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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2620
Introduced 1/21/2010, by Sen. Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Requires that if a political committee does not make the good faith effort required to ascertain the occupation and employer of a campaign contributor of more than $500 within 30 days after receiving the contribution, then the committee must return to the contributor the amount in excess of $500. Effective January 1, 2011.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2620 |
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LRB096 17748 JAM 33113 b |
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 9-11.5 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/9-11.5 new) |
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| Sec. 9-11.5. Contributor's occupation and employer. |
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| (a) With respect to a contribution for which a political |
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| committee is required by this Article to include in its |
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| contribution report the contributor's occupation and employer |
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| or a statement of the committee's good faith effort to |
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| ascertain that information, beginning January 1, 2011 if the |
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| committee fails to ascertain the contributor's occupation and |
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| employer within 30 days after receiving the contribution, then |
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| the political committee promptly shall return to that |
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| contributor the amount of the contribution in excess of $500. |
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| (b) A political committee shall amend any contribution |
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| report it filed under this Article on or after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly in |
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| which the committee included a statement of its good faith |
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| effort to ascertain a contributor's occupation and employer. |
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| The amended report shall either (i) state the contributor's |
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| occupation and employer or (ii) certify that the committee has |