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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. If and only if House Bill 723 of the 96th
5 General Assembly becomes law, the Election Code is amended by
6 changing Section 7-61 as follows:
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/7-61)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
8     Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
9 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
10 candidates to be voted for at such special election.
11     In cases where a primary election is required the officer
12 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
13 this Act relating to general elections to call an election,
14 shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
15 candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
16 such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
17 maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
18 primary as provided in Section 7-12.
19     Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
20 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
21 certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer,
22 must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
23 in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15

 

 

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1 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
2 after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
3 the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
4 the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
5 which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
6 sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
7 such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day
8 limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3 day
9 limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
10 specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
11 officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
12 shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
13 township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
14 Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is
15 established only within a municipality or township and the
16 managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
17 candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
18 case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
19 Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
20 for statewide office, including but not limited to the office
21 of United States Senator) of the respective political party for
22 the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
23     The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
24 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
25 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
26 following information:

 

 

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1     (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
2 vacated;
3     (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
4     (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
5 the vacancy and the date of selection.
6     The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
7 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
8 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
9 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
10 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
11     The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
12 objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
13 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
14 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
15 vacancy in nomination.
16     Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
17 the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
18 filled. In this event, the certification of the original
19 candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the official
20 ballot to be voted at the general election.
21     A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
22 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
23 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or after
24 the day of the primary), or declines the nomination; provided
25 that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
26     If the name of no established political party candidate was

 

 

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1 printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a particular
2 office and if no person was nominated as a write-in candidate
3 for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be created which
4 may be filled in accordance with the requirements of this
5 Section. If the name of no established political party
6 candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a
7 particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
8 candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
9 filled only by a person designated by the appropriate committee
10 of the political party and only if that designated person files
11 nominating petitions with the number of signatures required for
12 an established party candidate for that office within 75 days
13 after the day of the general primary. The circulation period
14 for those petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee
15 designates that person. The person shall file his or her
16 nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of
17 appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of filing
18 his or her statement of economic interests together. These
19 documents shall be filed at the same location as provided in
20 Section 7-12. The electoral boards having jurisdiction under
21 Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon objections to nominating
22 petitions also State Board of Elections shall hear and pass
23 upon all objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates
24 under this paragraph.
25     A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
26 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated

 

 

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1 for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
2 ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
3 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
4 party.
5     A candidate seeking election to an office for which
6 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
7 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
8 nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
9 ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
10 of another political party.
11     In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
12 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
13 township, ward, county or congressional district, as the case
14 may be, shall through its representative on such central or
15 managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
16 voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or congressional
17 district, as the case may be, by the primary electors of its
18 party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
19 at which such vacancy is to be filled.
20     For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
21 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
22 the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
23 official ballot at an election and directing election
24 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
25 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
26 the local election official, election authority or the State

 

 

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1 Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination
2 papers, including certificates of nomination and resolutions
3 to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and whose duty it is
4 to "certify" candidates.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 96HB0723enr.)
 
6     Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
7 changing Sections 20-160 and 50-37 as follows:
 
8     (30 ILCS 500/20-160)
9     Sec. 20-160. Business entities; certification;
10 registration with the State Board of Elections.
11     (a) For purposes of this Section, the terms "business
12 entity", "contract", "State contract", "contract with a State
13 agency", "State agency", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated
14 person" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section
15 50-37.
16     (b) Every bid submitted to and every contract executed by
17 the State on or after January 1, 2009 (the effective date of
18 Public this amendatory Act 95-971) of the 95th General Assembly
19 shall contain (1) a certification by the bidder or contractor
20 that either (i) the bidder or contractor is not required to
21 register as a business entity with the State Board of Elections
22 pursuant to this Section or (ii) the bidder or contractor has
23 registered as a business entity with the State Board of
24 Elections and acknowledges a continuing duty to update the

 

 

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1 registration and (2) a statement that the contract is voidable
2 under Section 50-60 for the bidder's or contractor's failure to
3 comply with this Section.
4     (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each business
6 entity (i) whose aggregate bids and proposals on State
7 contracts annually total more than $50,000, (ii) whose
8 aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts combined with
9 the business entity's aggregate annual total value of State
10 contracts exceed $50,000, or (iii) whose contracts with State
11 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000
12 shall register with the State Board of Elections in accordance
13 with Section 9-35 of the Election Code. A business entity
14 required to register under this subsection shall submit a copy
15 of the certificate of registration to the applicable chief
16 procurement officer within 90 days after the effective date of
17 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. A business
18 entity required to register under this subsection due to item
19 (i) or (ii) has a continuing duty to ensure that the
20 registration is accurate during the period beginning on the
21 date of registration and ending on the day after the date the
22 contract is awarded; any change in information must be reported
23 to the State Board of Elections within 2 business days
24 following such change. A business entity required to register
25 under this subsection due to item (iii) has a continuing duty
26 to ensure that the registration is accurate in accordance with

 

 

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1 subsection (e) (f).
2     (d) Any business entity, not required under subsection (c)
3 to register within 30 days after the effective date of this
4 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, whose aggregate
5 bids and proposals on State contracts annually total more than
6 $50,000, or whose aggregate bids and proposals on State
7 contracts combined with the business entity's aggregate annual
8 total value of State contracts exceed $50,000, shall register
9 with the State Board of Elections in accordance with Section
10 9-35 of the Election Code prior to submitting to a State agency
11 the bid or proposal whose value causes the business entity to
12 fall within the monetary description of this subsection. A
13 business entity required to register under this subsection has
14 a continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate
15 during the period beginning on the date of registration and
16 ending on the day after the date the contract is awarded. Any
17 change in information must be reported to the State Board of
18 Elections within 5 2 business days following such change or no
19 later than a day before the contract is awarded, whichever date
20 is earlier.
21     (e) A business entity whose contracts with State agencies,
22 in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000 must
23 maintain its registration under this Section and has a
24 continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate for
25 the duration of the term of office of the incumbent
26 officeholder awarding the contracts or for a period of 2 years

 

 

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1 following the expiration or termination of the contracts,
2 whichever is longer. A business entity, required to register
3 under this subsection, has a continuing duty to report any
4 changes on a quarterly basis to the State Board of Elections
5 within 10 business days following the last day of January,
6 April, July, and October of each year. Any update pursuant to
7 this paragraph that is received beyond that date is presumed
8 late and the civil penalty authorized by subsection (e) of
9 Section 9-35 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-35) may be
10 assessed.
11     Also, Any change in information shall be reported to the
12 State Board of Elections within 10 days following such change;
13 however, if a business entity required to register under this
14 subsection has a pending bid or proposal, any change in
15 information shall be reported to the State Board of Elections
16 within 5 2 business days or no later than a day before the
17 contract is awarded, whichever date is earlier.
18     (f) A business entity's continuing duty under this Section
19 to ensure the accuracy of its registration includes the
20 requirement that the business entity notify the State Board of
21 Elections of any change in information, including but not
22 limited to changes of affiliated entities or affiliated
23 persons.
24     (g) A copy of a certificate of registration must accompany
25 any bid or proposal for a contract with a State agency by a
26 business entity required to register under this Section. A

 

 

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1 chief procurement officer shall not accept a bid or proposal
2 unless the certificate is submitted to the agency with the bid
3 or proposal.
4     (h) A registration, and any changes to a registration, must
5 include the business entity's verification of accuracy and
6 subjects the business entity to the penalties of the laws of
7 this State for perjury.
8     In addition to any penalty under Section 9-35 of the
9 Election Code, intentional, willful, or material failure to
10 disclose information required for registration shall render
11 the contract, bid, proposal, or other procurement relationship
12 voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or she deems it
13 to be in the best interest of the State of Illinois.
14     (i) This Section applies regardless of the method of source
15 selection used in awarding the contract.
16 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
17     (30 ILCS 500/50-37)
18     Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
19     (a) As used in this Section:
20         The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
21     with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
22     this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let
23     or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract",
24     "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" do not
25     include cost reimbursement contracts; purchase of care

 

 

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1     agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68 of this Code;
2     contracts for projects eligible for full or partial
3     federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by the
4     Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but are
5     not limited to grants for job training or transportation;
6     and grants, loans, or tax credit agreements for economic
7     development purposes.
8         "Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
9     Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
10         "Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
11     statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
12     election in the principal office of the State Board of
13     Elections.
14         "State agency" means and includes all boards,
15     commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
16     bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in
17     accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
18     statute, of the executive branch of State government and
19     does include colleges, universities, public employee
20     retirement systems, and institutions under the
21     jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
22     Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
23     University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
24     University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
25     University, Governors State University, Northeastern
26     Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher

 

 

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1     Education.
2         "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
3     Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
4     Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be
5     considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all
6     contracts by all officers and employees of, and vendors and
7     others doing business with, executive branch State
8     agencies under the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics
9     Commission and not within the jurisdiction of the Attorney
10     General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, or the
11     Treasurer.
12         "Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
13     defined in Section 9-3 of the Election Code.
14         "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
15     ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
16     contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
17     executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
18     entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children of any such
19     persons. "Affiliated person" does not include a person
20     prohibited by federal law from making contributions or
21     expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or local
22     election.
23         "Affiliated entity" means (i) any corporate parent and
24     each operating subsidiary of the bidding or contracting
25     business entity, (ii) each operating subsidiary of the
26     corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business

 

 

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1     entity any member of the same unitary business group, (iii)
2     any organization recognized by the United States Internal
3     Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization described in
4     Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any
5     successor provision of federal tax law) established by the
6     bidding or contracting business entity, any affiliated
7     entity of that business entity, or any affiliated person of
8     that business entity, or (iv) any political committee for
9     which the bidding or contracting business entity, or any
10     501(c) organization described in item (iii) related to that
11     business entity, is the sponsoring entity. "Affiliated
12     entity" does not include an entity prohibited by federal
13     law from making contributions or expenditures in
14     connection with a federal, state, or local election.
15         "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
16     profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
17     sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
18     partnership, or otherwise.
19         "Executive employee" means (i) the President,
20     Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer of a business entity
21     and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties as
22     the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief Executive
23     Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any employee of a
24     business entity whose compensation is determined directly,
25     in whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts
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1     regular salary that is paid irrespective of the award or
2     payment of a contract with a State agency shall not
3     constitute "compensation" under item (ii) of this
4     definition , or other employee with executive
5     decision-making authority over the long-term and
6     day-to-day affairs of the entity employing the employee, or
7     an employee whose compensation is determined directly, in
8     whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts by a
9     State agency to the entity employing the employee.
10     "Executive employee" does not include any person
11     prohibited by federal law from making contributions or
12     expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or local
13     election.
14     (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
15 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
16 and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
17 business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
18 to any political committees established to promote the
19 candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
20 contracts or (ii) any other declared candidate for that office.
21 This prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the
22 term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the
23 contracts or for a period of 2 years following the expiration
24 or termination of the contracts, whichever is longer.
25     (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
26 proposals on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose

 

 

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1 aggregate pending bids and proposals on State contracts
2 combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total
3 value of State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated
4 entities or affiliated persons of such business entity, are
5 prohibited from making any contributions to any political
6 committee established to promote the candidacy of the
7 officeholder responsible for awarding the contract on which the
8 business entity has submitted a bid or proposal during the
9 period beginning on the date the invitation for bids or request
10 for proposals is issued and ending on the day after the date
11 the contract is awarded.
12     (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
13 entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
14 under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
15 (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
16 contracts between State agencies and that business entity shall
17 be void, and that business entity shall not bid or respond to
18 any invitation to bid or request for proposals from any State
19 agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any State
20 agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
21 notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
22 published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
23 Register.
24     (e) Any political committee that has received a
25 contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an
26 amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no

 

 

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1 more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
2 contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
3 received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
4 deposited into the general revenue fund.
5 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
 
6     Section 15. If and only if Senate Bill 51 of the 96th
7 General Assembly, as enrolled, becomes law, then the Illinois
8 Procurement Code is amended by changing Section 50-37 as
9 follows:
 
10     (30 ILCS 500/50-37)
11     Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
12     (a) As used in this Section:
13         The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
14     with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
15     this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let
16     or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract",
17     "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" do not
18     include cost reimbursement contracts; purchase of care
19     agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68 of this Code;
20     contracts for projects eligible for full or partial
21     federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by the
22     Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but are
23     not limited to grants for job training or transportation;
24     and grants, loans, or tax credit agreements for economic

 

 

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1     development purposes.
2         "Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
3     Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
4         "Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
5     statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
6     election in the principal office of the State Board of
7     Elections.
8         "State agency" means and includes all boards,
9     commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
10     bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in
11     accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
12     statute, of the executive branch of State government and
13     does include colleges, universities, public employee
14     retirement systems, and institutions under the
15     jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
16     Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
17     University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
18     University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
19     University, Governors State University, Northeastern
20     Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher
21     Education.
22         "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
23     Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
24     Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be
25     considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all
26     contracts by all officers and employees of, and vendors and

 

 

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1     others doing business with, executive branch State
2     agencies under the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics
3     Commission and not within the jurisdiction of the Attorney
4     General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, or the
5     Treasurer.
6         "Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
7     defined in Section 9-3 of the Election Code.
8         "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
9     ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
10     contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
11     executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
12     entity, and (iii) the spouse of any such persons.
13     "Affiliated person" does not include a person prohibited by
14     federal law from making contributions or expenditures in
15     connection with a federal, state, or local election.
16         "Affiliated entity" means (i) any corporate parent and
17     each operating subsidiary of the bidding or contracting
18     business entity, (ii) each operating subsidiary of the
19     corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business
20     entity, (iii) any organization recognized by the United
21     States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt
22     organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal
23     Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of federal
24     tax law) established by the bidding or contracting business
25     entity, any affiliated entity of that business entity, or
26     any affiliated person of that business entity, or (iv) any

 

 

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1     political committee for which the bidding or contracting
2     business entity, or any 501(c) organization described in
3     item (iii) related to that business entity, is the
4     sponsoring entity. "Affiliated entity" does not include an
5     entity prohibited by federal law from making contributions
6     or expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or
7     local election.
8         "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
9     profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
10     sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
11     partnership, or otherwise.
12         "Executive employee" means (i) the President,
13     Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer of a business entity
14     and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties as
15     the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief Executive
16     Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any employee of a
17     business entity whose compensation is determined directly,
18     in whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts
19     by a State agency to the entity employing the employee. A
20     regular salary that is paid irrespective of the award or
21     payment of a contract with a State agency shall not
22     constitute "compensation" under item (ii) of this
23     definition. "Executive employee" does not include any
24     person prohibited by federal law from making contributions
25     or expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or
26     local election.

 

 

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1     (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
2 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
3 and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
4 business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
5 to any political committees established to promote the
6 candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
7 contracts or (ii) any other declared candidate for that office.
8 This prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the
9 term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the
10 contracts or for a period of 2 years following the expiration
11 or termination of the contracts, whichever is longer.
12     (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
13 proposals on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose
14 aggregate pending bids and proposals on State contracts
15 combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total
16 value of State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated
17 entities or affiliated persons of such business entity, are
18 prohibited from making any contributions to any political
19 committee established to promote the candidacy of the
20 officeholder responsible for awarding the contract on which the
21 business entity has submitted a bid or proposal during the
22 period beginning on the date the invitation for bids or request
23 for proposals is issued and ending on the day after the date
24 the contract is awarded.
25     (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
26 entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable

 

 

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1 under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
2 (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
3 contracts between State agencies and that business entity shall
4 be void, and that business entity shall not bid or respond to
5 any invitation to bid or request for proposals from any State
6 agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any State
7 agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
8 notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
9 published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
10 Register.
11     (e) Any political committee that has received a
12 contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an
13 amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no
14 more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
15 contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
16 received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
17 deposited into the general revenue fund.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09;
19 09600SB0051enr.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21 1, 2010, except that Section 15 takes effect July 1, 2010.