the inmate
18took place, and if applicable, the State's Attorney of the
19county into which the inmate will be released. The Department
20must also make identification information and a recent photo
21of the inmate being released accessible on the Internet by
22means of a hyperlink labeled "Community Notification of Inmate
23Early Release" on the Department's World Wide Web homepage.
24The identification information shall include the inmate's:
25name, any known alias, date of birth, physical
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1conviction was imposed. The identification information shall
2be placed on the website within 3 days of the inmate's release
3and the information may not be removed until either:
4completion of the first year of mandatory supervised release
5or return of the inmate to custody of the Department.
6    (b) Whenever a person is or has been committed under
7several convictions, with separate sentences, the sentences
8shall be construed under Section 5-8-4 in granting and
9forfeiting of sentence credit.
10    (c) (1) The Department shall prescribe rules and
11regulations for revoking sentence credit, including revoking
12sentence credit awarded under paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
13of this Section. The Department shall prescribe rules and
14regulations establishing and requiring the use of a sanctions
15matrix for revoking sentence credit. The Department shall
16prescribe rules and regulations for suspending or reducing the
17rate of accumulation of sentence credit for specific rule
18violations, during imprisonment. These rules and regulations
19shall provide that no inmate may be penalized more than one
20year of sentence credit for any one infraction.
21    (2) When the Department seeks to revoke, suspend, or
22reduce the rate of accumulation of any sentence credits for an
23alleged infraction of its rules, it shall bring charges
24therefor against the prisoner sought to be so deprived of
25sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as provided
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1amount of credit at issue exceeds 30 days, whether from one
2infraction or cumulatively from multiple infractions arising
3out of a single event, or when, during any 12-month period, the
4cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except
5where the infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days
6of scheduled release. In those cases, the Department of
7Corrections may revoke up to 30 days of sentence credit. The
8Board may subsequently approve the revocation of additional
9sentence credit, if the Department seeks to revoke sentence
10credit in excess of 30 days. However, the Board shall not be
11empowered to review the Department's decision with respect to
12the loss of 30 days of sentence credit within any calendar year
13for any prisoner or to increase any penalty beyond the length
14requested by the Department.
15    (3) The Director of Corrections or the Director of
16Juvenile Justice, in appropriate cases, may restore sentence
17credits which have been revoked, suspended, or reduced. The
18Department shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the
19restoration of sentence credits. These rules and regulations
20shall provide for the automatic restoration of sentence
21credits following a period in which the prisoner maintains a
22record without a disciplinary violation.
23    Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
24Prisoner Review Board from ordering, pursuant to Section
253-3-9(a)(3)(i)(B), that a prisoner serve up to one year of the
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1accumulation of sentence credit.
2    (d) If a lawsuit is filed by a prisoner in an Illinois or
3federal court against the State, the Department of
4Corrections, or the Prisoner Review Board, or against any of
5their officers or employees, and the court makes a specific
6finding that a pleading, motion, or other paper filed by the
7prisoner is frivolous, the Department of Corrections shall
8conduct a hearing to revoke up to 180 days of sentence credit
9by bringing charges against the prisoner sought to be deprived
10of the sentence credits before the Prisoner Review Board as
11provided in subparagraph (a)(8) of Section 3-3-2 of this Code.
12If the prisoner has not accumulated 180 days of sentence
13credit at the time of the finding, then the Prisoner Review
14Board may revoke all sentence credit accumulated by the
15prisoner.
16    For purposes of this subsection (d):
17        (1) "Frivolous" means that a pleading, motion, or
18    other filing which purports to be a legal document filed
19    by a prisoner in his or her lawsuit meets any or all of the
20    following criteria:
21            (A) it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in
22        fact;
23            (B) it is being presented for any improper
24        purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary
25        delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation;
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1        contentions therein are not warranted by existing law
2        or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension,
3        modification, or reversal of existing law or the
4        establishment of new law;
5            (D) the allegations and other factual contentions
6        do not have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
7        identified, are not likely to have evidentiary support
8        after a reasonable opportunity for further
9        investigation or discovery; or
10            (E) the denials of factual contentions are not
11        warranted on the evidence, or if specifically so
12        identified, are not reasonably based on a lack of
13        information or belief.
14        (2) "Lawsuit" means a motion pursuant to Section 116-3
15    of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a habeas corpus
16    action under Article X of the Code of Civil Procedure or
17    under federal law (28 U.S.C. 2254), a petition for claim
18    under the Court of Claims Act, an action under the federal
19    Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 1983), or a second or
20    subsequent petition for post-conviction relief under
21    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
22    whether filed with or without leave of court or a second or
23    subsequent petition for relief from judgment under Section
24    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
25    (e) Nothing in Public Act 90-592 or 90-593 affects the
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1    (f) Whenever the Department is to release any inmate who
2has been convicted of a violation of an order of protection
3under Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
4the Criminal Code of 2012, earlier than it otherwise would
5because of a grant of sentence credit, the Department, as a
6condition of release, shall require that the person, upon
7release, be placed under electronic surveillance as provided
8in Section 5-8A-7 of this Code.
9(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
10102-784, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23; 103-51, eff.
111-1-24; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-330, eff. 1-1-24; revised
1212-15-23.)
 
13    Section 10-35. The Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education
14Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 40,
15and by adding Section 45 as follows:
 
16    (730 ILCS 200/1)
17    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
18Reintegration and Civic Empowerment Re-Entering Citizens
19Civics Education Act.
20(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
21    (730 ILCS 200/5)
22    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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1Department of Juvenile Justice who is specifically trained in
2voting rights education, who shall assist in conducting voting
3and civics education workshops for committed persons at the
4Department of Juvenile Justice; or a member of an established
5nonpartisan civic organization who has been trained to conduct
6voting and civics education workshops who are scheduled for
7discharge within 12 months.
8    "Committed person" means a person committed and confined
9to and in the physical custody of the Department of
10Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice.
11    "Commitment" means a judicially determined placement in
12the physical custody of the Department of Corrections or the
13Department of Juvenile Justice on the basis of conviction or
14delinquency.
15    "Correctional institution or facility" means a Department
16of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice building or
17part of a Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile
18Justice building where committed persons are detained in a
19secure manner.
20    "Detainee" means a committed person in the physical
21custody of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
22Juvenile Justice.
23    "Director" includes the Directors of the Department of
24Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice unless the
25text solely specifies a particular Director.
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1termination of a committed person's physical commitment to and
2confinement in the Department of Corrections. Discharge means
3the end of a sentence or the final termination of a committed
4person's physical commitment to and confinement in the
5Department of Juvenile Justice.
6    "Peer educator" means a committed person an incarcerated
7citizen at the Department of Corrections who is specifically
8trained in voting rights education, who shall conduct voting
9and civics education workshops for committed persons at the
10Department of Corrections who are scheduled for discharge
11within 12 months.
12    "Program" means the nonpartisan peer education and
13information instruction established by this Act.
14    "Program participant" means a committed person enrolled in
15the program or otherwise participating in a program workshop.
16    "Re-entering citizen" means any United States citizen who
17is: 17 years of age or older; in the physical custody of the
18Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice;
19and scheduled to be re-entering society within 12 months.
20(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20; 102-374, eff. 1-1-22;
21102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
22    (730 ILCS 200/10)
23    Sec. 10. Purpose; program. The purpose of this Act is to
24advance collective liberation, foster community healing, and
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1Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile
2Justice shall implement provide a nonpartisan peer-led civics
3program throughout the correctional institutions of this State
4to teach civics to soon-to-be released citizens who will be
5re-entering society. The goal of the program is to promote the
6successful integration of re-entering citizens, promote
7democracy, and reduce rates of recidivism within this State.
8This program, emphasizing that reintegration must be a
9collective effort, is designed to impart civics education to
10committed persons, including those on the verge of re-entering
11society. The overarching goals of the program are to
12facilitate the successful reintegration of committed persons
13into society, champion the principles of democracy, contribute
14to the reduction of recidivism rates within the state, and
15improve community cohesion, recognizing its significance as a
16social determinant of health. For young people in particular,
17the study of civics helps people acquire and learn to use the
18skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will prepare them to be
19engaged citizens throughout their lives. This program shall
20coincide with and enhance existing laws to ensure that
21committed persons and voters re-entering citizens understand
22their civic responsibility and know how to secure or, if
23applicable, regain their right to vote as part of the exit
24process.
25(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20; 102-374, eff. 1-1-22.)
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 200/15)
2    Sec. 15. Curriculum and eligibility.
3    (a) The civics peer education program shall consist of a
4rigorous curriculum, and participants shall be instructed on
5subjects including, but not limited to, voting rights,
6governmental institutions, current affairs, and simulations of
7voter registration, election, and democratic processes. Each
8workshop held at the Department of Corrections shall consist
9of 3 sessions that are 90 minutes each and that do not need to
10be taken consecutively. The workshops held at the Department
11of Juvenile Justice shall consist of 270 minutes of
12instruction. The Department of Corrections shall conduct each
13of the 3 sessions not less than twice a month at each
14correctional institution totaling not less than 6 sessions per
15month at each correctional institution.
16    (b) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
17Juvenile Justice must offer committed persons the first
18re-entering citizens scheduled to be discharged within 12
19months with the civics peer education workshop session within
2090 days of commitment and must offer and make available the
21entirety of the civics peer education program to committed
22persons within 12 months of commitment program, and each
23re-entering citizen must enroll in the program one to 12
24months prior to his or her expected date of release. This
25workshop must be included in the standard exit process.
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1Juvenile Justice should aim to include this workshop in
2conjunction with other commitment pre-release procedures and
3movements. Delays in a workshop being provided shall not cause
4delays in discharge. Committed persons may not be prevented
5from attending workshops due to staffing shortages, lockdowns,
6or to conflicts with family or legal visits, court dates,
7medical appointments, commissary visits, recreational
8sessions, dining, work, class, or bathing schedules. In case
9of conflict or staffing shortages, committed persons
10re-entering citizens must be given full opportunity to attend
11a workshop at a later time.
12    (c) The civics peer education program and workshops must
13be made available to all committed persons regardless of the
14date they were first committed or the length of their
15sentence. Committed persons shall be allowed to enroll in the
16program multiple times or participate in workshop sessions
17multiple times. If necessary due to limitations on the number
18of persons that can attend an individual workshop, the
19Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile
20Justice may prioritize attendance for participants who have
21not completed the civics peer education program but shall not
22otherwise restrict access to the program or workshops on the
23basis of a person's commitment date or length of sentence,
24except as necessary to allow a committed person near the end of
25their term of commitment to complete the program before their
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1(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20; 102-374, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
2    (730 ILCS 200/20)
3    Sec. 20. Peer educator training. The civics peer
4education program shall be taught by peer educators who are
5persons citizens incarcerated in Department of Corrections
6facilities and specially trained by experienced peer educators
7and established nonpartisan civic organizations. Established
8nonpartisan civic organizations may be assisted by area
9political science or civics educators at colleges,
10universities, and high schools and by nonpartisan
11organizations providing re-entry services. The nonpartisan
12civic organizations shall provide adequate training to peer
13educators on matters including, but not limited to, voting
14rights, governmental institutions, current affairs, and
15simulations of voter registration, election, and democratic
16processes, and shall provide periodic updates to program
17content and to peer educators.
18(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20; 102-374, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
19    (730 ILCS 200/25)
20    Sec. 25. Voter and civic education program; content.
21    (a) Program content shall provide the following:
22        (1) nonpartisan information on voting history and
23    voting procedures;
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1    federal governmental institutions and offices; and
2        (3) examples and simulations of registration and
3    voting processes, and access to voter registration and
4    voting processes for those individuals who are eligible to
5    vote.
6    (b) Established nonpartisan civic organizations shall
7provide periodic updates to program content and, if
8applicable, peer educators and co-facilitators. Updates shall
9reflect major relevant changes to election laws and processes
10in Illinois.
11    (c) Program content shall be delivered in the following
12manners:
13        (1) verbally via peer educators and co-facilitators;
14        (2) broadcasts via Department of Corrections and
15    Department of Juvenile Justice internal television
16    channels; or
17        (3) printed information packets.
18    (d) Peer educators and co-facilitators shall disseminate
19printed information for voting in the program participant's
20releasee's county, including, but not limited to, election
21authorities' addresses, all applicable Internet websites, and
22public contact information for all election authorities. This
23information shall be compiled into a civics handbook. The
24handbook shall also include key information condensed into a
25pocket information card.
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1compiled electronically and posted on Department of
2Corrections' and Department of Juvenile Justice's website
3along with the Department of Corrections' Community Support
4Advisory Councils websites.
5     (f) Department Directors shall ensure that the wardens or
6superintendents of all correctional institutions and
7facilities visibly post this information on all common areas
8of their respective institutions, and shall broadcast the same
9via in-house institutional information television channels.
10Directors shall ensure that updated information is distributed
11in a timely, visible, and accessible manner.
12     (g) The Director of Corrections shall order, in a clearly
13visible area of each parole office within this State, the
14posting of a notice stipulating voter eligibility and that
15contains the current Internet website address and voter
16registration information provided by State Board of Elections
17regarding voting rights for citizens released from the
18physical custody of the Department of Corrections and the
19Department of Juvenile Justice.
20     (h) All program content and materials shall be
21distributed annually to the Community Support Advisory
22Councils of the Department of Corrections for use in re-entry
23programs across this State.
24(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20; 102-374, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
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1    Sec. 40. Voter and civic education program monitoring and
2enforcement.
3    (a) The Director of Corrections and the Director of
4Juvenile Justice shall ensure that wardens or superintendents,
5program, educational, and security and movement staff permit
6these workshops to take place, and that program participants
7re-entering citizens are escorted to workshops in a consistent
8and timely manner.
9    (b) Compliance with this Act shall be monitored by a
10report published annually by the Department of Corrections and
11the Department of Juvenile Justice and containing data, which
12shall include the following: including
13        (1) numbers of committed persons re-entering citizens
14    who enrolled in the program; ,
15        (2) numbers of committed persons re-entering citizens
16    who completed the program; ,
17        (3) numbers of total committed persons;
18        (4) numbers of peer educators;
19        (5) and total numbers of committed persons who exited
20    (including the number of those who were and the number of
21    those under supervision) individuals discharged.
22    Data shall be disaggregated by institution, discharge, or
23residence address of citizen, and other factors.
24(Source: P.A. 101-441, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
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1    Sec. 45. Peer educator pay and stipends. The Department of
2Corrections shall create and implement paid structures in line
3with other states' rates for incarcerated teachers, including,
4but not limited to, professors.
 
5
ARTICLE 99

 
6    Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".