Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

Filed: 10/27/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 146

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 146, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 723 of the 96th
6 General Assembly becomes law, the Election Code is amended by
7 changing Section 7-61 as follows:
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/7-61)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
9     Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
10 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
11 candidates to be voted for at such special election.
12     In cases where a primary election is required the officer
13 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
14 this Act relating to general elections to call an election,
15 shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
16 candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of

 

 

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1 such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
2 maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
3 primary as provided in Section 7-12.
4     Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
5 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
6 certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer,
7 must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
8 in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
9 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
10 after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
11 the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
12 the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
13 which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
14 sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
15 such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day
16 limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3 day
17 limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
18 specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
19 officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
20 shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
21 township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
22 Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is
23 established only within a municipality or township and the
24 managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
25 candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
26 case of a candidate for State Representative in the General

 

 

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1 Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
2 for statewide office, including but not limited to the office
3 of United States Senator) of the respective political party for
4 the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
5     The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
6 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
7 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
8 following information:
9     (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
10 vacated;
11     (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
12     (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
13 the vacancy and the date of selection.
14     The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
15 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
16 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
17 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
18 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
19     The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
20 objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
21 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
22 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
23 vacancy in nomination.
24     Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
25 the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
26 filled. In this event, the certification of the original

 

 

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1 candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the official
2 ballot to be voted at the general election.
3     A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
4 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
5 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or after
6 the day of the primary), or declines the nomination; provided
7 that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
8     If the name of no established political party candidate was
9 printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a particular
10 office and if no person was nominated as a write-in candidate
11 for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be created which
12 may be filled in accordance with the requirements of this
13 Section. If the name of no established political party
14 candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a
15 particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
16 candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
17 filled only by a person designated by the appropriate committee
18 of the political party and only if that designated person files
19 nominating petitions with the number of signatures required for
20 an established party candidate for that office within 75 days
21 after the day of the general primary. The circulation period
22 for those petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee
23 designates that person. The person shall file his or her
24 nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of
25 appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of filing
26 his or her statement of economic interests together. These

 

 

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1 documents shall be filed at the same location as provided in
2 Section 7-12. The electoral boards having jurisdiction under
3 Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon objections to nominating
4 petitions also State Board of Elections shall hear and pass
5 upon all objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates
6 under this paragraph.
7     A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
8 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
9 for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
10 ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
11 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
12 party.
13     A candidate seeking election to an office for which
14 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
15 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
16 nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
17 ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
18 of another political party.
19     In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
20 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
21 township, ward, county or congressional district, as the case
22 may be, shall through its representative on such central or
23 managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
24 voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or congressional
25 district, as the case may be, by the primary electors of its
26 party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting

 

 

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1 at which such vacancy is to be filled.
2     For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
3 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
4 the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
5 official ballot at an election and directing election
6 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
7 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
8 the local election official, election authority or the State
9 Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination
10 papers, including certificates of nomination and resolutions
11 to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and whose duty it is
12 to "certify" candidates.
13 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 96HB0723enr.)
 
14     Section 10. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
15 changing Sections 20-160 and 50-37 as follows:
 
16     (30 ILCS 500/20-160)
17     Sec. 20-160. Business entities; certification;
18 registration with the State Board of Elections.
19     (a) For purposes of this Section, the terms "business
20 entity", "contract", "State contract", "contract with a State
21 agency", "State agency", "affiliated entity", and "affiliated
22 person" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section
23 50-37.
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1 the State on or after January 1, 2009(the effective date of
2 Public this amendatory Act 95-971) of the 95th General Assembly
3 shall contain (1) a certification by the bidder or contractor
4 that either (i) the bidder or contractor is not required to
5 register as a business entity with the State Board of Elections
6 pursuant to this Section or (ii) the bidder or contractor has
7 registered as a business entity with the State Board of
8 Elections and acknowledges a continuing duty to update the
9 registration and (2) a statement that the contract is voidable
10 under Section 50-60 for the bidder's or contractor's failure to
11 comply with this Section.
12     (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each business
14 entity (i) whose aggregate bids and proposals on State
15 contracts annually total more than $50,000, (ii) whose
16 aggregate bids and proposals on State contracts combined with
17 the business entity's aggregate annual total value of State
18 contracts exceed $50,000, or (iii) whose contracts with State
19 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000
20 shall register with the State Board of Elections in accordance
21 with Section 9-35 of the Election Code. A business entity
22 required to register under this subsection shall submit a copy
23 of the certificate of registration to the applicable chief
24 procurement officer within 90 days after the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. A business
26 entity required to register under this subsection due to item

 

 

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

 

 

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1 later than a day before the contract is awarded, whichever date
2 is earlier.
3     (e) A business entity whose contracts with State agencies,
4 in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000 must
5 maintain its registration under this Section and has a
6 continuing duty to ensure that the registration is accurate for
7 the duration of the term of office of the incumbent
8 officeholder awarding the contracts or for a period of 2 years
9 following the expiration or termination of the contracts,
10 whichever is longer. A business entity, required to register
11 under this subsection, has a continuing duty to report any
12 changes on a quarterly basis to the State Board of Elections
13 within 10 business days following the last day of January,
14 April, July, and October of each year. Any update pursuant to
15 this paragraph that is received beyond that date is presumed
16 late and the civil penalty authorized by subsection (e) of
17 Section 9-35 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-35) may be
18 assessed.
19     Also, Any change in information shall be reported to the
20 State Board of Elections within 10 days following such change;
21 however, if a business entity required to register under this
22 subsection has a pending bid or proposal, any change in
23 information shall be reported to the State Board of Elections
24 within 5 2 business days or no later than a day before the
25 contract is awarded, whichever date is earlier.
26     (f) A business entity's continuing duty under this Section

 

 

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1 to ensure the accuracy of its registration includes the
2 requirement that the business entity notify the State Board of
3 Elections of any change in information, including but not
4 limited to changes of affiliated entities or affiliated
5 persons.
6     (g) A copy of a certificate of registration must accompany
7 any bid or proposal for a contract with a State agency by a
8 business entity required to register under this Section. A
9 chief procurement officer shall not accept a bid or proposal
10 unless the certificate is submitted to the agency with the bid
11 or proposal.
12     (h) A registration, and any changes to a registration, must
13 include the business entity's verification of accuracy and
14 subjects the business entity to the penalties of the laws of
15 this State for perjury.
16     In addition to any penalty under Section 9-35 of the
17 Election Code, intentional, willful, or material failure to
18 disclose information required for registration shall render
19 the contract, bid, proposal, or other procurement relationship
20 voidable by the chief procurement officer if he or she deems it
21 to be in the best interest of the State of Illinois.
22     (i) This Section applies regardless of the method of source
23 selection used in awarding the contract.
24 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
25     (30 ILCS 500/50-37)

 

 

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1     Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
2     (a) As used in this Section:
3         The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
4     with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
5     this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let
6     or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract",
7     "State contract", and "contract with a State agency" do not
8     include cost reimbursement contracts; purchase of care
9     agreements as defined in Section 1-15.68 of this Code;
10     contracts for projects eligible for full or partial
11     federal-aid funding reimbursements authorized by the
12     Federal Highway Administration; grants, including but are
13     not limited to grants for job training or transportation;
14     and grants, loans, or tax credit agreements for economic
15     development purposes.
16         "Contribution" means a contribution as defined in
17     Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
18         "Declared candidate" means a person who has filed a
19     statement of candidacy and petition for nomination or
20     election in the principal office of the State Board of
21     Elections.
22         "State agency" means and includes all boards,
23     commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and
24     bodies politic and corporate of the State, created by or in
25     accordance with the Illinois Constitution or State
26     statute, of the executive branch of State government and

 

 

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1     does include colleges, universities, public employee
2     retirement systems, and institutions under the
3     jurisdiction of the governing boards of the University of
4     Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State
5     University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois
6     University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State
7     University, Governors State University, Northeastern
8     Illinois University, and the Illinois Board of Higher
9     Education.
10         "Officeholder" means the Governor, Lieutenant
11     Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
12     Comptroller, or Treasurer. The Governor shall be
13     considered the officeholder responsible for awarding all
14     contracts by all officers and employees of, and vendors and
15     others doing business with, executive branch State
16     agencies under the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics
17     Commission and not within the jurisdiction of the Attorney
18     General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, or the
19     Treasurer.
20         "Sponsoring entity" means a sponsoring entity as
21     defined in Section 9-3 of the Election Code.
22         "Affiliated person" means (i) any person with any
23     ownership interest or distributive share of the bidding or
24     contracting business entity in excess of 7.5%, (ii)
25     executive employees of the bidding or contracting business
26     entity, and (iii) the spouse and minor children of any such

 

 

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1     persons. "Affiliated person" does not include a person
2     prohibited by federal law from making contributions or
3     expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or local
4     election.
5         "Affiliated entity" means (i) any corporate parent and
6     each operating subsidiary of the bidding or contracting
7     business entity, (ii) each operating subsidiary of the
8     corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business
9     entity any member of the same unitary business group, (iii)
10     any organization recognized by the United States Internal
11     Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization described in
12     Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any
13     successor provision of federal tax law) established by the
14     bidding or contracting business entity, any affiliated
15     entity of that business entity, or any affiliated person of
16     that business entity, or (iv) any political committee for
17     which the bidding or contracting business entity, or any
18     501(c) organization described in item (iii) related to that
19     business entity, is the sponsoring entity. "Affiliated
20     entity" does not include an entity prohibited by federal
21     law from making contributions or expenditures in
22     connection with a federal, state, or local election.
23         "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
24     profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
25     sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
26     partnership, or otherwise.

 

 

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1         "Executive employee" means (i) the President,
2     Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer of a business entity
3     and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties as
4     the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief Executive
5     Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any employee of a
6     business entity whose compensation is determined directly,
7     in whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts
8     by a State agency to the entity employing the employee. A
9     regular salary that is paid irrespective of the award or
10     payment of a contract with a State agency shall not
11     constitute "compensation" under item (ii) of this
12     definition , or other employee with executive
13     decision-making authority over the long-term and
14     day-to-day affairs of the entity employing the employee, or
15     an employee whose compensation is determined directly, in
16     whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts by a
17     State agency to the entity employing the employee.
18     "Executive employee" does not include any person
19     prohibited by federal law from making contributions or
20     expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or local
21     election.
22     (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
23 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
24 and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
25 business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
26 to any political committees established to promote the

 

 

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1 candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
2 contracts or (ii) any other declared candidate for that office.
3 This prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the
4 term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the
5 contracts or for a period of 2 years following the expiration
6 or termination of the contracts, whichever is longer.
7     (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
8 proposals on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose
9 aggregate pending bids and proposals on State contracts
10 combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total
11 value of State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated
12 entities or affiliated persons of such business entity, are
13 prohibited from making any contributions to any political
14 committee established to promote the candidacy of the
15 officeholder responsible for awarding the contract on which the
16 business entity has submitted a bid or proposal during the
17 period beginning on the date the invitation for bids or request
18 for proposals is issued and ending on the day after the date
19 the contract is awarded.
20     (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
21 entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
22 under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
23 (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
24 contracts between State agencies and that business entity shall
25 be void, and that business entity shall not bid or respond to
26 any invitation to bid or request for proposals from any State

 

 

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1 agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any State
2 agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
3 notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
4 published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
5 Register.
6     (e) Any political committee that has received a
7 contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an
8 amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no
9 more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
10 contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
11 received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
12 deposited into the general revenue fund.
13 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09.)
 
14     Section 15. If and only if Senate Bill 51 of the 96th
15 General Assembly, as enrolled, becomes law, then the Illinois
16 Procurement Code is amended by changing Section 50-37 as
17 follows:
 
18     (30 ILCS 500/50-37)
19     Sec. 50-37. Prohibition of political contributions.
20     (a) As used in this Section:
21         The terms "contract", "State contract", and "contract
22     with a State agency" each mean any contract, as defined in
23     this Code, between a business entity and a State agency let
24     or awarded pursuant to this Code. The terms "contract",

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1     corporate parent of the bidding or contracting business
2     entity, (iii) any organization recognized by the United
3     States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt
4     organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal
5     Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provision of federal
6     tax law) established by the bidding or contracting business
7     entity, any affiliated entity of that business entity, or
8     any affiliated person of that business entity, or (iv) any
9     political committee for which the bidding or contracting
10     business entity, or any 501(c) organization described in
11     item (iii) related to that business entity, is the
12     sponsoring entity. "Affiliated entity" does not include an
13     entity prohibited by federal law from making contributions
14     or expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or
15     local election.
16         "Business entity" means any entity doing business for
17     profit, whether organized as a corporation, partnership,
18     sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
19     partnership, or otherwise.
20         "Executive employee" means (i) the President,
21     Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer of a business entity
22     and any other individual that fulfills equivalent duties as
23     the President, Chairman of the Board, or Chief Executive
24     Officer of a business entity; and (ii) any employee of a
25     business entity whose compensation is determined directly,
26     in whole or in part, by the award or payment of contracts

 

 

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1     by a State agency to the entity employing the employee. A
2     regular salary that is paid irrespective of the award or
3     payment of a contract with a State agency shall not
4     constitute "compensation" under item (ii) of this
5     definition. "Executive employee" does not include any
6     person prohibited by federal law from making contributions
7     or expenditures in connection with a federal, state, or
8     local election.
9     (b) Any business entity whose contracts with State
10 agencies, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000,
11 and any affiliated entities or affiliated persons of such
12 business entity, are prohibited from making any contributions
13 to any political committees established to promote the
14 candidacy of (i) the officeholder responsible for awarding the
15 contracts or (ii) any other declared candidate for that office.
16 This prohibition shall be effective for the duration of the
17 term of office of the incumbent officeholder awarding the
18 contracts or for a period of 2 years following the expiration
19 or termination of the contracts, whichever is longer.
20     (c) Any business entity whose aggregate pending bids and
21 proposals on State contracts total more than $50,000, or whose
22 aggregate pending bids and proposals on State contracts
23 combined with the business entity's aggregate annual total
24 value of State contracts exceed $50,000, and any affiliated
25 entities or affiliated persons of such business entity, are
26 prohibited from making any contributions to any political

 

 

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1 committee established to promote the candidacy of the
2 officeholder responsible for awarding the contract on which the
3 business entity has submitted a bid or proposal during the
4 period beginning on the date the invitation for bids or request
5 for proposals is issued and ending on the day after the date
6 the contract is awarded.
7     (d) All contracts between State agencies and a business
8 entity that violate subsection (b) or (c) shall be voidable
9 under Section 50-60. If a business entity violates subsection
10 (b) 3 or more times within a 36-month period, then all
11 contracts between State agencies and that business entity shall
12 be void, and that business entity shall not bid or respond to
13 any invitation to bid or request for proposals from any State
14 agency or otherwise enter into any contract with any State
15 agency for 3 years from the date of the last violation. A
16 notice of each violation and the penalty imposed shall be
17 published in both the Procurement Bulletin and the Illinois
18 Register.
19     (e) Any political committee that has received a
20 contribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall pay an
21 amount equal to the value of the contribution to the State no
22 more than 30 days after notice of the violation concerning the
23 contribution appears in the Illinois Register. Payments
24 received by the State pursuant to this subsection shall be
25 deposited into the general revenue fund.
26 (Source: P.A. 95-971, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1038, eff. 3-11-09;

 

 

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1 09600SB0051enr.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
3 1, 2010, except that Section 15 takes effect July 1, 2010.".